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#1177 | Friday, April 12th, 2002
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I was just getting off the mid shift. I am an air traffic controller at Los Angeles Center. A co-worker came in at 6 AM PST to take over my RADAR position and said a plane hit the WTC in New York. I thought it was a small aircraft with an inexperienced pilot who misjudged his altitude. When I got home and turned on the TV I still had no idea what was happening. I asked my wife if she wanted to watch the WTC burn down. Just then, they showed the second tower being hit by a large aircraft and I knew something was terribly wrong. My first thoughts were; How could this happen? And then, This was no accident. I was very tired from work, but still watched for almost 3 hours. After the first tower collapsed, I turned off the TV to try to get some rest. I layed in bed thinking; "God help those people in the buildings, the fireman trying to rescue them, and all the Air Traffic Controllers who are dealing with this right now. Things will never be the same in America again."
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Mike | 30 | California
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#1178 | Saturday, April 13th, 2002
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I was at work in New York, I heard it on the radio and then the phone rang. It was one of my buddies in the radio industry saying it wasn't an accident. I began making a mental list, trying to remember who I knew who worked down there. I didn't think I would have to worry about my FDNY friends. But, I should have. I lost five of them that day and my life will mever be the same.
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JP | 24 | New York
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#1179 | Saturday, April 13th, 2002
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When I first heard about what had happened on September 11, 2001, I was on an airplane flying to Washington D.C. from Paris. Our plane was approaching the U.S. airspace when the captain came on the speakerphone declaring that all U.S. airspace had just been closed to any air traffic. We had to turn around and fly back to Paris. The captain did not have any information for us at the time, so people on the plane started talking, speculating what could have happened. Minutes passed and then the captain came back on the speakerphone saying that terrorist had attacked three cities in the United States. All the passengers had no real idea of what happened, until we landed back in Paris and saw the television monitors replaying the attacks. There was a huge gathering of military guarding the airport, plus several thousand travelers stranded and figuring out what to do. I ended up flying back to Antananarivo, Madagascar, but that night I cried and mourned until I fell asleep. I just could not believe that so many innocent people just perished like that. What a tragic waste of life, this is something that I will never forget, as I pray for greater peace in our world. When will humanity live in harmony?
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Michael | 32 | Madagascar
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#1180 | Sunday, April 14th, 2002
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I remember Sept 11th like it was yesterday. It was Sept 12th in Australia and I was still asleep. I heard our phone ring quite early which always signals something has happened. I heard my Mum speaking to someone, saying things like Oh my God, How could the do that? etc I wondered what had happened. Next thing Mum had barged into my room and screamed at me to get up because they were attacking New York. I was so stunned, I just got up and turned the TV on. I wondered who would do such a thing. I just remember being so upset and watching CNN for like 3-4 days straight, I just couldn't believe the loss. It really upset me even more because I have always wanted to go to NY and never got to until after Sept 11th. I had wanted to see the Twin Towers and being there and not seeing them, but just a hole in the ground, it seemed such a waste. It is such a terrible loss that I don't think we will ever comprehend. I'll never forget that day as long as I live.
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Eve | 22 | Australia
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#1181 | Sunday, April 14th, 2002
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I was on a beach in Wales,England with my family. A family on the beach behind us had a radio on, we heard one of the members of the family saying the World trade center was hit, then they said the pentagon was hit.
We packed up our things and decided to go back to our caravan to watch the news.
I have never seen anything like it in all my life. I went cold, and numb. It seemed unreal.
The mood of our holiday changed immediately, we were all in mourning.
God Bless all who have been hurt by this act of terrorism.
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Joanne | 32 | United Kingdom
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