Remembering 9/11... 10 years later

BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrzF7B2Kg&feature=player_embedded)


Wow! Goosebumps, great video 1st down thanks for sharing!

I remember being at work, having graduated just 4 months earlier from college, and hearing it all over the radio. A group of us were huddled around the radio listening to the frenzied call of the radio host/disc jockey as the towers fell. Shortly thereafter our boss came around and said I understand there are major events taking place but unless you plan to take a personal day then you need to be working.

So on the same day I learned what it was like to feel threatened by foreign enemies of state, I also learned what not to do as a boss!

For a good couple of weeks after those attacks I remember feeling uneasy everytime I heard a plane overhead. I felt like I needed to look up and make sure it wasn't coming down at me. Amazing how something can rattle all that you take for granted.I wouldn't be surprised if that boss still feels like a dick.

I still remember hearing the idiots in the dorm room next to mine cheering when the RA knocked on their door to say classes were canceled for the rest of the day. My only guess is that since it was still kind of early they may not have had any idea what was going on.

I was stuck at work for the day too. I was working a dead end job at a big box retailer at the time. Saw it all unfold live on TV. Assholes in corporate decided to leave the stores open, just in case someone wanted to shop for a PC or TV that day I guess. There were literally no customers the entire day. I often think back to that and wonder who's bright idea that was to stay open while the country was literally under attack, and if they feel like a piece of crap to this day.

Back to the events of the day, I remember someone coming into the back office saying a plane had hit one of the towers. I just figured it was a small commuter type of plane, then a few minutes later said something along the lines of holy shit, this is serious, come see this.

I was also at work when one of my co workers said a plane hit the WTC . I thought it was a small "plane " . When he told us a second plane hit , my first thought was Pearl Harbor . Our boss also told us to work . We then heard that all flights were to be grounded. After a while I went outside to be alone and get some fresh air . As I was walking to my car I heard a jet ( Thought OH _ SH-- ) ; I looked up to see an F-A18 flying low , and remember it being the only sound . Very sad moment , and tragic day . R.I.P. to all who lost their lives and loved ones .