Where Were You? 20th Anniversary of 9/11/01 by Angela Kaye https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg Share where you were when tragedy struck our nation on September 11, 2001 en-us 2021-08-26 19:41:01 UTC 2026-01-27 13:25:09 UTC hello@padlet.com I was at Naval Training Center Great Lakes processing recruits. We could say anything or show any emotion cause they didn't want to scary the recruits before they had staff onboard to answer questions and allow phone calls home. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1705204003 2021-08-30 18:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1705204003 kayea3 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721810293 I was in 10th grade passing from Advisory to Spanish class. Our Spanish teacher carted in a TV and our class watched the devastation in silence for the next 90 minutes.]]> 2021-09-07 13:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721810293 I was working on the Racine Campus at the time in the Lake Bldg. Many of us came outside and walked around in tears and disbelief. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721875841 2021-09-07 13:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721875841 I was teaching 7th graders. The teacher who used the same classroom before me, left the TV on. The students and I were watching the horrible event in debilief. I decided to turn the TV off, students were getting sad and afraid. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721876393 2021-09-07 13:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721876393 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721878164 I was working in Corporate Human Resources for a company called Jefferson Wells International. One of the field offices that I supported was in New York. As we watched everything unfold on television, we were frantically working to provide support anyway we could to help get them back to a sense of normalcy. ]]> 2021-09-07 13:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721878164 I was in a campus information meeting on the Elkhorn Campus. We adjourned and went down to the student commons to see the TV news. We decided to continue holding classes that day to maintain some sense of normalcy and give students a place to be and to talk about what was happening. thibodeauj2 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721902945 2021-09-07 13:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721902945 dohertyt4 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721932087 I had just dropped my daughter at school and was heading to the grocery store with my younger 2 children. When I heard the news on the radio, I had to pull over on the side of the road. I was so shocked and so scared of what was unfolding...

]]> 2021-09-07 13:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721932087 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721950165 I was on my way to work and was listening to the radio sports report that I listened to every day. They said something about what was on CNN (the fire in the first tower) when the second plane hit while they were on air and the sports report was suddenly over and our lives changed forever. ]]> 2021-09-07 14:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721950165 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721955619 I was driving to UW Parkside to teach an early class when I first heard of the attack. When I got to class, the students were not aware of what happened and said nothing. A loud speaker announcement from administration occured and the students were stunned.]]> 2021-09-07 14:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721955619 The only thought that was on my mind that September 11 morning was my biopsy appointment. I was on my way to the cancer center in Illinois and I was not aware what had happen until 2 hours later. It was quiet at the center because I guess they did not want to upset the patience, coming to the center for treatment, biopsies and diagnosis were devastating enough. wiknerm1 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721960992 2021-09-07 14:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721960992 I was in a sociology class at UW-Platteville. The professor rolled in the TV cart and we watched the news live for the rest of the class session. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721974164 2021-09-07 14:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1721974164 I was on a train into Chicago and didn't know too much that was happening until we got into the station. People were crowded around any TV that was available and by the time I reached my office (across the street from Sears Tower) I was frantically trying to reach a co-worker, who was traveling to New York and Boston on business. I did reach Janice, and she was safe. But the rumors were swirling about a plane heading for the Sears Tower. Just before our skyscraper closed and we were sent home, my father called to tell me to get the heck out of the city. The Metra trains heading out were on a "load and go" basis, since so many of us were trying to get back home. It was very surreal. We were all just in stunned silence. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722009262 2021-09-07 14:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722009262 gianakosm2 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722082504 I was on maternity leave.  I was at home watching tv and feeding my newborn baby.  I remember the fear and the shock.  I had just dropped my son off for Kindergarten and my husband was in Chicago on Business.   At the time the reports were coming in that Chicago was going to be hit next.   I could not get through to him since the phone lines were overloaded.   I finally heard from him later in the afternoon.  