September 11, 2001. Fabgrandpa and I had gone camping. I know we live in a travel trailer, but back then, when we were working in a campground and living on the property, we wanted to escape on our days off. We had a tent, sleeping bags, and all the camping supplies we needed to go camping away from the RV. Because we lived on the campground where we worked, if we didn’t leave on our days off, we didn’t really get a day off.
So, we had taken our tent and other camping supplies and headed out to a Georgia State Park in the North Georgia mountains. We had enjoyed our “weekend” by sleeping late, cooking out, trout fishing, and site-seeing for three days.
When we packed up camp and headed home, we stopped in a diner for breakfast. The staff at the diner had a small television on, and everyone was watching it. We had no idea what had happened. When our waitress told us about the attack on New York, I suddenly wasn’t hungry anymore. We sat and watched the news coverage coming out of New York, and just couldn’t believe our ears and eyes.
It was just so unbelievable that something such as this could happen in the United States. The video of the plane hitting the second tower; of both the towers collapsing; of people running away from the ash storm was like a horror movie played on a loop over and over. And the stories and stories and stories of the people who had been lost still breaks my heart to think about.
Where were you on this day eleven years ago?
Nolie says
I have cried numerous times today remembering all those lost and affected by that tragic day.
Sandra says
I was at work. The guy I worked for was on a conference call with the U.K. and he said that a plane had hit the twin towers. I called my husband who worked from home and he was able to watch it all unfold on TV. Unbelievable even to this day.
Emily says
I was sitting in traffic when the first plane hit almost at work. One of the ladies that I worked with came in and gave us the news of the second plane hitting. We were all in disbelief and scared because we worked in downtown Atlanta near hospitals and there was speculation that there could be a target in Atlanta such as the CDC. Another of the ladies that I worked with dropped everything and began calling her family in New York. Her father worked in one of the towers and she was terrified. She did not find out until the next day that he was on vacation that week and had been at home that morning. All of the pictures of that day still bring tears to my eyes.
Michelle says
I was just getting into the office when my father called and told me what happened. At first I thought that it was an accident until that second, ird plane hit and then later hearing about a 4th plane that was over taken and crashed in PA! What a terrible day with MANY heros.
Loretta says
I was at a meeting at work and we were waiting for it to begin when the TV announcer came on to tell what was happening. We all watched in disbelief. May all the victims rest in peace.
Elizabeth says
We lived in a little mountain town in SE Washington state then…about 1400 people population. We did not have TV reception at our house 6 miles out of town in the mountains. We had gone to get groceries in our little teeny grocery store that day…and they had a TV on and we watched. Prior to leaving the house, we got a phone call from a relative and hubby heard about it at work.
Arnette Weeden says
I was in the hospital for emergency surgery and of course awake very early so had a TV on. I saw everything that was shown and shared that time with my doctor who was making early morning rounds.
Linda Sewell says
As I recall, we were on that same camping trip with you, Jim & his parents at Moccasin Creek State Park. I thought we all watched the coverage together that morning in Red’s Motor Home? I do remember that once we got packed up and headed home, it seemed to take forever to get back to Douglasville. Stefanie was a Senior that year so she was at school when it happened. I’ll never forget getting home and watching the news coverage. It was very hard to watch all of it unfold. Even 11 years later when they show the coverage again…it’s so hard to see, know that so many lost their lives that day. We shall never forget.