A collection of tweets from just this morning…where were you when you discovered what was happening, this day, seven years ago?
To those that lost their life that day, we remember you. We will always remember.
Where Were You When?
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Thank you for sharing these.
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Thanks so much for doing this. If it’s ok, I’m going to link this in my post today.
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I blogged about it last year. I suppose I should this year as well, but I’ve not gotten around to it.
But here’s where I, and my daughter were, 7 years ago.
http://www.desperatelyseekingsanity.com/2007/09/11/where-were-you
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That photo! I love this post. Awesome job getting it all together!
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I posted where I was last week. It’s chilling to read everyone’s stories.
http://www.5minutesforparenting.com/53/remember-september/
Steph
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Love the photo. I was sitting at my desk at work when I heard. Everyone went running to watch it on t.v. in the conference room and I remember being frozen in my chair just praying. I wanted to scoop up all my loved ones and just tell them I loved them.
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That day was so surreal. It felt like life was put on slow motion.
I love the photo you used.
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I was a junior in college. I spent the majority of my day trying to get ahold of my aunt. She didn’t go to work (South Tower) that day because she had bronchitis. She lost her whole office.
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Sitting in a cubicle… much like today… but that day was like nothign else http://autumndahlia.blogspot.com/2008/09/seven-years-ago.html
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I was in London that day and turned on the TV and thought it all looked like a movie. I had friends in the building at the time and luckily they all made it out of the buildings in time. Unfortunately for two of my friends, their friends died. My brother helped with the recoup effort of the bodies afterwards. I can’t believe it’s been 7 years!! (oh and did you get my email yesterday?
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I love this post. How great to see it all together.
I had a surreal moment teaching today when I asked this question of my students, and although they all said that being 6, they didn’t *understand* what happened at the time, they all knew where they were when they heard. Every single one of them.
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That picture is amazing. Today was a hard one…
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They really are even more powerful collectively. I will never forget that day.
-Ncbartels
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It was my first year teaching 6th grade and I was on my plan period. the principal walked in and turned on my TV. Told me a plane crashed into the towers. We watched together as the second plane hit.
I wanted to go on with my lessons, but I knew I had to take time with my students, although didn’t really know what to say. I was worried about my husband working in Chicago, and I figured that the kids needed to see their parents. Or at least have them be the ones explaining the tragedy.
It was a tough way to start a school year, and I remember feeling the same as I did in elementary when the Challenger exploded.
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I was in RI. We had moved out of NYC 2 months earlier. I sat by the TV and phone calling everyone I knew in NYC – friends from work, from college, from high school. It was horrible. I ended up finding out 2 friends were lost. They were traders in the Towers. I went to my college campus last night with my husband and my youngest guy, Henry… to pay my respects to the Brown Univ. Memorial.
Thanks for posting this yesterday.
- AUdrey
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maybe that sound odd for you, because i’m not an american. but i remember the day like it was yesterday when this horrible assassination happened. the time lag between vienna and new york is 6 hours. so when this happened i was sitting at the hairdresser – it was about 4:00pm . i just couldn’t believe what i heard on the news in the radio. i was shocked and couldn’t believe it. later in the evening they show pictures in the news. i was just thinking – oh my god! how can this be? and then a few tears came down my face.
maybe it’s a bit late for writing this comment. but i want you to know that there are also people on the other side of the world who empathize with you. it’s so sad.
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