Calcutta, India

Exactly the same place I am now. Within inches.

ie: At my desk, browsing the web.

Yes, I'm a sad cubicle monkey.

watching tv i think about to go to bed.

On Earth. Why ask, subby?

I came staggering into work at about 10am, still half drunk from the night before. I had to walk past the big window of the break room where everyone was watching the tv. I was pissed 'cause there was no way for me to sneak in. When I got to the break room one of the secretaries told me what had happened. I said, "Damn, that sucks. You think we'll get the day off?"

Asleep until one of my neighbors tried to break my door down in order to tell me to turn on the TV.

Zabbadizzat

You think we'll get the day off?

I like the way you think.

Are you asking for an alibi?

In my truck burning 85 cent a gallon gas and complaing how much it cost me

Asleep in Austin, TX after a late night watching War Games with my hubby and our friend. Around 9 AM central time, the phone woke me up. It was my friend, who told me to turn on the TV and essentially quoted the "pick a channel, any channel" line from the movie.

Had a job interview later in the day, and I totally blew it by letting the fact that I was only looking for a job for a few months slip.

I was in college, watching a film in a media class at about 2-3pm. The tape stopped working and frizzled and we had to stop working, when the tape was stopped we saw what the crappy arial picked up, we just could make out flames on the WTC, so we put the proper arial in and watched it.

We had no idea how serious it would be, this was while it still looked like it could be an accident with maybe only a few hundred casualties from the plane and struck floors. We were watching live as the 2nd plane went in, by the time I got home one tower had collapsed and the 2nd collapsed shortly after I sat down in front of the telly. Compelling watching.

Basically we spent the rest of the afternoon watching tv in college and speculating over who did it, including (im sorry to say) making some jokes and pointing fingers at the only muslim in the class (it's ok he was cool with jokes like that, this was before everyone got hyper sensitive).

in high school during my college computer class, high as a kite. First thought was (all I saw was a burning building, nothing clicked yet, remember, im high) "is this some sort of Godzilla movie?" I mistakingly said this thought out loud, got some nasty looks, then what was going on clicked in my head, felt like the biggest jackass ever(I still think about it to this day, man that was dumb) Watched more of it on TV until school was done, got high again, praying there was not going to be a draft/war/whatever. Went to work as a cashier at a grocery store, busy as hell as everyone stocked up on water (i live in a rural area, everyones got WELLS and septic, for christsakes) I got out of work, got high again, and I gave my girlfriend a happy Birthday screwing with dinner, gifts and whole nine yards with CNN in the background (shes now my wife for 3 years, high school sweathearts. yes, I did submit that thread. oh and no, im not a pothead anymore(3 years!)

Other then thinking "man, this is crazy shiat" I was more worried about the aftermath, as I didnt want to see a war breakout and seeing my friends being shipped off overseas and getting killed. I guess some things are ineviteble, lost 2 of my close friends over in sand land.

Yokohama, Japan. And, since Yokohama is in the future, I watched the events live on the evening news as they unfolded...

Since I'd only been in Japan about two months, I couldn't understand Japanese very well at the time. I remember getting home from work, turning on the TV and seeing WTC1 on fire. I was thinking, "oh, the World Trade Center's on fire. That's pretty high up. How are they going to put that- HOLYSHIATWHATTHEFARKDAMNTHATWASN'TANACCIDENTNOPILOTISTHATBAD!!" because as I was watching the 2nd plane slammed into WTC2...

here on fark

Gaijin House in Tokyo

Working. Well, at work, but trying to find information on the web (just before I discovered fark, and the other news sites were jammed).

Totally generic, but accurate, answer, shared by millions. Feel free to copy and paste into the other 1700 threads that'll ask the same question today.

It was the second day of my senior year of high school. I went to school in Jersey City, about... 3 blocks from the waterfront, directly across from the WTC.

