I was in 3rd grade. I remember it like I was yesterday. My dad worked 3 blocks from the towers. He saw it, walked thru it, lived it, breathed it. I'm grateful everyday that I get more time with my father. God Bless America, thank you to the heroes, and NEVER FORGET.
I was at work, working an early shift on the west coast. We watched tower 2 get hit, and when we watched the lady jump out, I left work and went straight to the recruiters office. 1 month later I was in Benning on a 11B contract as a 26 year old Pvt. I'll never forget that day, and the way it changed my life and so many others forever. 🇺🇲
Graduated in 99’. Was unable to join military due to medical issues and surgeries senior year, military was my only plan after HS. 9-11 hit , I was enraged I couldn’t contribute. Was in college for machining. Found my contribution working on military and firearms manufacturing. That became my future. Still wish I could’ve been standing side by side with all of ya’ll. Much respect, thank you for your service!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I responded it to it, I was stationed in Staten Island. Worst day of my life, well one of them. I can't even watch the videos. My Grandfather was an iron worker on those buildings. That day changed my life.
I was 16 watching it all unfold on tv . the day before I’d just sworn my oath of allegiance to join the British army and given a date to start training in the January. The next nine years my unit were extremely busy, up and downs, highs and lows but watching it that will never leave me. RIP to all the victims you’ll never be forgotten.
Thank you gentlemen. I also remember like yesterday will never forget. My son was born that year and we go to the local memorial in our town every year for the last 23 so he knows the impact as much as one can who was born after the attack. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us 🇺🇸
Thank you to all of those who put on a military uniform & went to a country where we were hated & took care that this will never happen to this country again. What a grown up thing to do. You were amazing then & you still are. My heart will always be with you.❤
8th grade. Teachers were gathered at the door and they turned the cctv on. Second plane hit, they said you can go to the office and use any phone to call parents to come get you if you wanted. Mom came and took us home to watch the news. I didn’t fully grasp it until mom started crying, never seen her cry until then. Thank you for uploading this video. I still set alarms each Sept 11. ‘7:59am flight 11 departs Boston for LA’, etc…
I was born after 9/11 but I can remember the small town feeling when September 11th came around, I remember up until 5-6th grade when I moved they’d take us outside and they had all the police and firefighters and other kids parents that fought around a flag, with moments of silent and nothing will ever effect me more then those days, the feeling of community and everyone’s feelings , could bring a tear to a glass eye
I was 6 years old in first grade and I still remember the room and the teacher when the principle walked in and ask my teacher to step outside. All the teachers in the elementary school were watching it on tv. I don't think we did any school the rest of that day. The world really did stop turning on that September Day. I wish we could go back to September 12th 2001. Thank you to all who served and those that gave they're lives. God Bless
Reno, first week working at IGT. I was so pissed for so long. So many unanswered questions. It's the only time I sat in silence for so long that I can remember. So many emotions and disbelief! We need answers for this that are still not answered. God Bless! 💪🙏🇺🇸
I was in an HVAC supply house picking up equipment for the day. We watched it on an 8" screen @Shore distributor in OCMD. The rage we had was incredible. The skys went quiet and that day was upside down. I have been to the memorial...the smell the feeling, the voices. Yes I said the voices.. there is a room amd I say to those whom have not been..the voices from those whom didn't make it back or thought the choice to jump was better. Everyone should have to visit this site. Stay safe and be well. God bless
I was 10 when 9/11 happened. Watched the 2nd tower fall live. Was too young to understand it all but i took it personal. 9 years later i enlisted. Crazy how events can effect your future
I was already out of the Navy. Got my kid up for school and turned the TV on which I never did. Watched the Tower burning for a few minutes before the 2nd plane hit. Listened to Howard Stern during the commute. Crazy
Thank you so much for your service- I will never forget those who defended us, and sent justice to those who destroyed so much on that day. I will also never forget the ones lost or injured in war.
I just turned 16 two weeks ago. I've always been fascinated with the armed forces, but never sat here and watched a full video like this. After fully sitting down and watching this, I have a deeper respect for members of the military, police, fire department, nurses, doctors, and everyone else who helped that day.
Woke up West Coast time and sat with my Grandpa! He was crying & couldn't believe what was happening in his country. He served in WW2 & loved his country. His heart was broken which in return broke my heart. Him & I spent days watching the news on 9/11. We both sat there together & in a way, it brought us closer.
My twin granddaughters were born 3 days after 9/11 so they have just turned 23 years old. They came 5 weeks early but were both healthy and able to go home only 5 days after they were born. It was as if God was showing us that there was still goodness and happiness in the world even after seeing the evilness of the terrorists who took so many innocent lives from their families. RIP to all the victims of 9/11 then and now. 🇦🇺😪
I was 21, in Australia so it was late at night, was watching tv and all the channels went off then the towers were on tv on every channel, first tower had been hit, watched the 2nd tower get hit live, woke my girlfriend up and told her ww3 was about to start, surreal stuff, stayed up all night glued to the TV in shock all the way through the next day, insanity and so damn heart breaking once they reported people were jumping and it just kept escalating, felt empty inside when the first one went down, just knew the world had changed forever from that moment forward
I was in 4th grade, just getting downstairs and ready to head to school, I turned to corner to the living room and saw the 2nd tower get hit, then sat with my mom as we watched the towers fall. Even at such a young age I knew the gravity of what was happening and that our country was under attack. Thank you to all our first responders and people who serve our country in the armed forces, God bless you all ❤
I was in 5th grade. I lived in LA, so the first tower was hit before 6am, my mom is a New Yorker she woke me up and said, "something terrible has happened." I thought my Nana had died. I watched the second plane hit the tower, and both towers collapse live on TV. And then I went to school. It was the strangest day because the teachers tried to act like it was a normal day. I've had the opportunity to go to ground zero a few times. However, I visited Shanksville, PA, before that memorial was finished. There was just a small makeshift building and an empty field at the time. It was dead quiet, but that silence was deafening. It was one of the most transformational experiences of my life.
