BRITISH COUPLE REACTS | What Happened Immediately After 9/11 

In the days that directly followed 911, I would sit outside on break with my co-workers, we would occasionally glance up at the sky, for no reason. Then it occurred to me that it was because there were no planes flying overhead anymore. It was an unsettling subconscious liminal experience.

My aunt was in NYC that day picking up her wedding dress. She ended up part of that mass migration of people crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to get out of the city, carrying her dress over her shoulder

I heard both booms. My high school wasn't too far from the world trade center. By New Yorker standards, one can walk the distance easily. I was in my second period class, civil law. We all heard the first boom, but no one thought about it much. We just thought a very loud tire popped and since no one in the school has heard an explosion of that magnitude, no one could have imagine what had happened. Shortly after the second plane hit the second tower, a senior who had a free period and was in the cafeteria, which was on the top floor, saw both towers get hit, ran in and started screaming about how two planes hit the twin towers. It was just chaos after that.

The fighter jets that went up immediately had no time to get any missiles armed. The pilots were not directly told but they understood that they would have to crash into any planes that were determined to be a threat. My mom picked me up from school after the towres fell. We went to get my cousin from his school. We had to go past the airport in St Louis, Missouri. Seeing all the planes sitting everywhere made me feel connected to it all.

Yeah, we come together pretty quickly when needed despite our differences. It was so weird how silent it was the next day with no aircraft flying around. It really hit home how important this was and how serious.

One of my cousins was part of the clean up efforts at ground zero. Incidentally, he met his future wife there (she was another disaster relief worker).

My brother works in the pentagon. He was in a building across the street and was on the phone with me when it was hit.

My dad was a pilot for United and on 9/11 he was in the air. They defintely knew pretty quickly what was going on. Cockpits weren't as secure then and they needed to be locked down and the crew would have needed to know in order to keep people in their seats and watch for any weirdness. He ended up stuck in Dallas for a week and his trek home ended up being quite an adventure. I spent that entire morning, 4 hours just redialing and redialing my dad's cell phone until I got him. When the pictures of the terrorists on the planes were released one of the men had been on one of his flights and he had asked to see the cockpit. My father had politely declined.

I live in the US and I was 16 when the attack happened. I walked in to math class and the tv was on. I saw the second plane hit the second building live on tv. It felt so unreal. It was years of chaos. We still haven’t felt fully safe since then.

Tourists were not arguing, despite the cartoon. For the most part people understood why they were grounded. I knew people who rented cars to drive from LA to NYC.

I was working for a consulting firm and was onsite at one of our clients, who’s a major security and aerospace company. They immediately went on lockdown. Since I wasn’t an actual employee of theirs, they escorted me out. My assignment there was indefinitely suspended so I had to return home. The problem with that was that I lived 1500 miles away. All transportation stopped. No trains, buses or plains were operating. A relative had to drive down to pick me up and take me home.

I was teaching 9th grade science in a school about 10 miles away, within visual distance from the towers. Students had family that worked there. After the shutdown of the airport directly across the bay the fighter jets blazed over the school. Students thought we were being attacked again. I had to keep 14 year olds calm I remember yelling "they're OUR JETS, they're here to save us!!" We had smoke over our city for weeks and trucks carrying rubble coming through our town to get to Staten Island. In New Jersey some towns with high islamic populations people were in the street celebrating. I will never forget.

Totally choked up to those poor puppies 💔 they tried sp hard to rescue

Many planes coming across the Atlantic Ocean could not return due to fuel. Canada stepped up and instantly allowed them all to enter and land inside Canada.

I am grateful to hear your reactions and your view points. I have many friends all over the world, but we never talk about that day. To hear your reactions very heartwarming. Well I grew up in upstate New York. I was in Portland, Oregon on 9/11. I showed up to work and was told that we were closed and that's towers were falling. There's a 3-hour time difference between Portland, Oregon and New York so it was 10:00 am when I saw proof online, that the towers were falling. I remember where I was when I found out and sporadically throughout that day and the following weeks are a hit and miss blur in my memory. I was 30 years old on that day.

I'd like to see you react to the video about Gander, a small town in Newfoundland, Canada, where many, many planes were diverted because of the attacks that day. It's beautiful what those people did for the folks who couldn't leave for days.

I watched as it happened . It was like living in a nightmare . Stunned , shocked disbelief and dismay were only a few of the emotions that Americans felt.😢 through.

This video was actually very well done and informative.

