aww.. this was cute. D: i'm gonna cry.

1 | Left by Cristela | Sep. 11, 2009 at 2:25pm

I just read back that it was 8 years ago. It's hard to believe that so much time has past since then. The memories are still so clear of where I was when I heard the news.

2 | Left by Alex | Sep. 11, 2009 at 2:25pm

I was ten years old and I still remember where I was when it happened.

God bless everyone who was affected. <3

3 | Left by Kay | Sep. 11, 2009 at 2:28pm

I remember it perfectly, I was sitting in math class. And teachers were coming and going through all the rooms. I had a gut feeling all that day. I was afraid to go to school. But I had to go.
We went outside, and sat in front of the flag. everyone did. We said the pledge, sang the national anthem, and prayed. I didn't really understand what was going on at the time, but I figured it out once I got home. So many people lives were taken. But they are not gone, they are still in our heart. Never to be forgotten.

4 | Left by Sara K. | Sep. 11, 2009 at 2:30pm

I was nine years old when it happened. I pray for the families who are, to this day, still suffering. God bless the families, and God bless America.

5 | Left by Ashley | Sep. 11, 2009 at 3:05pm

i can't imagine what it was like to go through that. i remember that i was in fourth grade, and that my teacher got called out of the room for a little while. when she came back she looked like she had been crying. no one told us what was going on. when i got home it was all over tv and my mom was crying but i didn't really understand why until i watched the second plane crash into the building.
i really do hope that the people that lost loved ones or survived this are healing. eight years and it still feels like yesterday.

6 | Left by pj | Sep. 11, 2009 at 3:06pm

i was in 1st grade when this happened..all i remember is that i saw a teacher bawlin idk who she lost but yeahh its sad now that i know and understand what happend that day..im in the 9th grade now

7 | Left by jackie | Sep. 11, 2009 at 3:32pm

I was only in first grade, but I still remember that day so well, we got let out of school early. When I got home no one told me what was happening but they wouldn't let me watch cartoons. 8 years ago, wow.

8 | Left by Mary | Sep. 11, 2009 at 3:44pm

I was only 5 when this happened but i still remember watching the second plane crash on tv. my aunt was working across the street from the world trade center and watched the same exact thing, only from her window. Thank God almighty she survived. 8 years doesn't seem so long anymore.

9 | Left by Anon | Sep. 11, 2009 at 4:04pm

I was only four, but I can still remember it.

Sitting on my Mom's bed while she called my Dad, the news was on the television and there we're two big buildings in smoke on the screen. I looked over and asked, "Mommy, what's going on?" As my mom tried to explain to me what I happening, I did my best to understand. She talked to my Dad for a long time. My mother then looked at me and said, "You're going to remember this forever.

And I did. Even eight years later, that memory is still in my head. The image of the twin towers on the television in my parents room, the way my Mom looked at me when she informed me I'd always remember this.

10 | Left by Harper | Sep. 11, 2009 at 4:05pm

I just remember that I was in elementary school when it happend. But I'm praying for all of the families and friends who lost loved ones during that tragic day.

=//

11 | Left by Melissa | Sep. 11, 2009 at 4:30pm

I was in second grade when it happened. I'm homeschooled so I remember sitting on the couch with my mom watching it all happen via the morning news... I remember watching the towers as they crumbled, and praying with my mom. Tonight all of you and everyone touched by this tragedy will be in my prayers.
Love from PA.

12 | Left by Victoria | Sep. 11, 2009 at 4:57pm

I was in second grade when it happened.
I remember everything like it happened today.
My teacher grabbed all the second and third graders to tell us what had happened, because at the time I was in a montessori school. She told us that a phone call went out to parents to pick us up early.
I watched with my dad on the news. Over and over.
I didn't understand much at the time, but I remembered crying. Because I knew that families were being broken. People losing Mothers, Fathers, Sons, Daughters, Husbands, Wives. Loved ones.
People risked their lives to save all those that they could.
I pray for everyone who lost someone, eight years ago today.

13 | Left by Gabriella | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:07pm

This is almost exactly like what I was told today at school. I remember this like it was yesterday :( I can't imagine having lost anyone in this tragedy. I have a friend that moved here from new york and he was teling us the stories about that day, he witnessed the towers going down in person...I can't imagine that...

