September 11th. Where were you 13 years ago?

• vball10set

  In my office when a friend said to go turn on the TV...I don't think I've ever felt so nervous, upset, frightened...just a crazy range of emotions.
• pmoney25

  

  Junior year of College. Just got back to house after morning workout. Saw my roommates watching tv just before 2nd plane hit.
• like_that

  

  Tiernan;1652957 wrote:Never let the truth get in the way of a good story...

  Sorry old man, but my father has more integrity in his left pinky than a drunk deadbeat piece of shit like you.
• Iliketurtles

  

  I was in 10th grade in a keyboarding class. We were already watching the news due to a system issue and couldn't do our normal work. When the news first broke, another kid and I went around to every class room and told ever to turn on the TV. About 5 minutes after we got back the principal went on the PA system and made an announcement about it. I always look back and laugh that we just didn't go to the main office and tell them instead of going to every classroom. Spent the rest of the day watching the news.
• robj55

  

  I was a junior in high school, sitting in History class. Remember it very well, the whole day everyone was very silent and there was just an eerie feeling in the air. Still gives me chills thinking about it.
• adog

  Wife and I were to leave the next day for a week in Vegas. We were in a store that morning buying a few odds and ends needed for our trip when I saw on a display TV the 1st tower burning and people standing there watching. I asked someone what happened and they said a plane hit the tower. Just as this person was saying this, the 2nd plane hit and I knew we were not going to vegas...went home and watched the news all day and everyday of my vacation time
• Tiernan

  like_that;1652961 wrote:Sorry old man, but my father has more integrity in his left pinky than a drunk deadbeat piece of shit like you.

  So he just happens to mention "a couple of years later..." he had an appt at the Pentagon that day? Were you guys knockin back a few at the time?
• Heretic

  

  A PAC;1652871 wrote:I was a freshman in high school in fourth period math class. I remember when someone told me that a plane hit the WTC that I thought "how could someone screw up that bad?" When someone else told me a couple minutes later that the other building was hit, I knew it no accident. The rest of that day is still vivid in my mind. God bless the brave 343 firefighters and over 100 cops who gave there lives that day. Prayers with the families of those who didn't make it out.

  I was at work, but remember feeling the same way initially that some dumb fuck really screwed up. And because I was on deadline, when people started talking about it, I put on my headphones so I could concentrate.
  
  Man, when I was done with that work about an hour later and took the headphones off and actually started paying attention to shit, that was just insane. Especially considering little details like how my boss at the time had family from the general area in Pennsylvania where the one plane went down, so she was pretty frantic trying to get in touch with them.
  
  And then I left to go home and saw cars lined up at a gas station with the prices for fuel skyrocketed, which was really awesome. Nothing like companies responding to a national tragedy by immediately gouging consumers. They went back down later that day, but for a few hours, prices were just insane. Well, essentially a bit more than what they normally are nowadays, but for that time, it was like a 300% mark-up. Fuckers.
• like_that

  

  Tiernan;1652988 wrote:So he just happens to mention "a couple of years later..." he had an appt at the Pentagon that day? Were you guys knockin back a few at the time?

  No, I would be 16 years old by then. Just because you are a drunk deadbeat father doesn't mean all fathers are. My father would have killed me if I was drinking by then.
  
  You can believe what you want. That's the story, and there is proof to the story, but I won't humor a deadbeat pos like you. You're already being classless by trying to be "slick" on a memorial thread. Congrats.
• like_that

  

  Heretic;1652991 wrote:I was at work, but remember feeling the same way initially that some dumb fuck really screwed up. And because I was on deadline, when people started talking about it, I put on my headphones so I could concentrate.
  
  Man, when I was done with that work about an hour later and took the headphones off and actually started paying attention to shit, that was just insane. Especially considering little details like how my boss at the time had family from the general area in Pennsylvania where the one plane went down, so she was pretty frantic trying to get in touch with them.
  
  And then I left to go home and saw cars lined up at a gas station with the prices for fuel skyrocketed, which was really awesome. Nothing like companies responding to a national tragedy by immediately gouging consumers. They went back down later that day, but for a few hours, prices were just insane. Well, essentially a bit more than what they normally are nowadays, but for that time, it was like a 300% mark-up. Fuckers.

  That is pretty absurd.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  What’s most important about September 11[SUP]th[/SUP] is that we never forget.
  
