September 11: A View From Down Under

Still seems very unreal even now. I even get to thinking did that really happen?

great article, and Rask is right it does seem so unreal that it happened. Which is why so many people have developed conspiriacy theories about why it happened because the truth is so unbelievable.

Thank you for sharing this story. I never really stopped to think how or what people in other countries reacted that morning. Just like me glued to the TV. It was unreal and still seems that way today. Thank you !

I remember this day, how could I forget. I was working out at the gym and on TV I saw the planes hit. My stomach dropped on the floor and I fell off the Treadmill. I was in shock. I knew of a friend that was working there at the time. I went to Culinary school with them. I was in tears.

To think about that day still makes me ill. I can remember clearly working down in the basement of the anthropology department at the University. Over my headphones I could hear the bloodcurdling screams of my co-workers, one who lost a family member that day. It seemed like a dream, as I roused myself from my work to see what all the commotion was about. I still can't believe it to this day. Sometimes I don't want to.

Yeh it was a sad day thats for sure. Thanks for your comments people. Appreciate it a lot.

Very touching and I like the way it ended. I like good endings. :)

Unique and excellent account of the 9/11. The Philippines was likewise saddened in that infamous day. We were also glued to our TV sets the whole day.

I remember clearly my friend popping in at 5am (he was a baker) "Get up" he yells.. "America is at war" ... I'm like yeah when aren't they .. but he is like "NO!...THEY have attacked America" Then it became unreal and incomprehensible to say the least.

The day after 9-11 I watched a videocam in a site at random
and it was outer of one of the towers.Facts on that day shook the world, never forget.

I still get goosebumps whenever I remember that dreadful day.

As the girlfriend in this article, I can say this was exactly how it was for us in our small part of New Zealand, we also, were affected by the loss and tragedy that is still raw in the US. Visiting ground zero a couple of years ago, was one of the most surreal things I have ever done.
Thanks for the article babe

This is such a heart-felt article. Sometimes we don't think of how things like that affect people who are so far away.

No one can forget the event of sept 11. I'm paying deepest condolence to the victims! Rest well!

Galilei, Newton and 475 architects and engineers ( ae911truth.org ) all agree: The Twin Towers were brought down by controlled demolition, as was WTC7. And while that doesn't diminish the tragedy of that day, it puts everything that followed into a much different light -- frighteningly different, some people feel. One million innocents dead and counting in wars against two countries that, in all probability, were not even remotely responsible for said demolitions and just so happened to either possess extensive oil or opium production capacities. Let's commemorate them, too...or even better: let's end the slaughter justified by bold-faced lies -- by collectively seeing them for what they are, and acting accordingly.

I remember the day as if it was yesterday. We sat by the TV all day watching the news. It was pure horror. There was no happy ending and never will be to that catastrophe. I can imagine being far from home and watching it happen. It must have been even worse. take care, Ruby

hey nice work..

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all the comments on this piece. Felt compelled to write it as the day passed and I remembered what happened. Hope you all enjoyed it.

I am one of the "lucky" ones whose life was saved that day. I woke up that morning thinking it would be a day like all the rest...Go to work, do my job, and go home. But a sequence of events took place that, now as I look back at them, was not at all the norm. At the time, I was an IT2 in the U.S. Navy stationed at the Pentagon. That morning, I was sent to work from one of our offices located in the Command Center . As I walked in, I watched as the events happened in New York at the Twin Towers .
Somehow, I knew this was no “accident” and that if that could happen at the Twin Towers , why couldn't it happen here, at the Pentagon??
After calling my mom to inform her of the news, I took a cigarette break to step away from the horrible scenes on T.V.
As everyone must know, the Pentagon is a huge, so as I went outside, there were a few options of places to go. As I pushed the door to go to a nearby smoking area, I heard an “inner voice”. It told me to go the other direction. For some reason, I trusted this voice, so I went the other direction, into the center courtyard….
Once outside, I shared my thoughts of "how it could happen here" to someone else taking a break. They chuckled and stated "This is the safest place to be!" Somehow I felt differently. Not 5 minutes later, the ground shook, and I saw smoke coming from where my office was located.
Yes, that’s when the plane hit... it hit my office...I wasn't inside. Everything I had seen, everyone I had talked to 20 minutes before...Gone.
I literally ran for my life. I had never been so scared.
I soon realized if I would have gone to the smoking area I was initially headed toward, I probably wouldn’t be here today. I soon found out the plane crashed right into where my office was located. It killed at least 7 people I worked closely worked with and became friends with. This seemed unreal to me because if I would have been 5 minutes earlier or later…who knows.
Since that day, I have been through more hardships that hopefully most will never have to face. I have learned a lot through all of this, and this has molded me into the person I am today.
My point of sharing this is to also share some important things I learned from it all. Hopefully it will help someone think in a different way, because this comes from someone who has been through it and lives it everyday…
“Why me?” used to be a common thought running through my mind. But I realized that most things are out of our control. For whatever reason, bad things do happen to good people… If I kept wondering why I am here and others aren’t, then I would be miserable. On top of that, I might miss the opportunity to carry out the purpose I am still here on earth to do.
Be thankful for what you have and that you are here.
Realize that no one is promised tomorrow. Don’t assume that you will be given that chance to do something you should have done today…
Don’t live your life saying “shoulda coulda woulda”, OR “what-If”. No one can change the past…
Things happen for a reason
Respect…Give it; show it!
Everyone has a purpose, a reason why we are here. So…PLEASE don’t complain, or waste that time being negative. That is Definitely NOT your purpose!
Follow your heart; your “inner voice”. It will lead you in the right direction. Trust Me!
Take every situation that comes your way as a learning experience. It will make you a stronger, better person.
Hug…Say “I love you”…
**Please take a moment to remember all the people who lost their lives 7years ago…my only regret is that I didn’t get to tell them goodbye!!**

Man this is an amazing story here Jenn Rose. You have experienced something that will and has shaped your life and that an everyday Joe Bloggs would never even think could happen to them. I'm truely glad you shared it here. Thanks and good luck.

An extremely touching read, thank you.

I was at work that day, the radio never mentioned a thing, but a worker was late because she was watchign it on TV, seemed so unreal.
I tend to lean with the conspiracy theorists on this one though, which is even more frightening than the story we are told.
The most compelling evidence of conspiracy is the video of a reporter reading from the teleprompter that Tower 7 JUST Fell... meanwhile its right there behind them, and falls minutes LATER!