14 | Left by Ashleyisabelle | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:18pm

I was in Gr.3, in Canada, and we had just started school.
I believe the first tower went down about 20 minutes into teh start of the school day and about two hours later, we heard an announcement that there had abeen a great tragedy in the states and since toronto was always on a the threat list to be terrorized or whatever you wanna call it. Parents could take their kids home if they liked and we told that day what terrorism is. I think so many kids, especially us, lost a bunch of innonence that day. Something many, especially those who were directly affected by it, will never get back.
I pray for those today who are still grieving over their losses or were harmed in any way by this tragic event.
I hope one day, none of this will ever exists.
One day, there will be no violence.

Love is the movement.

15 | Left by Dallas | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:26pm

I was 6 at the time. I lived near NYC. I watched everything happen from my front yard. It's different watching something like that happen live than on TV. That image... of the twin towers crashing down... I'll never forget it. So many people see Liberty and think weakness... how wrong they are.
I'll never forget that day.

In Christ
~Em

16 | Left by Em | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:42pm

When 9/11 was going on i was in school. We were watching it on the news and I started crying because at the time I was in 1st grade. I thought my dad was on that plane, so I heard about it and then cried. It still hurts about how many people lost loved ones. I will never forget hearing what was happening.

17 | Left by Brianna | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:48pm

I was in third grade when it happened. I lived in California at the time so I woke up a hour after it had happened. I was very confused because no one would tell me what was happening for a long time. I remember going to school not knowing if my grandpa (who was there on business at the time) was dead or not. I cant even imagine what it would feel like if we had lost him. My prayers go out to all the people who have lost friends and family members eight years ago <3

18 | Left by Gina Morgan | Sep. 11, 2009 at 5:48pm

i was in third grade. my teacher's best friend was on one of the planes that crashed into the buildings. she cried for a long time. God i still remember that day as if it was yesterday... its still so clear in my mind.
im sorry to those who lost friends and family... God bless you and keep you safe. <3

19 | Left by charlie | Sep. 11, 2009 at 6:27pm

I was 11 years old in the 6th grade in music class. One of our homeroom teachers came rushing in asking the musi teacher what flight her son was spposed to be on; apparently he was supposed to be flying out of NY that day. The music teacher started freaking out trying et a hold of her son (he's fine, by the way) and the homeroom teacher old us to line up. She said that the T was on in the classroom, and we needed to go in quietly and sit down. She said, "America is at war today." We watched the 2nd plane crash and both towers fall. My best friend started freaking out because her dad was in England on business and was supposed to be flying home that day. (He's fine as well) We were terrified, but the teachers tried to get us to calm down by telling us that nobody was coming afer us. We were safe. Things were different after that. God bless those families who lost loved ones. We are thinking of and praying for you.

20 | Left by Amanda Lynn | Sep. 11, 2009 at 8:49pm

I was 5 years old, I don't remember much. But I do remember that no one would tell us what was going on. When I got home, more things had happened, probably the second plane crash, and everyone was either upset or crying. I feel so extremely sorry for all the families that lost a friend, sister, son, daughter, any member of their family.

21 | Left by Nova | Sep. 12, 2009 at 12:30am

I remember like it were yesturday. I had no clue what was going on. Shoot, I didnt even know what the Twin towers were. all i remember is getting up, and eating breakfast just like i did every day. i was 11 at the time and in the 6th grade. My foster parents didnt say anything to any of us, so it just seemed like a normal day to me. since i lived in Arizona at the time, the second plane had just hit when i walked past the TV to go to the bus stop. I just thought it was a movie or something. but when i got too school, all the teachers and the principle sent the whole school over to the Highschool auditorium for a meeting.

Ever since that day, the world has been different. Everything has changed. Do you think this will be like everything else in History? Sooner or later, were gonna get comfortable again, and then make the same mistake over?

i hope not. Best of wishes go to the families and the friends that lost anyone on this day.

Mikey.

22 | Left by Mikey | Sep. 12, 2009 at 2:05am

i live in sydney, australia. and i was in year 3 when it happened. me and my mum both woke up really early that morning for some reason, and we decided to watch tv for a while, which we dont normally do, and it was all over the news.
i remember first feeling numb, coz it was so far away, but at the same time i was terrified, and i didnt realise people could be SO cruel.
as soon as i got to school there was an assembley, and we prayed and wrote cards and messages. i cried every night for a week. i was only 8, but i felt so much pain for the families, and for those people.
bless the heros of that day.

