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I was born on 9/11 (3 years after)

I remember being at a NHL hockey game, they paused to put Bush up in the big screen to do his speech about starting the war. The crowd broke out in a “USA USA USA” chant and they ended play early before the game was officially due to finish. An amazing time.

That day I was in California, so relatively safe. I was driving back from college having packed my life up to return to my hometown with no solid future plans. In the way we saw a bunch of military vehicles, which I thought was strange. I arrived home after an 8 hour drive and passed out. Not 30 minutes later my brother told me that an airplane hit the twin towers, but i dismissed it. Then he ran in minutes later to mention the 2nd plane. I then spent the next 48 hours glued to the television, watching anchors look more and more weary from reporting and praying that there wasn't going to be another plane crash. The while thing was inpactful for me because it was the first time in my life where I had no real direction, and it seemed like the world was collapsing.

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I was in 5th grade, still remember it plain as day - thanks for doing a solemn piece honoring today's memory, it's a beautiful reminder of how sad and terrifying it all was.

I guess I skew older than most of your patrons, because I was on my own and working. I lived about 2 miles from Ground Zero, one mile of which was the Hudson River. Fortunately for me, it was upwind of the site; people in Brooklyn were right in the path of most of the smoke, and that site smouldered for something like 6-8 weeks. There was one day the wind took it my way, and it was really acrid. I can't imagine dealing with it every day for about 2 months. Even years later, in lower Manhattan you could see that gray dust sitting on ledges outside windows, even after rains and snows. It wasn't until the building owners had them actively power-washed that it finally got cleared. Various places had walls full of photos and messages about missing people that family and friends were looking for. And one thing I can't get out of my head: it could have been worse. It happened early enough in the day that a lot of people who normally work or visit in those buildings weren't in yet, and they steered clear as soon as they learned something was going on. If it had happened two hours later, those people would have been well into their workdays, tourists would be up in the observation deck, and the death toll would have been even higher.

beautiful work khyle

I lived in DC when the pentagon was hit, i was only five so i didn't unstand what was going on until I was older

Bro this genuinely looks beautiful.

I was in third grade and when I woke up that morning I told my mom something bad was going to happen cuz I had a bad feeling she told me I just didn't want to go to school so when I got to school I asked my friends they all had a bad feeling too and then after lunch our teacher came in and said we're just going to have recess for the rest today and when I came home it was on the news. I looked at my mom and said I told you so

Can’t wait for twitter to spin this in a negative light… On a real note, my uncle was a telephone engineer and a 9/11 responder. Using some sort of triangulation wizardry, he was able to help locate 7 trapped people. Unfortunately, he soon after developed a fungal infection believed to be from the debris. Over the course of 3 months, he lost over 100lbs and almost passed away, but luckily made a full recovery and is still with us to this day.

I was in 2nd grade. I remember being in the library on the computer, and the yahoo logo had a picture behind it of the moment when one of the planes hit one of the towers. Looking back on it, it was probably in bad taste to have that picture on with their logo. We weren’t let out of school, but classrooms gathered into other classes that had the tvs in the rooms so everyone could see what was going on.

It's weird how some events embed themselves into your mind perfectly, even if you were incredibly young. My mom and I were home that day, and my grandma called us to get us to turn on the news. Mom turns on the TV to live coverage of the event, seconds before the second plane hit. That's a sight I'll never forget. I was legitimately terrified every time a plane flew overhead for months, despite living in the middle of America where there was nothing of value to anyone. Somehow, even a tiny young me knew that everything had changed that day. My heart goes out to everyone who lost someone that day, to all the first responders who were on scene, and to everyone who worked cleanup afterwards.

I was in 1st grade so it didn’t really get processed right. My parents told me for like the next year every time we went into a bigger city, I’d point to a big building and ask if a plane was gonna hit it. I feel like an asshole now lol

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I was 3 years old so not much memory but my parents told me they were worried since they weren’t legal citizens and worried the government would start deporting

I was eating ice cream in Sweden. I first heard of the planes flying into towers in history class.

Damn, time really flies. I remember seeing the smoke from my 4th grade art class.

I remember on this day being acutely aware that safety is an illusion at that any time something awful could happen.

It's hard to believe that it was 23 years ago already. I can still tell you everything I did that day and where/what I was doing when I found out.

"the world you grew up in no longer exists"

What song is she playing ?

A good amount of people who Survived Ground Zero died of cancer from the Asbestos and other chemicals from the dust cloud

Happy day

My brother in Christ…..

I was in physical science class in high school (freshman) when we heard about the first plane hitting. It was believed to be an accident and we would just wait out the investigation. Then the second one struck live on television. I was in 3rd period (math) and we spent the class watching this. No, we did not get out early, we continued our school day. Ticks me off that my school held us while everyone else got to go home. Rest in peace to those who perished and those who followed due to the loss and aftermath. God Bless, America!

On a lighter note this would go so hard as an album cover. I love your art, keep it up, and may we never forget the past.

She playing the song “hurt”

I find it almost unbelievable that 400 tons of asbestos and other hazardous chemicals were released… 400!

My godfather just found out he has esophageal cancer, he was a part of the cleanup crews after 9/11. Praying for him today 🙏