As an 0311, Infantry Marine, on September 11, 2001, I was in the barracks of India Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines. We collectively watched the towers fall and we all knew our lives had changed…forever…Semper Fi bros!
I was in the 5th grade at a small private school and we ended up shutting the school down right away. Everyone loaded up and we watched everything unfold at the principal's house.
3rd grade at the time. I lived right near the bay beach in Monmouth county, NJ. My mom watched it happen in person from her office building across the hudson then rushed home to pick me up from school. Then, my neighbor picked me up and we went to the bay beach down the street. I'll always remember seeing the massive black cloud covering lower Manhattan and the long streak of black smoke in the jet stream from left to right contrasted against the blue sky.
I was in freshman English at the time…. All I knew is something was happening and mom was picking me up early, no one would tell us… but I’ll never forget the feelings I had when I saw it unfolding on tv…. Everything changed that day…
@@theblackjfk8190 I had just graduated high school and was leaving for school in October...was partying the night before and passed out on my parents couch. Woke up to my mom running downstairs and turning it on the TV right after the second plane hit...I had no idea WTF was going on. My mom went to the bathroom and I remember yelling to her, "Uh...mom, the building just collapsed...what the hell is this?..." Definitely took my hungover ass a few minutes to figure out what tf was going on.
First grade and the teacher turned on the news. By the time I realized what was going on till the second plane hit and my mom called in and pick me up too. So crazy it was the same for so many
I was 15. Was a freshman in Skokie, Illinois at Niles North High School. We brought the class next door as the 2 classrooms were connected by a conference room. We were told 2 planes hit the WTC. We were shocked. We were able to turn on a small TV 📺. All after school activities canceled.
I was in daycare in Washington DC 5 miles from the pentagon. Dad was in the army, told me it took him hours to get through traffic to get me. Shortly after, he was deployed to the Middle East
I was deployed, in Aus, first night of Libbo in Darwin. It was 930pm there. I was about 9 months away from my EAS and undecided if I was going to reenlist. That changed my mind. I ended up doing the full 20.
Words aren’t enough for the gratitude I feel for your service. I was “front line COVID” I went to work with an attitude, just like you did after that horrible day. I was embarrassed by the “thank you” for doing my job. Sir you did more than that. If you feel thankfulness for what we did during COVID. Multiply that times 20, that will be close. Thank you for your service. The two do NOT compare, just want you to know, it’s not just words.
Thank you all for jumping in to defend us. Thank you for being willing and able. The war mongers manipulated everyone, but they also saw how willing you are to cut out that cancer. They just hope you never find out THEY are the tumor origin.
I was in 1st grade. The night before I had a dream about people jumping off of the twin towers with parachutes. I remember getting frantically woken up for school by my sister and watching the first tower go up in smoke, then shortly after hearing about the 2nd plane hitting. It was super scary and I remember sitting in class and the teachers wouldn't let anyone talk about it. Later, I remember seeing people jumping off the towers and it instantly reminded me of the dream I had. I also remember my dad being super angry about it. Years later around 2008-2010 my best friends cousins enlisted and became an EOD, he watched 3 of his friends get killed. A year later he got medically retired after his 2nd deployment from an IED and catching shrapnel on the left side of his face and losing his eye. God bless all the men and women who sacrificed their lives and parts of themselves fighting in this horrible war.
Man I hope you all noticed what I did. If you have been tracking these guys for any considerable period of time, it’s no secret that these three men served at a unit that gave us the justice all proud Americans were praying 10 years for. Two served at the same squadron, and 1 even played a role in it the operation…But if you knew nothing about them and just watched this video you wouldn’t know it. Anything that is ever said is done with humility, and in a tasteful way. They aren’t out here trying to beat their chest and say look at me and all I did. It’s quite refreshing. Great tribute fellas! Truly thank you for your service 🇺🇸
I was sitting in my living room watching it on TV. I was supposed to go to a job interview at the local Peach Tree doors and windows factory that day. I went to the Marine Recruiter instead to get in the fight.
i grad high school in 01 a few months before sept,i was @ my first big boy grownup job we got called in the conference room just after the 1st plane..as we sat and watched the aftermath of the 1st plane we watched the 2nd hit live
I was also sitting in 11th grade History class when the attacks happened. Got to see the second plane hit as well as watching people jump to their deaths live on TV. Also saw the towers come down live.
I was also a senior in high school in history class. The teacher (who was like 23 years old) walked in and was like “if you were the president and a plane flew into the WTC, what would you do?” We were like “wtf are you talking about?”
