what were u doing?

[Lance]

I was sleeping, mother came in and told me that "they blew up the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, they used our planes from LOGAN!" I immediately woke up and said, "what the Pentagon, they are suppose to shoot down any plane flying over DC airspace, that aren't suppose to be." I was more concerned about the Pentagon, because I did not know the WTC crumbled to the ground. Then I turned on the TV and saw them collapsing, the first time I saw them crumbling, my heart dropped. I could not believe it.

 

[Mikemc]

My wife Mandie and I pray for those who are still missing and sympathies for those who mourn for their loved ones and friends.

Such a tragedy is difficult for a world to comprehend with out understanding the motivation behind such an act of shear destruction.

When the first plane hit I was going through my rotas on the bar with Sky news on in the background. Mandie was upstairs in the main part of the hotel as she works in reservations.

As some of us have said it was like watching a film like Armeggedon. It did not seem real.

We both work for Marriott Hotels and were considering transfering to the USA to Florida or even New York.

We did not know anyone over there but Marriott as far as I am Aware lost a hotel at the base of the tower and a reservation centre in one of the towers. It frightens me to think that we could have quiet easily have been working in one of the properties.

 

[mickeyfan]

I was at work and a co-worker called to tell me to turn on the TV because the WTC had been hit by a plane. I work for the Superintedent (the head) of our local school district, so we have TV's for weather alerts, etc. (Hurricane country also!) We were having a Principal workshop that morning and everyone just stood in shock watching the TVs. I saw the second plane hit and I saw the buildings crumble. It was heartwrenching. It has been a very stressful week to say the least. Working for the top boss, we've had to work late trying to make decisions on school closings, postponing of activities and making arrangements for remembrance ceremonies. I did find out that you can't please everyone all of the time and that tension runs high during times like these. Live in the same town as one of our countries biggest air force bases (two - Eglin and Hurlburt). A lot of our mothers and fathers will probably get called to war. It is hard seeing the children left behind in these cases. I want to take care of them all and tell them it's going to be okay. The Gulf War was difficult and I'm sure this will be even worse. Great to have friends at times like these and an outlet for our feelings and emotions. It was hard last week coming home after being stressed out all day and not snapping everyone in the families head off. We just have to remember that we are the "United States" and we will prevail. God Bless Everyone and thanks for being here!!

 

[epcot71]

goofy fan-im very sorry for ur loss-it is very hard to loose a freind or family member in such a horrific way-shaun

 

[markymark]

I was in work, just checking in on the forum, and I saw that DisneyFreak had put the "This Is Terrible" thread on, so I checked it out, once I had replied a few of the guys were updating almost every minute. I was getting news quicker on here then from the radio or the internet. In as much as I was so many thousands of miles away, I actually felt I was living it as it happened.

 

[Figaro]

Goofyfan, I am so sorry to hear about your loss!
I hope you have some fun on your trip. The atmosphere in WDW has been amazing. Most of the cast members have been incrediably sensative and caring.

When all this started, I was on a plane from NY to Orlando with my 2 year old son and husband. We just landed in the airport when we heard the news. Watched it all on CNN. We have a lot of family and friends working in NYC including NYPD and NYFD. Took quite awhile to find out what happend to them. Fortunately, so far eveyone is ok. (still trying to get in contact with some friends) My cousin is a fireman down in that area. He happened to be off that day, unfortunately, his whole fire house was wiped out. Also, my brother in law worked for Cantor Fitzgerald until about 6 months ago when he moved to a new company uptown. He lost many friends. (his former company lost almost 700 employees)
I was shaking as I was watching the news. My parents were flying in on a lflight an hour later. We missed their plane landing and met up with them at AKL. When we finally found them, I burst into tears in the lobby. Like I said, the CM's were great. Very understanding.
In general everyone was so supportive. We had a few awkward moments when people asked where we were from. It was hard to know what to say, very understandable! The parks and hotels were extremely empty, but you could feel how supportive everyone was to each other.

