What Shattered Within You on 9/11?

by Gerry Regan

Sep 11, 2013

What were you doing on 9/11 when the Twin Towers were struck, and how did you first hear the news? Whom did you know that died? How do you mark the anniversary? Let's explore those dark days together.

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    Seathrun

    I was also in Dublin (where I lived then) having a working lunch. On reaching my workplace I saw the towers and the plane .......... I thought it was some kind of King Kong remake and switched it off. Moments later I got a call telling me to look at the TV.

    It still sends a shiver through my spine when I picture it.

    Oct 22, 2014

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      Lisa Shea Megna

      I was at home in Plymouth, MA. watching the Today show from NY, while folding laundry. At first, I just watched, then reality hit and I began to cry. I immediately IMed a close friend who lives and works in Manhattan and we stayed on the in touch through the entire ordeal. Her office was located close enough to see first hand what was happening, while still being at a safe distance. Later that day, I saved our conversion to a disc and have read it a few timed over the years. It is gripping to read the raw emotions we were experiencing at that time. Since, my family and I have visited the spot a few times, the first being less than a year from when it occurred. The entire area looked as if it were frozen in time, nothing had changed. When we approached the site, a police officer handed my 7 year old daughter a piece of the rubble and told her never to forget. It still gives me chills to this day.
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      Oct 29, 2014

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        Adri M

        I was home with my husband - I believe we were cleaning the kitchen after breakfast when my mother-in-law called and said: "Turn on the TV, a plane crashed into a building in New York". We sat on the living room while my two months old cat (he is now almost 14 years old) was climbing the curtains and trying to mess up everything around. We usually would give him a little attention to calm him down, but we couldn't so shocked we were. And then - right before our eyes came the second plane. At first we thought it was a replay. Then we realized it was not. We simply couldn't believe what was happening.

        Apr 25, 2015