Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day
Where you in the yard with your wife and children
Or workin' some stage in LA
Did you stand up in shock at the sight of that black smoke
Risin' against that blue sky
Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor
Or did you just sit down and cry
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below
Did you burst out with pride for the red, white and blue
And the heroes who died just doin' what they do
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters
Where were you when the world stopped turnin' that September day
Teachin' a class full of innocent children
Or driving down some cold interstate
Did you feel guilty 'cause your a survivor
In a crowded room did you feel alone
Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her
Did you dust off that Bible at home
Did you open your eyes and hope it never happened
Close your eyes and not go to sleep
Did you notice the sunset for the first time in ages
Or speak to some stranger on the street
Did you lay down at night and think about tomorrow
Go out and buy you a gun
Did you turn off that violent old movie your watchin'
And turn on I Love Lucy reruns
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers
Stand in line to give your own blood
Did you just stay at home and cling tight to your family
And thank God you have somebody to love
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING THAT SEPTEMBER DAY
These are the song lyrics from Alan Jackson on his CD Drive. I think it covers alot of what the world was doing and feeling on September 11 2001. I think the song asks us to all remember what we felt on that day and to never forget how we felt. I for one was at work getting a motorhome ready for delivery, I had to go to the showroom for something and a salesman was standing in the lounge area and yelling that a plane had hit one of the twin towers in NY. At that point everyone was thinking it was an accident, but when we watched the second plane come into view and smash into the other tower on live tv we all knew something was wrong. Alot of people tried to return to doing their jobs ,but noone could concentrate on what they were supposed to be doing and kept going to the lounge for updates. It got very crowded in the lounge so alot of us went back into the motorhome we were working on and turned on the tv. Noone worked in the rv dept for the rest of the day. Everyone was in shock to put it mildly, there was every range of emotion from extreme anger to sadness and back to anger then back to sadness. It was a very difficult time in America for the days after too. All the memorials brought out alot of emotion. I WILL NEVER FORGET. BUT IT SEEMS SOME HAVE IN AMERICA.
Where were you that day?
__________________
Hoyt Carbon Element RKT Blackout
Axcel Armourtech HD Sights
Easton Arrows
United Bowhunters of Pa. Member
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
I went to the bus stop, and was told a plane hit a building. I thought that a little twin engine had an accident. I was walking past the front office at the junior high when I watched the second plane hit the second tower, and I realized just what I had been told. I spent the rest of that day in horror knowing my parents had gotten on a plane that morning headed straight to Hawaii from SLC. That had as much fuel as the others that had been taken, so when they called that they had landed safely I cried with joy. That whole day in school we did nothing but watch the news. I was so angry towards the cowards that did this, if it were possible I would have gone into the military at age 13 just to show them a real american butt whoopin'.[:@][:@][:@]
__________________
ANNOY A LIBERAL, work hard and be happy.
I was at work, heading to a departmental meeting in the boardroom, when somebody told me about it. It was a guy who had the CNN pop up feature on his computer. We went to the meeting thinking it was some little Sesna or something. During the meeting we were told something bad was happening and that there were TVs in the gym and cafeteria. They made an announcement that everyone should go home to be with their loved ones. We all complied. I was sad and scared. Then, when the anthrax scares started, I thought it could all be coming to an end. I feel a lot better now. I'll always remember and I'll always shed a tear on this day. God bless the 2,741 Americans that met God that day.
I was at work, like most everyone else. I was sitting at my desk, starting to work on some database programming and so on, when I get a phone call from my fishing buddy. He was talking 900 miles a minute and telling me to drop what I'm doing and get to a TV somewhere, anywhere, because a plane crashed into the World Trade Center! Little by little, everyone at work was getting phone calls, and we all went out to the lunchroom and flipped on the TV. Then the second plane hit and then the Pentagon got hit and then the plane crashed in the field in PA. We all just went numb. Nobody said a word. We all just sat there stunned in disbelief. I don't think anyone did anything that day. We were still open for business, but nobody could work. You couldn't do anything but just sit there in shock.
I slowly grew angry because I was stationed in NYC on Governors Island in the Coast Guard and have been in the WTC. I had friends who were USCG Reservists who were in the NYPD and NYFD who were killed.
One week later, I remember seeing a bulletin from the Coast Guard asking if any retirees want to come back on active duty. Without thinking twice, I submitted my name for recall, but they didn't exactly need Yeoman (personnel clerks, payroll, computer operators). They wanted Port Securitymen and Gunnersmate's and other security ratings.
