so.. where were you on 9/11?

Samus · #1 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:01 AM

i figure the other 9/11 thread is more of remembrance and respects, so i thought id make this.. where were you on 9/11?

just to set the tone, i am in an alternative program at my high school, where theres a big room and like 4 little rooms branching off it. most people have all of their classes in these rooms, and its very laid back.

i was at school, in my first hour. i didnt even know what the WTC were exactly. it was weird. in my first hour, we finished watching a video on how to escape from a house on fire. we went on our little break to get some food, this was at like 8:15. came back 20 minutes later, and all the TVs in the HAP (hopkins alternative program) room had these two huge buildings, one on fire, and in the corner of the screen was the pentagon on fire. i thought "how ironic"

i move to my other class, which took me about 5 minutes (had to socialize, this was all over) and by the time i got to my next class, both of the towers were on fire. i watched them fall, and we watched the TV for the next two weeks and played cards in each class while the TV was on.

there were rumors all over the school. i remember they evacuated like every skyscraper in america. i know i will never forget where i was and who i was with. hell, exactly one year after that, the 1 year anniversary, we had an assembly and i broke up with my girlfriend that day! its not going to be forgotten. its like how to me, stuff like the titanic sinking or pearl harbor seem so surreal, like it couldnt have happened. and thats probably how it will seem to my children. but ill have seen it with my own eyes, and we even have video documentation. something that i saw will one day be in my childrens text books.

feel free to type as much as you want about 9/11.

sensimil · #2 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:30 AM

time flies.
I was working in the Deans office at my college when I heard the news.

thats all I want to say :/

edit, and Ill never forget the gathering to talk about what had happened in the gymnasium. the look on peoples faces. unforgettable. a chilling scared unbelievable feeling.

Chronic420 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:38 AM

I was at my Mom and Dads Car Shop when i was flipping threw the channels and saw the first WTC building burning so i watched it wasent exactly sure what was happning thought it was a movie , Then the 2nd plane hit i couldent beleive it i ran outside and yelled for my mom to come in later on i got picked up early from school when i got picked up my mom was in tears. I dident find out till later than the Pentagon was hit after i Left.

cowofsteel · #4 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:54 AM

i was on my way to GermanII, which is at West High School (i went to East) and the princable came out to the bus because he always did and was liike 'well i guess they will be talking about that for a few days" .... then we got to german and the teacher was a mean bastard, he wouldn't let us watch it. So we had to hear about it next hour

ReformMaryJaneLaws · #5 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 06:03 AM

I just happened to be watching the Today show at home, folding towels and getting baked. All of a sudden they show the tower on fire, saying that a small plane crashed into it and while I'm sitting there in shock, I watched the second plane fly into the next tower. I almost couldn't breathe. I got on the phone and started calling people and then I was glued to the tv forever afterwards.Then everything else started unfolding. I'll never forget exactly how I felt, where I was sitting, the weather, who I talked to...I'll never forget the anger, the tears and the confusion I felt.

I'll never forget.

KraziHare · #6 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 06:54 AM

I was sitting in my room all pissed about having nothing left to smoke but resin. I turned on the news and saw one of the towers burning. After I saw the second plane hit I knew there was more to this than a fire. I woke up everyone else in my house and we sat there watching it.

I started out with a resiny wake 'n bake and ended up with a life changing event.

NuBBiN · #7 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 09:05 AM

just waking up for school, tv was turned on, i was still lying in bed watching the today show... it progressivly got worrse as i got dessed and ate breakfast.. five minutes before i had to walk out my door the buildings began to collapse

Locus · #8 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 09:29 AM

in la clase de espanol..then a fat guy from nextdoor came running in to tell us..

ubik · #9 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 10:39 AM

holding my thumbs up...

InferiorWang · #10 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 03:12 PM

I was at school in drama class. All the seniors had gotten out of class to go outside and get our class panoramic picture taken. A couple people mentioned something about terrorists doing something, but no one really payed much attention because someone's always trying to cause a commotion in our class.

