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Bluzmann57

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4. I was out for a walk

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 10:59 AM

Sep 2013

And stopped in a local gas station/convenience store for a bottle of pop. They had a tv on and of course, the coverage was wall to wall terrorist bombing news. I asked the owner and another guy what was going on and they said, "Terrorists flew some planes into the World Trade Center." I said, "Oh shit." and we all stood there for a few minutes transfixed by what was happening. Then I decided to walk home and call my mom. When she answered I said, "Well, we're at war." She asked me what was I talking about and I proceeded to tell her. She then hollered at my dad to turn on the tv at their house. After that, it's sort of a blur. Just sitting and watching mostly.
Except for one thing. I was single at that time and had a date for later that day. We went out to eat a nice lunch and, of course, talked about the events of the day. We then walked outside, looked up and saw one large plane and two interceptor planes and we knew that the large one was Air Force One heading east from Omaha. The rest is history.

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What were you doing, decided to do, or did do on 9/11/2001? [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2013 OP

Work it! whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #1

The world stopped turning on 9/11/2001? Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #2

I suppose the farther removed you are from it, the less it seems like a big deal Marrah_G Sep 2013 #19

I moved on. Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #37

Good for you Marrah_G Sep 2013 #38

I find that reliving it over and over again, and being constantly reminded of it every goddamn day.. Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #39

Yet for some reason you find need to come in here and bash those who feel otherwise. odd. uppityperson Sep 2013 #43

You've really got to be kidding with that remark. duffyduff Sep 2013 #40

What's insensitive is thinking 9/11 was the only major terror event Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #48

9/11, NIIIIIAAAAANNN EEEEELEEEEAAAVENNN! bobclark86 Sep 2013 #20

My thoughts were that our Constitution was now fucked. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #3

Yup I had that sinking feeling also. gopiscrap Sep 2013 #66

I was out for a walk Bluzmann57 Sep 2013 #4

I'd worked a 12 the night before Warpy Sep 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author marmar Sep 2013 #6

I was standing in a classroom with a bunch of teenage students. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7

I was recovering from a neck injury. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #8

R.I.P. to your friend Bluzmann57 Sep 2013 #15

Packing to move the next day Auggie Sep 2013 #9

I was at work. avebury Sep 2013 #10

What was I doing the day before when it was announced that the American people peace13 Sep 2013 #11

9/11 changed everything!1! No need to look back!1! They should find that money and never receive Mnemosyne Sep 2013 #18

Good post. Thanks for the vid. ..nt TeeYiYi Sep 2013 #30

I was in class. bigwillq Sep 2013 #12

i tried to donate blood but they were overwhelmed and didn't need any. dionysus Sep 2013 #13

Loading a truck backed up to the dock. rrneck Sep 2013 #14

i watched greed blossom that night hfojvt Sep 2013 #62

working dembotoz Sep 2013 #16

I was packing to move Marrah_G Sep 2013 #17

I was celebrating my birthday, some birthday. broiles Sep 2013 #21

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! missingthebigdog Sep 2013 #44

Thanks. Now I celebrate in on 9/10, my dogs birthday. broiles Sep 2013 #45

I was at work with a bunch of right winger fools. hamsterjill Sep 2013 #22

Those right wing fools are today's teabaggers. Dawson Leery Sep 2013 #32

I was 11 years old, Jamaal510 Sep 2013 #23

I seriously thought I'd forgotten that song... bobclark86 Sep 2013 #24

I remember standing in my living room with CNN on, crying... nt Romulox Sep 2013 #25

I was 12, homeschooled, in my apartment. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #26

Pretty much the same thing I'm doing right now. ladyVet Sep 2013 #27

I was just waking up to 2naSalit Sep 2013 #28

I watched fire truck after fire truck driving downtown to their doom... winstars Sep 2013 #29

It was my day off and I was watching The Today Show. Are_grits_groceries Sep 2013 #31

I was at work. A security/police atmosphere, in a city about 90 miles from DC. Needless Nay Sep 2013 #33

I remember the hospitals making ready to receive patients... hamsterjill Sep 2013 #34

there were dozens of ambulances and fire trucks from every single town in NJ come up to help..... bettyellen Sep 2013 #75

My day titaniumsalute Sep 2013 #35

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Welcome back. Any chance of finding a link, for historical purposes? Hekate Sep 2013 #64

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Driving an 18 wheel truck around Chicago and wondering if Chicago was going to be next. B Calm Sep 2013 #41

I was watching the buildings coming down from a pier in Brooklyn. I spent the next week looking for hrmjustin Sep 2013 #42

The dancer I was dating woke me up saying, "I think they started a war or something". Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #46

I was at work in a Detroit suburb ellie Sep 2013 #47

i'd just gotten up to head to school fizzgig Sep 2013 #49

I had taken the day off from work. Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #50

I was at work, a full-time permanent job with good pay and good benefits. winter is coming Sep 2013 #51

I was getting ready for work. Turned on CNN. Saw that a 'small plane' had flown applegrove Sep 2013 #52

I was asleep and my mother knocked on the door Crimson76 Sep 2013 #53

I was on the A train trying to get to 59th St. and was delayed BeyondGeography Sep 2013 #54

Sleeping. KamaAina Sep 2013 #55

I was camped at a KOA outside Santa Fe NM HeiressofBickworth Sep 2013 #56

I was in a labor history seminar in Virginia. burnsei sensei Sep 2013 #57

At home in Colorado. madamesilverspurs Sep 2013 #58

At Work 4Q2u2 Sep 2013 #59

My story: HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #60

I was driving into work listening to the local shock jocks,, benld74 Sep 2013 #61

I was sitting in front of my computer at my job. RebelOne Sep 2013 #63

I was in bed on the west coast gopiscrap Sep 2013 #65

I was about to leave for NYC. I had tickets for the Yanks/Chisox that night--Clemens was msanthrope Sep 2013 #67

I was five blocks away from my office in the World Financial Center in lower Manhattan. madinmaryland Sep 2013 #68

I was on the 8 am metroliner from DC to NY for work onenote Sep 2013 #69

We were going to fly to Hawaii on 9/11 to get married. Ino Sep 2013 #70

I was asleep after pulling another all-nighter on my doc. dissertation. Daughter phoned from work... Hekate Sep 2013 #71

I called up to see Spirochete Sep 2013 #72

Same here. Originally it was thought that hospitals would be flooded with burn victims.... Hekate Sep 2013 #78

Awakened by my ex-husband's niece at 5 a.m. Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #73

I got a call from sister nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #74

We returned to Paris from Monet's garden at Giverney by a mid-afternoon train. DreamGypsy Sep 2013 #76