23 | Left by cass | Sep. 12, 2009 at 4:33am

I was only 6...
I woke up to find my mom in a panic on the phone with one of my aunts.
I kept wondering why she hadn't woken me up for school that day, and why my lunch wasn't made ready and sitting on our counter.
I tried to get her attention but she wouldn't answer me. Whenever she hung up the phone with one person, it was just to dial the number for someone else.
Finally she drove me to school.
When I got there, it was no better.
The kids were all worried and confused, and the teachers were jumpy but quiet.
When I learned what happened...the only thing my little 6 year old mind could comprehend was "bad people came and hurt lots of other people". I couldn't have imagined the extent of what I heard.

We honor and pay respect to the many, too many, lives lost on September 11...and also to the brave men and women out fighting this war to insure that it never happens again.

24 | Left by Katie | Sep. 12, 2009 at 11:53am

i was in third grade when it happened. sitting within 10 miles of the buildings in my classroom. my principal took me out of my class and told me that my dad and uncle were at the trade center with their firehouses working. the scariest day of my life. thankfully they made it home safely, but some of the guys from their firehouses didn't. RIP Vincent Morello & all 343 fireman who gave their life that day. we will never forget<3

25 | Left by caitlin | Sep. 12, 2009 at 12:03pm

I was in second grade in a suburb of Manhattan.
My dad was working in New York that day. I just remember everyone's parents coming to pick them up, and my mom coming to get me. She explained what happened in second-grade terms, using phrases like 'bad guys'.

My dad didn't get home until 11:30 that night. He had driven two other men to their respective houses, both of them carrying briefcases and covered in soot and dust. I'm so proud of the fact that he did that.

26 | Left by Val | Sep. 12, 2009 at 12:54pm

I was 8. Funny enough, we had the day off from school. We had a couple friends over, we were playing in the backyard. We came in the house, and there were building burning down on the TV. My cousin was flying to New York that day, my parents were terrified. I will never forget that day. My thoughts and prayers are for everyone that lost someone. Brothers, sisters, parents, friends, aunts, uncles. Anyone. Keep them in your hearts, they're never truly gone.

27 | Left by sarah | Sep. 12, 2009 at 6:07pm

thank you so much. I am one of the many who lost their father, best friend, and hero that day- and it means the world to me that you wrote this.
for me- its more than just the tv screen that i remember.

yes, i remember the sirens, the screaming, the seaching, the smoke, the grey, the body parts.....

but what i remember most.. oh how beautiful it was. it was the help. people from all over the country volunteering, helping out. holding signs, handing out water bottles, donating shoes, holding each other, watching kids, giving blood. anything and everything was done by anyone. people who had never seen the world trade center, people who knew no one in the buildings or planes. people who decided to kick osama bin laden in the butt by saying that the buildings might be falling, but we are only becoming stronger.
we arent a country, we are a community.


thank you for remembering.
thank you thank you thank you.
<3

28 | Left by jay | Sep. 12, 2009 at 8:24pm

I cannot go through 9/11 without crying at least once. When it happened I was too young to understand or comprehend what was happening but I knew it was bad. I also knew that people were pulling together to help one another. It made me proud to be an American. At only eight years old I could see that through tragedy comes a blessing in disguise. I didn't know anyone who was affected by it, but I still felt for them. It was my first real taste of compassion on a large scale. We pulled together not only as a country, but as one big community. I'm glad you wrote this. Because too many poeple don't take the time out to talk about it. It's important, and we can never forget. If we do we lose a part of what makes our country so great.

Not one person talked about that tragic day at school. I'm proud that you did. It makes a difference. Even if it's small, it's still a difference. Thank you.

29 | Left by Lauren | Sep. 13, 2009 at 11:34pm

I lost my uncle on 9/11. He was in the twin towers. He was the father I never had. (I also lost my father that day, doesn't make much of a difference, he was never there for me.) They went for a buisness trip, I have no idea what they were doing. I was only in first grade. I remember the teachers being all calm and acting like they didn't care, my teacher, Mrs. McCall told me about my Uncle Rich. I remember her smiling when she told me. She told me everything was going to be okay. Nothing is okay. I've hated her since that day, she was pretending that something that wasn't okay, was okay.
That day ruined my life, and I will always remember it.

30 | Left by Bronte | Sep. 14, 2009 at 7:25am

I was in third grade. I didn't know what was going on but everyone kept saying that we were under attack. My teacher had her radio on but refused to turn on any TVs or computers. I remember being grateful that I didn't know anyone that was in the planes or towers, or even anyone in New York for that matter. But I was sad for those people.