Had a free period first thing in the morning and I was hanging out with some friends when another guy came in and told us that a plane flew into the WTC, then another plane came along and hit the other one. This was the kinda guy was always telling dead baby jokes, so we thought this was another sick scam, perhaps a big prank to get all the Freshman to freak out and run outside.

So, he finally convinced me to go outside, and I was skeptical at hell. I get to the street, look up, and all I could say was, "holy shiat"

I remember standing there at the corner, looking up, and being able to see into the building, hear the sirens, the screams...

I made my way off to my first class, which the teacher correctly guessed it was Osama bin Laden...

After that class, we had a 15 minute break after 2nd period to change books and all, so me and my friend walked down a few blocks to see what was going on. By that point the street our school was on was being used as the ferry drop off point, so thousands of people were walking up the street.

I got on my cell phone to try and call home to find out what was going on. Of course anyone in NY/NJ at the time could tell you that was impossible. Phone in hand, I'm looking up... when the first tower collapsed.

At first, it was completely unreal. The WTC didn't just collapse, did it? I remember all the people in the street, who had just come out of Manhattan, looking up in similar disbelief. I saw a woman literally fall to her knees and break down in tears.

I went back to school, and into the cafeteria where people were grabbing some food during the break, and as soon as I got in, I saw one of my best friends, and I just stared at him and said... "it collapsed"

Like a scene from a movie, trays dropped, and the entire room emptied outside onto the street. And at that time, it was unfathomable to even think the other would collapse too.

I was in class when the other tower collapsed. From there, the day just got stranger. Access into Jersey City was cut off by train and car within a certain area... the area we were in of course, being so close. And all day, there were the people covered in dust walking up the street.

Didn't have school the next day, because access into the city was still cut off. But by the 13th we were back. It was strange, the exit for our school was the last before the Holland Tunnel, and there was a military checkpoint there with a bunch of guys with M-16s. And I think the worst part, and the worst part of it that anyone will tell you, was the smell. For days, the smell of burning steel, concrete, flesh... just... covered everything.

I was in my office at work. At the time, I worked for a small biotech company, and I was the entire IT department. I was surfing the web, as usual, and chatting with folks on a MUD, as usual. All of a sudden, couldn't load any of the "big" news pages, they were all timing out. People on the MUD were saying that a plane hit the first tower, but the initial reports were just that it was a small commuter plane. I walked over to one of our service techs and told him, since he was from NY. As the news started to trickle in via the MUD, I called my wife and woke her up, and asked her to bring our small (13") tv in to my office. She brought it over and we watched the very blurry picture (the antenna sucked ass) as the towers fell. Our CEO came out and told everyone to go home.

In front of my computer, 6 months pregnant...had CNN on.

I have it on the Weather Channel right now. At least they're too busy talking about Hurricane Florence rather than rehash 9/11.

I was reading that damn Fark thread and pissed off that you had to wait 24 hours before being allowed to post.

Celebrating my birthday.. Exactly what I'm doing today too.. What a coincidence!

mamoru

You watched the second plane smash into the buildig? You mean the gubbamint didn't do it!??!

/threadjack!!

Los Angeles.

My office put black hefty bags around their exterior signage so the terrorists wouldn't be able to find them.

I'm serious.

No, really, I'm not kidding. They left them up for like six months.

I was at the office, and a guy a cubicle over said, "a rocket hitting the WTC in NYC?" I went to the web and the headline was that Michael Jordan was about to announce a comeback.

As most of my clients then were in the USA, I decided that there was no point in hanging around the office, and I went to work out.

Work, in the factory that made the 757s.

In a pub in Waterford, Ireland. The people were so sympathetic. For such a terrible day I have fond memories of the kindness strangers showed.

In high school! They let us watch it on TV instead of going to class.

Oh, and on another note, we had just started paper trading in my economics class, and I learned the hard way how terrorist attacks can influence the stock market. I think my stocks had halved in value within a month of the attacks.

About to go to class.

Bonus answer: My Dad was playing golf with two Muslims when a course ranger drove up and told them the news.