Planes were grounded for the next couple weeks ( I think) and it was so strange to look in the sky and not hear/see any planes. ]]> 2021-09-07 14:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722082504 fontainea5 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722092877 I was in my 7th grade English class. An announcement was made telling all teachers to check their email. You could hear the shock from the teachers throughout the hallway as they read the news. They were not allowed to turn on the TVs in the classroom, teachers did not say what was going on. I did not find out what happened until I got home. ]]> 2021-09-07 14:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722092877 turnerc54 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722292039 I was driving to work listening to the Bob and Brian radio show; normally a comedy show that became very serious with the surprise and sadness of reporting on the first plane as a possible accident to the fear, disbelief, and horror when the second plane struck and the people began to struggle with the idea and reality that this was an intentional event. Little work was done that day while all staff watched TV for updates and few customers came in. I spend the day checking in with family and my Army Reserve unit. There were already enough of my fellow Reservists who volunteered to guard our "drill center" so I was not immediately activated. However, for the first time since joining the Army Reserves over three years earlier, the possibility of being called to active duty became more and more certain. While the combined emotions and adrenaline of my Reserve Unit made us eager to be activated and defend our country, we were not activated until nearly a year and a half later at the forefront of Operation Iraqi Freedom.]]> 2021-09-07 15:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722292039 I was in third grade and I remember my teacher getting a phone call which changed her demeanor completely. My mom came and picked me up from school early and we went grocery shopping right away because she had no idea what was happening and wanted to be prepared. The next day we spent all morning at school discussing what happened and why. I can't even imagine trying to explain the events to a room full of 9 year olds. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722311869 2021-09-07 15:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722311869 I was at home getting ready for work. I worked at the Kenosha News. In shock, I watched the 2nd airplane hit the twin towers. When I got to work, TV's were added to every room at the newspaper. https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722312603 2021-09-07 15:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722312603 palaciosr1 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722778675 I had just gotten to work and was logging in when a co worker came in to say a plane had hit the first tower. There were no details about what type of plane, just the images of a building burning. All that day, we just tried to continue with work and meetings and with each hour more details were coming in--a second plane, the Pentagon and a fourth plane that was unaccounted for. I felt sick to my stomach. A co worker had a daughter working in New York and was desperately trying to contact her. It was very emotional, scary and I am not sure how we all made it through work that day but we all had each for support since we were all feeling the same terror and fear. ]]> 2021-09-07 19:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1722778675 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1724618764 I was at work at UW-Parkside, and a coworker who heard it driving in called our office.  We went down to Media Services and could not believe what was on the TV.  Not much work got done that morning.  I remember us all being very zombie like. Later in the day, I was in class with students that thought we were lying to them... some how they had not heard.  ]]> 2021-09-08 11:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1724618764 nelsonsr2 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1725483802 I was in class on the Racine campus when we heard the news on the classroom radio. I remember the tears flowing down my face as we all listened in shock... ]]> 2021-09-08 16:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1725483802 I was on the GWB leaving the city when the first plane hit tower one . https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1729259642 2021-09-09 21:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1729259642 UW-Stout Physics lecture neffc5 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1730773461 The Grad Assistant rushed into the classroom and informed the professor about the first plane, who in turn told us and dismissed class.  As I was walking through the Commons looking at TVs all playing the same thing, I stopped when the second plane hit. Complete strangers embraced one another as the uncertain times were beginning. That evening, residents of North Campus decorated the pedestrian bridge with the American flag and banners of hope. The American flag remained draped down the bridge throughout the academic year. Whenever it blew up onto the bridge, whoever was walking by draped it back down.]]> 2021-09-10 12:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1730773461 https://padlet.com/kayea3/vctkjd129popd8yg/wish/1732685092 I was sleeping when the first plane hit. My mom wasn't and called me from work. She told me that something was happening in New York and it looked like an attack. I turned on the TV and shortly after saw the second plane hit. I remember getting chills and starting to sweat. I thought this can't be actually happening. As I listened to Peter Jennings try to keep his composure I thought about all those people, especially those who decided to jump. Those poor people. When the buildings fell, it made me sick to my stomach. I felt the bad "butterflies" and remember having to remind myself to close my mouth and breathe. As I sat on my bed, my sadness started to change into anger and later into cold, tempered fury. I remember thinking that those mother%$#@ just attacked my country and killed a bunch of my people. I remember thinking that we will find you and kill every last one of you. I remember thinking that this will change everything. I remember thinking that this means war.

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