So we finished taking the picture and I walked back down to the auditorium (also our nuke fallout shelter) and my teacher was in a panic. Her brother worked in the Pentagon and it was hit by a plane. The WTC was hit, too. It didn't really hit me at first what really happened. After a few minutes we were able to get a TV that worked out there. We turned it on and started watching, and not 30 seconds later the second tower fell. That's when it hit me the seriousness of what happened. I was numbed and didn't know what to do, but watch. All I did in the rest of my classes that day was watch the news and pray.

easygrower · #11 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 03:21 PM

i was at work just fineshing for the day , didny find out what happent until i came home then i saw live thet the second plaine crashed , then the rest off the day me and to friends sat in front off the tv smoking hasj

IndianaToker · #12 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 03:29 PM

I was in bed recovering from a wicked night of drinkin'. By the time I got up, it was all pretty much over.

Digit · #13 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:27 PM

surfing grasscity... still a little groggy from waking up... dad walks in and tells me....

.... after i got over teh disbelief, the shock hit me.

i think one of the first things i said (besides HOLY FUCK) would have been... "SEE, DIDNT I FUCKING TELL YOU ALL SHIT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IF BUSH GOT IN POWER!!!?!!!"

it should have never happened.

DeadChimp · #14 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 05:43 PM

I was sleeping, it was early afternoon and my mom calls me and tells me "We're being attacked by terrorists."

From that moment on my day was very surreal. They kept showing the towers falling from like every angle. Every news anchor in the country had a boner.

I think a lot of the information going around after 9-11 was bullshit. They just kept talking so you wouldn't shut off the TV and go on with your life. Network to network the story differed a little.

highawatha · #15 (**permalink**) 09-11-2003, 08:10 PM

to all the people that just went to work that day........
to all the children who never knew anything....

kind of bongish such a loss, take care

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#1 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:01 AM
Samus Old School Stoner Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: MN Posts: 1,256	so.. where were you on 9/11? i figure the other 9/11 thread is more of remembrance and respects, so i thought id make this.. where were you on 9/11? just to set the tone, i am in an alternative program at my high school, where theres a big room and like 4 little rooms branching off it. most people have all of their classes in these rooms, and its very laid back. i was at school, in my first hour. i didnt even know what the WTC were exactly. it was weird. in my first hour, we finished watching a video on how to escape from a house on fire. we went on our little break to get some food, this was at like 8:15. came back 20 minutes later, and all the TVs in the HAP (hopkins alternative program) room had these two huge buildings, one on fire, and in the corner of the screen was the pentagon on fire. i thought "how ironic" i move to my other class, which took me about 5 minutes (had to socialize, this was all over) and by the time i got to my next class, both of the towers were on fire. i watched them fall, and we watched the TV for the next two weeks and played cards in each class while the TV was on. there were rumors all over the school. i remember they evacuated like every skyscraper in america. i know i will never forget where i was and who i was with. hell, exactly one year after that, the 1 year anniversary, we had an assembly and i broke up with my girlfriend that day! its not going to be forgotten. its like how to me, stuff like the titanic sinking or pearl harbor seem so surreal, like it couldnt have happened. and thats probably how it will seem to my children. but ill have seen it with my own eyes, and we even have video documentation. something that i saw will one day be in my childrens text books. feel free to type as much as you want about 9/11.

#2 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:30 AM
sensimil Visit the World! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 2,941 miles from the Jersey Shore Posts: 7,521	time flies. I was working in the Deans office at my college when I heard the news. thats all I want to say :/ edit, and Ill never forget the gathering to talk about what had happened in the gymnasium. the look on peoples faces. unforgettable. a chilling scared unbelievable feeling. __________________ Last edited by sensimil; 09-11-2003 at 05:32 AM.

#3 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:38 AM
Chronic420 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Why you want to know? Posts: 654	I was at my Mom and Dads Car Shop when i was flipping threw the channels and saw the first WTC building burning so i watched it wasent exactly sure what was happning thought it was a movie , Then the 2nd plane hit i couldent beleive it i ran outside and yelled for my mom to come in later on i got picked up early from school when i got picked up my mom was in tears. I dident find out till later than the Pentagon was hit after i Left. __________________ Weed Is Natures Way of saying High "It's In That One Moment You Find your Self Staring Down The Barrel Of a Ak-47...You'r Body Tense's your Heart Stop's Instincts take over..and then All of a Sudden... Nothing Else matter's"

#4 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:54 AM
cowofsteel Local Join Date: May 2002 Location: WI Posts: 3,034	i was on my way to GermanII, which is at West High School (i went to East) and the princable came out to the bus because he always did and was liike 'well i guess they will be talking about that for a few days" .... then we got to german and the teacher was a mean bastard, he wouldn't let us watch it. So we had to hear about it next hour __________________