I was 25 when this happened and i remember watching the news for 2 straight days after. It was so eerie seeing how empty the skies were. Most of all, i knew that my daughter who was 4 at the time, i knew her dad would be sent to war because he was in artillery in the US Army. Still to this day i remember exactly what I was doing and what i saw happening. I happened to see everything happen after the first plane hit the building. 😢 The events of 9/11 and everything that happened after truly changed so many things. So many lives lost.

I remember this happening when I was in 1st grade. I am from NYC and the school system was in horror. Everyone ran out and the yard was a free for all. The whole fire drill thing failed. We had off from school the next day. And the stress were quite. The next day in school they turned the TV on and the whole school was quiet. I will never forget that day. 🇺🇲🙏

I was at home with my youngest child and my 3 older, at school. My husband was on a flight to Florida (we live on the East Coast, South Carolina). I was watching the news when the 1st tower was hit. After watching the 2nd tower being hit, I remember thinking “Oh my God, we’re being attacked” and grabbed my daughter. I was living not far from the Oklahoma City bombing when it happened and this was far more terrifying. I wanted to go get my other kids at school, 5 mins away, and I was terrified; constantly watching and listening for planes. When I got to the school, there was line of parents stretching out and around the side of school, all there to get their kids too. I didn’t know if they would be any safer with me, but I wanted them with me. I remember in the weeks following all planes had been grounded and it was so eerily quiet. I lived on or near bases most of my life (including Lakenheath RAF, UK) and was used to hearing planes and it was scary to not hear them so abruptly. In contrast, seeing fighter jets just zooming in formation, shaking the house knowing exactly what they were doing. It did nothing to alleviate the tension. We were all so naive in our security only to feel completely vulnerable despite our military might. People were stockpiling food, weapons/ammo, gas (so severe people ran out on the roads),survival gear etc. Some schools were closed and on lockdown, phone lines were out. It was the most traumatic thing I had been through until then. My best friend and her husband lived in NY. He worked in the 1st tower. I tried reaching her but no luck. The government had set up a hotline in which people could report people missing in any of the crash sites or states affected because all communication was lost. I was so worried about my husband because I hadn’t heard from him yet. He finally called a few hours later. He had be rerouted a few hours south of where he was heading. I had to drive 18 hrs round trip to go get him. He said the plane passengers learned quite fast what had happened. One thing that I was proud to see was the unbelievable amount of American flags that started popping up. Shirts, car magnets, flags from houses, yard stakes, on every building, lining the streets.. While that has subsided some, it’s still far more prevalent than before. For weeks, I was glued to the 24/7 coverage, waiting to hear of any more survivors being pulled from the rubble. As more days passed with none being found, it was like a gut punch. The mental health agencies began to warn people who were doing exactly what I was saying it was causing PTSD and depression at such a national level due to not being able to really escape from the trauma and grief. Everyone was and still is affected by that day. The memories are etched in my mind clearly and permanently.

As an American whose first memory in life was 9/11, i was 2 years old at the time, it's something which i still get emotional just thinking about.

Sept. 12/2001 was one of the greatest days in US history. We live about an hour’s drive from the site of the crash of United 93. I have several photos of the impromptu memorial set up there by people from all over the world. The government came in and removed it all to make a national memorial. Nothing will ever be as moving as seeing the make-shift memorial done by average peole wanting to share their sorrow and appreciation for the heros of Flight 93. If you haven’t seen the movies Wirld Teade Center and United 93 I suggest them strongly. Thanks for watching our story.

I was going into Washington DC with a hazmat load. Saw the plane coming in and we were all stopped and put into a hotel for a week while we were investigated.

I was six when this happened. I was in school and I remember teachers crying and turning the news on. Kids being confused. Going home to mom and dad crying and crying with them. I remember America coming together to mourn the loss of the mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, granddaughters, rescue people and children that was lost. To this day when I think of that dreadful day all I can do is sit and cry. I couldn’t imagine the fear of being on one of those planes, or in one of those buildings knowing your life was about to end. Absolutely heartbreaking. Thank you for taking time to learn about this dreadful day and for all the support that many countries including yours provided America.

We had to land in Canada, and trust me…we knew exactly why. The pilot told us in mid-air. Beyond terrifying and beyond belief. Thank you, Toronto, for taking care of us. 💜

What they did not mention was that some of the civilian casualties at the Pentagon were 6 young children in the daycare facility.