I was in college. I woke up, and heard the news and went right back to sleep because I thought I was dreaming.

I was at home (in Detroit) and my boyfriend called and said "turn on the TV, turn on the TV!!" My first thought when I saw the smoking tower was that it was nuclear war. I skipped work and was later fired but I didn't care.

Sleeping before Calculus class in college. Now-wife, then-girlfriend called me and woke me up. Roomate and I turned on the TV and, here's where I get my ticket I'm sure, I fell back asleep.

/doesn't hate America

At work in Grand Rapids, MI making rum molsses BBQ sauce. I watched the towers fall on 2' by 4' "sports bar" tv screens. Eerie...

Sleeping, then on IRC talking about it as it was still going on. Went through the whole eerie "wow, what a freak accident" to the realization that we were under attack.

It was definitely one of those "never in America" moments that just left you dumbfounded... kinda like the way it was when Challenger blew up on TV when I was in grade school.

5 years ago i was in algebra 2 class at Grand Ledge High School, apparently, we were the only class that didn't already have their TV on, so the principle came in. everything was so somber that day, the hallways were quiet (in a school of over 1700), regular classes were pretty much cancelled. and the next couple classes, all we did was watched TV. i went home, and took my mom's car to get gas for her

I was in 8th grade English class at the local Catholic school learning about basic poetry and poets. The principal, Sr. William, came on the PA saying "There has been a plane crash in New York and DC. Please pray for them." I was sitting near the back and my teacher started crying, she said it reminded her of when JFK was shot. She told me to turn on the news; my class watched until we were dismissed around 11 AM EST.

I recall asking my dad why someone would do that and all he said was, "There are some bad people out there; bad people."

That night at football practice the entire team was issued flags to be sewn onto our jerseys, I still have mine.

Downtown Baltimore, at work. I was out having a smoke break when some very shaken fellow walked up to me and told me that a plane had crashed into the WTC. I thought it was some retard in a cessna...

...Of course, I was wrong. After the rest of the crashes, we were told to go home at around 11:00AM, largely because of the distraction and fears that our building (tall enough) may be attacked (no one was thinking clearly). I took a friend home on the way; he has family in NYC, and was understandably beside himself.

I was working for the water department. I was listening to my fav talk radio show when I got out of my truck. I got back in and it wasn't on anymore, there was breaking news. I remember thinking WTF? My first thought when I heard it was the World Trade Center was of the anti-globalization nut cases.

teaching autistic kids job skills.

Now I teach autistic kids how to tell time.

Same job, different grade.

The teacher made me take the kids to work. Then the school had a lock down and they refused to let us back in until a parent threatened to come get her child from work. Luckily we were stranded in an old folks home with a really good cook. I think the kids gained 5 lbs that day.

Woke up September 12 my time to front-page spreads. None of my mates were at school that day, as it's in a diplomatic area and parents were scared.

My parents wouldn't hear of me missing school though.

Work, about 50-60 mi north of NYC on the Hudson.

Where I am right now.

I don't give a fark.

At my job in Hackensack, NJ. Left before the second tower fell. I could have pulled off the highway to watch but couldn't bear to.

at home, about to go to sleep. the last thing i did was think, for some unknown reason "i ought to watch a little news before i hit the sack". i turned on the TV and then the second plane hit. then i went and woke up my dad and told him what had happened. i did not go to sleep.

i never watched the news before going to sleep before and since then, i never have.

"Where were you 5 years ago today?"


The same place Bush was.. FLORIDA!

i was in a chemistry lab in my first year of university. I knew something was not right when someone ran, screaming, down the hall. They were repeating over and over "the economy is dead! the economy is dead! the economy is dead!"


i didn't have a sweet clue about the twin towers until my lab finished at 4:00 pm.


in retrospect, ignorance, i think, was bliss.

Who farking cares? Damn people, quit living in the past.

Helsinki, Finland and then flew to Stockholm, Sweden

At my office watching CNBC as the first reports came in. Saw the second plane hit on air.