#5 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 06:03 AM
ReformMaryJaneLaws RMJL-Forum Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21,702 Blog Entries: 8	I just happened to be watching the Today show at home, folding towels and getting baked. All of a sudden they show the tower on fire, saying that a small plane crashed into it and while I'm sitting there in shock, I watched the second plane fly into the next tower. I almost couldn't breathe. I got on the phone and started calling people and then I was glued to the tv forever afterwards.Then everything else started unfolding. I'll never forget exactly how I felt, where I was sitting, the weather, who I talked to...I'll never forget the anger, the tears and the confusion I felt. I'll never forget. __________________ Welcome to the City Grasscity Community - Forum Rules Grasscity Shop, Grasscity Shop FAQ and Grasscity Shop Support

#6 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 06:54 AM
KraziHare Likes Carrots Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Somewhere... probably Posts: 2,448	I was sitting in my room all pissed about having nothing left to smoke but resin. I turned on the news and saw one of the towers burning. After I saw the second plane hit I knew there was more to this than a fire. I woke up everyone else in my house and we sat there watching it. I started out with a resiny wake 'n bake and ended up with a life changing event. __________________ Nonfamiliarity makes you scared to see the beauty in front of your eyes, you're thinking narrowly. Everything is an unpredictable occurrence if you've experienced everything except the purpose.

#7 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 09:05 AM
NuBBiN Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,235	just waking up for school, tv was turned on, i was still lying in bed watching the today show... it progressivly got worrse as i got dessed and ate breakfast.. five minutes before i had to walk out my door the buildings began to collapse __________________ "A human being is part of the whole called by us universe , a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty... We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." Albert Einstein

#8 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 09:29 AM
Locus Dreams of Nirvana Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 921	in la clase de espanol..then a fat guy from nextdoor came running in to tell us..

#9 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 10:39 AM
ubik Old School Stoner Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 593	holding my thumbs up... __________________ -Mankind surely does not represent an evolution toward a better or stronger or higher level, as progress is now understood.-

#10 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 03:12 PM
InferiorWang Old School Stoner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: WTF? Where am I? Posts: 4,466	I was at school in drama class. All the seniors had gotten out of class to go outside and get our class panoramic picture taken. A couple people mentioned something about terrorists doing something, but no one really payed much attention because someone's always trying to cause a commotion in our class. So we finished taking the picture and I walked back down to the auditorium (also our nuke fallout shelter) and my teacher was in a panic. Her brother worked in the Pentagon and it was hit by a plane. The WTC was hit, too. It didn't really hit me at first what really happened. After a few minutes we were able to get a TV that worked out there. We turned it on and started watching, and not 30 seconds later the second tower fell. That's when it hit me the seriousness of what happened. I was numbed and didn't know what to do, but watch. All I did in the rest of my classes that day was watch the news and pray. __________________ "All the people from high school that I thought would be cooler if they smoked now smoke...and they're much cooler." - A friend of mine spring break his freshman year Everything in moderation...including moderation.

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#11 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 03:21 PM
easygrower Supercalifragilistic Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 256	i was at work just fineshing for the day , didny find out what happent until i came home then i saw live thet the second plaine crashed , then the rest off the day me and to friends sat in front off the tv smoking hasj

#12 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 03:29 PM
IndianaToker Indy :Administrator: Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 8,941	I was in bed recovering from a wicked night of drinkin'. By the time I got up, it was all pretty much over.

#13 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:27 PM
Digit Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,829	surfing grasscity... still a little groggy from waking up... dad walks in and tells me.... .... after i got over teh disbelief, the shock hit me. i think one of the first things i said (besides HOLY FUCK) would have been... "SEE, DIDNT I FUCKING TELL YOU ALL SHIT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IF BUSH GOT IN POWER!!!?!!!" it should have never happened.

#14 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 05:43 PM
DeadChimp Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 736	I was sleeping, it was early afternoon and my mom calls me and tells me "We're being attacked by terrorists." From that moment on my day was very surreal. They kept showing the towers falling from like every angle. Every news anchor in the country had a boner. I think a lot of the information going around after 9-11 was bullshit. They just kept talking so you wouldn't shut off the TV and go on with your life. Network to network the story differed a little.

#15 (permalink) 09-11-2003, 08:10 PM
highawatha super girl Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: smalltown Posts: 3,227	to all the people that just went to work that day........ to all the children who never knew anything.... kind of bongish such a loss, take care __________________ reputation is made in a moment, character is built over a lifetime.