I was in a Bible Study class at my a private junior high in 7th grade when my teacher told us that the towers were hit...and he siad you will never forget where you were when you were told this...

We got off school early cause my school was in downtown Dallas and me and my brother came home and watched it on the news...

I was just in science class, 7th grade. I didn't really understand at the time what was happening, or why... course I guess no one really did. My teacher was flipping her lid because she had friends in the DC area, and she couldn't get ahold of them. Later that day, I went to visit my mom at the hospital (she had surgery the day before this) and we sat and watched the news and talked about it for hours.

It's hard to believe today marks 5 years. Seems not that long ago. Alot has changed...

May we always remember... the lost heroes of the NYPD and FDNY.

was in 6th grade listening it to it on the radio, at first i didnt believe it, not everyday a plane goes into a building but as the day grew i got tired of it cuz it was on every tv channel lol i was in the 6th grade so i didnt think much of it

i was sitting in my 11th grade U.S. history Class working on a project about the things that shaped our country into what it is today when a teachers aid ran in and told her to turn on the T.V. and put it on the News. Right as it came on they were playing the first video footage of the first plane hitting and someone in the class said "wow whats so important about a plane crash" and i responded "that was no accident the sky is to clear and that plane was flown with a purpose." I have been around planes all my life my dad is an Air Traffic controller and i remember that day most because i did not see my dad for 4 days after that happened he lived at the airport sleeping in the break room and constantly working. And i also cannot believe we have not found Osama yet its been five freaking years and still not any closer people say he is dead from either a stray bomb or what ever his medical condition was but no hes not dead in fact i think he is somewhere here in the United States living up the good life. And until we strengthen our borders against all invaders including illegal immigrants we will always have that back door avalible to terrorist who want to come in and attack our people.

When you are hiding out in an area as large as those mountains and full of caves and a network of people in the thousands and a country that makes it very hard on the effort (pakistan)who support you it's very easy to stay unfound.

Would like to remind yall about Geronimo, Vitorio, Chavez y Chavez, and the list goes on. The U.S. Cavalry had the Southeast Arizona mountains COVERED. The Chiricua(sp?) Mountains have very few caves, yet the Apaches and Mexicans eluded the Army for quite a few years. If you get the chance, check out the Chiricua MOuntain Range, Pichacho Peak, and the Dragoons in Southeast Arizona, there's a LOT of history out there, and helps you understand why it's so hard now to hunt someone in a labyrinth of caves, mountain ranges, and countries.

At home, when the towers fell, I was mobilized as search and rescue. We staged and flew to toronto. We launched after receiving approval from NY state and while over lake ontario we were cancelled as it was no longer a search and rescue effort. It became a body removal. The impact of that really caught our team. We had hoped we could lend a hand. Our primarly role was to repatriat injured Canadians as well as assist with medevac of injured americans. Although we never made it to ground zero we were proud to have been called upon.
A day Ill never forget..especially when the AWACs over NY was tracking us as a possible target...thank god fo transponders....

Are you serious?

Yeah, not sure i buy that one... we're talkin a guy with a $50 million bounty on his head.

seems to me that a $50 million bounty wouldnt be all that advantagous. Sure the money may entice some, but not many are gonna go hunting for him and most that know where he isnt arent gonna say a word. Plus, what makes an individual think that they have a better chance at finding him than the US military?

I remember 911 very well I was hauling a load from Houston to Toronto and got stuck at the border for 19hrs ,it was a very intense experience and the day I decided to retire from trucking within a year I had sold my 3 rigs and moved on to other buisness ventures ,the border officials were very professional in a very bad situation I must say but I did feel sorry for the many drivers of the wrong skin colour they were all givin a very difficult time and forced to have there load examined ,now I can understand this but at the time frustrations were maxed and the line was endless,so just from my own experience its not a day I'll ever forget.Chico.

I had just been up to visit my wife-to-be (at that time) the three days previous to 9/11...we had lunch at a place on Staten Island called the Cargo Cafe, which is right on Richmond Terrace overlooking the harbor. It had been a lovely day and we had commented on how she needed to come down to the new promenade adjacent to the new SI Yanks ballfield and shoot some pics of the Manhattan skyline. I had written her a poem about our day together after I had reached my place in VA. The next day I reported to work for the 8-4 shift when I got the news...I tried frantically to reach her by phone but it took over two hours to get through. Her step brother wasgoing into Manhattan that morning to look for work but had overslept and missed the ferry. she went down to pick him up at the ferry terminal only to see the towers smoking like chimneys...she made it down to pick her brother up and shot some photos from the harbors edge...she stood there weeping through her camera lens as she watched the towers collapse with a cracking sound that haunts her to this day. I was able to get up to see her about a week later and we went over to ground zero together...no pictures or film will ever match the sights and smells I experienced that day. If this is what it feels like to cross an urban battlefield then I salute our military with more verve than ever. sadly, one of her daughter's best friends father was a member of FDNY Rescue5...one of the first units at the scene...they were very close with his family and he was like a second dad to her...all eleven members of Rescue5 were lost at WTC that morning...I can only say how thankful I am to have had the chance to have seen the towers in person in all their splendor and beauty before this horrible event...it will forever be part of my personal past.

i was sitting in class as a freshman in high school.

thunderbat your signature pic is sweet!