I remember being at home waking up and turning the TV on when the first tower got hit and I thought it was part of a movie or something like that ,then I thought no is real it was probably a horrible accident when I saw the 2nd plane hit then I realized we were under attack. I was speechless for a few second I couldn't believe what I was seeing not here not in America that doesn't happen here my mind was frozen for a minute. God bless America and those souls inside those towers 911🇺🇲
In a collision & refinishing class, a Lord Fusor adhesives rep was coming for a demonstration. He was walking in saying he heard on the radio a plane hit the WTC on his way to our shop.
I was 21 working at a winery. I worked early shift I saw the second plane hit but while watching the report about the first one… Went to work and once we knew what happened they sent us home … soon after a bunch of friends joined the service including my current fiancé .
I was in 5th grade. I can't remember if our teacher told us before or after lunch, but the gym was right outside the lunch room, and she sat us all down and told us that planes had hit the World Trade Center. I had no idea what the WTC was, and by "plane" I assumed she meant a little Cessna or something, so I wasn't sure why this was news for us. Then she told us our parents had been called, and that we were going home early because a lot of our parents worked for the government (we were near DC). My mom picked me up and told me dad was working late. He was a firefighter in Fairfax County and responded to the Pentagon. When I heard that, I started getting scared, and then I saw what was happening on the news. Dad says he didn't get home until well after midnight, and that he didn't go to bed. He just sat in us kids' room, and drank himself drunk while watching us sleep. He had a lot of PTSD from that day and everything that was filmed and talked about after.
10th grade in Wakulla county fl! In the front office to get 2 licks for being late to class! You dont be late to class when playing sports! Definitely one of the only times i think I cried and couldn’t explain why!
I too was a senior, in home room. At lunch, my father, who was from NY, called me and told me both my aunts were still alive and had evacuated in time. Surreal days and weeks for us all.
I was just discharged from the USCG months prior. Walking upstairs from my moms basement and my folks were standing in the Living Room watching our small box tv.. I just see smoke and lots of "BREAKING NEWS"... Once i heard the Pentagon was hit i said..."Guys, this isnt good, we are under attack"..Never forget the look on my moms face. My mom "Omg, whats gonna happen". Me "Sh*t just got real"
I was 5 years old waiting for afternoon kindergarten to start. My mom and I were watching the news as the towers collapsed. I knew then that I was going to serve.
FDNY’s Battalion 7 Chief Orio Palmer 🇺🇸👨🚒🚒. Chief Palmer was known to be the most physically fit firefighter in the FDNY, on 9/11 he would lead his firefighters to the 78th Floor of the South Tower, just below the raging flames, trying desperately to reach people trapped who were on the phone with 911 Dispatchers. Battalion Chief Orio Palmer did a radio check just as the trapped individuals told the dispatcher they could hear him coming closer to them. Seconds later the South Tower collapsed, for just a moment those who were trapped got to feel some Hope before they died bc Chief Orio Palmer & his firefighters all said “I Will Go”. He’s just one of many heroes this country lost that day, & in the years following it.
I was 6 years old first real day I can remember from start to finish. It was pretty wild my mom was my pre school teacher they turned on tv I was in Ohio and like 20 min after second plane hit they ran us to basement cause they didn’t know how many other attacks there would be but they knew we were under attack I can remember coming home and my mom and dad crying watching the tv it was a wild day
I was called on my day off to turn on the tv. I turned on and watched the 2nd plane hit. I spent the rest of the day putting my uniform together and getting ready for my pager to go off and the callout that evening. We were called out to assist in looking for bombs and anything suspicious at our local international airport. I'm the interview at 9:15, the sound of the plane in the background brought chills down my spine.
Sir, I can not thank you enough for your service. I look at my son in college and I know, he is free and safe, because of men like you. I will never have the words, to convey the gratitude me and my family feel. No matter the mess our country is, it belongs to US because of you! Thank you.❤ I want you to know, we will never forget the friends you lost defending us either. Not that mine compares to yours in any way. I am front line healthcare, (most military call it flu season) COVID was such a scary battle for a lot of us. I watched a family of 9 die. The two DO NOT compare, but I did get a glimpse of the feeling of “you might get me, but not before I get you B!tch!” Just know any level of grateful you feel for us, we feel so much more for you and yours. I am a 45 year old woman, and I still cry thinking of those first responders dying! Thank you for being a part of putting a boot in their asses. ❤ I hope that makes some sense, it’s pretty emotional, I’m a doer not a writer. ❤
@tj6930 I want to thank you, for being there not only for those that are injured, broken, and battling health issues! Your job is just as, if not more important than the years I was in law enforcement. I feel that first responders and front line workers go hand and hand. We both feel and see the tragic actions of others, and have to find a way to deal with that for the rest of our lives. But we help eachother. I pray that we won't endure another 9-11, but I feel like there is something evil on the horizon that is about to rear it's head in our nation. I hope I am wrong. Even though I no longer wear the uniform, I will always be a first responders and help others. And I still volunteer in that capacity at my church. But again, thank you for your willingness and heart to help others and being there for them!
I was 16 when it happened. I was on my way to school when my dad and I heard about the first plane hitting the North Tower. I didn't think anything of it, seeing as how I live here in Texas. I never heard of the World Trade Center and continued to zone out til I got to school. But that quickly changed maybe ten minutes after getting to school. I will never forget that tragic day. My heart is always heavy around this time. My heart continues to go out to the victims and their families, especially the responders and survivors who developed health issues thanks to that day. I need to stop here before I start crying again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I was in the 3rd grade. The teacher rolled in the tv stand and turned the TV on. The whole class saw the second plane hit. My first words were, "we're going to war!!!" My little 3rd grade self had no idea how true that would be.
