Tell me your 9/11 stories
Each year I re-post the memories which many of you have shared with me of your experiences on 9/11 and I ask the rest of you to please tell me your stories, too.
Ten years after that awful day, I still grieve, as do many of you. And I'm still interested in hearing about where you were that day and your experiences were, whether you were oblivious to it all or you've lost friends or acquaintences (as is the case for
angelicus, mockingbird39, nephele and harmony_bites), or perhaps, like me, you simply echo John Donne's sentiment, "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."
So, please tell me your stories. I’m not looking for your opinion of 9/11 now; I’m interested in what that moment in time was like for you then. What were you thinking? What were you doing? How did it impact you personally? How significant is that date to you now, a decade later?
And here are two links to the same document containing stories fromangelicus, cookie2697, janajoh, mockingbird39, muffinkath7, nephele, tasyfa, jandjsalmon, laurenc21, martinigrl, rhetoretician, lapaglia44, harmony_bites and me. All stories are used with permission. However, if you'd like your story to be removed from this list, or if you'd like to tell me your story now, but don't want it archived for future use, please let me know. I'm interested in hearing your story whether or not you're comfortable with me sharing it with others in the future.
Thank you!
9/11 memories: Link #1 and Link #2
(Skip to page 3 to get past my personal notes and into the stories.)
ETA: There's a fantastic archive here of September 11, 2001 TV broadcasts, including a link to 3000 hours of television from 20 channels over the 7 days following the attacks. Click Here for this amazing, significant archive.
Ten years after that awful day, I still grieve, as do many of you. And I'm still interested in hearing about where you were that day and your experiences were, whether you were oblivious to it all or you've lost friends or acquaintences (as is the case for
angelicus, mockingbird39, nephele and harmony_bites), or perhaps, like me, you simply echo John Donne's sentiment, "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind."So, please tell me your stories. I’m not looking for your opinion of 9/11 now; I’m interested in what that moment in time was like for you then. What were you thinking? What were you doing? How did it impact you personally? How significant is that date to you now, a decade later?
And here are two links to the same document containing stories from
angelicus, cookie2697, janajoh, mockingbird39, muffinkath7, nephele, tasyfa, jandjsalmon, laurenc21, martinigrl, rhetoretician, lapaglia44, harmony_bites and me. All stories are used with permission. However, if you'd like your story to be removed from this list, or if you'd like to tell me your story now, but don't want it archived for future use, please let me know. I'm interested in hearing your story whether or not you're comfortable with me sharing it with others in the future.Thank you!
9/11 memories: Link #1 and Link #2
(Skip to page 3 to get past my personal notes and into the stories.)
ETA: There's a fantastic archive here of September 11, 2001 TV broadcasts, including a link to 3000 hours of television from 20 channels over the 7 days following the attacks. Click Here for this amazing, significant archive.
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