vanillabear Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 So a couple of my friends and I were reminiscing where we were and what we were doing when we found out about 9/11. I was in Grade 5, sitting in a portable and my substitute teacher told us something very bad happened and we all listened to the radio while we heard the news. Where were you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Every person I asked that question remembers what they did on that day. I was in cegep in my philosophy class and my stupid professor refused to end the class and continued as if nothing happend. I left at the break because I just couldn't listen to him knowing that something horrible was happening exactly at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cass Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Grade 6 in my Strings Class - our class had just entered the classroom and my teacher was quite teary-eyed and told us to all sit down, he turned on the radio and we basically heard what was going on. School ended early that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 In math class. And then it was recess but they wouldn't let us go outside because the city was basically evacuating the downtown core in case something happened at Parliament and parents were coming home and picking up their kids early. Teachers kept going to the teacher's lounge to watch the TV there and keep us informed. Every person I asked that question remembers what they did on that day.Same. Even people I know who were quite young at the time (6 or 7 yrs) will tell me that they remember their teachers crying or their parents telling them that something happened. It impacted a lot of the world either directly or indirectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curi0user Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I can't believe I didn't even care, I wish I could go back and actually acknowledge the importance of the event now. Anywho, I was in grade four and was just sitting there and our teachers said something was happening in America but I was like k... cool. And the other teacher actually left because she had family in NY so they made us all go back home early and then my mom was all "LOOK! LOOK! THE TOWERS ARE COLLAPSING!" and I can't believe I just shrugged it off lol. I mean, I was mildly amused cos it was like an action movie but that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was young. I was in my country. I was watching TV, suddenly, the program is interrupted. The news anchor announce that CNN announced the fall of a tower in New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capucine Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was in grade 4. I went back home for dinner and my father was sitting in front of the TV. He had come back early from work because they feared some other attacks. I think he's the one who told me what happened, I don't remember any teacher telling us anything about it... When I went back to school every kid was talking about Word War III... But we didn't really understand what was happening, we were so young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I woke up and was getting ready to go to school. Went to my kitchen, and my mom had the tv on and I kept watching clips of the first plane crashing into one of the towers. I remember looking at it, and not understanding what it all meant. I was 12 and the whole concept of a "terrorist attack" didn't click with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoswim Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 It was my very first week of university. I watched the 2nd plane crash into the tower, and the towers fall down on a small tv in a cupboard in McGill's med building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I remember it so clearly:( I was 13, and I was getting ready for school, when the phone rang (Mom answered) and next thing I know she's telling me to "come here". (My dad had called and told her to turn on the TV. Apparently she asked him which station and he had said "it doesn't matter which one. It's everywhere"). So I had come out of the bathroom and saw the TV and I remember asking "Whoah that looks so real! What movie is it?" My mom answered that it wasn't a movie, and that it was actually happening and I remember being in complete shock. It was about 8:15 MST. As I was finishing getting ready for school, I kept my eyes glued in disbelief, understanding that something terrible was happening, but not knowing why. Then I noticed something going on that to this day brings chills... I remember saying to my mom "Look at all the debris and stuff falling from the buildings. It must really be burning bad!" She looked at me and said, "That's not debris, those are people." I really teared up:( I couldn't fathom how desparate and hopeless people must have been to try to jump from that height to safety. I kept thinking that it couldn't be real. That it had to be a movie or something. I guess I mostly just didn't want it to be real. I couldn't imagine why someone would want to do that to innocent people. I finished getting ready, and was still watching before we had to leave when the second tower fell. It was so hard to watch. I remember bursting into tears because of all of the people that were trapped that had no way out. My mom, my brother, and I all kinda just looked at each other and hugged each other while we were crying. I remember being a little late for school that day. I also remember my mom getting out of the vehicle when she was dropping us off (which she never did) and I remember her hugging us extra tight as she told us how much she loved us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 It was early in the morning. My mom woke me up to watch the events unfold on TV. I attended my economics and psychology classes, but the mood was sombre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was in grade 4. I went back home for dinner and my