31 | Left by Jesi | Sep. 14, 2009 at 6:59pm

9-11...I was in kindegarten.I remember people talking about planes crashing and lives being lost.I remember my uncle telling me about going into work and seeing on the news "accidental plane crash" everyone thought it was an accident until the second plane came.I'm sincerely sorry to whoever has lost someone close in this incident.But keep moving forward,and remember,some things fall apart,so that better things can fall together.

32 | Left by Anthony | Sep. 15, 2009 at 9:45am

well,unlike most people; i was asleep.
my father was stationed at okinawa,japan at the time.there is a 13 or 14 hr. time difference.
i can remember that sept. 12 the base was shut down&& many of our soliders were sent back to the states for response to the attack; my father was one of them. he delt with many of the families that lost loved ones.
i can also remember many of the soliers were sent out.
very depressing day on a military base.
ALWAYS pray for the soliders&& his families.
always remember that fighting is what they are trained to do.
&& that there families are trained to wait for their husband,wife, mother, father,sister, brother.

33 | Left by eryan | Sep. 16, 2009 at 3:30pm

i remember everything that has happened on that horrible day and i send out my hopes and prayers to anyone who was affected.

34 | Left by Nicole | Sep. 17, 2009 at 12:46pm

Gosh. It's taken my this long just to get the strength to comment. I was only in first grade, so I was six at the time this happened, but no doubt that day changed my life forever. I was in school when it happened. I remember my mom came to school, crying and pulled me out. She didn't say anything on the way home. The ride seemed to be never ending. Finally she turned to me and said "Someone hit the building." I didn't know what she meant. "Mommy, what are you talking about?" I asked. "You know how you wanted to go to New York with your Auntie Shelia, Uncle Tom, Zach, and Uncle Jim?" I nodded. "Yeah. They left yesterday though didn't they?" I thought she was going to tell me I could go with them. "Yes they did." She pulled up infront of our house. "Then what's wrong Momma? Why are you crying?" I crawled into her lap. "They went to go see these two amazing buildings today. A plane crashed into each other them." She didn't look at me. I may have been small, but I knew what that meant. I threw the door to the car open and ran inside to my room. My older sister, who was nine at the time, was already. She pulled me into her arms and together we cried through the next three days.
We watched a video about it in History on Friday. Even as a current freshman I break down into tears when we talk about it. I was sobbing so hard that I actually was carried out of class by my best friend and we sat together in the bathroom until the day was over.
I miss you Shelia, Tom, Zach, and Jim. It was a shame you went that day, but also a blessing. You got to see the buildings before they were ruined. I love you all so much. Life's been Hell without you.

35 | Left by Hannah | Sep. 18, 2009 at 3:36pm

hmm..i remember watching this breaking news eight years ago, with my only brother whom i've lost three years after....
..may we never forget those who are long gone..
they may want to be remembered just as we are when we will someday join them six feet under.
after all, it's not just death that's painful at times, but to be forgotten...

peace to y'all.

36 | Left by gludz | Sep. 18, 2009 at 7:59pm

I believe that I was either in 4th or 5 grade. Noone mentioned anything about it, but when I got home, my mom was in tears watching the TV. I joined her and realized what had happened. Hannah, your comment made me cry. =[ God bless everyone that has lost someone to that tragedy or in the war thereafter.

37 | Left by Daniel | Sep. 22, 2009 at 5:06am

i was in 1st grade and i remember the teachers rolling in T.Vs and they had us watch it as it was happening. i could remember asking, "what is going on, why are people dying Ms. so and so"

38 | Left by maranda | Sep. 22, 2009 at 10:38am

J........ Find the hope inside you to understand that you do have a friend a friend that will always be there always. Jesus. Jesus and the
People of this site helped me. I was also "alone". But I've always looked for the silver lining. I've gone from cutting myself trying to take my life away gothic to a person full of hope spilling over the surface. Please, please bealive in hope and find the will to not take your life away your are a important part of this planet and part of your community. I am just a kid but I do understand the pain. I have been depressed for a few years and I'm on the same road as u so just have faith in Jesus! We all love you.











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39 | Left by Send to j........ | Sep. 23, 2009 at 11:07am

9-11 was full of win to bad more people didn't die

40 | Left by DAVID | Oct. 27, 2009 at 2:47pm