9/11/2001. Where were you when it happened?

[jigflinger]

I was sitting on the side of Interstate 81 on the Maryland/Pennsylvania line with a broke down truck. I was hauling bait fish to a hatchery in Penn.

[Fish Taxi]

I was at a trade show in Kansas City. I remember watching it all unfold on TV's outside the convention center and I remember everybody speculating about what was happening and what was about to happen. Everybody was frightened and paranoid to say the least. I remember being scared that we didn't have enough gas to get home and of course we all wanted to get to our families as soon as we could. We were lucky enough to find regular priced fuel and fill up after a half-hour wait.

My cousin lived and worked close to the twin towers, and we were very relieved when we finally got word that he was okay.

I also remember that the following year at the same trade show, it was totally dead. Hardly any of our customers showed up. Their businesses were all suffering because people quit spending money like they used to. In 2001 it was a busy place and there was lots of energy and excitement (before the towers fell), in 2002 it seemed like everybody was scraping by at best.

[shane]

Driving to work when it came on the radio. Turned on the TV at work and watched the sad event that took place that morning and watched the whole world come to a complete stop. Made me stop and think about life in general and how lucky we really are with our little time here. <<<GOD BLESS THE USA>>>

[wheels70]

We still lived in Hays and I was getting ready for work. At first I thought it must have been a small passenger plane that had mechanical difficulties. Shortly after, the second plane hit and then it was obvious it was not an accident.
I remember going to Wilson that weekend and there was hardly anyone there.

[cbass12]

Sitting in a biology lab in college. Teacher came in and mumbled something about a plane hitting one of the towers. Didn't comprehend what that actually meant until I got back to my dorm at about 8:50. Sat in the basement of my dorm with the maintenance guy for two hours watching everything on the big screen.