  On or around this time every year, I like to read/watch various clippings about these horrendous events so that I never forget just how horrible these attacks truly were. Much of my discovery/research typically involves reading various Wikipedia entries regarding the events, or various journal articles highlighting some of the heroic stories of valor & bravery.
  
  Today, while rummaging thru the “September 11 attacks” Wikipedia entry, I stumbled upon a section that detailed the four commercial airliners that were hijacked. While I had always known that the terrorists intentionally planned & hijacked “bigger” commercial airliners (due to being heavily fueled, thus essentially turning the planes into “bigger bombs&#8221, I did not know the that the four aircrafts carried only [and I say “only” not to belittle the impact of these events, but rather to emphasis my complete surprise] 11 crew and 76 passengers on the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] flight (AA 11), 9 crew and 51 passengers on the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] flight (UA 175), 6 crew and 53 passengers on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] flight (AA 77), and 7 crew and 33 passengers on the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] flight (UA 93). This is stunning to me, because knowing these bigger aircrafts like I do from the various business travels I've been on, I've never once seen a Boeing 700 series this “empty”. To put these numbers into perspective, the two commercial airliners were Boeing 757s and two were Boeing 767s, which typically seat around 214 passengers per plane.
  
  I’m not sure about anyone else on here… but I can’t tell you the last time I rode a plane where almost 65% of the plane was EMPTY. In fact, I’m certain I've NEVER experienced this.
  
  Perhaps this is public knowledge and I've simply been living under a rock… but was it ever announced that these terrorists intentionally bought up seats on these planes in order to “reduce” the potential for civilian passengers to prevent them from carrying out their jihad!?!
  
  For the life of me, I could never quite understand how these terrorists hijacked these aircrafts. It’s extremely difficult to WALK up the aisle in an airplane (especially when it’s a full flight), let alone CHARGE the cockpit. But if these flights were 65% EMPTY, then that certainly sheds a little more light onto how this diabolical plan was indeed carried out.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Heretic;1652991 wrote:And then I left to go home and saw cars lined up at a gas station with the prices for fuel skyrocketed, which was really awesome. Nothing like companies responding to a national tragedy by immediately gouging consumers. They went back down later that day, but for a few hours, prices were just insane. Well, essentially a bit more than what they normally are nowadays, but for that time, it was like a 300% mark-up. Fuckers.

  There were business owners in Toledo that were fined (or arrested, or charged... I don't remember that actual punishment) for creating a state of panic by raising gas prices, etc.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  10th grade study hall. Did nothing the rest of the day but watch TV. Lot of kids went home, but I had to stayed.
• justincredible

  

  Tiernan and like_that, take that shit elsewhere.
• like_that

  

  justincredible;1653009 wrote:Tiernan and like_that, take that shit elsewhere.

  I said I was done.
• TedSheckler

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1652999 wrote:What’s most important about September 11[SUP]th[/SUP] is that we never forget.
  
  On or around this time every year, I like to read/watch various clippings about these horrendous events so that I never forget just how horrible these attacks truly were. Much of my discovery/research typically involves reading various Wikipedia entries regarding the events, or various journal articles highlighting some of the heroic stories of valor & bravery.
  
  Today, while rummaging thru the “September 11 attacks” Wikipedia entry, I stumbled upon a section that detailed the four commercial airliners that were hijacked. While I had always known that the terrorists intentionally planned & hijacked “bigger” commercial airliners (due to being heavily fueled, thus essentially turning the planes into “bigger bombs&#8221, I did not know the that the four aircrafts carried only [and I say “only” not to belittle the impact of these events, but rather to emphasis my complete surprise] 11 crew and 76 passengers on the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] flight (AA 11), 9 crew and 51 passengers on the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] flight (UA 175), 6 crew and 53 passengers on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] flight (AA 77), and 7 crew and 33 passengers on the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] flight (UA 93). This is stunning to me, because knowing these bigger aircrafts like I do from the various business travels I've been on, I've never once seen a Boeing 700 series this “empty”. To put these numbers into perspective, the two commercial airliners were Boeing 757s and two were Boeing 767s, which typically seat around 214 passengers per plane.
  
  I’m not sure about anyone else on here… but I can’t tell you the last time I rode a plane where almost 65% of the plane was EMPTY. In fact, I’m certain I've NEVER experienced this.
  
  Perhaps this is public knowledge and I've simply been living under a rock… but was it ever announced that these terrorists intentionally bought up seats on these planes in order to “reduce” the potential for civilian passengers to prevent them from carrying out their jihad!?!
  
