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112. Lying in bed sick with a fever

Sun Sep 12, 2021, 06:13 AM

Sep 2021

I wasn't sure it was all real for a day or so, and largely missed any communal experience of immediate shock because I was so out of it anyway.

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Where were you when you heard the first plane hit on 9-11? [View all] hookaleft Sep 2021 OP

getting gas before going to work... samnsara Sep 2021 #1

At a hotel in Florida with my 6 month old son Bettie Sep 2021 #2

At work surfing CNN jpak Sep 2021 #3

I slept late that morning. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #4

Funny that footage wasn't discovered for a couple days. we can do it Sep 2021 #99

What are you talking about, the footage with the plane Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #111

The second plane was on live not the first. we can do it Sep 2021 #113

Okay, well that makes sense. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #115

Happy to share. we can do it Sep 2021 #116

Eating breakfast on the mess deck of a military ship madville Sep 2021 #5

Teaching a class of kindergarten children iamateacher Sep 2021 #6

Making breakfast for my three year old while Good Morning America Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #7

What makes you think that "everything and everyone on this earth" was changed? Thtwudbeme Sep 2021 #21

Some people are more compassionate than others. GemDigger Sep 2021 #47

And many in the world live in rural areas Thtwudbeme Sep 2021 #50

Splitting hairs GemDigger Sep 2021 #51

I am aware of who died- I am a former paramedic Thtwudbeme Sep 2021 #54

Today is about those who died, NOT about the war, the politics or anything else. GemDigger Sep 2021 #55

No- not really. It's a day of reflections on past events Thtwudbeme Sep 2021 #61

There is always a couple of people . DashOneBravo Sep 2021 #63

I try not to use the ignore because sometimes GemDigger Sep 2021 #72

I agree DashOneBravo Sep 2021 #79

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Sep 2021 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #89

Thank you... Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #85

I understand that- but, it's frustrating to see that written about "the world" Thtwudbeme Sep 2021 #94

I agree with you on all your points, but that everyone Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #100

None needed. GemDigger Sep 2021 #95

Thank you, one finger can only get out so many points. Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #101

I was talking about future events that the Middle East and every Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #84

Well, Thtwudbeme, the NY-based national media said so, over and over Hortensis Sep 2021 #91

We were watching GMA in our hotel room Bettie Sep 2021 #78

I remember they had close ups going on that day... Bluethroughu Sep 2021 #90

I was in Pennsylvania packing up to move. FalloutShelter Sep 2021 #8

In my kitchen-I had just put my kids, who were 10 and 7, on the school bus Danmel Sep 2021 #9

At work. A fellow employee who was still at home called Glorfindel Sep 2021 #10

A crystal blue late Summer / early Fall morning... paleotn Sep 2021 #11

At home..My husband called telling me to turn on the TV whathehell Sep 2021 #12

I was in my office listening to the radio getting ready to go Tomconroy Sep 2021 #13

In bed waking up listening to the radio WXRT. I worked as a pediatric home health nurse mucifer Sep 2021 #14

I used to get woken up by a clock radio tuned to a news station EarlG Sep 2021 #15

There was a tv in the large breakroom at work. I noticed a few people watching at a time when most dameatball Sep 2021 #16

I had the day off from work for JoanofArgh Sep 2021 #17

I turned on NPR on my drive to work after my weekly early morning riding lesson. CottonBear Sep 2021 #18

On a treadmill at the gym BlueLucy Sep 2021 #19

In bed with a migraine headache (in Oceanside, CA). My husband was leaving livetohike Sep 2021 #20

At home but, DH was in his office just south of Quakerfriend Sep 2021 #22

I had just arrived in Salisbury. England Happy Hoosier Sep 2021 #23

Driving to work on the Cross Island Parkway up to the Bronx. dhol82 Sep 2021 #24

At a Home Depot buying lattice for under my deck. rateyes Sep 2021 #25

I was at work in Irving, Texas. TexasTowelie Sep 2021 #26

I was working in a call center helpdesk at a university and a woman called in milestogo Sep 2021 #27

I had just arrived for a days work at the post office. The radio in my car was out, Dial H For Hero Sep 2021 #28

I had taken the kids to school and was getting gas...the attendent told me there had Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #29

at work... Takket Sep 2021 #30

Before the press knew what had happened North Shore Chicago Sep 2021 #31

When I picked up my kids later that day, none of them knew LeftInTX Sep 2021 #103

