#Whereiwas: Twitter Users Share 9/11 Memories

Twitter users are taking to the Internet today to share memories of where they were on September 11th, 2001.

Scroll down to see a real-time feed of people's tweets from all over the world.

To submit your own, simply go to your Twitter page and type "#whereiwas" along with your memory.

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[Bizu2]

06:43 PM on 09/11/2009

I was living in L.A. working as an actor.. I was also in rehearsals for "Taming of the Shrew" and this buddy of mine also got cast and was having trouble learning lines to one of his scenes.. .. we stayed up working on his lines, and after words i passed out on the couch.... My partner called real early.. ... then all i heard from terrance was "WHAT??!? . ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?" those words snapped me up a bit....then i started to open my eyes and saw him open the wood cabinet to his tv.. when he turned on the tube i saw the first tower smoking...i sat up..i was wide awake..at that point all we knew was a plane hit the tower and no one knew it was an attack atm...... the next thing i saw was this big black bird off in the background flying around - i even said to terrance, my buddy, "WOW look how low that plane is!" and then it hit and there was the huge ball of fire.... we both immediately freaked out...when the first tower started to crumble we both burst into tears...we knew if that building came down, the same thing was going to happen to the other tower... ...that day will never be forgotten by any of us who witnessed it... my heart and prayers go out to those families who lost a loved one.

[EuripidesTheYounger]

05:55 PM on 09/11/2009

Srsly?
WTF!

[EW34]

03:49 PM on 09/11/2009

WHERE EAGLES DARE... 9/11 Tribute Song. Very Touching.
(Do NOT click on the LINK below, cut & paste it.)

Please Cut & Paste the link below (do NOT click on it)... and play the TOP SONG... "WHERE EAGLES DARE" and read the story. It really is a beautiful tribute that naturally happened the Night of 911. It's one of those magical moments that comes from tragedy and inspires us to forge ahead and stronger than before. And the Song is a tribute to John Lennon's "Imagine" as well. We need to IMAGINE his world, ONE world... where the Common Good is the Common Goal.

http://www.kenkingsbury.com/Eagles.html
(DO NOT click on the link... CUT & PASTE IT... something weird happens when you click on it)

I wrote the words and sent the email to a bunch of friends and family that night of 9/11/01 and it was forwarded and shared over and over. Then almost a year later Ken, whom I never met nor did I know emailed and said the words of "Where Eagles Dare" found their way to his email and he was so touched by the words he turned them into a song. And let me tell the song he created is BEAUTIFUL. Listen for yourself.

Imagine that world :)
e~

[Deesel]

03:49 PM on 09/11/2009

I was sitting outside of my Modern Physics class with other students, waiting for the professor to show up and unlock the door. One of the students had mentioned that someone had flown a plane into the WTC in New York. She said it so casually that I thought it was something like an old man who had a stroke while flying his Cessna and he had just kind of bounced off the building.

After class when I got back to my dorm room and turned the TV on, the collapse was all over the news. I called my dad to see if he was watching it and he had no idea what had happened because he had been out in the garden all morning.

[tlgeiger62]

02:59 PM on 09/11/2009

My memory of 9/11 and in particular of The World Trade Centers are something that will never leave me.

In 1981, I worked on the 98th floor of One WTC. I worked there for about 2 years before moving across the street to One Liberty Plaza (still spending much time inside the towers). I remember the view from my window on clear days and during storms. I remember the hallways and restrooms. I remember shopping in the stores, having drinks after work, grabbing lunch at the hot dog stand in the lobby. I remember the tourists that drove me NUTS in the gigantic elevator banks all rushing to and fro. I remember the 'cattle car' EXPRESS elevator that seemed to have meteoric speed. I remember lunching in the outdoor plaza with the buildings towering overhead. I have been in the stairwells of that building. I know how big they were.

On 9/11/01 I was living in GA and was home with my 2 yr old daughter. I had called a friend around 9:05am to confirm some lunch plans and she told me. And when the towers started to topple I just started screaming into a pillow trying not to scare my daughter. I watched in horror as those buildings crumbling thinking about their size, their layout and of course the people....on the roof, in the stairwells, in the lobby and, oh my God, in the elevators. And I just screamed and cried.

