I had just filled My cup with coffe and was walking into the living room and saw it on tv,i was in disbelief too untill the second plane hit.

What was a real shock is when the whole building fell down!

Who would have ever thought that would happen to such a huge building.

I have been a Federal Police Officer for the Department of the Army for 25 years now. My job and my life changed completly that day from a defensive to an offensive posture. God bless America.

Robert Ostrenga, Station Commander

Fort Bliss Military Police

I was in my office.  My brother called me and said, "Put on the t.v.". (I have a small one in a cabinet). Words cannot describe the feeling.  Then I realized that my son was working near the pentagon that day.  I made a frantic call to him on his cell phone and it just so happened that he was running late and was in route to D.C........Thank God..................

God bless America..........

My oldest brother worked in the Pentagon on 9/11, thankfully his office was on the opposite side of the building. It took a couple of days to reach him. I was on the first plane out of Denver after 9/11 which was a week later. Landing in Detroit, there were National Guard with machine guns and German Shepard's.

We've been so protected from mass violence in this country, and now we have a glimpse of what Europe saw in the world wars. It does surprise me that the major conflict in the world isn't about hunger, oil or even gold, it's religious views. I think it's our freedom of religion that separates us the most. Can you imagine Iran with freedom of religion or even Afghanistan? The oldest countries in the world are the most suppressed.

God Bless the USA and pass the ammunition

I was having new carpet installed and we were watching CNN.  The carpet guy asked, "What is a Pentagon?" Oh well, he did a good job on the carpet.

Hubby was an OTR trucker at the time and he was in Chicago. The news reports kept saying Chicago was to be the next target. I couldn't reach him on the cell phone and I was so frantic. Knowing how I felt until I finally reached him, I can't even imagine what the families of the victims went through.

God bless America........America bless God!

I woke up that morning, flipped on the TV and was shocked to see Tom Brokaw.  Immediately I knew something bad had happened.  Took a few minutes to compute everything (I didn't wake up until the towers had already been hit).  I ran to the phone and realized there were 3 missed calls at 5:30 AM (PST) from my sister who had moved to SFO from New York a week earlier.  Her studio apartment in Lower Manhattan had been nearly destroyed. 

WTC was one of the stops on her subway route to work.   The difference a few days can make... Geez... I can't even begin to comprehend how the people in NYC and elsewhere felt when they couldn't get in touch with anyone.

An overwhelming panic that no human should have to feel.

I remeber the feeling of being connected with everyone without having to say a word.  

Maybe on this 5th anniversary we can try to re-connect, as the country feels divided. 

God bless America and the freedoms we sometimes take for granted.

REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

AND WTC 9/11/01

I think about it every day.

Where were you when the world stoped turning?

I was on my way to work--I worked at a flower shop at the time--& I thought "no way---there has GOT to be a mistake".  Turned on our little TV at work & about that time the second plane hit.  I was sooooo angry!!!!!!!!!Could not believe that someone could do that to our GREAT NATION---my thoughts were "are they just friggin nuts?  Do they not know the force they are dealing with??"  5 years later & I am STILL fighting mad---Big hole over there?  YOU BET---GET OUR BOYS OUT OF THERE & LET THEM HAVE IT & STOP LETTING THEM COME OVER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What is really bad is looking at them & not punching them right in the kisser...no maybe they weren't involved in all of the destruction & horror---but as far as I am concerned, after 9-11, they don't need to be here!!!  This country is for Americans---I am proud to have been born & raised here & raised my kids here---God bless our troops & they really need to come home so no more of them get killed over there---senselessly. Every time I hear about another soldier dying over there, it just makes me nautious...

I was living in western Oklahoma then, I wasn't at the feedlot that day for whatever reason.  I was actually in the tub that morning with the radio on and heard the news, at first they made it sound like a small personal plane had an accident...then...the second plane hit and all hell broke loose.  We didn't have a T.V. then, just a radio to listen to so all of this played out in my head and imagination!  It was nearly a week later before I was to a television set to see actual photos and video of all of this.  Those days of the sounds making my mind imagine things were some I'll never forget, and the instant feeling that the country, if not the world had changed, from the instant lines at the gas stations to the small, often meaningless conversations that took place with complete strangers, cause the days and weeks thereafter we WERN'T strangers, we were AMERICANS and that seemed to be all that we needed to have in common!  We all need to remember those feeling, and strive to live like that every day.

I pray that God will continue to be with our country, soldiers, and President, every day! 

I was volunteering at my children's elementary school when someone came in and said we all need to come to the library and see whats happening. It was so hard for the teachers, they were all crying and the students were asking why . The principal made an announcment to the teachers to calmly explain to the children what was going on. Some of the parents were upset because they didn't want their children to know but I felt it was better than the teachers and all the adults walking around crying and not telling them. I was so glad to be at the school close to my children!!

 I work with horse and when the first plane hit  the whole area stop I work about 1 mile from indin point and all i could think about was i this is the way i have to go then i am where i am happy with the horses god bless the U.S.A.