Where were you when you first saw the TV video of the aircraft ramming into the twin towers on 911?
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ANSWERS: 57
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I was supposed to be in school. However I had skipped that day to be with my partner on their birthday. We were at my house and it came on the news. It is funny how you never forget where you are when you first learn about a tragedy. I can still remember where I was when Princess Di passed.
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I was in my ex's house that day.
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At that time i was a receptionist in the local hospital, i heard the news on the radio playing in the waiting room, i phoned my husband who was at home and asked him to switch the tv on, he relayed info to me, we couldnt believe what was happening. I switched the TV on in one of the other waiting areas and nobody could believe their eyes, at first we all thought it was a hoax or something. We watched the reruns on the news all evening.
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i was sleeping intil i heard my neighbor yelling in the street that a plane hit both of the towers. and at first i didnt believe him after the plane that hit the pentigan , i thought to my self this is the begining of world war 3.
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Let me think... second period American History. No, wait, that was just the chaos surrounding the first plane. I actually saw the plane make contact in third period Advanced English.
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In a hotel in Telford at an MRP training course.
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I was sitting on my couch in my living room watching the news. It was just about to end when the first plane hit, so the news stayed on as they were then speculating about it being an accident. I stayed on the couch all day watching the news.
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I was sleeping,and woken up from my brother explaining it to me.
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On vacation in New Orleans, LA - eating breakfast in the French Market. All TV's in the Quarter were tuned to the events all day.
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I didn't see it on TV. I saw it there... =(
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I was in london on a business trip it was like 2 in the afternoon there, and someone was jokingly telling us about a plane hitting a building in new york , and becuase my grandma was in the empire state building when it got hit by a plane, I did not take it seriously. It was not untill the second plane hit, that I actually looked at a tv..
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I was in school. They brought in a TV and we all sat on the floor watching it.
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I had just moved to Virginia and was mopping my upstairs bathroom and listening to NPR. The 9:00 news of a plane crashing into a building in NYC sent me downstairs to turn on CNN and there I remained for a protracted period of time, spellbound that such a thing could happen on US soil.
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at home on a day off..thank god!..I worked for an airline and a lot of aircraft were diverting to Vancouver..it was pretty chaotic.
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6th grade health class. our principal made an announcement for all teachers to turn on their tv.
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I was home, I actually took the day off to find a new job, and while I was on the computer my wife called and told me to turn on the tv. I will never forget it.
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I was at work in an elementary school about 75 miles south of New York City.
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Sitting in my first period History class.
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I was 10 yards away. I ended up being covered in white ash as I ran for my life toward the Staten Island Ferry.
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On a jetBlue airplane......36 channels of live DirectTV you know!
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I was at work just entering the break room!!!!!!
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Walking the streets of Paris on a beautiful day, complete with a baguette in my hand. People were crowding around a TV at an outdoor pub and I figured there was a football (soccer) match going on, then I saw the screen and thought it was a movie at first, then quickly realized not.
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I had just walked into the band room at the high school I was attending. I was confused as to what was going on, and then read the headlines on all the news channels and felt my heart sink.
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Southern California. I had just woken up and saw the news on my kitchen television. I was speechless.
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I was in my living room watching it live when the second plane hit. I was just about to leave for work. I lost my cousin (it was her second day back at work after maternity leave) and three dear friends (two who also worked in the towers and one who was a NYC Firefighter), as well as many neighbors and acquaintances. I could see the smoke and fighter planes from my house. It was such a terrible tragedy! http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage2#
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In my first year of college, my mother called me histerically telling me, because we have a close family member who lives in the middle of NYC and we were very scared.
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I was in middle school at the time. We were watching it on TV in the Choir room because everyone in the office was on the speakers to tell the teachers to turn on their TVs. We all just sat there in dead silence. Non of us really let it sink in to what was really going on. Most of us never even heard of the twin towers. But I remember thinking "when are they going to let it out that its a joke; nothing like this ever happens here; this joke is getting old." Then we know the rest of the story. But, ya, that's where I was.
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I was in school, in the third grade, and we all went home early to be with our families...
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It was an off day for me. I was out getting my drivers license renewed, a haircut and some shopping when I heard people talking about it. I got home about 10 A.M. and spent the remainder of the day glued to the tv.
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At home in bed with a sprained ankle.
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AT home ,had just gotten up and turned Tv on,Then husband called to tell me ,,,I was shocked..disbelief
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I was in a shuttle going between two different buildings at work.
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Puerto rico. a spanish island.
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Sitting at my Computer relaying the BBC News to people in my Chat Room. The BBC seemed to be ahead of and giving more details than American News Stations.
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at home with my children - we had the t.v. off but they wanted to watch a movie and when I turned it on, I couldn't tear myself away from it. They never did get to watch that movie.
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I was in a conference room at work watching it on t.v.
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I was shuttled back to NJ on the PATH on my way to that area... and then I watched it from across the Hudson River.
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I was an hour away from it watching TV
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Bed.
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I was in my sixth grade math class...I think that's where I was. I can't really remember.
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At home, late that night. I had been at work all day with no tv or internet.
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I was in California, so I heard about it first on my clock radio. I immediately went into the living room and turned on the TV. It was about 6 am.
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I was in Austria on a business trip. Thought it was a movie trailer
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waking up because my mother kept going "oh my goodness" and she sounded upset
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It was my mom's birthday and I took advantage of the unprotected cake in the kitchen. I was 8, so I was oblivious as to why my mom was staring mindlessly at CNN.
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I've been getting one of my sensitive teeth radyogram at my dentist!
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I was painting a green fairy lol. Someone came and told me though, I wasn't listening to anything at the time.
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i was flying a jet
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I was at work at my desk and I got an email from my husband telling me about it. by the time I replied to his email everyone at my work was running around telling everyone.
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I was boarding a school bus. It was on the radio. I'll never forget it.
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I was studying for a Japanese exam at school. Then someone ran out and told me all classes were canceled. They mentioned to me briefly that something had happened so I went to my car and turned on the radio.
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Coming home from working the late shift at MacDonalds.
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I was at work
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I was driving to a trial. (I am a lawyer.) It was very scary because a normally whacko d.j. was on the radio in near-tears and trying to convince people this was NOT a joke. I got on the phone, called my husband and tried to figure out if I should turn around and go home since it was WWIII or something. But I live on the West Coast and even though he and I talked on the phone the whole 45 minute drive, in the end I went into town and was surprised to find that nobody was really acting as though it was a big deal. We engaged in business as usual. (This primarily, I believe, because it was this judge's last trial before she could start her retirement.) So during the day I had to pretend like nothing had happened. And when I drove home in my car, I cried all the way home for each of three nights of this trial.
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I was in France doing my laundry. I knew something was up because I lived by the airport and I saw hundreds of planes landing one after the other, it was surreal. I had never seen anything like it before in my life. I knew something very serious was going on.
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Out in the Red Sea, south of the Suez Canal. My 2 cents.
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I was just coming home or goin to school...one or the other
El Soupy 
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