Will never forget that Tuesday morning. It was such a beautiful morning in Killeen. So peaceful. The world changed forever that day.

Where were you?

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Driving back over the Sanibel causeway..............it was amazing watching the jet traffic headed into the airport and then the skies were quiet. Immediately I knew the religion of pieces had struck again.

not to be picky but only 18 years :

Running a System Test Floor for world wide Technology a spin off company for Cisco. Some of my guys were taking a break and came and got me to watch what was going on. Needless to say nothing else got done that day. People were asking me "Are we at war" , I did not have the answers for them at that time. A few people just left to be or go collect there family's. Probably one of the worst and scary days ever. Then the Anger set in at who ever had done this & its still somewhat there even to this day.

I was in flight school/college at the time in Killeen and was about to go for my commercial checkride. I remember being glued to a TV in the hangar. The airspace was shutdown indefinitely. Nobody knew what was going to happen next. We had planes that were forced down scattered across central Texas.

Then, later that day I went to class on the main campus other side of town. It was surreal. Fort Hood was an open base and super friendly to civilians. It went on lock down and became this imposing unfriendly giant. Armed humvees appeared at every gate, armed guards everywhere, Bradleys were at the major gates, they couldn't find enough Jersey barriers, Highway 190 was shut down; I think the traffic backup extended almost all the way from the Main Gate through Harker Heights. Everytime a Blackhawk or Apache flew over we flinched for the next week.

My brother was a freshman in college in Manhattan, NY. We couldn't get in touch with him because phones were jammed up. Finally in the afternoon he sent an email. He saw the second plane hit from the rooftop of their school.

Thanks Captain Obviouses. I fixed it; evidently my morning caffeine bump was ineffective or just hadn't made it to my extremities yet.

Actually just told my son this story before he went to school. Sitting in my living room in Richmond,VA watching the morning news while eating breakfast. I watched the whole day unfold. Got really nervous when the Pentagon was hit as that was only an hour up the road. There were a lot of F-16's and not much else in the sky the rest of the week.

First period English class sophomore year.

I was talking with the kids about it this morning and got all choked up. My dad worked at TI for 29 years and one of their high ups, and a real nice guy, was on the second plane to hit the towers. May they all RIP! NEVER Forget! Let’s Roll

Wasn't here yet.

I can't imagine what seeing something like that unfold live felt like.
And pray nothing like it ever happens again.

It was the last day of a Texas Outdoor Writers Association dove hunt in Hamilton, TX. I was eating breakfast, about to get on the road. Bill Mills and I looked up at the tv and saw the first tower smoking. At the time everyone thought it was an accident. We finished breakfast and I got on the road back home. All hell broke loose. People were running off the road in to the ditch, the radio news people were going crazy with all kinds of mis-information. It sounded like WW3 had started. I kept watching the sky as I drove home, glad that I had a few guns in the truck.

I had just been promoted at TDCJ 08/01/2001 and was working at one of the prisons in Tennessee Colony when the planes hit the towers.

That day at lunch I went to Regions Bank to finalize some banking stuff. I walked into the lobby and they had a big screen TV on with the events unfolding.

Never Forget.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Coach Sheltons class junior year of high school.

Watched the whole thing happen on a TV, from the first tower on fire to the second plane hitting the tower.

My brother & I were fishing a private lake near Zapata, TX. We came back to our cabin for breakfast when the ranch foreman drove up & said "Have seen what's happening on TV?"

I'm still very pizzed-off!

I was pouring concrete on the side of a mountain in Jefferson Colorado. Didn't find out until a couple hours later when the truck driver told us. The pilot I was working for had left for the airport earlier that day. He was waiting to get on a jump seat when the airport closed. He had returned his rental car and by the time he made it to the rental desk they had all been rented. He ended up catching a shuttle bus to Breckenridge. We had no cell coverage at the job and a neighbor let me know where he was at. I picked him up at a bar that night. He was crying when I walked in having found out his brother didn't make it out of one of the towers.

Was driving to work heading south on Hillcrest Rd. just passed the La Manga road light listening to 1080 am when they announced what was happening.

I am listening to President Trump on OAN now

I was in my office at work. I didn't have access to a TV so I kept up with what was happening on my computer. Sad day in America!

Was in the middle of my usual routine of getting ready for work and watching the news. My son was 4 1/2 and sitting with me on the couch while I was putting on my shoes. I knew immediately this was a terrorist attack and I stood him there and said no matter what happens never forget what you are seeing right now. We are being attacked and I don’t know what else is going to happen today but you have nothing to fear. Believe in God and believe in our family. You will be safe.

He still remembers that.

Out in our shop ripping apart romex wire and fixin to load up lawn equipment, as I was unemployed at the time. Phone rang and it was my hubby and he told me to turn on the TV.

Was truly scared and very angry. Such a sad day for our country. Never forget. God Bless America.

I was in my shop working when someone from the company next door rushed in and told us what was happening. I had a big screen tv in my break room so we gathered there and spent most of the day watching the news. It was a very somber day to say the least.

I was just getting ready to go to work and checked the news in time to see the second plane hit live on TV. I felt sick to my stomach!

I was getting ready for a job interview to sell life insurance when a friend called and said to turn the TV on, then saw the 2nd plane hit. Me and a roommate sat there for 30 minutes and barely spoke or moved. The insurance company still had the interview but I was barely there. My job at the time was in advertising in downtown Dallas. I got there about 10:30 and everyone was glued to the TV in the conference room. We went home around 1 or so.

God's Peace to you sir.

Had no clue what was going on. I was on a Mountain in Gunnison CO on a black powder Elk hunt. Didn’t find out till the evening and someone decided to turn on a radio. No cell service back then in that area.