I got married 4 day's after 9/11. (Saturday 9/15). Guests from all over the U.S. car pooling to get to Chicago because of the lack of Planes/Busses/Trains. We got the first flight out of O'Hare airport for our honeymoon too Mexico that Monday morning. It was the first international flight out. The mood on that plane I will never forget. Absolute silence while getting on and through out the flight. I'm a big guy, when I took my seat at a window the flight attendant leaned over and asked If I would mind sitting in the aisle seat. She leaned in close and asked if I was "willing too help in case something happens." It was unreal.

I was 18 in my senior year of high school in my second period U.S. government class and we watched it happen live on TV. What a horrible day.

The John j Harvey was actually retired and in private ownership when this happened and was helping ferry people off the island when FDNY called it back to fire service

It was not an accident, it was a terrorist attack.

It's during tragic events like this that the country lives up to it's name of united.

My uncle is now a retired lieutenant colonel, who worked in the Pentagon army division. Praise God he was not in the Pentagon that day. He was actually stuck in Japan on his way back home, and it took days for him to be sorted out and returned.

It’s still really hard for me to watch anything 9/11 related. Seeing the site smoking for weeks was devastating to me as a kid.

Always a pleasure seeing you guys reacting 🥰

I remember being in 1st grade, and our teacher turned the TV on. Never forget🇺🇸

Something very moving to me was how your Queen repsonded if you see that. Made me cry to see the Brits lthere as well and their respect.

Only a single hospital was the epicenter of the entire medical operation and that was downtown medical center which is now part of the Bellevue health system. They were so swamped that it wasn’t just beds it was just bodies on the floor just trying to keep up with the amount of people. There literally was no where to put anything as it was that bad. Every other hospital was just unavailable due to blocked streets or just dust. It was just impossible. Downtown hospital was the only safe harbor within New York City that day. They were hit directly by the dust when the towers collapsed but the hospital survived though on backup power alone. They refused to die that day. The entire emergency room staff earned accolades from the city and the federal government for their heroism and unflinching nerve during the crisis.

I remember being in kindergarten on 9-11 and that's not really the kinda thing you show to 5 & 6 year olds. In this case though, you could tell that this was going to be one of the biggest events in our lives. My teacher couldn't help but put it on the classroom tv. We were watching news broadcasts about it for an hour or 2 before school was canceled for the day.

The reaction to 9/11 was a far bigger tragedy than the attack itself. This country changed overnight for the worse and never recovered. I was just starting college when it happened, and I'll never forget how a day or two later, my English professor told the class how "I'd certainly give up some of _MY_ rights to be safer." I dropped that class shortly after, but that sentiment went around. It was like this stress test for American vigilance and alarming number failed it miserably. Then came COVID, a stress test that failed even worse. "Well, people are scared." I don't care. That's not an excuse for turning off their brain. They took their side and now they can stand and be counted with the authoritarians they love so much.

I remember vividly hearing a nationwide broadcast calling for people across the country to donate blood. People went out in droves to answer the call. But what was even more heartbreaking was that a few days later? Another broadcast went out asking people to stop donating blood. There were almost no survivors for whom the blood was intended And then I'll never forget the images of street after street and Ally after Ali plastered with missing person's photos for family members who had not come home. Bruce Springsteen released an album based around the events of 911 called the rising. You should check out the songs "Into the Fire," "My City of Ruins" and "You're Missing."

We were never as united and kinder to one another than the day after on Sept. 12th. We should always be this loving toward our fellow Americans as we were on Sept. 12th 😅

My dad was in the pentagon September 9th and went back to West Point late on the 10th. My mom who had only been married to him for two months at this point was worried when she first saw the news. She tried calling him over and over and broke down in tears for a few hours. After calling her dad she opens her phone to see a voicemail from my dad “hi honey I’m safe, we’re under complete lockdown here and I only get one call out. I love you so much and miss you” I was born 2003 so I didn’t experience any of this first hand but I’ve always payed my respects on 9/11 As a thank you to all the Afghanis who helped my dad while he was deployed there I helped my church move in refugees after the American pullout of Afghanistan in 2021

I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was only in 3rd grade, but I really remember wanting to help. I really wished I was able to go help even tho I was too young to really be of any help. I remember begging my mother to take me so I could help with anything I could. It was so tragic. I was only 8 years old. But as I approached 31 years now, I still remember that day like I lived it yesterday.

I was 15 and watched live on BBC as the towers collapsed. I still have nightmares about being trapped in tall buildings to this day.

