"I was in grade four. I lived in Ontario at the time, close to New York. They sent us home from school, and I remember thinking the news footage was a movie. 9/11 was definitely one of the biggest doses of reality I ever had as a kid." -- Kaitie Stevens
"I was eight blocks from the WTC and I heard both planes hit the buildings. A terrible day I will never forget! I feel like, for a few hours, I was in a combat zone. I remember those hours now. I can't imagine the stress our service personnel endured for months and years!" -- Bill Swift
@HuffingtonPost #WhereWereYou I was in the sixth grade I didn't grasp how big 9/11 was until I saw the adults in my school crying
— Allen Byers (@AllenByersJr) September 10, 2014 "I was at the grocery store with my youngest child. The man loading my car told me that a small plane had hit a building in New York. I didn't believe him. When I got home I turned on the TV and saw it. Have never been so shaken in all my life. I called my husband to make sure he wasn't working at the Pentagon that day (he wasn't). Then I rushed to our elementary school and brought my other two kids home. I just HAD to have them with me. Fighter jets flew over our house in DC for days and weeks after that. Terrifying." -- Chris Nielsen Berg
"I was in 11th grade in computer class. I'd heard in the halls that the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty were also gone, so I was feverishly searching the web for information. Then the school turned off the internet and I (and just about everyone else in the class) freaked out. Our teacher was oddly calm... appeared to be meditating. They released school early and most of my fellow drumline members came to my house and watched CNN." -- Nick Scholl
"I was having my daughter. When I came to I saw everyone crying and whispering. For those few seconds I thought my daughter died. I was so relieved to know that wasn't the case and so sad to know so many died while she was being born. Bittersweet moment." -- Susie Cervantes
"Supposed to go to work at the Pentagon that morning, but our crew got called off for the day." -- Wayne Hood
@HuffingtonPost #WhereWereYou Far away in India but the horror and shock could be felt across all those miles. And a sense of disbelief
— Sriya Ray Chaudhuri (@SriyaRC) September 10, 2014 "Was in Southport in England looking in an electrical store thinking it was a film on the TVs. When I realised what was happening, I cried my eyes out." -- Sharron Fidler
"Just joined the military five months prior. Was taking a class on radar operations when the Chief burst in the door and broke the news. We all laughed at first because he was quite the prankster and we thought it was just another one of his jokes. But the look on his trembling, red face when he told us it wasn't changed the mood very quickly. For the next two weeks, we were locked down on base." -- Marcel Wormsley
"I was in my first year of college in the student life office, about to sign up for the air force, when they put the news on the big screen TV in the game room. I never did sign up. It's always been a regret." -- Liz D Stratton-Mua
"I was in the fourth grade, and we were supposed to be reading our books. I pretended to be listening to an audiobook on my Walkman, but I was actually listening to the radio. Suddenly, the music was interrupted and they made the announcement. I was hesitant to tell the teacher because I didn't want to get into trouble for not reading, but then after the second plane hit, I heard the DJ say something about aggression and attack, and I went to the teacher and just asked her to listen to what I was listening to." -- Joshua Spanks
@HuffingtonPost I was 8, in Australia. I remember kids as school saying WWIII had started.
— Ella Olsen (@oxellabellaxo) September 10, 2014 "In building two, 46th floor. I knew immediately the terrorists had struck. Just had no idea they were using commercial airplanes. I thought they planted bombs. As we were proceeding down the stairs, they announced it was a twin engine plane accident and you can "stay where you were or continue downstairs," so I took the elevator. As soon as I stepped out on the ground floor, I heard the second explosion. My curiosity was now DEAD. I hopped on the last train to leave the underground station, unscathed, and didn't eyewitness any of the carnage."-- Patrick Montero
"I was there. Got knocked down by the force of the collapse of the first tower. Ultimately I walked all the way to NYU hospital, covered in dust, soot and grime. Got some oxygen, they gave me a sandwich, and then I got on the bus, went home and bawled for a very long time." -- Jennifer Mittelman
"I was in NYC, a 15 minute walk from the towers. I was sleeping when I was awaken by a loud sound of an airplane landing. I went back to sleep, not suspecting anything. I was then woken up by my phone ringing over and over. It was my parents from overseas worried if I was OK. I went downstairs and saw a cloud of smoke and dust approaching from down town. I went back upstairs and watched as the second tower collapsed. The helplessness was overwhelming. That evening NYC was eerily quiet as I walked by Macy's on 34th street that was lined up with US flags." -- Dana Agmon
"I am a teacher. That day I was on my duty period in the attendance office, checking in late students and listening to the radio. They interrupted the music with the new of the first tower hit. I called my husband who was already watching the TV with our elderly neighbor who had come over to tell him to turn on the TV and who stayed with him so they both would feel comforted. I was talking to him as he watched the second tower get hit. My husband is a Muslim, from another country. We feared for our country and were saddened by the loss of so many lives... And I feared for him. Fortunately, in our town, the only reactions we got were people reassuring my husband how much they cared for him." -- Rosemerry Rudesal
@HuffingtonPost #WhereWereYou. At my apartment in NYC . Then walked to work. My most stressful day bartending. Tears in the drinks.
— Paula Lukas (@penguinbar67) September 10, 2014 "In fifth grade watching channel one news. A teacher came in to our class and pulled our teacher aside, our teach came back in a panic and switched the TV to the news. None of us really knew what we were seeing as our teacher began to tell us there had been a terrorist attack." -- AaronandShannon De Senna Fernandes
"Waiting to hear from my wife, who worked at the Pentagon." -- Sean Evans
"I was in Disney World. The happiest place on Earth became very sad and somber. I cried all day. Vacation from hell." -- Randi Redington
"Home with my youngest child getting ready for his first day of preschool. My hubby was on the 80th floor of the South tower. I didn't know he had survived until several hours later when he was able to get a cell signal and call us. Those were the worst hours of my life." -- Pamella Bailey Orita
Some responses have been edited for clarity.
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