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Felt so lonely
I was working at school (I am the librarian). We have a class on current events, and they saw the first of the news coverage and quickly spread the word to t...
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October 30, 2009 |
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Loss of innocence
I was working as a phlebotomist at Littleton Hospital in LIttleton Colorado on the night shift. The morning duties put me on the maternity ward to collect bl...
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October 28, 2009 |
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What's with the flags?
I was seven when the towers fell. I remember seeing a US flag hung near our bus stop, a big one. I asked my mom why it was there, she told me about 9/11.
I...
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August 10, 2009 |
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9/11 ... rebuilding, October 2006
October, 2006 ... four years later
Someday, when my two month old granddaughter Audrey is grown, I suspect she will probably think of 9/11 like I regard t...
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May 05, 2009 |
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9-11 Morning
I woke up that morning as usual, making my way to the coffeemaker, passing by the TV to turn on CNN. Settled in with coffee to watch the morning news. Video...
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March 13, 2009 |
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I just happened to be in D.C.
I was attending a 2-day meeting with a prospective client at 18th and M streets, about 5 blocks from the White House. On the...
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February 06, 2009 |
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was like a dream..
I remember the morning of 9/11, I was so in the middle of some critical work project. I woke up and heard the beginnings of something happening on CNN. It w...
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January 09, 2009 |
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9/11 A year later
A trip to Switzerland was cancelled because of 9/11. The following year I did get to Switzerland. On the first anniversary of that historical day, I was wi...
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November 22, 2008 |
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When the September11th reports starte...
I live in Alberta so we are several hours behind New York. My radio alarm went off for me to get up for work and the news report came on and said that a pla...
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October 20, 2008 |
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At School
I was in school when the first tower was struck. I think i was in 7th or 8th grade, too young to truly understand what was going on immediately. Needless to ...
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October 13, 2008 |
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Where I was on9/11
I was at home (in San Francisco) still trying to figure out career options after the dotcom bust. Then I got several messages from friends and family asking ...
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October 07, 2008 |
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I was writing communications about ho...
I worked for an insurance company and we had three different offices in or around the WTC -- hundreds of employees altogether at risk. The Emergency Manageme...
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September 11, 2008 |
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Away from home
Everybody has their 9/11 story. Some are more interesting than others, but one thing that is binding is that we all vividly remember the events of that day.....
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September 05, 2008 |
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Surreal
While teaching a remedial reading class in the Midwest, I was handed a note from administration that said, "The Pentagon and the World Trade Center have...
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August 30, 2008 |
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My 9/11 Experience
On 9/11/01, I was a rural letter carrier, so I got every bit of my news on the radio (WBAP, Dallas), and I couldn't believe what I was ...
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August 26, 2008 |
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Flashbulb memory
I was in the 7th grade that year. I remember it was an ordinary day. It wasn't until gym that everyone knew something was wrong. For some reason we were not ...
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July 27, 2008 |
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Science Fiction
I live in the UK and came out of a training session in Nottingham about 3.30 - 4 in the afternoon. I had a two hour journey home so headed towards the motorw...
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July 27, 2008 |
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9/11
I was in 5th grade in Portland, Oregon. I was staying at my dad's house because my mom and step-dad were camping and my dad was taking me to my grandparents'...
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July 22, 2008 |
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The Irony
I was in Grade 11 Physics in New York city. The class had just started and one of my friends who was sitting nearby was just listening to the radio (somethin...
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July 15, 2008 |
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physical science
9th grade physical science. last seat in the last row (reverse alphabetical order seating.) i remember a classmate saying "o my god, they like, bombed t...
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July 14, 2008 |
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