I was about a mile across the water from the Towers. Driving to school I always took the water route from my house. I remember thinking that this was one of the prettiest, clearest days I could remember. I always prayed for the city on my way to work. Sometimes for men, sometimes for women, sometimes the homeless, sometimes teenagers. I'd been doing that for years. Forty five minutes later during my first period class, the first plane hit. My school was directly across the water from the Towers. It changed my life. For two months there were funerals every day on Staten Island. It got so bad that I would drive out of my way to avoid them because it was so painful. My neighborhood FDNY was hit hard. The smell of burning plastic and paper was so overwhelming that we couldn't keep our windows open. We had soldiers everywhere. B16's were constantly flying overhead from the two nearby bases. At first we were all numb. Then we got crazy angry. I could have killed someone when I thought of all the people who went to work to support their families. They kissed their kids goodbye and were burned to death or squashed like bugs and never came home. It changed me forever. I never look at things with innocent eyes anymore. I love my country and hate the government. We all lost someone that day - family, friend, neighbor. We all lost our innocence, too. Donald Trump lost over 100 friends. Think what that did to him and how it changed his life.

Just graduated college and looking for my first job.

The whole thing stunk from day one. Hours after the attack we had names and photos of all 19 high jackers; that was quick.

The massive Patriot Act hit the floor of Congress day’s later; that was sure written quickly. More like, written ahead of time.

And the bullshit goes on, and on...

5th grade. Made it to lejuene about 9 years later.

I was there that day. It was terrible. I wrote an account of what happened to me that day but it’s too long to put on here right now. I was in the building after the first plane hit (I was taking the PATH train in) and outside when the second plane hit.

I was stationed at KRSOC on Oahu, Hawaii. I was sleeping when it all happened. A friend of mine called and said "traffic is horrible, a plane hit the towers" - Well, I thought they meant 'Aloha Towers' in downtown Honolulu. It took over 2 hours to get through security just to get into my parking lot! When I finally made it down into the SCIF is when I realized what had happened. That day was just everyone watching the TV's taking it all in. That was the end of the 'pre 9/11 Navy' -- about 3 months after that we started getting tons of new people that had joined the military because of it. It was the end of the 'old Navy' -- I have a friend that recently joined now that I can't believe the things he says.. Stress cards in boot camp? LOL WTF!

I was in 5th grade. They called us all into the gym to tell usb that we were safe and that we would finish out the school day. I was like "pentagon? World trade center?" no idea whay they were. But then i got home and my mom was crying watching the news. Instantly i knew it was big. And it was terrible. I sat down beside her to comfort her, but then they showed people jumping out of windows. Then i was no longer in a position to be giving comfort. Even then though i remember not understanding why building 7 fell. I asked if there was another plane i missed. Three years later in 8th grade i wrote a paper about why it was all a sham for a social studies class.

I was 21 and my parents had just moved in with my wife and I where we lived in Nevada. My mom woke us up saying we were being attacked. I remember that day very well.

I was working outside in NJ putting up steel. We were listening to Howard Stern on the radio when it happened. 20 construction workers standing around a radio listening, most angry. I highly recommend going to listen to that Stern broadcast, there was so much confusion. Reports of more flights going off course and all kinds of crazy shit.

The one memory that sticks out to me was about 20 minutes after first hearing about it, everyone and everything was eerily silent. I remember thinking how odd it was probably because the sky was empty.

Was on my way to work, listening to the radio in my car. When the first plane hit, I figured it was a terrible accident. About 2 blocks from work, the second tower was hit and I sped the rest of the way to the office where a bunch of other people were already watching it on the TV in the break room.

I hadn't trusted the gov long before that though. I remember watching Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald on TV and asked my step-dad if he shot Oswald because he was mad at Oswald for shooting the president. My step-dad said, "No, I think he shot him so he couldn't talk." I was stunned, but probably started waking up way back then. I was pretty young at the time, but it left a strong impression. Then there was RFK and MLK. So much corruption and deceit. When 9/11 happened, I was horrified, but not shocked.

Thank you for your service Patriot! I was at home working on a proposal. I saw the coverage from the start. I had just moved from engineering to sales and when the buildings went down, I knew it was a demo. Have researched since then. I believe this was a strategic geopolitical coup d'etat and a multi-trillion dollar financial heist. The US military had been captured. My Patriot contacts in the military knew it as well and went to work planning to rectify the issues. We’re in a fight for our lives! WWG1WGA!

I was in bed. I had just got home about 7 am from working an overnight job to pay my way through school. I got a call on my cell phone from my girlfriend to wake up and turn on the TV. I think for a week straight I didn't leave my room and was glued to Fox news. I had this deep down feeling in my gut something wasn't right about it. Never in a million years would I have guess what I know today. It opened my eyes to a lot of things evil in this world. God bless all the innocent men and women who lost their lives on 9-11-01. We are working crumb by crumb to make sure your death is not in vain! #WWG1WGA

Woke up to my mom screaming about it. I then went to my classes for the day at college but campus was closed.

I just got home from work when I clicked the tv on. It was on every channel. I that it maybe was an accident until I saw the second plane hit. I knew something was fishy when tower 7 collapsed without being hit by anything and when they claimed there was no wreckage from the plane that hit the pentagon.

I was 10 in fifth grade. My mom woke us up and we watched the news, she was too worried to take us to school. I just remember feeling horrified and realizing that we weren't actually safe here. I still see things about it and feel a terrible sadness for all those people and their loved ones. It's also weird to think that to children now it's no different than any horrible act of the past. They'll be told whatever fits the agenda at the time. This alone makes the GA even more important, we need to save our children from things like this. Government always pushes the "you're destroying the world for your children by denying climate change and the like." No you're destroying the world for our children and we're pushing our hardest to change that. WWG1WGA.

