NEVADA
"Where were you on 9/11?" as remembered by those in Nevada that day.
The memory of a Nevada gamer who learned about the terrorist attacks from another player in the game Tribes (1998).
1. "I was drunk. I'm the only person I know who was drunk, considering it was early Tuesday morning. I was drinking beer and playing the video game Tribes, which was sort of a great-grandfather of Call of Duty. A guy remarked about the towers being hit and I shot him in the head.
When I tried to find news about it online, I realized every news site on the Internet had crashed under the load. I eventually found the story on slashdot.org and my immediate reaction was just,
'Damn, that's f**ked up.'
Then my roommate's girlfriend came out of her room, sobbing and screaming
'THEY CAN'T DO THIS TO US, WE'RE THE GODDAMN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!'
That's when I thought:,
'Shit. There's gonna be a war.'"
- T. N.
When I tried to find news about it online, I realized every news site on the Internet had crashed under the load. I eventually found the story on slashdot.org and my immediate reaction was just,
'Damn, that's f**ked up.'
Then my roommate's girlfriend came out of her room, sobbing and screaming
'THEY CAN'T DO THIS TO US, WE'RE THE GODDAMN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!'
That's when I thought:,
'Shit. There's gonna be a war.'"
- T. N.
Written Stories
2. "On Saturday September 8, my adult daughter and I dropped my husband off at McCarran Airport in Vegas. He was flying to Phoenix to visit his family and had a return flight booked for September 11. I wasn't going with him because I don't like to fly. To me, it was a great opportunity to stay with my daughter and her family while he was gone.
I thought about seeing him to the departing gate but after my husband and I had recently moved, I kid you not, I kept a box cutter in my handbag. I had the thought,
'What if airport personnel stop me if they see that I'm carrying a box cutter? I'd better remove it from my purse.'
As I mused aloud, my husband and daughter laughed, and just told me that there wasn't any reason for me to go inside the airport. My husband and I said our goodbyes and I had a nice time with my daughter's family that weekend.
On Tuesday September 11th, my son-in-law woke me at about 6:30 am and told me that my husband was on the phone. I wondered why he was calling that early in the morning, he was set to come home that afternoon, I hoped he hadn't changed his mind. When I answered the phone my husband told me that America was under attack, people were hijacking passenger planes and crashing them into buildings. I don't believe I grasped what he was saying because I begged him,
'Please, please don't get on the airplane today.'
He told me,
'You don't understand, I can't get on an airplane today.'
My daughter turned the TV on in their room and we all stared in horror. Fortunately, my husband still had his rental car. He left Phoenix and drove straight through to Las Vegas. He didn't have any way of knowing if the Hoover Dam was closed off so he took another route into the city. It was a wise decision because as it turned out, they had closed down the Dam entrance.
I took my grandchildren outside that day and told them to look up because they'd probably never see another time in their lives when the skies weren't filled with airplanes.
My husband finally arrived safely home in the rental car. I can't tell you how thankful we were to see him.
- Marilyn Shockley
I thought about seeing him to the departing gate but after my husband and I had recently moved, I kid you not, I kept a box cutter in my handbag. I had the thought,
'What if airport personnel stop me if they see that I'm carrying a box cutter? I'd better remove it from my purse.'
As I mused aloud, my husband and daughter laughed, and just told me that there wasn't any reason for me to go inside the airport. My husband and I said our goodbyes and I had a nice time with my daughter's family that weekend.
On Tuesday September 11th, my son-in-law woke me at about 6:30 am and told me that my husband was on the phone. I wondered why he was calling that early in the morning, he was set to come home that afternoon, I hoped he hadn't changed his mind. When I answered the phone my husband told me that America was under attack, people were hijacking passenger planes and crashing them into buildings. I don't believe I grasped what he was saying because I begged him,
'Please, please don't get on the airplane today.'
He told me,
'You don't understand, I can't get on an airplane today.'
My daughter turned the TV on in their room and we all stared in horror. Fortunately, my husband still had his rental car. He left Phoenix and drove straight through to Las Vegas. He didn't have any way of knowing if the Hoover Dam was closed off so he took another route into the city. It was a wise decision because as it turned out, they had closed down the Dam entrance.
I took my grandchildren outside that day and told them to look up because they'd probably never see another time in their lives when the skies weren't filled with airplanes.
My husband finally arrived safely home in the rental car. I can't tell you how thankful we were to see him.
- Marilyn Shockley
3. "Hubby and I were living in Las Vegas. We had two separate vanity areas of the bathroom and he had finished shaving and went to the living room to watch the 6 AM news. I was in my vanity area, putting makeup on. All the sudden, he screamed. Full on, deep from his gut SCREAMING. I ran to him and saw what he saw. The second plane flying into the second tower. Over and over. Christ on crutches.
We both had to go to work, there was a lot of chaos and confusion. My mom was stranded in Detroit, Michigan and it took at least two days to get her home.
I'm sorry. This is too much. My cousin Rusty died at the Pentagon
I wish everyone reading this peace and a long memory."
- Gail Haun
We both had to go to work, there was a lot of chaos and confusion. My mom was stranded in Detroit, Michigan and it took at least two days to get her home.
I'm sorry. This is too much. My cousin Rusty died at the Pentagon
I wish everyone reading this peace and a long memory."
- Gail Haun