9/11, Nine years later.
 

How has it changed your life? Your perspective on life?

Does anyone remember what exactly they were doing nine years ago?

I still remember it very well. Woke up sometime around 5:45 and started flipping channels to see if there were any cartoons on. Flipped by cnn and had to do a double take since they were showing the first tower burning. Watched it and say the plane crash into the second tower. Told my parents about it when they woke up, my mom immediately called our "uncle" (not blood related) who works in one of the towers, but no answer. She called her old boss shortly after, no answer. I then went to school, grade 6, and we spent most of the day talking about what had happened.

Fortunately a couple weeks after the incident, we received emails from both people we tried contacting, and they were one of the lucky ones who safely evacuated the buildings before the collapse.

RIP to all who did not make it out in time.



edit: fml wrong sub-forum. mod can you move to OT please, thanks. I was not fapping while writing this.

I remember waking up, and my mom told me one of the twin towers was on fire. I remember getting ready for school and continuing to watch, as the other tower was struck, and later, both of the towers fell.
At the time, I didn't think much of it, as I was also only in grade 6, and current events were all so new to me at that time. Later that night I found out that one of my uncles had perished in the second tower that had fallen. It ht my mother's side of the family pretty hard.
A few weeks later, rescue teams found only his nametag.

It's all so surreal. To have a family member actually tragically pass away in that fashion is just.. Indescribable. Even now I look back at it, and I'm still so shocked and unsure about the situation.
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I was just entering grade 8. Alarm clock is set to radio on z95.3 and I wake up to this story about a terrorist attack in NYC.

I remember waking up to it and it was just so surreal that this was happening
went to school, first block and it was mandarin class and just talked to my friend about what the hell happened. I remember most of them didn't know it was happening

RIP to all those that died that day

i woke up and went to school (school had some tv's set up for bullitens and stuff ..when i got in the door everyone was watching the tv's) i was gr 8, and the only thing i could think of was that there was gonna be WW3 or something because i knew canada/ usa wouldn't stand for it little did i know it was going to be only a terrorist attack and ended up being less of a hunt than i thought it would be

I was in the 9th grade that year, and i remember my dad waking me up to tell me that a number of planes have crashed into buildings and to go watch the updates on TV. it was horrifying to see on tv. Watching the buildings collapse was scary as hell.

I had to take the bus to school, and the bus drive was talking about it. when i got to school all the teachers were discussing it. I remember my sculpture class teacher had the radio on the listen for updates.

My dad's friend lives across the river in New Jersey and she said it was awful. Can't imagine seeing it in person.

man I feel so old cause I was way out of school then. I woke up in the morning after the first plane hit one of the towers and was watching it on the news all day. At first I thought maybe it was an air accident and then later the 2nd plane flew into the second tower. It was horrific event to see on tv as event unfolded. My friend was living in New York at the time. Took me a few days to get in touch with him but he said things were pretty crazy down there.

I actually thought back then the death toll was going to be higher than it was. My condolences to everyone that was personally affected by the tragic events that happened that day. Something like this should of never happened anywhere in the world.

Grade 3, first day of school for me if i recalled correctly, didnt know what exactly happened, my teacher was devastated about it because her sister worked in the building, luckily she was late for work and was not in the building, RIP to all those lost, and best wishes to those who was effected by this.

First year after my HS graduation and I woke up to go Lucas center to take Math 11. All I remember is I was very excited cause there was a girl in my class I liked. Kinda thought 'meh' about the whole 911 thing. I remember everyone on the bus was talking about it.

Didn't really hit me how serious it was till a day or two later.
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I was getting a ride to elementary school, heard about it on the radio when it happened.

the government set it up

I thought WWIII was about to begin; was in grade 9.

I remember eatting breakfast before going to elementary school, and saw what was happening on television.

It's a tragedy for those who have perished.

I remember walking into work and everyone talking about it. I had no clue cause I was listening to music on the way in. Right away I thought wow WW3 the US is going to go crazy.

Man I feel old with all of your responses LOL

Was in 2nd year University. Was watching the news (Komo or King 5, one of the Seattle ones) and it instantly cut to some smoke that was coming from the building. Was utter confusion and the correspondent didn't even know what was going on at first. Saw the 2nd plane collide on live TV. I was at my grandma's place during this, we were both tearing up.

Not a good time to bring that up, today is a day to mourn for those who died or lost a close one. RIP to those.

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cant believe its been 9 years

feels like 3-4 years ago

i was in 3rd grade. we watched it happen. i was living in cali for the time. i remember that our class turn on the tv and we saw the 2nd plane crash. horrible.

WTF.................................

I feel old. :rofl:

skipped my morning class n watched the 2nd tower get hit live. Was in grade 8

x2 :lol

I was driving to University and couldn't figure out why The Fox wasn't playing music at the time. It took about twenty minutes before someone on the radio recapped what happened. I remember looking out at everyone stopped in rush hour traffic on Hwy1 and seeing how scared and white many of those people's faces were. At the time, only the first tower had been hit. All throughout the day, our classes consisted of listening to the radio while doing maybe half a page of actual work. Boy was the lunchroom at Capilano sombre...

I can't really say how the event has changed me or my life. One of my dad's friends died in the tower collapse, though admittedly it seemed more likely he died during the initial plane collision since he was working on a floor in that area.

i was in 7th grade
it was surreal..it was like watching armageddon except you know hundreds of lives are dying and there's nothing anyone can do to save 'em.
was just telling my co-workers how fast 9 years have gone by.

I was at UBC early, walked a friend to Angus and saw a huge crowd of people at the TVs. Asked what the hell was going on. I ended up not going to class at all.

we have 15 year olds on RS? :S

I was in grade 7, was locking up my bike with a friend and some kid ran up to us. "Hey, did you guys hear? Some guys flew a plane into a building"
we laughed it off until we got to class