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Empowering Independence. Redefining Social.

Where were you?

I was in 5th grade. My teacher turned the news on and we didn’t do anything in class that day. At 10 years old we all understood that our country was under attack. One by one, all the kids were going home. I think it was just me and maybe 1-2 other kids in the class, same as the bus ride home. I get home, and my dad is sleeping on the couch. I woke him up and asked why he didn’t pick me up? He had been watching a war movie, and breaking news came on, HE THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE MOVIE and fell asleep!!!! Boy his reaction when he found out it was real. He grabbed his paint and a brush and went to work, tears in his eyes with every stroke. I wish I still had a photo of that mural. #neverforget

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Daniel Curry@ITDept 3mo

I remember ... My father called and woke me up, as I was in San Francisco. I watched 10 minutes of the news, then loaded out and wen tto the office. With my California illegal SKS, Glock and as much ammo as I could put on the motorcycle. By the time I got the office, near PacBell park, the CEO had messaged EVERYONE to stay home. I replied where I was and how I was prepared for issues that might pop off. That french frog blew a mental gasket. He stormed into the office and found himself at the business end of that SKS, until I identified it was him. That same evening, I went to the recruiter's office. And was turned down, because of my discharge type. The following week, I was arrested .. in that same office, for having driven into the office, armed. That same french frog stood before the police and lied through his teeth, telling them i had not shown up with firearms, but a ball bat, to defend our office ... just in case. Three days later, the company lawyer got me out of the clink. The wife was happy and pissed at me. Not because I got arrested but because I tried to re-up with talking with her about it, first. I told her then, and stand by it, 23 years later, she had her priorities all sorts of confused.

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@ITDept now that’s a story!! I can’t imagine what my reaction would have been if I were an adult. At 10 I completely understood that meant war

Hammer@Hammer 3mo

I really hate this post… I was driving around when my soldiers called me and said someone had hit the tower. (The first plane) I called for 100% accountability of my platoon. Having seen these kind of events happen before (Desert Storm), I instructed everyone to get all their affairs in order immediately, review their family care plans, and pack their shit. We weren’t the first to deploy, but our turn would come just 3 months later. Life as we knew it, had just changed.

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@Hammer and hasn’t been the same since

Jason @AllDayJay84 3mo

It was my senior year of high school in NYC I could look out the window and see the smoke from the building and most of the students freak and ran down to lunch room where the pay phones were to check in with there love ones

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@AllDayJay84 my husband was nearby also 😞

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

My heart is doing things listening to all of these stories. Keep them coming guys!! Love seeing the activity and respect here for the fallen.

Steven Leisure@SunEBoy 3mo

I was driving a large box truck in SWFL. Had to pull off the road for the second time in my life to catch my breathe and reset my brain, first was Challenger. Being the fact it was a huge bomb threat got shutdown couple times so called the boss and he said pack it in and comeback. Glad I had a company logo on the door because if you didn't the truck had to sit where Law enforcement saw you. Weird eery feeling that morning was the lack of noise, everyone staying home so very little traffic and no planes.

Scott Pearcy@ScottPearcy 3mo

@SunEBoy When Challenger happened, I was in Nuclear Power School in Orlando..... I was outside and I saw the smoke from the explosion in the sky...

Steven Leisure@SunEBoy 3mo

I was in Nebraska driving around handing out sales promotion flyers for a mobile home company guy I was with couldnt stop weeping, wasn't a cry just his eyes were leaking.

Jason Clark@ClarkJason160 3mo

I was working in Maryland when that happened.

Jake From State Farm@JakefromStateFarm 3mo

@Tinkerbell I was 14, woke up to see my mom crying (I was homeschooled) saw the videos of the planes hitting, and thought I had a really bad dream so I went back to bed hoping I'd wake up and it things would be ok.

Jesse Pruden@jpjr 3mo

Phone rang. Best friend was calling to see if I was watching. Told him I had been busy and no TV on. Not all was sad that day. My son was born 9 months later.

Skip Elliott@Mad_Bagger 3mo

I was in college walking between classes. The second plane hit shortly after I entered the building. The class I was going to - ROTC

Caitrin Abbott@Lady_Alchemy 3mo

I was in my living room, my 2 year old twins playing on the floor, my newborn in my arms. I got a frantic phone call from her dad saying I needed to turn on the news. I watched it live in real time as I fed my baby a bottle. I remember just crying and apologizing to my children. Because the world I was raised in and thought I was going to raise them in changed before me eyes. "We will never forget" rings true because even with partial amnesia, I never forget that day.

Jerry Garcia@GarTexan 3mo

I was in the Navy in Groton, CT. in a meeting and came out of it to see it on the news and instantly went to work to prepare the inport Submarines for the days, weeks, and months that followed. Didn’t have time to call my family until late at night.

Ryan Williams@1fine79 3mo

Ft sill Ok. At the barracks after PT getting ready for first formation

Ryan Deeters@RyanDeeters1979 3mo

9mm range in Ft. Hood.

Steven Leisure@SunEBoy 3mo

Would love to see it, was it in public view? Maybe a neighbor has a picture.

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@SunEBoy he painted the 3 fireman holding the flag on the side of his old van. I don’t have any photos unfortunately

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@SunEBoy he painted this and it looked like a photo

Scott Pearcy@ScottPearcy 3mo

@Tinkerbell I was active duty in the US Navy, in port, in Kings Bay, GA..... I was teaching a training topic to the ship's Engineering Department.....

Lizzy Middleton@Tinkerbell 3mo

@ScottPearcy that must’ve been a little scary

Scott Pearcy@ScottPearcy 3mo

@Tinkerbell It was more chaotic than scary...... But I met a lot of people who were returning from deployment that got turned around to put warheads on foreheads in the Middle East....