My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001 and to all the families who lost a loved one. It still feels like just yesterday I was worrying where my mom was. She worked about 2 blocks from the WTC and she took the train from Hoboken, NJ to the WTC everyday for over 30 years so when I heard what happened I was worried if she was ok, I didnt hear from her till about 3:00 that afternoon and thank god she was ok, those 6 or 7 hours were the longest of my life not knowing if my mom was alive or not. I cant even imagine what these families went through and still go through today. Where were you guys on that dreadful day?

my personal account:

i work on 18th and 6th
we all walked over to 5th with a clear view of the WTC.
and then we saw both buildings just crumble to the ground.
a friend of mine worked down there and he saw people jumping off buildings. he said they looked as if you threw a tomato against the wall.

crazy day.

I was sitting in class, we hadn't heard anything until after the second plane hit. All we did for the rest of the day was watch CNN coverage.

I worked late the night before ended up sleeping in my parents basement. My father woke me up telling me to watch this TV on TV...He not I realized it was real until I noticed the LIVE label in the corner. I live in Buffalo but my whole family is in NY...My uncle works blocks from the WTC, he was in charge of the bridge tolls. I remember trying to call down there for hours to see how he was. A cousin of mine was one of he people who had to walk the miles to get home from NY over the bridges. My best friend also has alot of family and friends that worked down there. Totally surreal.

[Edited by - joec32033 on 09-11-2005 1:51 PM]

God bless America, only when George Bush is out of office.

Posted by MaTT4281:

I was sitting in class, we hadn't heard anything until after the second plane hit. All we did for the rest of the day was watch CNN coverage.

nice pic matt...i'm gonna have to borrow that for my site...hope u don't mind.

I remember that day very well.....

I thought they were just playing footage of the first time that happened in the 90's.....They just showed the burning tower with no caption or comentary.......then a frantic female reporters voice came on saying "oh my God, I can't believe this!!!" I was like "huh???" After a few minutes I realized it must be real. I was thinking that some stupid mofo started a fire. Then I heard about a plane crash......first thing I thought of was one of those sky writers or advertising planes.......then I heard a plane fly over my building very low....it was so loud.....then a few minutes later I see the second plane hit!!!! I'm like "Oh ****!!!! Baby get in here they crashing airplanes into the WTC!!!!"

Man I got dressed so fast and ran down to get my stepson, then I ran across central park to get both of my sisters! It was crazy. Everyone was bugging outside. It was peaceful but it felt like when you are hanging in a bad neighborhood at night!!! People were mad nervous! I brought the kids back to my place, then I went out to meet my mother who was at work. I walked all over the place. Thank God all my loved ones were accounted for!!!(thank God I still had 2 good knees)

****as a side story me and my girl were supposed to go down to BMCC to registar for classes and pay our school bills but opted to stay home and do the nasty. BMCC is right in the shadow of WTC. Me and my girl used to love to go hang out in the Borders Book Store at WTC. We used to just chill down there. We would been right there in the middle of all that. That God for sex, lol!