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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 06:09 PM
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70. I was in class.
I was a senior in college. A girl, who came in late to class, told us that her b/f, who was in NYC, said that a plane hit the WTC. We all thought it was a small plane that had mechanical failure.

Then a short while later, her phone rang again. Boyfriend. Second plane hits. We all knew this wasn't just an accident.

About a half hour later, they closed school for the day. It literally took me two hours to get home and I lived 15 minutes from the school. There was so much traffic. Just everyone trying to get home.

I can only imagine what the chaos was like in NYC.
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  -So, what were you doing five years ago today? MrScorpio  Sep-11-06 01:00 AM   #0 
  - I was sleeping  petersond   Sep-11-06 01:02 AM   #1 
  - I was on my way to work and  petersond   Sep-11-06 01:07 AM   #4 
  - got up to eat breakfast before class  ikhor   Sep-11-06 01:05 AM   #2 
  - I was at home, pregnant. My BIL woke my husband and I up.  LaraMN   Sep-11-06 01:06 AM   #3 
  - way up in the Mountains of Colorado  LSK   Sep-11-06 01:08 AM   #5 
  - Working Master Control at an ABC/UPN station in Bangor, Maine until 7AM,  qnr   Sep-11-06 01:09 AM   #6 
  - Here is my post from a similar thread in GD:  SeattleGirl   Sep-11-06 01:10 AM   #7 
  - I slept in  u4ic   Sep-11-06 01:12 AM   #8 
  - I was a senior in high school  Reverend_Smitty   Sep-11-06 01:13 AM   #9 
  - Nice school.  GalleryGod   Sep-11-06 08:58 AM   #39 
     - Our schools wanted to do the "carry on" bit  xmas74   Sep-11-06 09:18 AM   #43 
     - yeah the senior class was about to mutiny  Reverend_Smitty   Sep-11-06 11:31 AM   #51 
  - Woke up and turned on CNN as usual  Oeditpus Rex   Sep-11-06 01:13 AM   #10 
  - Freshman in HS.  deadparrot   Sep-11-06 01:19 AM   #11 
  - You know, I have tried to remember that so. many. times.  BlueIris   Sep-11-06 01:38 AM   #12 
  - Balancing my checkbook.  jobycom   Sep-11-06 01:45 AM   #13 
  - I was at a friend's apartment in Elmhurst, Queens. (long)  speedoo   Sep-11-06 01:54 AM   #14 
  - I remember that smell.  ThomCat   Sep-11-06 05:53 PM   #67 
  - At this time, getting to sleep after a few Meister Braus & joints...  haruka3_2000   Sep-11-06 02:15 AM   #15 
  - Watching the tragedy unfold on TV with my 12 year old daughter  DainBramaged   Sep-11-06 02:16 AM   #16 
  - I had been up here for less than 2 months  enigmatic   Sep-11-06 02:19 AM   #17 
  - I was at my new job, about week 4 of 7 weeks of training  hfojvt   Sep-11-06 02:48 AM   #18 
  - I was at home, learning about it live on the computer  astral   Sep-11-06 02:50 AM   #19 
  - Diving  ForrestGump   Sep-11-06 04:00 AM   #20 
  - I was at school. I was nine, in fifth grade.  WritingIsMyReligion   Sep-11-06 05:36 AM   #21 
  - That's my sister's birthday too.  Sequoia   Sep-11-06 04:05 PM   #64 
  - I was at work  bicentennial_baby   Sep-11-06 06:33 AM   #22 
  - I was at home watching CNN as usual.  Joan_Alpern   Sep-11-06 06:36 AM   #23 
  - bump  DainBramaged   Sep-11-06 06:43 AM   #24 
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  - Asleep untill 'bout 11 Central time....awoke to my b/f yellin' OMFG.....  jus_the_facts   Sep-11-06 07:04 AM   #26 
  - I was working.  AirmensMom   Sep-11-06 07:04 AM   #27 
  - I was at work  miss_american_pie   Sep-11-06 07:08 AM   #28 
  - At work...in DC  bluethruandthru   Sep-11-06 07:34 AM   #29 
  - Making funeral arrangements and cleaning my mother's house  seemunkee   Sep-11-06 07:44 AM   #30 
  - Attending a one week Java class ...  meegbear   Sep-11-06 07:45 AM   #31 
  - My mom called me and woke me up when the first plane struck...  Fox Mulder   Sep-11-06 07:45 AM   #32 
  - Working.  NewWaveChick1981   Sep-11-06 08:04 AM   #33 
  - We had just dropped our dog off for his surgery and  OurVotesCount-Ohio   Sep-11-06 08:09 AM   #34 
  - I was at work.  mutley_r_us   Sep-11-06 08:10 AM   #35 
