Where were you on 9-11?

I do want to know...

Published on October 29, 2004 By greywar In Politics

Personally I was in Honduras on the assignment of a lifetime (from a selfish perspective), and on 9-11 my Honduran friend and co-worker said "I Hope they didn't have people in there!" andf then when the death toll became apparent, "I hope the US kills everyone person who made this happen. Fuck those people."

Comments (Page 1)

sandy2

on Oct 29, 2004

there has already been an article exactly like this. more than once

Grim Xiozan

on Oct 29, 2004

In Cognitive Absentia...
after the second plane (3 of 4) hit the other tower.

I didn't hope. I was ready to get on a plane and fly over to their home to deliver some 'SPECIAL GIFTS'! MUHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA They w...*CLASSIFIED*
Fnord.

PLINKO!

apdelong31

on Oct 29, 2004

8th grade American History class when I heard about it, English class when I saw the footage. I couldn't believe it, I started crying when I saw it and ended up leaving school early, around lunchtime. My dad came over to walk me home (we lived right next to the school) and helped him install our new screen door.

Daiwa

on Oct 29, 2004

The 500 Club, playing a round of golf. We broke off when one of our wives called with the news of the first hit & headed into the clubhouse to stare in utter disbelief as the second plane hit and the towers fell. One of the three most somber days of my entire life, the other two being the day my father died, when I was 21, and the day my mother died, when I was 37.

Daiwa

drmiler

on Oct 30, 2004

Where were you on 9-11?

By: greywar
Posted: Friday, October 29, 2004 on The Word from the Geekside
Message Board: Politics
Personally I was in Honduras on the assignment of a lifetime (from a selfish perspective), and on 9-11 my Honduran friend and co-worker said "I Hope they didn't have people in there!" andf then when the death toll became apparent, "I hope the US kills everyone person who made this happen. Fuck those people."

At work.

latour999

on Oct 30, 2004

Getting ready for school. When I saw the 1st tower burning on a morning show (around 7:something in my time zone), I thought it was an accident (I was thinking about when a plane accidentaly hit the Empire State Building). But when I saw the 2nd tower burning, I realized that it couldn't be an accident. I heard about the other planes in school (my English teacher had a radio on in class), but it didn't hit me how serious it was and the damage it caused to people and families for a while. But I realized later that this was my generation's big, horrible event, that would shape the next few years like JFK and Pearl Harbor before it.

greywar

on Oct 30, 2004

there has already been an article exactly like this. more than once

And I give shit about this why? If you hadn't noticed this is my blog. Have a trolling.

greywar

on Oct 30, 2004

An interesting cross section of the young and not-as-young:)

Thanks to the 5 folks (so far) who actually replied to the content of the entry here It came up again as the recent terror tapes were released and I thought about it for a long time the other night. Of course some folks hate to have this brought up as they would rather pretend that 9-11 never happened as that would fit inside their fairyland worldview better:)

Death_By_Beebles

on Oct 30, 2004

I was in my second period study hall, freshman year. When someone said that a plane had crashed into the WTC, I was shocked and really upset. But when another plane crashed into the second tower, a lost all semblance of emotional control.

It's good to remember these things, even if some don't wish it to be brought up.

Peace,

Beebes

JillUser

on Oct 30, 2004

Reply #7 By: greywar - 10/30/2004 3:09:42 PM
there has already been an article exactly like this. more than once

And I give shit about this why? If you hadn't noticed this is my blog. Have a trolling.

I baked up some trollhouse cookies for Sandy too.

I had returned from a trip the day before. I was having my morning coffee, watching the news. My hubby was in the shower and when I saw the footage of the first crash I screamed to him about it. He though I was joking. When the second crash happened, I was shaking and sobbing. Just couldn't believe what was happening.

Our kids weren't school age yet but some of our neighbors were so worried that they dashed to the school to retrieve their kids. I think we were all thinking, what is going to come next if this was able to happen? It certainly changed my sense of safety.

InBloom

on Oct 30, 2004

Having a bowl of cereal before going to work....i was watching Good Morning america the whole time as well...i didnt know what was going on at first..the 2nd plane hit during this time .....I was stunned.

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 30, 2004

Just missed the first one when I turned on the tv for the weather before heading up to DLI, saw the second one hit before formation in the day room at the company. We were taking a Korean test when the towers fell. Then they wondered why so many of us failed that one...........go figure.

There was a whole lot of holy shit, I'm in the army and we're going to war syndrome going around that day. On the plus side, nobody gave us any crap about having recently closed the gates to through traffic after that, or complained about all the soldiers hanging around downtown.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 30, 2004

At My Orthopedic surgeons office in Annapolis MD. Then the power went out and I wondered if they hit the Nuke plant on the eastern shore.
Then I drove home, made my roommate turn on the tube. Then i got to drive the beltway to work at Ft Belvoir. The lack of traffic was stunning
and the sight of the pillar of smoke rising from the Pentagon for the next three days made me want to scream with rage. And that was before work. Work was a story I cannot tell here.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 30, 2004

And I thought I was out of trollings for cookies tonight.

Different Hanja

on Oct 30, 2004

I was sitting in Companion, having a Jack and Coke, Chong Mi was washing glasses. The phone rang and one of our customers asked me if I was watching the tv. I was reading a book, but I changed the channel to AFKN. He had told me a small plane had accidentally hit the first tower. I watched, thinking the pilot was a dumbass not to see the huge tower from such a small plane..... as I watched a second plane hit the second tower and I knew it was no mistake. When the plane hit the pentagon I told Chong Mi "Oh, shit! We are at war!" I had to close the bar and find more Americans to drink with and watch this sad event unfold. I don't think I slept for the next 6 days or so, AFN pretty much stopped their regular programming and had feeds from all of the major US channels.

As a side note, this nearly caused us to close the bar permanently... everyone was locked on post for so long I didn't think we would be able to pay our rent. It also caused me to find a "real job".

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