The pentagon was undergoing refurbishment at this time. I was one of only a handful of truck drivers cleared to haul stone there. That day just happened to be my day. I was headed there with my second load for the day when my dispatch called and said, turn around, don’t go to the pentagon. Ironically, the refurbishment was why the casualties were low at the pentagon

A lot of rescue workers were from the UK. The UK was the only country allowed to send people in

The falling debris was human beings as well as debris too

I was 11 when it happened, probably part of the youngest and maybe last generation to remember and understand what was going on as it happened. Every year the 8th grade class went to Washington DC as a class trip but this was canceled and instead we went to Chicago.

I was living in Tempe Arizona. I drove by the Mosque on 9/12, I was so proud, the steps were covered in gifted flowers. We knew our neighbors didn't do this, crazy people did this. A friend of mine was on the NYFD, he helped me in a fist fight, was at my sister's wedding with me. He switched shifts with another fireman, by the time he got there his whole crew was dead. He really didn't recover. Started drinking, not coming home to his wife and baby. I don't know if he's still alive.

I'm in small town Upper Michigan and I was in 4th grade in class and the teachers turned on all the tv's. We as kids didn't know what was going on but the adults sobbing showed us that we were not OK. Many of my friends joined the military when they were able to. Some of them did tours in Iraq/Afghanistan. They're home now but the stories are wild.

Of course I don't forget the plane that went down in the middle of Pennsylvania.

My mom and I watched every day hoping they'd find more survivors. At one point, they found about 10 people that had died holding hands. The men and dogs trying to dig them out were bleeding with cuts and weren't making a dent. 😢

If you were old enough to remember 9/11 happening, you will NEVER forget where you were when you found out!

Madison WI is approximately 3-4 hours away from Chicago IL by car. Madison has an air force base and no major targets to be attacked. They got the call on 9-11 to go protect the Sears Tower in Chicago from possible attack by air immediately after the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower in New York. From the time they recieved the call to the time the F-15s were circling the tower was 8 minutes. That includes taking off from the base.

Almost immediately everything stopped air travel. All travel pretty much. Everyone I'm pretty sure was glued to a TV.

I was in middle school here in Texas. My second period teacher walked in to the room and said, "This day will go down in history". We were then told that both towers had been hit with planes as well as the Pentagon. A boy in my class went pale as he told us his uncle works in the Pentagon. We spent the rest of that day watching the events unfold on the news. As to the "Heist", I assume that the individuals took advantage of the chaos. As much as our country comes together in times of tragedy there are still certain people who take advantage of the pandemonium. I have a vivid memory of the aftermath of hurricane Rita, a door to a home literally had the words, "You loot I shoot", spray painted on.

I remember seeing the second plane hit and the first tower fall. After that it was chaos. People were unloading from the trains covered in ash and blood.

I went to the Nets practice facility on 9/12 with my friend and his dad who was a Jersey City firefighter. He broke his back helping a little girl and boy out of a building.I remember stopping and crossing the lines civilians couldn’t and seeing that giant cylinder across the water

I was 24 and living in California at the time. Three years prior, I had completed four years active duty in the US Air Force (Security Forces). On the morning of 9/11, I was finishing up a night shift as a security guard at a winery near where I lived. I remember first hearing of the attacks on the radio when I got in my car to drive home. The first plane had just hit and there was still a lot of confusions and speculation it was some horrible accident. When I arrived home and turned on the TV, I immediately saw the clear blue sky over Manhattan and knew this was no accident. Around that time, I watched the second plane hit the other tower. At this point, I had no doubt whatsoever it was a terrorist attack, and we were at war. I also quickly thought of Osama Bin Laden, having received many intelligence briefings about him while I was in the middle east during the late-1990s. I was also still in the US Air Force Reserves during this time, and I remember calling my (civilian) boss and telling him I was probably not coming in to work that night. By mid-morning, a staff sergeant from my reserve unit called and told me nothing official had come down yet, but I should probably back my bags. I told him I already had. By the afternoon, I got another call from our unit's operations NCO who said the active-duty squadron at our base was swamped due to the increased security mission (and in turn, the increased staffing required by it) he was asking for people to voluntarily report in if able. About 3 hours later, the evening of 9/11, I was at the base working a shift. Long story short, I remained on active duty for the next 14 months. It was initially on a volunteer basis, but we knew this would change. I think it was within about the first ten days that we (and countless other reserve units) were placed on one-year active-duty that came down directly from the Secretary of Defense. Interestingly, I was actually still deployed (Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory) when those one-year orders expired, so I and the others I deployed with ended up doing an additional two months there before returning to the US and being deactivated. It was a chaotic and unexpected time, but I'm grateful I had the opportunity to have served a role in our response to the attacks. I met and worked with a lot of cool people during that time, including British Royal Marine Commandos and a unit with the Canadian Army. It was truly an international response, and while it was a tragic time in our history, I'll always have fond memories of the comradery and the friendships made while working with the Brits and Canadians.