Today is the 23rd Anniversary of Sept. 11. We've had a huge amount of illegals coming into our country for the last 3 yrs and how many terrorists have come in? There are no words to describe what has happen and happening.
This comment section is interesting. I've been in New York City my whole life. My mom was in the north tower under where the plane hit. But she's swapped from anger towards terrorists, to anger towards the government because the actions they took blew back onto the people around her. She always says freedom does not mean freedom without responsibility.
It was a typical Tuesday morning in the xray department of a busy hospital; phones ringing off the hook, people coming and going in all different directions... The TV news reported a plane had hit the world trade center. Everyone assumed it was a small plane and though still a tragedy, wasn't enough to cut into the normal action of the morning. When the second plane hit, everything stopped. The whole place went silent for probably two whole minutes.... Looking back, it was the pearl harbor or the Kennedy assassination of our time. Everybody will remember exactly where they were when it happened. Hopefully, we never forget. 🇺🇸❤💪
I was in 5th grade at the book fair waiting in line to pay and I noticed the teacher stare at the tv crying me being 9 at the time I did not quite understand and then I saw the second plane hit and she just dropped to her knees and yelled o Christ no
I love and respect all military, but our leaders sent them to the wrong country, iraq had no alkiada, they were saudi and afgani, i had friends who served in the marine corps and fought in ramadi, they said wrong place but i honor all who did a great job for our nation, just boils down to poor leadership
In NJ there was hurricane swell. We surfed then wind came on shore. I got out of water and a buddy was listening to radio said a plane hit a tower. Got wetsuit off, went to buddies house. The news was on and we saw it was a commercial plane. And then saw the second plane hit live. At that time we knew it was an attack. I called my Dad who was retired ST2. He said plainly “This is war son”. Many of his team mates went back to active duty in the weeks following.
Crazy to think I was 5 years old remember seeing it on tv I just don’t remember exactly where I was it’s also crazy to me to remember people binging scared and the severity of it and not knowing what that feeling is at 5 years old to now going on 28 and understanding way more then most people do like it’s just nutty as fuck that my entire generation seen the beginning and the end of it seeing it happen at 5 then binging like 13-14 watching Obama walk down that hallway to address the nation that we got him powerful shit to witness
21 years old was wiring a garage and this dude on a skidsteer kept unplugging my extension cord and I went and jump on the front reached in the cage grabbed him and said you touch my cord 1 more time in going pull you out of her a stomp a mud hole in your a$$ an passenger jet just crashed into the trade center and he shut it off and came and sat in the garage with me and he started to freak out when the 2nd jet hit... he left the job never saw the guy again...
@@BouH444 The real question is: who benefited from the attacks? It certainly weren't the Arab countries. "We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon" - Netanyahu 9/11 also opened the doors for mass surveillance by the government with the Patriot Act etc.
I was 3 blocks away that morning. RIP to all those who perished on that dreadful day and God bless all their loved ones.🙏🏽
I was in 3rd grade. I remember it like I was yesterday. My dad worked 3 blocks from the towers. He saw it, walked thru it, lived it, breathed it. I'm grateful everyday that I get more time with my father. God Bless America, thank you to the heroes, and NEVER FORGET.
I was in 3rd grade as well
I was at work, working an early shift on the west coast. We watched tower 2 get hit, and when we watched the lady jump out, I left work and went straight to the recruiters office. 1 month later I was in Benning on a 11B contract as a 26 year old Pvt. I'll never forget that day, and the way it changed my life and so many others forever. 🇺🇲
Thank you for your service! I am grateful every day.
Graduated in 99’. Was unable to join military due to medical issues and surgeries senior year, military was my only plan after HS. 9-11 hit , I was enraged I couldn’t contribute. Was in college for machining. Found my contribution working on military and firearms manufacturing. That became my future. Still wish I could’ve been standing side by side with all of ya’ll. Much respect, thank you for your service!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We all do our part, you most likely saved more lives, in this role. Thank you for your service to others.❤
I responded it to it, I was stationed in Staten Island. Worst day of my life, well one of them. I can't even watch the videos. My Grandfather was an iron worker on those buildings. That day changed my life.
Which FDNY or nypd? I grew up on the south side of Staten Island. Bay terrace to Tottenville
@@tommysimmons5266 USCG, stationed in Rosebank, down the street from Ft Wadsworth. So you know Bagels by the Bay
@@bmos212 I moved out of there just before John Gotti took over
@@bmos212 still know someone that lives near PS53 since 72.
@@tommysimmons5266 I moved in 2004, military.
I was 16 watching it all unfold on tv .
the day before I’d just sworn my oath of allegiance to join the British army and given a date to start training in the January.
The next nine years my unit were extremely busy, up and downs, highs and lows but watching it that will never leave me.
RIP to all the victims you’ll never be forgotten.
Thank you for your service to your country, also thank you for helping my countrymen. I wish you and yours the very best.
Thank you gentlemen. I also remember like yesterday will never forget. My son was born that year and we go to the local memorial in our town every year for the last 23 so he knows the impact as much as one can who was born after the attack.
