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Thu, Sep 15 2011 05:48:55

On September 11, 2001...

On the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, I asked people on Twitter to tell me what they were doing that fateful day. Here are some of their responses.

  1. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    What were you doing #onSept11, 2001? Please let us know and include that hashtag.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:34:09
  2. outtacontext
    outtacontext@outtacontext
    I was working right across from White House on 9/11. Initially, we simply didn't understand the magnitude of these events. #Sept11 #OnSept11
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:02:42
  3. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    #OnSept11, I was working a few blocks from the White House. We evacuated, walking north. Everyone in DC, walking. Perfect weather. Numb.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:36:03
  4. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    #onSept11, just after 9am, I saw a Yahoo headline, "small plane crashes into trade center." Then the Internet stopped working. Then phones.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:39:10
  5. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    @outtacontext I was at 18th and K. Walked north to Dupont circle. We did a buddy system for people who didn't live locally. #onSept11
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:39:46
  6. the_nomadess
    the_nomadess@the_nomadess
    @acarvin Got home from a late shift, turned on news- imm. rang boyf at the defence acadmy ADFA. He woke th rest of cadets. #OnSept11
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:40:13
  7. HAMDIRIFAI
    HAMDIRIFAI@HAMDIRIFAI
    @acarvin #onSept11 I was trying to contact my wife in Manhattan
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:40:08
  8. purplehayz
    purplehayz@purplehayz
    @nprnews I was late to work and so saw the first special report, rushed into the office for my team when 2nd plane hit #onSept11
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:41:39
  9. thebookmaven
    thebookmaven@thebookmaven
    @nprpolitics #onSept11 at Ft. Hood, TX. I was on the phone from Killeen chatting w/my oldest friend from Walden, NY. Chatting soon stopped.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:42:51
  10. RonAJohnson
    RonAJohnson@RonAJohnson
    #onsept11 #Luxembourg military secured U.S. Embassy; people of Luxembourg offered #Americans their love & sympathy. I will never forget.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:42:32
  11. AinyKazmi
    AinyKazmi@AinyKazmi
    #onSept11 I was the pregnant Muslim mom of a 1yr old, horrified by what I was seeing on TV and worried about my children's lives.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:43:59
  12. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    #onSept11, I organized my first only community to sort out news in real time: SEPT11INFO http://bit.ly/rnpJis http://yhoo.it/pWRq3Y
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:49:30
  13. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    #onSept11, my brother @ericcarvin sent out the first email to the listserv I created that day: http://yhoo.it/puhcci
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:50:50
  14. Tufts91
    Tufts91@Tufts91
    I was pregnant with my twins, watching the scene unfold from home. I was afraid that my babies would feel my sadness. #onSept11
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:50:35
  15. JTenBrink
    JTenBrink@JTenBrink
    @nprpolitics: #onSept11 I was on the Q train on the bridge between the 2 strikes. #NeverForget
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:50:33
  16. Daloosh
    Daloosh@Daloosh
    @acarvin #onSept11 I was packing my bags to go to VA and start studying at GM- never happened, went to Canada instead #EgyptianMuslim
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:50:03
  17. Heba_ismaeil
    Heba_ismaeil@Heba_ismaeil
    @acarvin in Egypt turned on tv at 3pm (9am ET) 2 c the plane crashing.changed channel saying"these American movies are becoming ridiculous"
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:49:15
  18. JamalDajani
    JamalDajani@JamalDajani
    #onSept11 was 1st week for my son in school in San Francisco. Parents and teachers had to speak to traumatized children about what happened
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:54:29
  19. PeaceLoveEmyli
    PeaceLoveEmyli@PeaceLoveEmyli
    #onSept11 I was in 3rd grade in the library wondering why all the teacher were crowding around the tv.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:54:20
  20. acarvin
    acarvin@acarvin
    #onSept11 I remember how @ericcarvin spent the day compiling a list of the dead for the AP wire, wondering if he'd see friends on the list.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:58:11
  21. Mou2amara
    Mou2amara@Mou2amara
    #onSept11 as an Arab Muslim in the US I prayed to God the people who did it weren't Arab and weren't Muslim.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:56:14
  22. rich1
    rich1@rich1
    #OnSept11, I was poll watching in Brooklyn for #NYC mayoral primary. Was talking to NYPD officer & someone went to her to ask if she heard.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:56:28
  23. misterspike
    misterspike@misterspike
    #onSept11 I tried frantically for 3 hours to reach my buddy @FrancoOrdonez in Manhattan until I learned he was OK.
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:59:28
  24. amino15
    amino15@amino15
    #onSept11 I was at downtown Cairo, Egypt and I could see the look of surprise and disbelief in the faces of the people CC @acarvin
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 06:58:28
  25. TheAlexandrian
    TheAlexandrian@TheAlexandrian
    My #onSept11 memory is vivid but not too noteworthy. Four weeks prior, however, I had finished my summer job at the WFC, adjacent to the WTC
    Sun, Sep 11 2011 07:01:33

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Senior strategist at NPR. Online community organizer since 1994. Former director of the Digital Divide Network. Writer. Photographer. Dad.

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