"TWO Planes!!! This is scary!!!" - The original, stickied threads from 9-11-01

[Maverick]

I still remember that panicked feeling

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

I remember that morning pretty well. I was a bit late coming into class, 5 minutes or so, then heard that some plane went down, didn't put much thought to it. Awhile later realized that students weren't working and teacher was walking in and out. Curious, I went to see what the fuzz is about, assuming it was just another local private plane that went down in the farm or something. Went out to the hall, saw over 50 people gathered at front office where a TV was. Soon as I saw the towers, I started to feel as if I were in a dream. Saw the 2nd plane hit, not the first one, and saw both towers tumble to the floor

We all went home early that morning. Stuck to the TV for the next couple days. 9/11 is a day I'm sure many of us will forever remember.

I hope today will pass us by very peacefully.

 

[UberDave]

Originally posted by: lowtech
It was a sad day for many world wide & will be remember.

9/11 Attack on America Memory Lane.

<------- Cried ..... i want to join armed services now.

 

[Smolek]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Damn, just reading that almost made it feel as though I was actually back there again... I remember being glued to CNN, cnn.com, and the CBC for the next 3 days solid.

^^^

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Smolek

Originally posted by: silverpig
Damn, just reading that almost made it feel as though I was actually back there again... I remember being glued to CNN, cnn.com, and the CBC for the next 3 days solid.

^^^

Very good post Electrode.

 

[AnyMal]

You know, I don't think I will be watching any TV today. The scars still there from last year watching Tower 1 collapsing live on TV, before my eyes, and remember thinking "there are people still in there!!! they are dying right before me and there is nothing I can do to help them!" It's the worst feeling in the world. Few days from now, when I take the Oath and become a US citizen I will be thinking about all those people, and I will thank them as I have thanked all those who died for this country, so that the rest of us can call the United States of America our home.

 

[Legendary]

I remember coming home from school and my parents were home...what a relief they didn't go into work.
I remember turning on CNN and seeing endless replays of mass destruction.
I remember crying with my friends thinking/talking about it.
I remember 9-11 like it was yesterday.

 

[iamwiz82]

it is truly amazing that it has been one year. I still get angry reading some of the responses by a few European members.

 

[Danman]

Man, I still remember getting those chills around 8:55 to 9:00 just watching the TV in my Network Admin's room. I am going to that room this morning at the same time in a few minutes. God this is gonna be scary if something happens today.

 

[Gujski]

I remember at one point NBC saying there were 8 or 9 planes possibly hijacked...That was a very scary morning.

 

[thedan]

I found out at AT. Here, that thread. I thought it was a prank, until I read on. Then, my mate ICQ'ed me, 'Watch Channel 2' (we live in Australia). It was 9pm. Then it all went to sh|t.

 

[Drekce]

I woke up this morning and remembered where I was when this all went down. I first found out while reading that thread. I actually had three posts on the first page...how weird to see that now.

 

[Electrode]

up for the afternoon crowd

 

[Beau]

Hey Mods - how about digging up these old threads from the archives and sticky-ing them to the top of off-topic.

 

[Electrode]

AFAIK, they can't do that, since the threads are archived. They could sticky this thread though.

 

[Draco]

Originally posted by: Beau6183
Hey Mods - how about digging up these old threads from the archives and sticky-ing them to the top of off-topic.

I was just reading all those archived threads from that morning. They grew very large, very fast. I couldn't help but scroll through em. It's chilling... still hasn't sunk in I guess.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
sandorski called it first:
Looking like some kind of terrorist attack to me. Or some pilots have suddenly gotten hella stupid.

Has history answered rudder's question:
If it is indeed a terrorist act.... there better be hell to pay! Now we will see if George W. is for real or not.

iamwiz82 knew what he was saying:
if anything, this will unite America, just as Pearl Harbor did...

AaronP was pissed:
For every American that dies for this, I'd say we should kill about 1000 Fundamentalist muslums. note that I said fundamentalist, not normal muslums. The fundies are the ones that do all the terrorist crap.

It's time to make a lesson to the world about what the USA can do when it gets Pissed Off.

Did LanEvoVI's friend survive?
OH MY GOD...what a way to wake up. I live one block from the World Trade Center and I'm watching things from my window. This is absolutely nutz...I watched the second plane hit up live. No word from my roomate who works inside the WTC...omg...this is so terrible...

My first post was at 9:25am that morning.

MurpheyRulez announces attack on Pentagon:
Dude says explosion at the Pentagon, construction workers are running away from the building...

Almostmakingit announces collapse of tower 1:
World Trade center starting to crumble...

zsir announces collapse of tower 2:
OMG...........The second tower just collapsed.....


What a chilling and tearful trip down memory lane. May that thread be preserved forever!

LanEvoVI's friend was ok i dont think he went in to work that day, or he went in late...what a relief

 

[SaltBoy]

Interesting to hear about all the rumors (State department bombing, 8 planes being hijacked). Congrats to LordJezo for being first!

 

[globalstud]

profound indeed. damn pieces of crap to do something to people that they do not know.

 

[Azraele]

Feels like it all happened just yesterday....

 

[Rob9874]

This is definitely a thread that should be preserved. Will be very interesting in years to come, for people too young to remember the fear, panic, and confusion. It's like a snapshot in time. It reveals even more than the horrific images of the planes crashing.

One interesting post I read, posted by Triumph:
"Funny that they would choose to hit the WTC with some planes. Those buildings were designed to withstand an impact of a 747. So if they were looking to completely take out the buildings, it would never have happened."
If he only knew then...

 

[Paulson]

I put a whole bunch of pictures into a folder and have them on my website..

here's the site

The site will be probably really slow, I'm sorry

 

[Grasshopper27]

9/11 changed my life, the whole thing was just unreal.

And I too first heard about it here on AnandTech, didn't believe it at first, until I turned on CNN.

 

[Electrode]

Thanks for the sticky Mods!

I, too, hope those threads get preserved somewhere.

 

[AlphaWolf829]

Still brings me to tears... Still can't believe.