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100. I work at home and don't have the TV on.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 09:46 AM

Sep 2015

The kitchen phone rang and it was my son.

He said "Turn on the TV" in an odd voice.

Sensing that something was wrong and without asking why, I said "What channel?"

He said "any channel".

That phone call struck me with dread.

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Where exactly were you 14 years ago when you learned of the events of 9-11 ? [View all] steve2470 Sep 2015 OP

I was eating breakfast before work watching CNN Headline News. The camera was on the first tower neverforget Sep 2015 #1

Eating breakfast. My daughter called me up and told me to turn on the TV. n/t Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #182

I was off from work, and watching tv Hydra Sep 2015 #2

I was quite worried and anxious that they would take us to war lunatica Sep 2015 #147

I woke up after the first tower was struck and before the second. I sleep with the TV on and ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #3

I know exactly what you are talking about, CTD thecrow Sep 2015 #9

... LiberalElite Sep 2015 #65

I still go with incompetence or indifference. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #81

+1 daleanime Sep 2015 #107

Yep. LIHOP. hifiguy Sep 2015 #148

At work Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #4

Just walked into work irisblue Sep 2015 #5

I was at home. LWolf Sep 2015 #6

I was on crutches iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 2015 #7

I was home alone. Had CNN on, thecrow Sep 2015 #8

Being on the west coast ChazII Sep 2015 #12

I was with my son in ICU Quackers Sep 2015 #10

...... steve2470 Sep 2015 #13

Thank you Quackers Sep 2015 #14

... irisblue Sep 2015 #15

Thank you, Iris Quackers Sep 2015 #16

. Chitown Kev Sep 2015 #25

... Quackers Sep 2015 #161

I am so sorry renate Sep 2015 #42

Thank you Quackers Sep 2015 #162

So sorry for your loss Bettie Sep 2015 #94

Thank you Quackers Sep 2015 #164

It does change you so much Bettie Sep 2015 #172

........ LongTomH Sep 2015 #108

.... Quackers Sep 2015 #165

I'm so sorry. yardwork Sep 2015 #128

.... Quackers Sep 2015 #166

... magical thyme Sep 2015 #144

... Quackers Sep 2015 #167

Losing a child is terrible lunatica Sep 2015 #151

I'm sorry for your loss Quackers Sep 2015 #168

In a strange way and perhaps it makes no sense lunatica Sep 2015 #174

I am so sorry, Quackers. Sissyk Sep 2015 #163

Thank you Quackers Sep 2015 #169

Getting ready for work while watching the Today show. cwydro Sep 2015 #10

I was in Manhattan, watching The Today Show and waiting for my father who was flying in GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #85

Yikes. I was in the car driving to work by the time the first one went down. cwydro Sep 2015 #98

I was wondering about that treestar Sep 2015 #102

they didn't tell my father's plane why they were rerouted GreatGazoo Sep 2015 #110

In the my office of my small publishing company Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #17

Just getting up. madamesilverspurs Sep 2015 #18

At work in downtown DC MiniMe Sep 2015 #19

I was working in DC also Samantha Sep 2015 #32

I never heard that the White House had been hit, we heard the State Department had been hit MiniMe Sep 2015 #35

I worked in the DC area at that time. One of the rumors was that the Mall was on fire Mike Daniels Sep 2015 #90

I woke up from a dream I had about a friend who lived in Arlington VA XemaSab Sep 2015 #20

I had just gotten in to work in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #21

___________________[] [] ____________________ MFM008 Sep 2015 #22

........ steve2470 Sep 2015 #23

I'm sorry about your father irisblue Sep 2015 #24

........ LongTomH Sep 2015 #109

Working, and my wife called me. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2015 #26

My wife had just left me, and she had the kids that week. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #27

I was alone with a stunned 8 year old. That might have been even worse. pnwmom Sep 2015 #47

Very near the Pentagon. nt MADem Sep 2015 #28

wow, that must have been an exceptionally crazy day for you then! nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #29

It was pretty awful. I'll never forget it as long as I live. nt MADem Sep 2015 #30

+100 nitpicker Sep 2015 #66

Oh, hey. I was in the Navy Annex that day. Recursion Sep 2015 #73

This thread makes me feel so young... pinstikfartherin Sep 2015 #31

9-11 changed the country, in not very good ways steve2470 Sep 2015 #33

I sure hope we can. pinstikfartherin Sep 2015 #38

I was at my desk at work. ohheckyeah Sep 2015 #34

going to sleep after a party, somewhere around 6 or 7 am PST. NuttyFluffers Sep 2015 #36