Thank you for sharing your experiences with us 🇺🇸
Thank you to all of those who put on a military uniform & went to a country where we were hated & took care that this will never happen to this country again. What a grown up thing to do. You were amazing then & you still are. My heart will always be with you.❤
8th grade. Teachers were gathered at the door and they turned the cctv on. Second plane hit, they said you can go to the office and use any phone to call parents to come get you if you wanted. Mom came and took us home to watch the news. I didn’t fully grasp it until mom started crying, never seen her cry until then. Thank you for uploading this video. I still set alarms each Sept 11. ‘7:59am flight 11 departs Boston for LA’, etc…
Wasn’t born till a year after but this day still holds heavy in my generations heart
I was born after 9/11 but I can remember the small town feeling when September 11th came around, I remember up until 5-6th grade when I moved they’d take us outside and they had all the police and firefighters and other kids parents that fought around a flag, with moments of silent and nothing will ever effect me more then those days, the feeling of community and everyone’s feelings , could bring a tear to a glass eye
I was 6 years old in first grade and I still remember the room and the teacher when the principle walked in and ask my teacher to step outside. All the teachers in the elementary school were watching it on tv. I don't think we did any school the rest of that day. The world really did stop turning on that September Day. I wish we could go back to September 12th 2001. Thank you to all who served and those that gave they're lives. God Bless
Reno, first week working at IGT. I was so pissed for so long. So many unanswered questions. It's the only time I sat in silence for so long that I can remember. So many emotions and disbelief! We need answers for this that are still not answered. God Bless! 💪🙏🇺🇸
God bless all those who answered the call!! 👍❤️🇺🇸
The US supported apartheid in south africa
My mom had just found out she was pregnant with me when it happened. Thank you for fighting for us. 💪🇺🇸
I was in an HVAC supply house picking up equipment for the day. We watched it on an 8" screen @Shore distributor in OCMD. The rage we had was incredible. The skys went quiet and that day was upside down. I have been to the memorial...the smell the feeling, the voices. Yes I said the voices.. there is a room amd I say to those whom have not been..the voices from those whom didn't make it back or thought the choice to jump was better. Everyone should have to visit this site. Stay safe and be well. God bless
I was 10 when 9/11 happened. Watched the 2nd tower fall live. Was too young to understand it all but i took it personal. 9 years later i enlisted. Crazy how events can effect your future
Thank you for serving. I will always remember your service.
I was already out of the Navy. Got my kid up for school and turned the TV on which I never did. Watched the Tower burning for a few minutes before the 2nd plane hit. Listened to Howard Stern during the commute. Crazy
I was a senior in high school, little did I know I would join the Army and set off on an adventure lasting 21years with numerous deployments.
Thank you so much for your service- I will never forget those who defended us, and sent justice to those who destroyed so much on that day. I will also never forget the ones lost or injured in war.
Thank you so much for your sacrifice and service to our country and for protecting us!
@@tj6930 thank you
@@jessicamark4602 thank you
I just turned 16 two weeks ago. I've always been fascinated with the armed forces, but never sat here and watched a full video like this. After fully sitting down and watching this, I have a deeper respect for members of the military, police, fire department, nurses, doctors, and everyone else who helped that day.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
This was a great video. Thank you for sharing and to all who participated in making this. ALWAYS REMEMBER 🇺🇸
Thank you for your Service to Our Country!!
Woke up West Coast time and sat with my Grandpa! He was crying & couldn't believe what was happening in his country. He served in WW2 & loved his country. His heart was broken which in return broke my heart. Him & I spent days watching the news on 9/11. We both sat there together & in a way, it brought us closer.
Good video Gents, God Bless America. Never forget
I was at NAVY boot camp in Great Lakes. I will never forget it. We knew it was real when our RDC rolled out a tv and turned the news on.
Thank you for your service. ❤
Thank you to each of you for your choice to serve! God bless.
Jesse Ventura was the governor Minnesota at the time, and we were on a school bus circling the city listening to the governor on the radio.
I was in a psychiatric rehabilitation center watching this. Watching this live on television sure fucked my already fragile mental health up
Damn, hope you’re doing better.
Yes I am thank you. It has been 23 years since I watched that terrible day unfold
Thank you gentlemen. NEVER FOEGET!
My twin granddaughters were born 3 days after 9/11 so they have just turned 23 years old. They came 5 weeks early but were both healthy and able to go home only 5 days after they were born. It was as if God was showing us that there was still goodness and happiness in the world even after seeing the evilness of the terrorists who took so many innocent lives from their families. RIP to all the victims of 9/11 then and now. 🇦🇺😪
I was 21, in Australia so it was late at night, was watching tv and all the channels went off then the towers were on tv on every channel, first tower had been hit, watched the 2nd tower get hit live, woke my girlfriend up and told her ww3 was about to start, surreal stuff, stayed up all night glued to the TV in shock all the way through the next day, insanity and so damn heart breaking once they reported people were jumping and it just kept escalating, felt empty inside when the first one went down, just knew the world had changed forever from that moment forward
I was in 4th grade, just getting downstairs and ready to head to school, I turned to corner to the living room and saw the 2nd tower get hit, then sat with my mom as we watched the towers fall. Even at such a young age I knew the gravity of what was happening and that our country was under attack. Thank you to all our first responders and people who serve our country in the armed forces, God bless you all ❤
I was in 5th grade. I lived in LA, so the first tower was hit before 6am, my mom is a New Yorker she woke me up and said, "something terrible has happened." I thought my Nana had died. I watched the second plane hit the tower, and both towers collapse live on TV. And then I went to school. It was the strangest day because the teachers tried to act like it was a normal day. I've had the opportunity to go to ground zero a few times. However, I visited Shanksville, PA, before that memorial was finished. There was just a small makeshift building and an empty field at the time. It was dead quiet, but that silence was deafening. It was one of the most transformational experiences of my life.