In my kitchen watching "The Carol Duvall" show on HGTV. sinkingfeeling Sep 2021 #32

At work.. luvs2sing Sep 2021 #33

Packing my bag at a Houston hotel to board a flight A HERETIC I AM Sep 2021 #34

Sitting at my kitchen table prepping my class materials for the day. Greybnk48 Sep 2021 #35

Actually, it was at 8:46am EDT, where were you? On the west coast, I would assume. smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author onethatcares Sep 2021 #37

Watching the Today show while preparing while preparing to make work calls. Treefrog Sep 2021 #38

Had just arrived for a vacation in Bali. babylonsister Sep 2021 #39

Architectural terrorists CommonHumanity Sep 2021 #40

I was about to get on the elevator in the hangar bluecollar2 Sep 2021 #41

My late husband and I ... NanceGreggs Sep 2021 #42

Had an appointment for an eye exam first thing that morning so I wasn't at work and Tanuki Sep 2021 #43

I was showering before work and heard about the first plane on the radio Unwind Your Mind Sep 2021 #44

In the classroom. Constant tv watching with students after that. ananda Sep 2021 #45

Home with my baby boys. Tv was off. Someone else alerted me. My dad, maybe? GPV Sep 2021 #46

Getting dressed to go down to the Polly Hennessey Sep 2021 #48

In my office at the Federal Building in Denver. CanonRay Sep 2021 #49

Just got my two older kids off to school. AngryOldDem Sep 2021 #52

In my car MissMillie Sep 2021 #53

Yes, it was a gorgeous day. My original plan was to do some yard work LeftInTX Sep 2021 #104

I had been laid off from work exactly the day before Silent3 Sep 2021 #56

At home watching the TODAY show before going in to work late. marmar Sep 2021 #57

At work. The deparmental secretary was on the phonesaying "Oh my God, Oh My God, OH MY GOD!" JHB Sep 2021 #58

Millstone Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 Control Room. Throckmorton Sep 2021 #59

Driving into Washington DC ga_girl Sep 2021 #60

We were at home, in our kitchen. Kids, then 11 and 8, had left for school. 3catwoman3 Sep 2021 #62

I'd dropped by my sisters house. DashOneBravo Sep 2021 #64

My ex-boyfriend called me from England to tell me. I was just waking up. nt chowder66 Sep 2021 #66

At The Airport ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #67

In bed as I was on vacation that week MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #68

In my office doing accounting watching Tech TV csziggy Sep 2021 #69

In a refresher training classroom after coming home from a 3 mo deployment to Kuwait, 5 days back Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #70

In my dorm room at college The Revolution Sep 2021 #71

At home. In Rochester, NY. Igel Sep 2021 #73

We didn't know until the end of school vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #74

Writing a psychological report in my home office. MoonRiver Sep 2021 #75

In a meeting in an office in Brussels DFW Sep 2021 #76

In a car driving. I was not surprised at all. David__77 Sep 2021 #77

I was just pulling into a parking space at my place of employment in Houston Trailrider1951 Sep 2021 #80

I'm in San Antonio and my plan for the day was to do some belated yard work. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #105

At work at Deminpenn Sep 2021 #81

I was in HFX getting ready to go to work. I turned in CNN and the first plane had already hit. I applegrove Sep 2021 #82

I didn't hear about it for several hours Retrograde Sep 2021 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Sep 2021 #86

At work n/t shanti Sep 2021 #87

So many living nice lives in nice places. I was on a little hill Hortensis Sep 2021 #88

Doctor's office in Maryland Wicked Blue Sep 2021 #92

Working in an office on the 72nd floor of a Houston office building... Paladin Sep 2021 #93

Teaching high school students with developmental disabilities... indigovalley Sep 2021 #96

At home worrying about a grandson who had just gone into surgery for a heart problem. Frustratedlady Sep 2021 #97

Just starting my day on a field service job in a paper mill far from home. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2021 #98

I had dropped off my 3rd grader. He attended private school and drive was about 6 miles LeftInTX Sep 2021 #102

We were camping up at Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park. myccrider Sep 2021 #106

That would have driven me buggy LeftInTX Sep 2021 #108

Sleeping IcyPeas Sep 2021 #107

I was in bed asleep here in California Raine Sep 2021 #109

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Lying in bed sick with a fever caraher Sep 2021 #112

I was not feeling well Meowmee Sep 2021 #114