In bed asleep. Blue_In_AK Sep 2015 #37

At work, in Rotterdam. Mid afternoon, Dutch time. SwissTony Sep 2015 #39

I worked nights at the time... in L.A. IcyPeas Sep 2015 #40

The weather that morning was stunning jberryhill Sep 2015 #41

I was about to leave for work and never look at TV, but that morning akbacchus_BC Sep 2015 #43

steve2470 Diclotican Sep 2015 #44

I'm in the Pacific time zone, so I was home in the basement, pnwmom Sep 2015 #45

Do I have to say??? yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #46

sorry your adolescence got marred by that horrible event! steve2470 Sep 2015 #48

I was too young to undestand it.. yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #50

I was alone in a small office with no phone or internet connection CJCRANE Sep 2015 #49

Driving across the woodrow wilson bridge in DC to work peacebird Sep 2015 #51

Waiting for my ride to the --wait for it--airport for my flight to--wait for it--Boston. merrily Sep 2015 #52

I was already sitting at Hartsfield waiting on a delayed flight back to Lexington KY. KentuckyWoman Sep 2015 #53

Boston was different. The terrorists had flown from there. The airport did not re-open for days. merrily Sep 2015 #56

Better than flying out of Boston that day. jwirr Sep 2015 #138

True enough merrily Sep 2015 #141

Sitting at my desk working. CincyDem Sep 2015 #54

yes, Bush and Cheney totally squandered it steve2470 Sep 2015 #55

On vacation in Sedona, AZ with wife and two friends. longship Sep 2015 #57

At home getting me and my family fadedrose Sep 2015 #58

What a dumb question pintobean Sep 2015 #59

um... we can multi-task, right ? steve2470 Sep 2015 #60

You're asking DUers to post personal information. pintobean Sep 2015 #61

Living in California and lying in bed with a migraine headache. livetohike Sep 2015 #62

I had just come off a 12 hour shift as a patrol deputy Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #63

Waking up in my apartment in NYC, drinking coffee, Dorian Gray Sep 2015 #64

I had CNBC running in the background at home in Chapel Hill, getting ready mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #67

in NYC on my way to work - LiberalElite Sep 2015 #68

In a college class bigwillq Sep 2015 #69

Driving through the gates at a secured govt facility, listening to Howard Stern NightWatcher Sep 2015 #70

About half a mile from the Pentagon in an office Recursion Sep 2015 #71

you and MADem had a very crazy day :/ nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #72

I was in a weekly team meeting at work deutsey Sep 2015 #74

Lower Manhattan alcibiades_mystery Sep 2015 #75

very crazy day for you too nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #76

Was an electric utility lineman at the time. Jappleseed Sep 2015 #77

Working at Boeing in St. Louis. randome Sep 2015 #78

At the office where I was working. They had a TV downstairs in a lounge area for the patients Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #79

Working mcar Sep 2015 #80

I was in bed in Portland Oregon sound asleep davidpdx Sep 2015 #82

At home in NJ, drinking coffee, watching The Today Show, on the phone with my SIL. no_hypocrisy Sep 2015 #83

Getting ready to teach a class. Saw it on TV (going to show a video). Principal told us to ignore it WinkyDink Sep 2015 #84

Right where I am now - sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee tularetom Sep 2015 #86

I had just put my children on the school bus Danmel Sep 2015 #87

It was early morning in San Francisco, and I was packing to move into my first house on the 12th ... Auggie Sep 2015 #88

At work. My first instinct when I heard about the first tower being hit Mike Daniels Sep 2015 #89

75 Wall Street in NYC. n/t madinmaryland Sep 2015 #91

I was working at a school in Sterling, VA, right near Dulles Airport. phylny Sep 2015 #92

I was asleep mainstreetonce Sep 2015 #95

{hug} nt phylny Sep 2015 #116

My six month old son and I were in a hotel room in Orlando Bettie Sep 2015 #93

at work here in New Haven. stunned. CTyankee Sep 2015 #96

Working for a financial institution in Boston. edbermac Sep 2015 #97

My 15-year-old daughter refused to go to school Freddie Sep 2015 #99

I work at home and don't have the TV on. Tracer Sep 2015 #100

Strangely when I got home from work that night treestar Sep 2015 #101

I was a freshman at the University of Connecticut. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2015 #103