[joelaf]

02:38 PM on 09/11/2009

I was starting the second month of a new sales job. I was feeling pretty good, had about 1/4 million dollars of new pending business on my desk. Boss came in with a very long face, said "I have something to tell you". I thought I was being fired. He told me the news, and my stomach dropped. My wife (since deceased) was working in a federal building in Atlanta. My first reaction was GET OUT. Reports said more attacks were coming, and our city would most definately be hit I remeber watching it over and over on the news, till I became numb. How anyone can inflict that kind of anguish on a country, and the whole World is beyond me.

[Marklar]

02:15 PM on 09/11/2009

I had just moved from Los Angeles to Maryland and woke up super early (since my body was still on West Coast time) and saw the second plane hit.

[truthtopower7]

01:56 PM on 09/11/2009

Anyone who still believes that this was anything else than a "false flag" incident (inside job) to get us fully into wars against the Muslims is just plan ignorant. I'm embarrassed for you.

Same people that believe in a "loner" shooter for JFK.

Get over it. There has not been ONE WAR that hasn't been precipitated by a false flag incident.

Just google "false flag incidents" and educate yourself.

And if you get any traction speaking against the CIA, don't fly in a plane. Just a little advice.

Now Huffpo, bow you head at the utterance of the words 911 and never again question ANY defense spending, invasions, bombings, incarcerations, torture or rendition, ever, ever, ever again...

[MaxPowerXP]

04:11 PM on 09/11/2009

Cram it with walnuts, ugly. You're irrational, deluded, and disrespectful.

[WasteNJ]

01:41 PM on 09/11/2009

[WasteNJ]

01:40 PM on 09/11/2009

I was at work when we heard on the radio. We were only about 20 miles away, and we could see the black cloud from where we were. Me and a buddy hopped in his car and left work early, determined to get to NYC and see for ourselves, but we eventually found out that wasn't going to happen. We got on the freeway (Rt.3) and got within 5 miles of Jersey City, but sat in gridlock for a couple hours before going further. The entire time emergency vehicles were speeding back from NYC on the shoulder, we later found that they were going and coming from a makeshift triage or coordination camp in the Meadowlands parking lot at Giants Stadium.

Along the way a vacationing Middle Eastern family let me stand on the roof of their minivan with my binoculars, they were trying to get back to their NYC hotel, but that wasn't in the cards.. We got off the freeway and managed to get to Jersey City, just across the water from the WTC. That was far as we could go, the entire city (JC) was teeming with National Guard. No way to drive, total paranoia in the air. We walked until we had a clear line of sight and watched until sunset.

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[WasteNJ]

01:41 PM on 09/11/2009

We then headed home, this is when we saw the triage area at Giants Stadium and the many white tents and what looked like hundreds of ambulances. Traffic was at a standstill for a long time and we sat while two tactical response trucks forced their way through the gridlock. Most people just got out and walked around. The entire day seemed like a dream and everybody was in a state of disbelief or shock. Wherever we were, when we looked toward Manhattan we could see the huge plume of smoke stretching across the sky, it looked like a massive volcano had erupted.

Up to this point, I hadn't seen anything on TV and wouldn't see much for some weeks as I still had the rabbit ears TV antenna, and the transmitters were all on the top of the WTC.

[zanbama]

01:33 PM on 09/11/2009

I was at work at the YWCA of Boston. When news broke saying we were under attack I watched everyone from the John Hancock building running and looking back. I clearly remember the terrified faces going by the building. They thought they were next... I did as well. It was the scariest moment ever.

[sense11]

01:09 PM on 09/11/2009

I was sleeping in a small studio in Puerto Rico when my mother called and told me that a plane crashed into one of the twin towers. I turned on the TV and saw the second one hitting the other tower live. I still remember the weakening fear I felt threw out my body, when I realized this was no accident. May those lost souls rest in peace.