Riding to work listening to the morning show on 99.5. Got to the shop when the second plane hit. Damn. Still hurts my heart to this day.
Was freshman in high school just getting outside for gym class .. was brought back inside & sent home shortly after.
As an 0311, Infantry Marine, on September 11, 2001, I was in the barracks of India Company, 3rd Battalion 8th Marines. We collectively watched the towers fall and we all knew our lives had changed…forever…Semper Fi bros!
My God I am so grateful for you. Thank you for your service.
Never forget 🏴🇺🇸❤️
Watched it on a tube TV in high-school. Solidified my decision to join the Marines.. 3/1 ever since I got out, this day makes me want to go back.
Thank you for serving. I am one that will never forget the protection you provide to us.
I was in the 5th grade at a small private school and we ended up shutting the school down right away. Everyone loaded up and we watched everything unfold at the principal's house.
3rd grade at the time. I lived right near the bay beach in Monmouth county, NJ. My mom watched it happen in person from her office building across the hudson then rushed home to pick me up from school. Then, my neighbor picked me up and we went to the bay beach down the street. I'll always remember seeing the massive black cloud covering lower Manhattan and the long streak of black smoke in the jet stream from left to right contrasted against the blue sky.
I was in freshman English at the time…. All I knew is something was happening and mom was picking me up early, no one would tell us… but I’ll never forget the feelings I had when I saw it unfolding on tv…. Everything changed that day…
I had graduated already and joined in March of 02 man these dudes are young
Yeah I was 21, I’m feeling old after watching this
Same here...seeing all these "I was in 3rd grade" comments makes me feel ancient. lol
@@theblackjfk8190 I had just graduated high school and was leaving for school in October...was partying the night before and passed out on my parents couch. Woke up to my mom running downstairs and turning it on the TV right after the second plane hit...I had no idea WTF was going on. My mom went to the bathroom and I remember yelling to her, "Uh...mom, the building just collapsed...what the hell is this?..." Definitely took my hungover ass a few minutes to figure out what tf was going on.
@@rmp5s yea I was 5 lol I often think about how wild it is that there are people who were born after it even happened
I was 2 yrs old but have a bit of memory of it.... Never forget, from greece
First grade and the teacher turned on the news. By the time I realized what was going on till the second plane hit and my mom called in and pick me up too. So crazy it was the same for so many
Studs!......thanks boys🇺🇲😎🇺🇲
I was 15. Was a freshman in Skokie, Illinois at Niles North High School. We brought the class next door as the 2 classrooms were connected by a conference room. We were told 2 planes hit the WTC. We were shocked. We were able to turn on a small TV 📺. All after school activities canceled.
I was in daycare in Washington DC 5 miles from the pentagon. Dad was in the army, told me it took him hours to get through traffic to get me. Shortly after, he was deployed to the Middle East
I was deployed, in Aus, first night of Libbo in Darwin. It was 930pm there. I was about 9 months away from my EAS and undecided if I was going to reenlist. That changed my mind. I ended up doing the full 20.
Words aren’t enough for the gratitude I feel for your service. I was “front line COVID” I went to work with an attitude, just like you did after that horrible day. I was embarrassed by the “thank you” for doing my job. Sir you did more than that. If you feel thankfulness for what we did during COVID. Multiply that times 20, that will be close. Thank you for your service. The two do NOT compare, just want you to know, it’s not just words.
Thank you all for jumping in to defend us. Thank you for being willing and able. The war mongers manipulated everyone, but they also saw how willing you are to cut out that cancer. They just hope you never find out THEY are the tumor origin.
Amen 🙏🏽 🇺🇸
I was in 1st grade.
The night before I had a dream about people jumping off of the twin towers with parachutes.
I remember getting frantically woken up for school by my sister and watching the first tower go up in smoke, then shortly after hearing about the 2nd plane hitting.
It was super scary and I remember sitting in class and the teachers wouldn't let anyone talk about it.
Later, I remember seeing people jumping off the towers and it instantly reminded me of the dream I had.
I also remember my dad being super angry about it.
Years later around 2008-2010 my best friends cousins enlisted and became an EOD, he watched 3 of his friends get killed.
A year later he got medically retired after his 2nd deployment from an IED and catching shrapnel on the left side of his face and losing his eye.
God bless all the men and women who sacrificed their lives and parts of themselves fighting in this horrible war.
Man I hope you all noticed what I did. If you have been tracking these guys for any considerable period of time, it’s no secret that these three men served at a unit that gave us the justice all proud Americans were praying 10 years for. Two served at the same squadron, and 1 even played a role in it the operation…But if you knew nothing about them and just watched this video you wouldn’t know it. Anything that is ever said is done with humility, and in a tasteful way. They aren’t out here trying to beat their chest and say look at me and all I did. It’s quite refreshing.
Great tribute fellas! Truly thank you for your service 🇺🇸
Thank you.
Always remember🇺🇸
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Such a tragedy and sacrifice! America came together thank you to those of you that gave your all ! God bless America
I was on deployment on the USS Enterprise.
Were you tractor dept?