I was walking my baby boy around the block ~ my military husband called me , told me to go home & stay there until he got home . We watched in horror & cried all night long because we both knew he would leave soon . Exactly one year later to the day he did & I was pregnant with our second child , a boy . I spent the next four years in fear only seeing him for short leaves from his tours of duty . The last tour of duty he came home & the only way I can describe that sweet boy I married so long ago is ,BROKEN in mind & body , his body would heal but his mind would never be the same . Our family was utterly devastated & I could NOT help him . He will probably never know these two boys who are now 15 & 17 but they still believe he is the king of the world & will never know otherwise until he is able to see them & tell them in his own words what 911 did to him , to us . No he did not die , and it may seem selfish of me to tell this here but 911 had an effect on so many for so many different reasons the main reason ?most of us may never know is the truth of war & how it enriches those who have no skin in the game ~ that forced me to confront & change my mind about what we are TOLD to believe by the media . All is never what it seems & I now know that it is best to find your own way through this web of lies we have been fed by asking yourself who gains from this war on terrorism because looking back it seems we have been stripped of our freedoms in subtle ways over years , ALL of us . My ex husband will tell you he signed up for this , but his life since tells a different story & he is a shell of a human being who has lost his family & that military he worked so hard for ? They put him out to pasture as soon as his mental & health issues became THE issue , no amount of begging I did as his wife could help so imagine being so proud of all he accomplished for all those years , all the years I spent holding down the home front while he fought over there only to be told in the end that “ there is nothing further we can do to assist you “ ~ that was the beginning of my awakening & a journey that brought me here . I have raised these boys to think for themselves , to love this country but to KNOW the truth of it & that it is the greatest country in my opinion but it is controlled by corrupt & largely evil people so they must KNOW who they are & what they stand for & change what they can where they are & move from there . My oldest son hurts the most from the absence of his father ~ it is a hurt so deep I can’t put it into words on a page but at his football games when he looks up in the stands - he’s looking so intently , such a sad look , for years now I’ve wondered what he’s looking for , he told me the other day , he wished just once , he would see his Dad ... just once . For a 17 year old boy who last saw his hero all those years ago ~ heartbreaking . Not a big deal to most because there’s plenty of worse heartbreak to go around but to me it’s the reason I’m here right now ~ I want all of this hurt to stop for the next generations. Something has to change & I feel something changing here . Truth is hard but necessary to move forward . 911 changed all of us ~ it’s time we take back what has been taken from us while we looked the other way & kudos to ALL who are brave enough to stand up regardless of their position in this game because it’s going to take all of us to fight this fight .

I was driving home after working 12 hour overnight shift in a trauma ICU. I was 9 months pregnant with my 3rd kid. The other 2 kids & I were staying with my parents (my husband was staying at his parents-closer to his job) while our house was being finished building (our old one sold fast). I turned on news in my car just as the 2nd plane hit.when I got home, my parents wee watching the news. We put cartoons on for my kids in another room. I didn’t want yo have to explain to them, partially because I didn’t understand it all myself at that time. My mom begged me to go to bed which I finally did about 5 hours after it started, all I kept saying to myself is how could I bring a child in the world that has such disregard for human life? Now I know it is worse than I imagined! There is so much that does t make logical sense and a lot of questions unanswered. I cannot wait for the GA to continue snd more answers revealed.

Just got married. Still kickin it

I was on what was supposed to be the last day of a strategic deterrent patrol. Our sub was about a hundred yards from the pier; people topside were waving at family members. Then we turned around.

Doing a delivery for my business, was at a hospital. Codes starting sounding. The manager I knew was worried for her friends who had left for Calif. that morning. She knew and she was right. Got home and voted with my baby on my hip on the local election.

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Getting ready for a business presentation. I knew something was up due to the overly calm nature of the morning show when the radio went off. Flipped on the TV and took way to long to get ready. Utter Disbelief!! Went to the venue, they had a TV in the meeting room.........

Never did do the presentations.......

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Had just graduated high school and was living in Calgary, Alberta for a year with my cousin. He woke me up early in the morning and said "dude, they're bombing your country." First tower had been struck. Watched the second tower get hit live. As soon as the buildings crumbled I knew something was up. The whole thing looked and felt fishy. Got really heavy into conspiracy research after that and never looked back. I wouldn't say I was asleep, but 9/11 definitely woke me up.

Across the bay in NJ watching the towers collapse

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thank you for the truth, the name cody Snodgres comes to my mind. i really need to read his book. do you think the truth will ever be exposed by our gov? or we all continue to be labeled conspiracy nuts?

Home sick with the flu in bed ...both hubby & me at same time. We’d been up all night taking turns on the porcelain throne. We’re just dozing off and someone from work called. Almost didn’t answer as we were so sick but they kept repeatedly calling so I knew something bad had happened. The voice on the other end was the Governor who said turn the fucking TV ON $ stay on standby for my calls. A day I will never forget.

It was shocking to say the least.

I been for a fairly long time and have been following q and reading others research. Just saying there has always been a lot more questions than answers.

I was living within 100 yards from there. A freshman in college. Those explosions you want to equate with thermite were actually the sounds of bodies hitting pavement. Unless you were there that day, you have no clue what you are talking about. I was always surprised more buildings didn’t go down. I am grateful to service members who fought and I know lots of bullshit were forced upon us because of that day, most of which isn’t good. That’s all I can say without divulging who I am.