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ohiotiger33

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Jul 19, 2010 8:01 PM
Simple question.

I was in 7th grade, and in English class when I first heard the news. We started watching the coverage after the first plane hit, because at the time, we all just thought it was a crazy accident. Then, when the second plane hit, we all knew that there was something larger happening...what a crazy day. I cannot believe it happened so long ago.

Sorry for the downer thread, but I was having the conversation with some people about this tonight, and it got me wondering about the OC community and what they were doing on that fateful day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:01pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:02 PM
I was on break at work. We heard the announcement on the radio.
Jul 19, 2010 8:02pm
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darbypitcher22

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Jul 19, 2010 8:02 PM
7th grade P.E. playing Matball... Didn't find out about it until I got home and after football practice and stuff was cancelled, school pretty much concealed everything from us
Jul 19, 2010 8:02pm
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skank

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Jul 19, 2010 8:04 PM
Was at work, listening to it on the radio.
Jul 19, 2010 8:04pm
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Bigred1995

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Jul 19, 2010 8:05 PM
When the first plane hit I was on my way to work in Fairfax, VA.
Jul 19, 2010 8:05pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:07 PM
Was at home getting ready to move back down to OSU. Had just stopped working the summer job the Friday before so I was home watching tv when it all started. I sat there in shock and watched the coverage all day. It was surreal.
Jul 19, 2010 8:07pm
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jmog

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Jul 19, 2010 8:11 PM
Senior year of college and Akron U, was in a stupid elective/general requirement class "Exploring Music: Bach to Rock". The class was until 9:55 am and we didn't know still at that point. I went to the student center to do some homework, was doing it for about an hour and then found out by a friend walking by. I wasn't near a TV while doing my homework.

One hour later they sent everyone on the campus home.
Jul 19, 2010 8:11pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:12 PM
I was at work when I heard the news, the radio station thought is was just a plane off course until the second plane hit, at that point it became real.
Jul 19, 2010 8:12pm
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lhs7870

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Jul 19, 2010 8:18 PM
In the teacher work room. Saw the second one live. Very long day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:18pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:19 PM
My junior year, sitting in my Algebra 3/Physics block class, when our asst. Principal came across the PA and said the Pentagon was on fire.

No one knew what to think or what was going on.
Jul 19, 2010 8:19pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:22 PM
7th Grade English
Jul 19, 2010 8:22pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:28 PM
Sitting in sophmore English class in high school. Our athletic director randomly walked in, whispered something to our teacher who then turned the TV on and we saw the smoke from the first tower and no one knew what was going on. Probably didn't have the TV on for more than 2 minutes before the second plane hit. Didn't do a whole lot in school the rest of that day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:28pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:30 PM
At work while listening to the radio online. Wasn't long until the internet came to a crawl. Not much work got done that day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:30pm
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rip34

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Jul 19, 2010 8:52 PM
On my honeymoon in Puerto Vallerta Mexico. The plane ride back on the 15th was fun.
Jul 19, 2010 8:52pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:55 PM
I was in 10th grade in typing class and we already were watching the news so I saw it when it first broke and went around to every class and told them what happened and to turn on the news.
Jul 19, 2010 8:55pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:56 PM
sick and at home listening to howard stern. He stayed on for a long time that day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:56pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:56 PM
I was at work. My assistant at the time came over to me and told me her husband claimed a plane had collided with the WTC. Moments later I saw a number of member heading to the break room to watch the events on TV. I spent the next few hours in there watching it all unfold on TV until they told us all to leave.
Jul 19, 2010 8:56pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:57 PM
Freshman in college. Early morning speech class. Got back from class and my roommates dad called and said "turn on the tv now." We just sat there and watched it for the rest of the day.
Jul 19, 2010 8:57pm
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Jul 19, 2010 8:58 PM
7th Grade Science Class
Jul 19, 2010 8:58pm
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queencitybuckeye

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Jul 19, 2010 9:11 PM
I was at the office, talking to my wife at home about the first plane when the 2nd one hit.
Jul 19, 2010 9:11pm
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Jul 19, 2010 9:15 PM
11th grade World History class.
Jul 19, 2010 9:15pm
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adog

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Jul 19, 2010 9:17 PM
Wife and I were about 3 hours from boarding a plane for vacation in Las Vegas. We were actually in wally world picking up a few items for our trip when we saw the events unfold on a display tv in the store.
Jul 19, 2010 9:17pm
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Jul 19, 2010 9:29 PM
On a college visit at Columbia Unviersity.
Jul 19, 2010 9:29pm
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Jul 19, 2010 9:39 PM
I was in algebra class my Freshman year of high school. Periods had just changed. Just as the new period began, the principal came over the PA and announced what had happened. Our class was silent. Our algebra teacher, the loudest mouth in the school, didn't say a word for at least 5 minutes. Then he broke the silence with "It kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it?" and didn't say anything else for another few minutes. I will never forget that.
Jul 19, 2010 9:39pm
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Jul 19, 2010 9:40 PM
6th grade at Jones Middle School, 1st period, Senora Kiefers spanish class
Jul 19, 2010 9:40pm