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General Discussion => The Flea Trap => Topic started by: Anonymous on September 11, 2015, 11:24:47 AM

Title: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2015, 11:24:47 AM
It seems like only one or two years ago..



I remember being a new mother at the time..



I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I watched the news..



Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news?
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: cc on September 11, 2015, 12:09:43 PM
In bed. My Mom who lived 3 hrs ahead of me, and who too well knew ww2 called "We are at war, even the Pentagon has been hit"



That caught my attention and I ran for the tV
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2015, 12:15:21 PM
Quote from: "cc la femme"In bed. My Mom who lived 3 hrs ahead of me, and who too well knew ww2 called "We are at war, even the Pentagon has been hit"



That caught my attention and I ran for the tV

I forgot to mention that my husband was on his way to an overseas job at the time..



A very worrying day.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: cc on September 11, 2015, 12:31:11 PM
Wow. In transit was not a good place to be that day. That must have been personally worrying



If it was to an islamic country, especially so. We and all authorities around the world all knew instantly that it was an act of islam
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 11, 2015, 12:35:31 PM
Quote from: "cc la femme"Wow. In transit was not a good place to be that day. That must have been personally worrying



If it was to an islamic country, especially so. We all knew instantly that it was islam that did it

When he called me from Germany, I was so, so relieved..



A day I was so glad to see the end of.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: cc on September 11, 2015, 02:27:48 PM
I bet!!!!
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: cc on September 11, 2015, 02:28:39 PM
Here's a special tale of people helping people when the need was there



Returning for people over and over again, all the time not knowing if more attacks were to come
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 12, 2015, 01:43:29 AM
I was in Asia when I heard about it. I wasn't in the air at the time thank God.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Annie on September 12, 2015, 07:23:48 PM
Hubby and I were getting the kids ready for school before he headed off to work.  We weren't sure if we should take them to school or keep them home.  Son was 9 and daughter was 6. Our son knew what happened and was scared to leave the house. We decided to tell them that no matter what happens, always be brave and don't worry about the future but appreciate the present.  After taking them to school I went home and sat on the couch and cried.  It was a very sad, worrying day  ac_crying
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 12, 2015, 08:06:03 PM
Quote from: "GrAnnie"Hubby and I were getting the kids ready for school before he headed off to work.  We weren't sure if we should take them to school or keep them home.  Son was 9 and daughter was 6. Our son knew what happened and was scared to leave the house. We decided to tell them that no matter what happens, always be brave and don't worry about the future but appreciate the present.  After taking them to school I went home and sat on the couch and cried.  It was a very sad, worrying day  ac_crying

I can imagine what it would be like trying to reassure young kids. My son was 10 at the time. My ex had to explain that daddy was ok.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Annie on September 12, 2015, 08:20:58 PM
We were expecting world war 3 to happen. It was like every time we checked the news there was another target attacked.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Renee on September 12, 2015, 08:23:59 PM
I was on the Jersey side of the Hudson at my office when someone came in and announced that a plane hit the trade center. The office building we were in faced lower Manhattan and we could see smoke billowing out of the north tower. I was heading out of the parking lot when the second plane hit the south tower. All I could think was get my girls and get as far away from that shit as I could. Everyone else had the same idea because when I got to my daughter's preschool it was a zoo with cars and parents everywhere all with the same panicked and confused look on their faces. No one really said anything we just went about getting our kids and heading home.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 12, 2015, 08:44:24 PM
Quote from: "Renee"I was on the Jersey side of the Hudson at my office when someone came in and announced that a plane hit the trade center. The office building we were in faced lower Manhattan and we could see smoke billowing out of the north tower. I was heading out of the parking lot when the second plane hit the south tower. All I could think was get my girls and get as far away from that shit as I could. Everyone else had the same idea because when I got to my daughter's preschool it was a zoo with cars and parents everywhere all with the same panicked and confused look on their faces. No one really said anything we just went about getting our kids and heading home.

You had a real personal connection to that day? I don't know anyone personally that was in the area that day.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Renee on September 12, 2015, 09:00:06 PM
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"I was on the Jersey side of the Hudson at my office when someone came in and announced that a plane hit the trade center. The office building we were in faced lower Manhattan and we could see smoke billowing out of the north tower. I was heading out of the parking lot when the second plane hit the south tower. All I could think was get my girls and get as far away from that shit as I could. Everyone else had the same idea because when I got to my daughter's preschool it was a zoo with cars and parents everywhere all with the same panicked and confused look on their faces. No one really said anything we just went about getting our kids and heading home.

You had a real personal connection to that day? I don't know anyone personally that was in the area that day.


A few days later I learned that a friend of mine lost his sister in law that day. Apparently she was on one of the floors that the first plane took out when it hit the north tower. It is said that almost everyone in the NY/NJ area had some kind of personal connection to the events of that day.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 12, 2015, 09:25:33 PM
Quote from: "Renee"
Quote from: "Herman"
Quote from: "Renee"I was on the Jersey side of the Hudson at my office when someone came in and announced that a plane hit the trade center. The office building we were in faced lower Manhattan and we could see smoke billowing out of the north tower. I was heading out of the parking lot when the second plane hit the south tower. All I could think was get my girls and get as far away from that shit as I could. Everyone else had the same idea because when I got to my daughter's preschool it was a zoo with cars and parents everywhere all with the same panicked and confused look on their faces. No one really said anything we just went about getting our kids and heading home.

You had a real personal connection to that day? I don't know anyone personally that was in the area that day.


A few days later I learned that a friend of mine lost his sister in law that day. Apparently she was on one of the floors that the first plane took out when it hit the north tower. It is said that almost everyone in the NY/NJ area had some kind of personal connection to the events of that day.

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This is all I can say Renee.
Title: Re: 9/11 was fourteen years ago today
Post by: Anonymous on September 13, 2015, 07:42:07 AM
I was a new graduate that year. I was working at my first job in Toronto. We were wondering if a plane would hit the CN Tower or Queen's Park or something else. We went home early that day.
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