OT: September 11, 2001... Where were you?

[bbcard1]

I was at my office but the thing I remember most was coaching a 6-year-old softball team. We decided not to call the game off. I don't recollect much about the game, but I remember we all enjoyed not thinking about it for a couple of hours. Mostly I remember no airplanes passing overhead as air traffic had been grounded.

[mark evans]

I was driving into D.C. for my job on Capitol Hill. Once at work, I could see the smoke at the Pentagon from my office. I remember walking outside gazing at the Capitol dome and hoping it wasn't next.

[7nohitter]

I was 25, had been living in Denver for about a year after a move from Massachusetts.

Couldn't fucking believe it....saw the second plane hit on the news.

Truly insane.

[iowadoc77]

Thanks for all the posts so far. It is very interesting to read how well most of us remember this day. It is also always neat, I think, to hear more about fellow collectors aside from what cards we have. What a day.

[Beastmode]

was driving across bay bridge in San Fran (am I the only one on this thread from the west coast?).

Took the whole family to the newly opened WTC/memorial about 2 months after they opened it. Was amazing; something every family should do. Went to the top floor and absorbed it all in. Two of my kids were not born and one was a year old when it happened.

Sat them down near the window and gave them our version of events. Wanted them to understand two things:

1.) don't spend a minute of your life hating another race/religion/country/orientation. Respect everyone regardless of our differences.
2.) Make sure your generation slaughters every terrorists that threatens our country, and freedom is worth dying for.

I will never forget that day.

[GregMitch34]

Grand Central Station. In NyC all day. Close friend (and my Little League coach) near top of WTC. R.I.P.

[Tao_Moko]

I was off to war. Semper Fi

[bigtrain]

I was on the 9th floor of the Union County Jail in Elizabeth, New Jersey visiting an inmate. Beautiful clear view of lower Manhattan just across the river. Watched the second plane hit. Went across the street to the Courthouse and listened to the radio as the towers fell. We were numb with shock. Everyone in the Courthouse knew people who worked in the towers. I had been there just the week before. The image of that plane is etched in my memory