Written Stories:
1. "I was sitting in kindergarten classroom at Preston Elementary School.
My parents came to pick me up and took me to my grandparents' house three hours away. We held up there until we were given instruction that the coast was clear. I recall watching people skydiving from buildings without parachutes... at least that's what my father told me was happening."
- Reddit user /u/Miningman664
My parents came to pick me up and took me to my grandparents' house three hours away. We held up there until we were given instruction that the coast was clear. I recall watching people skydiving from buildings without parachutes... at least that's what my father told me was happening."
- Reddit user /u/Miningman664
2. "I was visiting my parents who lived in a small town in eastern Oklahoma, turned on the TV right as the second plane hit.
I had a dentist appointment that morning so I listened to the coverage on the radio as I was driving. The towers fell as I pulled into the parking lot and I couldn't believe what the reporter was telling me.
I just couldn't visualize it.
There were long lines at the gas stations by the time I got out of my appointment and the police were there I guess to keep order. As we were waiting in line, employees kept going outside to raise the price on the sign. I would actually love to pay those gas prices today!"
- Reddit user /u/badcpa
I had a dentist appointment that morning so I listened to the coverage on the radio as I was driving. The towers fell as I pulled into the parking lot and I couldn't believe what the reporter was telling me.
I just couldn't visualize it.
There were long lines at the gas stations by the time I got out of my appointment and the police were there I guess to keep order. As we were waiting in line, employees kept going outside to raise the price on the sign. I would actually love to pay those gas prices today!"
- Reddit user /u/badcpa
3. "I worked evening and was asleep that morning, my wife called and woke me up. She heard about something strange on the radio so I turned on the television and told her a plane hit the World Trade Center. I hung up, turned off the TV, and went back to bed.
When I got up a few hours later I found out it was worse then just a plane crash."
- Reddit user /u/Doolittle88
When I got up a few hours later I found out it was worse then just a plane crash."
- Reddit user /u/Doolittle88
4. "I was on the trim (custom woodwork) crew doing the law center renovation and expansion at OU Law. Someone came by and said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I figured it was a Cessna or something and kept working.
When the second plane hit, law center staff set up a TV in the main lobby area and everyone in the building, students, professors, all the construction workers just sat and watched it all unfold. I remember there was a woman that had some sort of connection with a person on site and was incredibly upset.
Never found out if she lost someone close, but I like to think she didn't."
-Reddit user /u/UsefulAssumption
When the second plane hit, law center staff set up a TV in the main lobby area and everyone in the building, students, professors, all the construction workers just sat and watched it all unfold. I remember there was a woman that had some sort of connection with a person on site and was incredibly upset.
Never found out if she lost someone close, but I like to think she didn't."
-Reddit user /u/UsefulAssumption