9th grade…i found out 4th period gym,my friend came in and told me towelheads flew planes into pentagon and trade centers…i thouhgt he was joking…and he said it was on tv…and i asked what movie was he watchin?? i had no idea what he was talkin about at first…crazy that we are still affected by this
i came into canisius college somewhat early that day…had a 930 class and was in around 8. went straight into palisano pavillion, which is basically the mini-computer lounge with pool tables and tv’s. when i walked in, there was a bunch of people watching TV, which was odd because NO ONE is ever in palisano before noon. i didn’t think anything of it, and sat down at a computer. i noticed one flashing AIM news ticker saying a plane had hit the trade center, but again, didn’t think anything of it. i randomly looked up at the TV as the second plane hit the towers. instantly, i knew what was happening, and knew everything would change.
for some reason, i actually went to my class, and despite my protests that class should be cancelled so everyone could watch history unfold, class was held. i walked out of the class every 5-10 minutes to check the TV which was right outside the class in old main. i got lucky to catch as the first tower fell. i opened the door, yelled into the class that one of the towers was going down, and EVERYONE in old main basically simultaneosly emptied into the lobby to watch.
i went home after seeing the second tower fall…deciding i wasn’t spending this horrific day in class. i literally spent 2 entire days watching CNN. i turned it on as soon as i got home…watched it all afternoon, all night, no sleep, skipped classes the next day to keep watching. i got so caught up in everything that the world stopped completely for me. i spent most of the time calling friends i knew in the areas…from people living in manhattan to those who worked in the capital district by the pentagon. a friend of mine was at georgetown and would send me pictures of the pentagon smoking and in flames from his rooftop. even seeing the damage of the pentagon over a month later from the rooftop, it was still frightening to look at. i did get a ton of pictures of it…
sigh…i got teared up watching the special on CBS last night…mostly as it showed the giant bronze plaque comemerrating all the firefighters who died.
i still say build the towers as they were again…to defiantly show that we are not afraid. the towers were icons of NYC and should be rebuilt as such…
I was on campus at NU and going to my religion class I got into class and knew immediately something was wrong. The teacher informed everyone of what happened and we were told classes were cancelled and I believe they evacuated campus for a while. Our campus shares some of the Niagara power plants property and we are the backdoor to the power project. They were worried that it might be a target for another attack. I went home watched everything on the news and called my family members.
I was in school. and that’s all i remember 
i just saw chris a few days ago, i love that kid. did he have his super gnarly dreadlocks at the time?
he graduated 3rd in our class but refused to sit on the stage during graduation. one of the most solid, smartest, unique people i have ever met.
and i think its biondalillo.
i was in earth since my first year at ws east senior, i had lab study hall and i watched it through the rest of the day.
i was watching one of the lovely WTC shows on TV before, and watching that second plane hit, man that was really something, like to know that it really was real and that really happened. it was kinda wierd cuz they showed the exact broadcast that i watched on 9/11 when the second plane hit. it was wierd because i remember every word they said and everything showed on the screan in detail.
i was a sophmore in highschool and i was in my one technology class it was at like 10AM so everything already happened but we had no idea untill someone in the class right next to us (the rooms we joined by a door and they were always open) and someone came out and said the twin towers just fell. we are all like WTF quit jokin around. so we went over in the other room (it was a computer lab and everyone was streaming the video of it and stuff and from then on we didnt have a real class the whole day we just sat and watched what was happening in everyclass. the crazy thing is that in the class that i first heard about what happened my teacher knew someone that worked in there but i dont know what came about that.
i got hame that day and just watched tv non-stop and everytime i saw it being replayed i was like this has to be a dream its crazy that someone would do this
yeah hes a good guy, and im pretty shure he had some wild dreads at that point too… almost as wild as my afro