father was sitting in front of the TV. He had come back early from work because they feared some other attacks. I think he's the one who told me what happened, I don't remember any teacher telling us anything about it...When I went back to school every kid was talking about Word War III... But we didn't really understand what was happening, we were so young! I remember WWIII talk as well. And it wasn't just from the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 AP US History class appx. 1 hrs' drive from where flight 93 crashed. Fitting. A friend's father worked at the Pentagon, so she was freaking out (he was fine, thankfully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehockeykid Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 In computer class in elementary school. I heard all the teachers all secrectly talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was in europe about to head back to Canada. I recall asking my mom if the terrorists liked Canada after it was announced that a passenger with a arab name was missing from the flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was on a plane and clueless until I got to my destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMarauder Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I was in grade 9 science class. I remember the principal came onto the PA system and informed us of what had happened, and dismissed class for the rest of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_whiz Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 Was in the library with my math class signing out our math textbooks, saw the planes crash on the tv's in the library. edit: i remember first hearing of the news on the radio when my mom drove me to school, didn't know what was going on until i saw it on tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrogirl Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 First, I just have to say that all of you saying you were in grade 5 remind me of watching the OJ Simpson verdict when I was in grade 5. Also, f_d, you were on a plane?!? That's crazy! I was in my second year of undergrad in the States, and I had an 8 AM chemistry class that morning. It was a Tuesday. My school played the national anthem every morning at 7:30 and 5:30 when they raised and lowered the flag, and you were supposed to stop walking when they played it and hardly anyone ever did, but I always did because it felt like it was the respectful thing to do as a guest in that country. So the national anthem started (I hadn't heard anything yet, although we were 2 hours behind New York time, so stuff had already happened), and I stopped walking and thought to myself for the hundredth time about how ironic it was that I was stopping for the American national anthem while all the Americans around me kept walking to class. That was the last day I would think that, because after that everyone stopped for the national anthem. So then I got to chemistry, and my prof, who was one of the most arrogant and awful people I have ever had the displeasure of knowing, made some comment about did we hear that some moron crashed a plane into a building somewhere, and wasn't that stupid that the airlines hired people that didn't even know how to fly? Obviously he missed the part about it being a terrorist attack. Then I got to my next class, which was a writing class, and everyone was watching it on TV. My school didn't cancel classes, because they figured that was what the terrorist would have wanted, but they did say that we were excused from classes if we wanted to be. There's a bit more to the story, but it was such an awful time and I really hate thinking about it. But maybe I'll come back and add details later if we're still talking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychoswim Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 First, I just have to say that all of you saying you were in grade 5 remind me of watching the OJ Simpson verdict when I was in grade 5. I was feeling about the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I was sitting on the tarmac waiting for our plane to depart to NY (go figure) to give a presentation at Bayer. Needless to say i didnt make it to NY that week lol It was pretty surreal to see THOUSANDS of ppl deplaning and filling pearson. It was packed. Im just glad i wasnt in the air already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curi0user Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I was sitting on the tarmac waiting for our plane to depart to NY (go figure) to give a presentation at Bayer. Needless to say i didnt make it to NY that week lol It was pretty surreal to see THOUSANDS of ppl deplaning and filling pearson. It was packed. Im just glad i wasnt in the air already. I wonder if the people in the air when 9/11 happened were told what was happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I wonder if the people in the air when 9/11 happened were told what was happening. No. As i understand (from people i know) they were told they had plane maintenance issues and needed to divert their route to a close airport. Once they landed they were told what really happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedDream Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 I was in grade 5 and we didn't hear anything about the attacks at school. I was at a K-5 school so I guess they figured we were too young. My nanny picked me and my sister up and took us on a walk. She told us that something very sad had happened in the US today; I didn't really understand. My parents came home early that night and we all watched on tv. I didn't understand the full magnitude of the attack until the next year when we talked about it on the first anniversary of 9/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Holy Crap, I'm an old fart. GRADE 12 BIOLOGY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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