America is like a large family. Family members argue but stick together when one of them are attacked. That is like the US.

I was 34 years old when 9/11 happened .My country as I knew it died in an instant. I had dropped off my daughter at school, she was in Kindergarten. I was sitting outside on that beautiful morning with my coffee and watching my three year old son push his trucks around in the sandbox. He was so innocent, without a care in the world. Then I got word that a plane hit the World Trade Center. Scooped up my son and went in to watch everything unfold on the tv. Shock, disbelief, sobbing. Felt like an out of body experience. But like another commenter said, it was just the beginning of my country’s demise.

Only time I've ever seen jet fighters in the sky. I couldn't believe how fast they were.

My husband was stuck in New Hampshire, we lived near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, My daughter was in her classroom…she was 7…I was stuck at home with a broken neck…my Brother-in-law was stuck on a train going to New York City from New Jersey..

I think of the reasons all air travel stopped was because rumors were going around about someone trying to take something to the West Coast to San Francisco.

If never watched that footage of the people in those towers though that is the most terrifying. People literally threw themselves out of the buildings to the deaths because at those heights no one is going to survive that fall.

Can you imagine Moscow being attacked by, say, a Bolivian Osama bin Laden and having to gather itself and respond?

UNITED States of America. We divide a lot sadly but unite when it really matters

There is a documentary on the landing all those plains so quick...its awe inspiring how fast the air traffic controlers did it

What I remember. I had a day off from my job. I get a call. Are you watching the news? NO, I'm sleeping in. Voice of a friend. You better turn on the tv. And from there, it was just raw footage. Even of the jumpers. And the other eerie aspect. All flights were grounded. I live under a major passway to a major airport. So hearing the Jet engines and seeing the planes what just part of life. But on 9/11 I never realized how much those sounds were just there. I didn't hear a sound the whole night. Only a Military jet would fly by every 15mins on patrol. But that was it.

It was amazing how united the United States of America was immediately following 9/11

Shanksville, Pa. Crash of the 4th plane. 2 in NYC and 1 DC.

They talk about ordering the planes to land, but almost never mention closing & emptying the airports! A scene from a documentary I've never seen on RU-vid showed the efforts by airport security to tell an elderly international passenger who barely spoke English that the airport was closed! Even though the crowd were gone, & he was in a vast, empty terminal, he remained seated on his bench, obstinately insisting he had a flight to catch! Without a translator, he simply couldn't comprehend no flights would be leaving until further notice!

There are two different videos related to 9/11 that I suggest you check out. The first is Operation Yellow Ribbon. It’s a bit long so you might want to divide it up into two or three reactions. The second is about United Airlines Flight 93. They have a number of different videos on RU-vid about this subject of various lengths. They also made two different movies about it, one movie is called United 93 and the other movie is called Flight 93. If you ever do decide to do a reaction to any video about United Airlines Flight 93 I will leave the decision as to what video to react to up to you.

This attack stopped all of America in its tracks. No matter how far away you lived, everyone was fearful that more attacks may follow. I was 6 years old living in the ND and I remember clearly another teacher walking into our classroom and stopping our lesson. She was crying and just kept telling our teacher to turn on the television. Everyone just sat there trying to take in what was happening. Even as young kids we understood that this was serious and very scary. One of my classmates was inconsolable...her dad had just flown to NYC that morning for business. Luckily, he wasn't part of this attack, I believe his flight was one of the ones grounded. Quite a few parents came and picked up their kids. I remember not really understanding the panic around me, but I knew from listening to the adults that this was serious. I also specifically remember numerous adults being fearful of an attack in ND ... while people often forget we are a state, we are/were one of the leading targets for nuclear attacks due to how many ICBM missle silos we had and our geographical location. 9/11 was the worst thing America has experienced on continental soil. I still can't believe the way we rallied and recovered. Its sad that today we are battling terrorists from our own soil...kids attacking schools, libraries, grocery stores, malls, clubs, movie theaters, parades, etc. The majority of these mass k*llers are young...I wonder if they would still have committed their crimes if they had been old enough to remember what a real terrorist attack was like.

France didn’t follow NATO article 5, in many restaurants in the USA “French fries” were renamed to “Freedom Fries.”