@@mattb4826 V4 division, belowdecks. I worked in the fuel pumprooms
I was sitting in my living room watching it on TV. I was supposed to go to a job interview at the local Peach Tree doors and windows factory that day. I went to the Marine Recruiter instead to get in the fight.
9/11 I was at my buddies hung over watching my world change. 9/12 I was at the Army recruiters signing up to go fight.
Thank you for being a bad ass.
I was a in 10th grade when it happened it still gets to me
i grad high school in 01 a few months before sept,i was @ my first big boy grownup job we got called in the conference room just after the 1st plane..as we sat and watched the aftermath of the 1st plane we watched the 2nd hit live
I was also sitting in 11th grade History class when the attacks happened. Got to see the second plane hit as well as watching people jump to their deaths live on TV. Also saw the towers come down live.
I was also a senior in high school in history class. The teacher (who was like 23 years old) walked in and was like “if you were the president and a plane flew into the WTC, what would you do?” We were like “wtf are you talking about?”
I remember being at home waking up and turning the TV on when the first tower got hit and I thought it was part of a movie or something like that ,then I thought no is real it was probably a horrible accident when I saw the 2nd plane hit then I realized we were under attack. I was speechless for a few second I couldn't believe what I was seeing not here not in America that doesn't happen here my mind was frozen for a minute. God bless America and those souls inside those towers 911🇺🇲
In a collision & refinishing class, a Lord Fusor adhesives rep was coming for a demonstration. He was walking in saying he heard on the radio a plane hit the WTC on his way to our shop.
The “Patriot Act”.
I was 21 working at a winery. I worked early shift I saw the second plane hit but while watching the report about the first one… Went to work and once we knew what happened they sent us home … soon after a bunch of friends joined the service including my current fiancé .
I was in 5th grade. I can't remember if our teacher told us before or after lunch, but the gym was right outside the lunch room, and she sat us all down and told us that planes had hit the World Trade Center. I had no idea what the WTC was, and by "plane" I assumed she meant a little Cessna or something, so I wasn't sure why this was news for us. Then she told us our parents had been called, and that we were going home early because a lot of our parents worked for the government (we were near DC).
My mom picked me up and told me dad was working late. He was a firefighter in Fairfax County and responded to the Pentagon. When I heard that, I started getting scared, and then I saw what was happening on the news.
Dad says he didn't get home until well after midnight, and that he didn't go to bed. He just sat in us kids' room, and drank himself drunk while watching us sleep. He had a lot of PTSD from that day and everything that was filmed and talked about after.
10th grade in Wakulla county fl! In the front office to get 2 licks for being late to class! You dont be late to class when playing sports! Definitely one of the only times i think I cried and couldn’t explain why!
Thank you
I too was a senior, in home room. At lunch, my father, who was from NY, called me and told me both my aunts were still alive and had evacuated in time. Surreal days and weeks for us all.
I was just discharged from the USCG months prior. Walking upstairs from my moms basement and my folks were standing in the Living Room watching our small box tv.. I just see smoke and lots of "BREAKING NEWS"... Once i heard the Pentagon was hit i said..."Guys, this isnt good, we are under attack"..Never forget the look on my moms face. My mom "Omg, whats gonna happen". Me "Sh*t just got real"
@UC-8XPzoExKoOAPRtv8y0NQg Giveaway? Did I miss something? No champ here, just a patriot with nothing but respect for the GBRS group! Hoorrahhhhh
I was 5 years old waiting for afternoon kindergarten to start. My mom and I were watching the news as the towers collapsed. I knew then that I was going to serve.
Thank you so much for your service❤
FDNY’s Battalion 7 Chief Orio Palmer 🇺🇸👨🚒🚒. Chief Palmer was known to be the most physically fit firefighter in the FDNY, on 9/11 he would lead his firefighters to the 78th Floor of the South Tower, just below the raging flames, trying desperately to reach people trapped who were on the phone with 911 Dispatchers. Battalion Chief Orio Palmer did a radio check just as the trapped individuals told the dispatcher they could hear him coming closer to them. Seconds later the South Tower collapsed, for just a moment those who were trapped got to feel some Hope before they died bc Chief Orio Palmer & his firefighters all said “I Will Go”. He’s just one of many heroes this country lost that day, & in the years following it.
That comment was the best part of this video. Thanks for sharing it!
I was 6 years old first real day I can remember from start to finish. It was pretty wild my mom was my pre school teacher they turned on tv I was in Ohio and like 20 min after second plane hit they ran us to basement cause they didn’t know how many other attacks there would be but they knew we were under attack I can remember coming home and my mom and dad crying watching the tv it was a wild day
England stands with you
I was called on my day off to turn on the tv. I turned on and watched the 2nd plane hit.
I spent the rest of the day putting my uniform together and getting ready for my pager to go off and the callout that evening. We were called out to assist in looking for bombs and anything suspicious at our local international airport.
I'm the interview at 9:15, the sound of the plane in the background brought chills down my spine.
Sir, I can not thank you enough for your service. I look at my son in college and I know, he is free and safe, because of men like you. I will never have the words, to convey the gratitude me and my family feel. No matter the mess our country is, it belongs to US because of you! Thank you.❤ I want you to know, we will never forget the friends you lost defending us either.