Like most people my age, I was in school. Even before 1st period there were rumors flying around like crazy. In bio class the principal called an assembly and explained what happened. The rest of the day we just watched the news, most people were in awe to what had happened. You always here about terrorist over in the mid-east, but then when they brought the war onto our soil, it was a wake up call for sure. When I think about what happened it makes me mad and sad. People died that day for being American. And not to mention all the brave people, including many firefighters, who died to save others[:@]
I was sleeping and my mom woke my ass up like there was no tommorow and basically dragged me to the TV and apparently the first plane had hit and i thought this was some cheesy movie coming out or it was some F'd up pilot who got drunk the night or something anyway didnt think it was serious to the point where my life would be affected then I hear peter jennings go Oh my god heres a second plane, then jennings goes on about how its no accident blah blah and the FIRST name he came up with was OBL. Went to school and couldnt concentrate on school or next weeks homecoming dance but the thing that strikes me was that my teacher said WASNT IMPORTANT and we shouldnt watch the TV but in all my other classes we watched it all unfold, so i got up and left and she goes where are you going? I said, look Miss theres been two planes slammed into the wtc and possibly more ( didnt know about D.C. or Penn. crashes) and I want to know what the hell is going on instead of thinking the worlds going to end tomm miss. and out the door I went. She apologized the next day to me and rest of the students.
At work that day like many of you.I work for a muninciple electric department as a high voltage lineman.After we got news of this none of us on our crew could even concentrate or keep our heads in the game to work the rest of the day.All that I wanted to do is get home and hold and hug my wife and kids.The kids had many questons and wondering if this was the end.I reassured them that "no it wasn't".In my opinion though, it was the begining of a new way of life for many of us in America.I have believed for a long time that something was going to happen here in the states but never thought it would have happened like it did.I remember sitting on the deck at night with my wife and the eerie silence of no aircraft flying over us,and hardly any cars on the local roads.I recall reading guys posting on this site and others that downstate Illinois the Caseys gas station chain charging $4.oo or more for a gallon of gas.I reacall reading from guys posting from Detroit,Flint Areas in Michigan that folks where pulling cab drivers from there vehicles and beating them.It is something that I will never forget.Another thing that still sticks out in my mind is the fact that so many people are so desensitized from all the video they almost seem like nothing ever happened.We as Americans have got to remember these things ,our memories are so short,when Clinton was in office the Cole was bombed,also the World trade center was bombed then too.There are many things that have happened that we need to remember,so that we can be prepaired or at least protect ourselfs somewhat in the future.God Bless Our country.
I was driving to Charleston for a dentist appt, with my young son. My mom was going to watch him for me ....The blurb on the truck radio said one plane had hit the first tower, then the station went to live broadcast and the second plane hit. I knew then it was no accident and although with tears in my eyes maintained because of my son. I almost cannot describe what I was feeling....it all seemed so surreal. I knew we had been attacked, felt helpless, wanted to go back to the farm and as far away from the city as possible. Then they mentioned one of the planes hijacked was over WV....right before I turned into my mothers driveway! That was the flight that had its last moments in a field in PA[&o]
I walked into mom's house knowing somehow that there would be more....thats when the plane went into the Pentagon.
To this day it is difficult to describe exactly what I felt...a deep sadness, outrage, fear, " this can't be happening", and most of all the feeling that it was all so surreal.
I remember thinking at the time that we as Americans had become so complacent we did not see the forest for the tree's. So complacent infact that it was bound to happen. I pray that it never happens again....however, our entire world has changed since that day....including our lives and how prepared we are...if anything can prepare you.
I still to this day feel the deep sadness that was felt then. And often think in my late 40's that this was not the way it is supposed to be....not so much for me but for my son, and other children. That is how the world has become......I refuse to live in fear and paranoia, but feel we should all be ever watchful. I posted a thread not long ago asking "Are you prepared".....and now although I feel I am Prepared as far as the "obvious" things one would need. Just how the hell can you be "prepared" for such a tragedy if it happens again......I pray it does not, but the way the world is now, it is perhaps only a matter of time. Fortunately I am not a clock watcher. And live my life day to day....
My world didn't stop turning, it sped up just like most other military personnel. I was at work on Barksdale AFB just ending a 12 hour shift. We were in the middle of an exercise. We went from exercise to real-world alert and I think my crew ended up working about a 24 hour shift preparing for an attack if the President ordered one. Opstempo is just now starting to slow down so no, not many of us will forget. BTW, its all well and good to remember the towers, but people died at the Pentagon as well.
Where were you when the world stopped turning