I was at a babysitters house at the time of the attacks. I was 4 years old. Five ish blocks from the wtc at my babysitter’s house. I remember watching the second tower get hit and watching both towers collapse. It’s weird because like that’s the earliest I could remember. 9/11 snapped five year old me into consciousness, and life has been awful ever since.

I was like 3 so I don't remember it at all. The shock is something my parents have tried to convey before but it's hard to do it justice

I was in 7th grade social studies, moved to english with the video comming in. And that was small town WI.... i cannot imagine being in NYC at the time.

I was 16. I first heard about it at school after returning from running track. My buddy told me the world trade centers got hit by planes. I clearly remember at the time thinking he was talking about a bank in Chicago or something. Had no clue. But that ended the America I had grown up in. Trying to find the words to explain what I mean has been overwhelimingly depressing.

It's sad that people were falsely claiming seeing Muslims cheering in U.S. streets, only adding to an increaseing Islamophobia and hate crimes during this period. Many of them were just american citizens just as shocked and horrified by these actions.

It's funny how they found hijackers living in other parts of the world after 9/11. It's also funny how pilots that had thousands of hours of flying said they couldn't have pulled it off but the hijackers that could barely fly a single engine plane did pull it off. I'm also amazed at how they found some of the hijacker's passports on the sidewalk that fell from the crash...How lucky!

There were groups celebrating in the street which test a lot of people off that's when a lot of classes happen in certain areas

😭 My best friend’s husband Julian Cooper died at the Pentagon. It was just horrible. She was 4 months pregnant with their first child at the time. RIP Julian you will always be remembered and loved.

There are videos of the immediate aftermath that show you New York not a cartoon explaining it like this video

When U.S. airspace was closed to air traffic, every flight (about 4,500 flights) was forced to land immediately at nearest airport & international flights had to turn back. (F-15 fighter jets were in the air within minutes & began patrolling airspace over New York City & Washington with presidential authorization to shoot down passenger aircraft if necessary.). They didn't mention 5th plane that went down in Pennsylvania when passengers tried to take back plane from hijackers which was headed to White House & crashed plane in a field.

The boat lift involved many fishing vessels (commercial and private) but also ferrys, tug boats and other commercial water craft.

I saw the towers get hit in kindergarten, i didnt understand what was going on at the time but my teacher couldnt take her eyes off the tv

You could smell the smoke from New Jersey, 25 miles away. For months.

The first firefighter who died was struck by a body jumping from building

Did you know Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) was supposed to be on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center but he missed his flight.

A huge amount of planes went down in Newfoundland Canada and they said that after being kept on the tarmac for about half an hour, the radios came on and were reporting what was happening. They were kept on the planes for a few hours as they worked out where they could go and were made to get off ON the tarmacs and leave their luggage and they were grounded for 5 days. Most of the people were very cooperative once they found out what was happening, especially because even those who werent American were upset and the whole world was scared because if someone was willing to attack America, who else would they attack? I lived in NY and was 11, almost 12 and I remember it was the only thing on TV and everything was so somber for a bit, then amped up as people got angry and wanted retribution.

I was in 9th grade math class when it happened...watched the 2nd plane hit live... Then i joined the Army in 2005 as soon as i graduated.

As an American it makes me sick that these people did what they did. Also it makes me sick that these guys can highjack a plan with knives and no one did anything to stop them. Ducking disgusting that it was allowed to crash into a building. Over 100 people and no one did anything to stop it. Not saying what was done is wrong but our Americans sat there an died without a fight. Funding makes me sick.

Man It was very sad losinng those wonderfull towers 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Im from Minnesota & what happened afterwards is literally every American, in any state, froze in time and then reacted. Firefightersfromall aroundthe US traveledto help. Giving food, money, clothes etc. It was hard to watch things happen from so far away.

Well, the day it happened I worked in the shop directly next to the Philadelphia Northeast airport, which is only a small plane and small jet airport wile it was going on. We heard fighter jets fly by land refuel, and when they took off, they went into full after burner, the sonic booms cracked many windows in our shop. They fly directly over us, it was absolutely terrifying day

Most people , I would guess 90 percent, doesn't realize NYC are islands connected by bridges

I was 37 years old. I had just got back from a doctor's office. I had just turned on the TV a few Minutes before the First Tower got hit. My mom and I were watching TV at the Time.

I was 8 years old when it happened, I still remember that we were in English class working on our essays. I also remember my mom was supposed to go to New York the day before it happened. I think about what would have happened.