I think it was mine too, at Washington-Lee in Arlington. I remember walking

between 2nd and 3rd period and the class stoner came up to me all excited. "Yoooo.... there's a little fire at the Pentagon and we might get out of school for it!" I remember thinking "Getting out early is cool, I don't know why a small fire 2-3 miles away would justify that." Then I walked into 3rd period and it was on TV and saw the 2nd tower fall. Boy that stoner undersold what was going on that day. I also remember a ton of, what ended up being false, reports scrolling along the ticker of various car bombs throughout the DC area.

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Posted: 09/11/2019 at 10:29AM

How many of you first heard that a plane hit the towers here on TSL? ** -- DHokie 09/11/2019 09:37AM

I did -- Pylons 09/11/2019 3:02PM

Not me. I was on an airplane at the time.... -- The Bear 09/11/2019 1:50PM

Nope. I was in Baltimore, Goucher College when I heard it on the radio. -- YardBird 09/11/2019 1:22PM

No. Worked in NJ near NYC. My co-worker go a call from down there... -- Flemington Hokie 09/11/2019 1:11PM

I was a freshman at VT when it happened - my roommate and I had the same -- hokiehill1117 09/11/2019 1:08PM

Not I. I saw plane hit pentagon. Still see it, hear it, feel it, smell it ** -- ColoVT82 09/11/2019 12:09PM

Wow. Where were you? ** -- Brown Water 09/11/2019 12:16PM

Saw breaking news about the first plane... -- No1Hokie 09/11/2019 11:51AM

I was asleep in my dorm room in Barranger... -- MP4VT2004 09/11/2019 11:22AM

I was in 125 Barringer that am. -- hokie576 09/11/2019 1:50PM

Ha, that's funny...I lived in 123 Barranger. -- MP4VT2004 09/11/2019 3:03PM

Lived in Phoenix at the time... -- Burruss Writer 09/11/2019 11:35AM

We lived in the Dulles flight path - the quiet was definitely surreal ** -- HokieMacDaddy 09/11/2019 2:43PM

I most likely did. ** -- 48zip 09/11/2019 11:03AM

I was in Charlotte on a conference call with -- GreenvilleVT 09/11/2019 11:02AM

I will also always remember the weather that day. -- GreenvilleVT 09/11/2019 11:15AM

This really aided the hijackers -- LaneRat 09/11/2019 12:34PM

Naw, not that hard. Just tune up the VOR for LGA or DCA, then hope.... -- VToncologyNurse 09/11/2019 7:52PM

Weather in DC was beautiful - I was there for a work meeting -- HokieMacDaddy 09/11/2019 11:22AM

We just moved into our house in San Diego and was awaken by the answering -- wc hokie 09/11/2019 11:00AM

We had also been in our house in San Diego for about 3 months. -- mica 09/11/2019 1:32PM

Nope. Woke up late, turned on the television, and the first thing I saw... -- EDGEMAN 09/11/2019 10:56AM

Sitting in class at VT ** -- BRVT 09/11/2019 10:49AM

1/2 TSL, 1/2 lady at work with TV ** -- FfxStationHokie 09/11/2019 10:41AM

Me -- from a post by Culpeper Hokie -- Nova Hokie 95 09/11/2019 10:38AM

My office was in Arlington at the time. It was on TV in the office when I -- Brown Water 09/11/2019 10:22AM

No, from a co-worker. I was clueless for a few hours. At the time, I -- Late 80s Hokie 09/11/2019 09:57AM

I hadn't even started paying attention to VT -- hoosnowahokie 09/11/2019 09:55AM

I think it was mine too, at Washington-Lee in Arlington. I remember walking -- Hurley09 09/11/2019 10:29AM

I went into French class. Teacher was bawling because her husband -- hoosnowahokie 09/11/2019 10:38AM

Nope, I heard it in the car, before walking into a 9am in McBride 100. -- King Jaffe Joffer 09/11/2019 09:52AM

Thats my story as well.. including Mcbride -- One4VT 09/11/2019 10:26AM

o/ ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 09/11/2019 09:48AM

I think it was mine too, at Washington-Lee in Arlington. I remember walking

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