[KC_Lion]

A Bookmark Ping to Sarah's Awesome List!

I was 13 years old and in 8th Grade, since this was before the Era of ubiquitous Cell Phones and Media, both on Students and in the class rooms. I had to wait until 5th Hour History Class around 10:30 Central Time before I got to see what Rumors I had been hearing about all day.

At First I heard a Plane had crashed, Then a Plan had Crashed into a Building, then it was the World Trade Center and it had "Caved In".

So Imagine my Shock when I watched them fall.

I was worried they would come to my school since we have a War Memorial Adjacent to Rosedale.

I was also worried about my Father that afternoon when he went to work since he worked a power plant (I would attack the power stations if I were a terrorist)

I also remember that afternoon, being puzzled in Orchestra class why we were not playing our Pro-American Music we had been practicing.

Never forget!

[Jane Long]

Thanks for the ping to this great thread, dear KC.

I had just dropped my kids off at school. Came in to the house and saw the news.

Called hubby, crying, got back in the car and went back to the school. Many of the other parents were there, too. We just wanted to have our kids in our arms...to hold them tight.

[Army Air Corps]

I was in grad school and preparing to go to my first class of the day. A relative called me and frantically told me to turn on my TV. When I turned on my TV, I saw that one tower was smoldering and a few minutes later, the second airliner slammed into its target.