I was at work at Langley AFB� MrScorpio Sep 2015 #104

Back in the day when we watched the Today Show before work Trajan Sep 2015 #105

In my car, approaching the Lincoln Tunnel when the first plane hit. Glassunion Sep 2015 #106

on the Major Deegan heading to work, stuck in traffic dorkzilla Sep 2015 #111

My wife and I were watching CNN with my morning coffee. MineralMan Sep 2015 #112

Was on the car Xyzse Sep 2015 #113

In my office in the Federal Building in downtown Denver. CanonRay Sep 2015 #114

On a cruise ship Lonusca Sep 2015 #115

At the gym on a treadmill Shrek Sep 2015 #117

At The Airport ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #118

I had just arrived at work and was in the parking lot ailsagirl Sep 2015 #119

Mowing the lawn kydo Sep 2015 #120

Upon waking with a hangover hearing my answering machine Populist_Prole Sep 2015 #121

At work, oblivious ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #122

I was exactly where I am now: working at SF International Airport pink-o Sep 2015 #123

10th grade american history class Islandurp Sep 2015 #124

I was on a camping/trout fishing trip at Razor State Park on the Skagit River in Washington State. PearliePoo2 Sep 2015 #125

heres mine retrowire Sep 2015 #126

Took my daily walk up to a local gas station Bluzmann57 Sep 2015 #127

Downtown Honolulu KamaAina Sep 2015 #129

Read about the first plane hitting leftynyc Sep 2015 #130

In the car on the way to downtown DC with my husband; elleng Sep 2015 #131

Was walking out the door to be the bus aide on a bus jwirr Sep 2015 #132

I was home when my 840high Sep 2015 #133

Vacationing in Yellowstone RobinA Sep 2015 #134

About a mile from the Pentagon, driving toward DC near National Airport. Traffic rapidly slowed leveymg Sep 2015 #135

At work RebelOne Sep 2015 #136

Typing a psychological report on my home computer while the t.v. was on. MoonRiver Sep 2015 #137

At my desk in the main room of the office. Listening to NPR the entire morning LanternWaste Sep 2015 #139

sorta odd how we all remember hfojvt Sep 2015 #140

Right after I awoke and made breakfast. AtomicKitten Sep 2015 #142

I had just arrived at work and was walking up the stairs to our suite magical thyme Sep 2015 #143

On an AOL message board From The Left. Scurrilous Sep 2015 #145

Driving to my job in downtown Minneapolis. hifiguy Sep 2015 #146

In California my clock radio woke me up with the words lunatica Sep 2015 #149

At home, in my bathroom, listening to NPR LongTomH Sep 2015 #150

In Florida Aerows Sep 2015 #152

working....Sun Microsystems, 25th floor WTC2 frankieallen Sep 2015 #153

I want to sincerely thank everyone who have written in this thread.... steve2470 Sep 2015 #154

At State Motor Pool picking up a car to drive to the Southern Oregon coast for court. Shrike47 Sep 2015 #155

The cabbie we'd called to take us to the airport told us... Ino Sep 2015 #156

Just waking up in New Mexico, the radio alarm had woken me up....as a Jersey Girl, Gloria Sep 2015 #157

In bed in California Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2015 #158

you're an honest man :) nt steve2470 Sep 2015 #159

Was getting ready for work. Turned on CNN as per usual. Saw a small plane at gone into WTC. Called applegrove Sep 2015 #160

Was returning to my desk in a skyscraper, after delightful conversation as a new mom lostnfound Sep 2015 #170

I was on my way to work on the El in Chicago ballabosh Sep 2015 #171

I had just woken up Jason Huh Sep 2015 #173

I had just got into my car to go to work, Aristus Sep 2015 #175

Having accupuncture at a VA hospital a little north of NYC on the Huson River. madamvlb Sep 2015 #176

It ceased to matter on 8/26/2007. Sorry. ScreamingMeemie Sep 2015 #177

? explain please steve2470 Sep 2015 #179

... ScreamingMeemie Sep 2015 #183

ok my sympathies and sincere condolences to you steve2470 Sep 2015 #184

Just finished watching a movie Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #178

School. 8th grade IVoteDFL Sep 2015 #180

O'Hare airport.... dhill926 Sep 2015 #181

I was living in Oregon in 2001, and I had formerly been in the habit Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2015 #185

In Sprout City DFW Sep 2015 #186

Watching after the first plane was thought an accident, then U4ikLefty Sep 2015 #187

I came out of a meeting in Atlanta... BooScout Sep 2015 #188

I was in the computer room at work... LeftishBrit Sep 2015 #189