  - I was at home...my mother called me and told me to turn on the TV  bleedingheart   Sep-11-06 08:13 AM   #36 
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  - I was about to start working at my computer  mulsh   Sep-11-06 08:42 AM   #38 
  - I was at a job I hate, reading articles for a service for people who...  RedStateShame   Sep-11-06 09:12 AM   #40 
  - Just got off of work.  xmas74   Sep-11-06 09:14 AM   #41 
  - I had just come home from walking my youngest to school.  Midlodemocrat   Sep-11-06 09:16 AM   #42 
  - I was home outside with my dogs.  idgiehkt   Sep-11-06 09:20 AM   #44 
  - I was trying to find a way out of Manhattan...  Writer   Sep-11-06 09:22 AM   #45 
  - Was driving from Key West up to Miami to catch a a flight home...  SaveElmer   Sep-11-06 09:32 AM   #46 
  - 9/11/2001  querelle   Sep-11-06 09:34 AM   #47 
  - I slept through it all  Roon   Sep-11-06 09:51 AM   #48 
  - Was At The Airport Waiting To Board A Flight To Atlanta  ProfessorGAC   Sep-11-06 10:08 AM   #49 
  - i was a junior in college  kagehime   Sep-11-06 11:08 AM   #50 
  - god i remember every detail  mark414   Sep-11-06 11:43 AM   #52 
  - watching the Today show  cwydro   Sep-11-06 11:53 AM   #53 
  - 5 years ago I spent a wonderful morning taking a riding lesson  CottonBear   Sep-11-06 12:12 PM   #54 
  - Just arrived at work for the day  WolverineDG   Sep-11-06 12:25 PM   #55 
  - I had flown back from LA on Sept 10th with friends.  Coventina   Sep-11-06 12:39 PM   #56 
  - I was posting on Michael Moore's forum when someone there  graywarrior   Sep-11-06 12:41 PM   #57 
  - Driving home from dropping my son off at school when I heard the first  Debi   Sep-11-06 12:49 PM   #58 
  - I was at Ft Hood with the 1st Cav Division  AllegroRondo   Sep-11-06 03:14 PM   #59 
  - I lived in Temple, Tx. at the time.  haf216   Sep-11-06 10:58 PM   #87 
  - Got up, got ready for work.  Ariana Celeste   Sep-11-06 03:21 PM   #60 
  - I was up early at home, going to see someone on..  mvd   Sep-11-06 03:24 PM   #61 
  - You can read about it on my blog if you are interested. Link inside.  Left Is Write   Sep-11-06 03:41 PM   #62 
  - I was on my way  sarge43   Sep-11-06 03:48 PM   #63 
  - Calling all the area hospitals  ThomCat   Sep-11-06 05:25 PM   #65 
  - OMG  lizziegrace   Sep-11-06 06:27 PM   #72 
     - Yes.  ThomCat   Sep-11-06 08:50 PM   #77 
        - Not just the physical injuries  lizziegrace   Sep-11-06 09:59 PM   #82 
           - She went to the ceremonies yesterday  ThomCat   Sep-12-06 07:48 AM   #92 
  - Driving to work, listening to--of all things--Ricky Martin  dback   Sep-11-06 05:40 PM   #66 
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  - I was a home in bed.  YellowRubberDuckie   Sep-11-06 06:02 PM   #69 
  - I was in class.  bigwillq   Sep-11-06 06:09 PM   #70 
  - I was going through the new building  lizziegrace   Sep-11-06 06:19 PM   #71 
  - I was at work in El Segundo, CA  martymar64   Sep-11-06 06:37 PM   #73 
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  - I had started a new job eight weeks earlier and  ikojo   Sep-11-06 07:56 PM   #75 
  - I was....  lelapin   Sep-11-06 07:59 PM   #76 
  - Having my office destroyed. YAY!  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-11-06 09:12 PM   #78 
  - Was your office was in the WTC?  ThomCat   Sep-11-06 09:52 PM   #80 
     - Depends on how you define it -  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-11-06 09:57 PM   #81 
        - Wow!  ThomCat   Sep-12-06 07:46 AM   #91 
  - I was oblivious until evening.  InvisibleTouch   Sep-11-06 09:15 PM   #79 
  - bump for the last time.  DainBramaged   Sep-11-06 10:28 PM   #83 
  - I called in sick, the first time in six years  Skittles   Sep-11-06 10:47 PM   #84 
  - Preparing ror a trip to...  dajoki   Sep-11-06 10:49 PM   #85 
  - I was having breakfast with my son  Kajsa   Sep-11-06 10:55 PM   #86 
  - I woke up early  DinoBoy   Sep-11-06 11:31 PM   #88 
  - Drinking.  Nailzberg   Sep-12-06 01:15 AM   #89 
  - Here's my answer to this question in another thread.  Kire   Sep-12-06 01:18 AM   #90 
 

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