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Thank you. We all need to go through the darkness to find true light.

Teaching 2nd grade, knowing we were on lockdown and not realizing what actually happened for hours. Then, we had to keep it from the kids and finish the day as if nothing had changed.

Dropping my youngest off at preschool. By the time pickup arrived, the Towers had fallen. All the parents so stunned but putting on cheerful faces for the kids

PS -- That's my hometown. I grew up in Arlington.

Yes, I definitely remember that day. 🙂‍↕️

Just got to science class and it was on the TV showing right after the first tower got struck. People were picking up their kids, we didn't even do anything but watch the TV the rest of the day.

I was walking uptown on 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village and wondering why nobody who was coming the other way was moving and they were all staring up towards the towers.

I just dropped off my first grader at school. I turned around and parked at his school trying to decide if I should get him out go pick up his sister at high school or let them stay. I was not the only parent there. We ultimately let them stay but I was pacing like crazy wanting them home. In CA.

I wish I could forget. Fucked up this country. I was blissfully unaware in organic chemistry class. Then came freedom fries. Mandatory 🇺🇸 lapel pins. 20+ years of Iraqistan. Taking off our shoes at the airport. And we’ve learned exactly nothing from a strategic POV. I’m a GWOT vet (medical)

I do. In a meeting. I was in the hospitality business. We were part of the many hotels in Canada that open their doors to stranded plane passengers.

Every second of it. I can play it back in my head like video. Ended up being the one to tell a visiting tourist what happened. She broke down b/c her son worked in one of the towers.

It was still early here on the West Coast when the first tower was hit. Turning on the TV to watch the morning news, eat breakfast and start my day, I wasn't prepared for what I saw. I never got dressed and went to work that day, I was glued to the TV. I went up to the top of one tower years before.

I woke in silicon valley, saw a huge headline that said "plane hits world trade center." . Pressed refresh, and the headline changed to "planes hit world trade center." At that instant, I knew that nothing would be the same.

Airborne. East Coast air defence over the mid-Atlantic. Hunting unresponsive commercial airliners. Wish I could forget.

Of course.

I know exactly 🥲 Never Forget ❤️🇺🇸❤️

I was traveling through Canada.Everytime I entered a hotel/restaurant while waiting for the NY airports to re-open every Canadian I came in contact with who knew I was American was very kind/compassionate/generous Sept 12 US ConsulateToronto Days later 80,0000 in Ottowa for moment of silence for USA

I learned about it from Howard Stern.

Yup at my desk 2 blocks away watched the east side of tower 2 explode and felt the blast a second later …. Remember it all

I was in China adopting my baby daughter. Saw the Towers fall on TV at 10pm at night. Chilling to be half way across the world when our country was under attack. Calls to my family who worked in NYC wouldn't go through. My flight home a few days later was one of the first allowed back in the country