this is an exact post from another forum...
thought i'd share my view with you guys. unfortunately, i only had my roommates crappy digital camera, but you get the point.
on 9-11-2001, i was away from home, at a "retreat" for a peer leadership program for my HS (i was a senior). we were in a camp kind of in the middle of nowhere, so we had just taken a break, and one of the teachers was lazy so he drove his jeep from the room we were in to the room where he was staying, and heard about everything on the radio (this was at about 11 AM). shortly after, our group assembled in the main room. i'll never forget where i was or how i felt when the leader of our group told us that there had been a terrorist attack on the united states. my jaw dropped open for about 5 minutes, and we all decided to leave early and go back home. i didn't talk the entire bus ride back (2-3 hours), and when i got home, my friend and i volunteered to stay after school with elementary school kids who's parents might not be coming home. fortunately, they were all picked up.
a year later, i went to school in hoboken, and every day i see a blank spot where the towers stood. one of my best friends at school lost her father that day. i for one will never forget what happened, and i hope none of you do either.
my grandparents remember where they were when pearl harbor happened, my parents remember the day in school when JFK was shot, and i will never ever forget where i was when those bastards took down the twin towers.
i also forgot. the lazy teacher that drove his jeep and heard about the attacks on the radio...
was also personal friends with todd beamer. you know, the "let's roll" guy. they went to church together.