Not that mine compares to yours in any way. I am front line healthcare, (most military call it flu season) COVID was such a scary battle for a lot of us. I watched a family of 9 die. The two DO NOT compare, but I did get a glimpse of the feeling of “you might get me, but not before I get you B!tch!” Just know any level of grateful you feel for us, we feel so much more for you and yours. I am a 45 year old woman, and I still cry thinking of those first responders dying! Thank you for being a part of putting a boot in their asses. ❤ I hope that makes some sense, it’s pretty emotional, I’m a doer not a writer. ❤
@tj6930 I want to thank you, for being there not only for those that are injured, broken, and battling health issues!
Your job is just as, if not more important than the years I was in law enforcement.
I feel that first responders and front line workers go hand and hand.
We both feel and see the tragic actions of others, and have to find a way to deal with that for the rest of our lives.
But we help eachother.
I pray that we won't endure another 9-11, but I feel like there is something evil on the horizon that is about to rear it's head in our nation. I hope I am wrong. Even though I no longer wear the uniform, I will always be a first responders and help others. And I still volunteer in that capacity at my church.
But again, thank you for your willingness and heart to help others and being there for them!
@@jeffschuman4874 thank you so much! I have the same sick feeling you do. I hope to be very wrong, I’m betting we are not. I too will always be there!
We better start looking forward or there will be no need to look back.
I was 16 when it happened. I was on my way to school when my dad and I heard about the first plane hitting the North Tower. I didn't think anything of it, seeing as how I live here in Texas. I never heard of the World Trade Center and continued to zone out til I got to school. But that quickly changed maybe ten minutes after getting to school. I will never forget that tragic day. My heart is always heavy around this time. My heart continues to go out to the victims and their families, especially the responders and survivors who developed health issues thanks to that day. I need to stop here before I start crying again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
DJ please get a SBS operator on. Your seal team 6 you must know loads of them guys. 9/11 never forgotten 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Those guys all have fake names & won’t say anything lol badasses but they’re tight lipped
I was in the 3rd grade. The teacher rolled in the tv stand and turned the TV on. The whole class saw the second plane hit. My first words were, "we're going to war!!!" My little 3rd grade self had no idea how true that would be.
Today is the 23rd Anniversary of Sept. 11. We've had a huge amount of illegals coming into our country for the last 3 yrs and how many terrorists have come in? There are no words to describe what has happen and happening.
Ahem - "Building 7"
This comment section is interesting. I've been in New York City my whole life. My mom was in the north tower under where the plane hit. But she's swapped from anger towards terrorists, to anger towards the government because the actions they took blew back onto the people around her. She always says freedom does not mean freedom without responsibility.
It was a typical Tuesday morning in the xray department of a busy hospital; phones ringing off the hook, people coming and going in all different directions... The TV news reported a plane had hit the world trade center. Everyone assumed it was a small plane and though still a tragedy, wasn't enough to cut into the normal action of the morning. When the second plane hit, everything stopped. The whole place went silent for probably two whole minutes.... Looking back, it was the pearl harbor or the Kennedy assassination of our time. Everybody will remember exactly where they were when it happened. Hopefully, we never forget. 🇺🇸❤💪
I wasn't born yet but my dad worked at a bar only a couple blocks down
Sound asleep in another time zone.
When I eventually saw what everyone else did.... I was convinced WW3 had just started.
I was in 5th grade at the book fair waiting in line to pay and I noticed the teacher stare at the tv crying me being 9 at the time I did not quite understand and then I saw the second plane hit and she just dropped to her knees and yelled o Christ no
I love and respect all military, but our leaders sent them to the wrong country, iraq had no alkiada, they were saudi and afgani, i had friends who served in the marine corps and fought in ramadi, they said wrong place but i honor all who did a great job for our nation, just boils down to poor leadership
In NJ there was hurricane swell. We surfed then wind came on shore. I got out of water and a buddy was listening to radio said a plane hit a tower. Got wetsuit off, went to buddies house. The news was on and we saw it was a commercial plane. And then saw the second plane hit live. At that time we knew it was an attack. I called my Dad who was retired ST2. He said plainly “This is war son”. Many of his team mates went back to active duty in the weeks following.
Crazy to think I was 5 years old remember seeing it on tv I just don’t remember exactly where I was it’s also crazy to me to remember people binging scared and the severity of it and not knowing what that feeling is at 5 years old to now going on 28 and understanding way more then most people do like it’s just nutty as fuck that my entire generation seen the beginning and the end of it seeing it happen at 5 then binging like 13-14 watching Obama walk down that hallway to address the nation that we got him powerful shit to witness
I remember where I was, but where was Lucky Larry? He wasn’t at work that day.
21 years old was wiring a garage and this dude on a skidsteer kept unplugging my extension cord and I went and jump on the front reached in the cage grabbed him and said you touch my cord 1 more time in going pull you out of her a stomp a mud hole in your a$$ an passenger jet just crashed into the trade center and he shut it off and came and sat in the garage with me and he started to freak out when the 2nd jet hit... he left the job never saw the guy again...
I totally get the initial attack commentary, but how do you neglect Benghazi?
Dancing Israelis
yes
Palestinians were dancing. Israel have a 9/11 memorial
@@BouH444 The real question is: who benefited from the attacks? It certainly weren't the Arab countries. "We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon" - Netanyahu
9/11 also opened the doors for mass surveillance by the government with the Patriot Act etc.
It's already 23 year
It doesn't seem like it. 😢
Didn’t I listen to a podcast with a delta guy who said dj was on the mission?
I was in 1st grade on 9/11 I remember that day visibly
What are all these guys names ?
I was in third hour Gym class, 7th grade
The change