 

[Goofyfan]

Figaro...I have been DYING to hear from you! I thought about you all last week since I knew you were flying down on Tuesday morning....and becasue Disney closed up for the day. I was hoping you all were well and made it safely. Not to mention, hoping that the weather held out for you too!

So sorry to hear of your brother-in-laws loss. Cantor Fitzgerald is where 3 of the people I know "missing", are from. It is so sad. Especially being in the city when it happened made it even worse. Seeing those buildings collapse in person was absolutely horrifying.

Anyway, it is nice to hear you made it back safely..was Disney crowded during the week? How was Islip handling security and stuff? Lord knows I must be at the airport tomorrow by 4:30AM for a 6:30AM departure...UGH!

 

[Figaro]

"Figaro...I have been DYING to hear from you! I thought about you all last week since I knew you were flying down on Tuesday morning....and becasue Disney closed up for the day. I was hoping you all were well and made it safely. Not to mention, hoping that the weather held out for you too!"

Well, I guess you won't get this until you get home....but I really hope you have a good and safe trip! Please let me know how it went when you get home. I'll be thinking about you.
We made it just in time to Orlando, we were one of the last flights allowed to land. On top of everything else that happened, we got tons of rain from Gabrielle. But, of course, we still consider ourselves very lucky! We made the best of it!
The parks were empty, security was great and very obvious, officers were everywhere. As I mentioned in another thread, we saw the bomb sniffing dogs at EPCOT.
Couldn't really tell you much about MacArthur, seemed to me that there was NO security there. We parked our care in teh residents lot and it was still there, even though it was about 200 feet from the airplanes. Saw absolutely no uniformed security, people were just hanging out all over the terminal waiting for arrivals.
I can't even imagine seeing the whole thing happening in person. Watching it live on tv I was shaking and became so depressed. My husband is a cop on here on Long Island. Several of his coworkers went in on Saturday, their day off, to help out. Now he feels guilty that we weren't here.
Right now I'm looking out my window at the idiot neighbors across the street. They put up a HUGE American flag over their house, but they have it facing the wrong way! Although I really do appreciate the sentiment behind it, it's driving me crazy looking at it. Worse, it's been like that for atleast a day or two and no one has told them to fix it. (We got home late last night and noticed it) Been waiting for them to get home so I can say something!

 

[Sheri]

Frist off: I'm sorry to all the people who've lost someone or is yet to hear from someone...I know what its like to loose someone and I wish y'all the best.
I was in my first period class, Social Studies, and the in-room phone rang. It was my teachers husband telling her what had happened and stuff. So she told us, and I didnt think much of it. Later after the class, told other teachers. About 2 hours later we got pulled out of 3rd period and sent to our advisories where the rest ofthe 8th graders found out. Thats when I got kinda nervous coz some really stupid kids who are considerate of other people were saying like, ohh another war! and stuff...But technically I was one of the first 10 people in my school to know, seeing as theres only 9 people in my class. i donno if I should be proud off that or not...

 

[sillyspook13]

I was in my English class. I had just finished a test when an announcement was made schoolwide saying "two planes have just flown into the world trade center, one into each of the towers." Slightly confused, the teacher turned on the tv to see a horrifying image of smoke pouring out of the towers.

The third plane hit the pentagon between classes. In chorus, we watched the events, making this one of the rare days that we did not sing. Suddenly we saw a huge cloud of smoke come from tower 2. When viewing this from a different angle, the building could be seen dropping into a cloud of debris. During a talk about the Pentagon, the news quickly switched over to rower 1, just in time to see it too disappear.

Less than 5 minutes later, an announcement was made for all teachers and students to evacuate the school. During the next hour and a half, I kept in contact with my mom. She gave me any new information about the attacks. During this time, I worried about my friends and family in New York and Washington.

We later found out that the evacuation was a precaution, since a bomb was found in a NYC school. When our school was searched, a suspicious item was found, taken away, and detonated.

For the rest of the day, the teachers kept their televisions on. After I left school, I came home, turned on tv, came to the forums, yadda yadda yadda.

 

[Sheri]

I coudlnt go straight home, I had taekwondo...one of the first days I didnt want to go! i wanted to go home and talk to some people and stuff but...whatever