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remembering 9/11 | where were you?
Published Sep 10, 2008Views: 566
I've heard stories throughout my life about the whereabouts of family members on the day JFK was killed. I've heard similar stories about the day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. I can probably recount my grandmother's entire day verbatim. That's how many times I've heard about it.
My future grandchildren will likely know the story of where I was when I learned about the twin towers and how their mother who was 13-months-old at the time was literally yanked from the changing table and allowed to crawl around the house with a great deal of freedom that morning because I was in shock,glued to the TV and calling everyone I could.
I won't go into the rest because this will be the longest blog ever if I do. But I'd love to hear your stories. Where were you when you heard, and what do you remember most about that fateful day?
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September 11, 2008 2:24 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 3:38 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 4:13 p.m.
That night, obviously after flights had been grounded, I could hear helicopters. It was jet black outside and hearing them, knowing that all air traffic was grounded, was just eerie to me.
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September 11, 2008 5:45 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 5:47 p.m.
I realized today while I was talking to the students about Patriot Day, that most of them weren't even born when this tragedy struck. They will only "hear" about it. It was kinda surreal for me today to realize how much time has passed. Seems like it just happened.
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September 11, 2008 5:49 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 7:48 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 7:52 p.m.
We had a rental car to get around Michigan (we had other interview days in Detroit and Flint) and ended up keeping it to drive home. We picked up four other people who were heading south, and carpooled back to the Carolinas via stops in Kentucky and Tennessee. It was actually kind of a fun situation, road tripping with people with a togetherness born out of necessity and shared disbelief at what had just happened.
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September 11, 2008 9:19 p.m.
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September 11, 2008 9:33 p.m.
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