  For the life of me, I could never quite understand how these terrorists hijacked these aircrafts. It’s extremely difficult to WALK up the aisle in an airplane (especially when it’s a full flight), let alone CHARGE the cockpit. But if these flights were 65% EMPTY, then that certainly sheds a little more light onto how this diabolical plan was indeed carried out.

  So they truthers got a hold of the wiki page, I see. It was a Tuesday morning. Who typically flies on Tuesday mornings from DC? Business travelers. Flights aren't going to be packed full. I'm guessing the terrorists chose this date for a reason. Less people to deal with.
• thavoice

  TedSheckler;1653012 wrote:So they truthers got a hold of the wiki page, I see. It was a Tuesday morning. Who typically flies on Tuesday mornings from DC? Business travelers. Flights aren't going to be packed full. I'm guessing the terrorists chose this date for a reason. Less people to deal with.

  Maybe they had budget cuts and decided to do it on a Tues because that is supposedly the cheapest day to fly?
  
  I was home that day, and glued to the TV and just couldnt believe what happened. Not sure I even went outside.
  It most def changed the course of my life that is for sure.
• cruiser_96

  

  Concerning gas prices...
  
  I forgot about that portion of the day and events that unfolded afterwards until reading these stories. One gas station near my home did that - $7/gallon maybe - and after about 3 years, and an advertising "New Managment" banner - it went out of business. Leveled it a few years later.
  
  Another thing I am recalling today was the fact that no airplanes were flying overhead for the next day or two. Thay was odd when it wasgoing on. Very quiet.
• vball10set

  cruiser_96;1653019 wrote:
  Another thing I am recalling today was the fact that no airplanes were flying overhead for the next day or two. Thay was odd when it wasgoing on. Very quiet.

  I was coaching a youth football team at the time, and I remember that on 9/12 Air Force One had landed at Toledo Express to refuel. Since everyone was well aware of the no fly restriction, we all just stood there looking up as it flew overhead--it looked like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  I was a junior in high school. I walked into my World History class and the teacher had his hands on his face, watching the tv in worry and disgust. He explained what happened and I don't think he really knew what to say to us beyond that.
• Old Rider

  

  Siding and roofing a house about 1/2 mile from Akron/Canton Airport. Ironically, the homeowner whose house we were working on was from the Middle East. I will never forget him apologizing to us as if we were going to kick his ass when they announced that it was terrorists who were responsible. He allowed us into his home to watch the news. When they made the call to ground all flights in the U.S, you can not even imagine how many planes were flying over head waiting to land at Akron/Canton...I can't believe it has been 13 years!
• Wally

  At work. Heading to a meeting one of the guys said he heard on radio that a plane hit the WTC. I think we all thought it was an isolated event. After we got out of the meeting he said another plane hit and it was obvious we were under attack. We had no TV at work. My wife was home and I knew she was cleaning and probably didn't hear anything about it so I called her and told her to turn on TV. When I got home she hadn't moved from the spot she sat down after I called.
  
  My son was at UT. We had heard there were "riots". We finally got a call through to him. He said some "Muslims" were celebrating and dancing in the streets and it got ugly so they locked the campus down. He had been thinking about joining the Air Force-I think that sealed the deal.
• mcburg93

  

  I called off work for some reason and was sitting in bed listening to howard stern and reading a book. Listening to Stern I thought it was a joke at first and the first plane was just an accident. The second plane is when I realized Howard was being serious about everything. I turned the tv on to watch the towers fall and it made me angry and sick. Was just a disgusting day to say the least.
• thavoice

  Wally;1653062 wrote:At work. Heading to a meeting one of the guys said he heard on radio that a plane hit the WTC. I think we all thought it was an isolated event. After we got out of the meeting he said another plane hit and it was obvious we were under attack. We had no TV at work. My wife was home and I knew she was cleaning and probably didn't hear anything about it so I called her and told her to turn on TV. When I got home she hadn't moved from the spot she sat down after I called.
  
  My son was at UT. We had heard there were "riots". We finally got a call through to him. He said some "Muslims" were celebrating and dancing in the streets and it got ugly so they locked the campus down. He had been thinking about joining the Air Force-I think that sealed the deal.

  It ultimately SEALed (pun intended) my brother's decision as well.
• Classyposter58

  

  Does anyone remember how the one turned around over Cleveland? There was a real scary moment there for 15-20 minutes where most thought it would get ran into the Key Bank Building