Where were you on 9/11/01

**ravenmaniac** · 09-12-2006, 09:59 AM

I was pulling up to work at Price Waterhouse in Linthicum at the time. I had Stern on the radio and they saw the plane fly in to the tower out their window. They thought it was a helicopter or something at first. We were supposed to have an all hands meeting that morning but when the second plane hit and the plane hit the Pentagon, we all started watching coverage on the web and in an office w/a tv. That was the end of work for that day.

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 09-12-2006, 10:10 AM

I listen to Howard Stern on Sirius all day while I'm at work and he replayed the show he did that day. It was very interesting to listen to his broadcast because Cabbie and Ralph called in and they were in their respective apartments downtown and could see everything that was happening. Their coverage was probably better than what we got from TV that day.

**ravenmaniac** · 09-12-2006, 10:15 AM

How did Stern manage that? I thought they weren't going to allow him to take any of the tapes with him?

**Losac** · 09-12-2006, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by ravenmaniac

How did Stern manage that? I thought they weren't going to allow him to take any of the tapes with him?

He got them in the settlement with CBS after they sued him. That's all they have been promoting lately is "the tapes", and on Labor Day weekend they played all-request bits from over the years.

The Stern 9/11 show was very good. It is interesting to hear how much he has changed his tune over the years though. On those tapes, he was screaming for war and to blow up the Arab countries, and even to go into Iraq to get Saddam (they played the tape from 9/11/02 as well). Today, he is a staunch opponent of the war and criticizes Bush over it every chance he gets.

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 09-12-2006, 11:10 AM

I agree, he has really come full circle on his views about the attack and what our response should have been to it, but the coverage that day was really great. I think that his views that day are what he really feels, but Howard has his own agenda and it's all about him and his career.

**ravenmaniac** · 09-12-2006, 11:12 AM

I'd really like to know what he is like today. I haven't listened since he left free radio.

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 09-12-2006, 11:15 AM

Howard was born to be on Sirius -- the show is great. Artie is extremely funny. I don't like some of the other people on the show now -- Sal the Stockbroker and Richard Christy. They are just too gay for me. But the show is really great and Howard doesn't have to rant about being censored any more.

**F Angelos** · 09-12-2006, 11:44 AM

I was woken up by my brother who is a pilot for United who told me before the second plane that we were under attack. No planes fly anywhere near Manhattan at that altitude and if one is going down they are going to try their hardest to crash it into water not fly full speed into a building. The amazing thing is if you read the 9/11 Commision report we didn't send out fighter planes to stop Flight 77 until 20 minutes after it crashed into the Pentagon! Pilots said they were told to fly towards the Atlantic Ocean because the Russians were sending missles at us! WTF?

**Losac** · 09-12-2006, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by SykesvilleFan

Howard was born to be on Sirius -- the show is great. Artie is extremely funny. I don't like some of the other people on the show now -- Sal the Stockbroker and Richard Christy. They are just too gay for me. But the show is really great and Howard doesn't have to rant about being censored any more.

Say what you want about Richard and Sal, but their prank phone calls are some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard.

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 09-12-2006, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by losac

Say what you want about Richard and Sal, but their prank phone calls are some of the funniest stuff I have ever heard.

The prank calls are great - no doubt about it (my turban is dirty was hysterical). But the gay stuff is nauseating. Today was so over-the-top gay that it made me sick.

**Bez513** · 09-12-2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by SykesvilleFan

The prank calls are great - no doubt about it (my turban is dirty was hysterical). But the gay stuff is nauseating. Today was so over-the-top gay that it made me sick.

Agreed....very very gay stuff...but it was funny. Enjoyed the Bubba (who I really don't find funny or entertaining) vs. Dee Snyder. I will agree as much freedom Stern has now he doesn't go overboard with the f-bomb every minute.

**Merlin** · 09-12-2006, 05:55 PM

I was in DC in my office which is 2 blocks from the White House. The office manager asked everyone to "stay in the building" after all the rumours were rampant -- I decided with a friend to take off at that point by car.

Took 3 hours to get out of the city to the burbs and since I got to the city by train, had to find a rental car at Rent a Wreck to ultimately make it back to Sparks.

This should not be a political event -- rather we should remember what the event was -- an attack on civilization.

**CrowMST3k** · 09-12-2006, 07:00 PM

I was at my High School (Calvert Hall).

I was walking to the bookstore to buy some pencils for my Algebra class, and on the news they had the footage of the North Tower and the gaping smokey hole in the side of it.

The headline on the screen said "Plane crashes into World Trade Center".

And as I was watching...live...I saw the second plane hit the south tower.

It was then that I went to the Cafeteria and began telling my friends about what I had just seen. It was unreal.

Then in my Algebra class, my Math teacher puts on CNN, and footage of the Pentagon in flames took over the screen.

It was at that time that I knew our country was going to war.

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 09-13-2006, 10:05 AM

Calvert Hall has TVs everywhere?

**camdenyard** · 09-13-2006, 12:34 PM

It was ironic that my first visit to NYC for a meeting (with a vendor on 47th St.) was on September 5, 2001. Yep, 6 days before. I came into NY Penn on Amtrak and remember seeing those towers very clearly as we approached the city from NJ. Little did I know that would be the last time I would see them.

I had to go back about 10 days to two weeks after the attack. I was carrying mag tapes and documents that were so sensitive that my company didn't trust a courier. What struck me was that the streets were so QUIET. Nobody was using their horns! It was like a funeral. Because I had some free time, I decided to check out "ground zero". Now, it was difficult getting around, but I did manage find a side street where they had erected a viewing platform out of plywood and 2x4s.

Now let me tell you, unless you were there and saw it for yourself, you could never appreciate the scope of the mountain of debris. TV and pictures I saw never did it justice. And the condition of the buildings surrounding the towers was unbelievable. Imagine thousands of tons of material hitting those building faces. That remains to this day my most vivid memory of that time.

**GirlsKickButt** · 09-13-2006, 12:50 PM

Like everyone else, I will never forget the events of 9/11/01.

I was working in Baltimore's WTC. (My company has since moved.) I had just walked into my bosses office, pad and pencil ready for a meeting. Just as I was sitting down, Sig, our president at the time, walked down the hallway and said "A plane just hit the WTC in NY.". Like a lot of you, my though was a small plane had engine trouble and hit the tower. My boss and I, along with a few other co-workers, went to the conference room and turned on the TV. We saw the tower burning. Still thinking it was an accident, after a few minutes, my boss and I returned to our meeting.

Then, another co-worker came down the hall and said "Another plane just hit the WTC!". Again, I went to the conference room and saw the second tower in flames. It was at this point I knew we were under attack.

After watching for about 15 minutes, I returned to my desk, stunned. I then started getting e-mails saying that a plane hit somewhere in DC. At this point, given the name of my office building, fear and panic started settling over me.

Next thing I know, my boss is telling everyone to get out of the building and that they are closing for the day. I grabbed my stuff and evacuated the building, along with every WTC tenant.

As I'm heading home down I-295, I listen to Lopez on 98Rock say the first tower collapsed. At this point, all the disbelief, fear and panic come to a head and I burst out sobbing uncontrollably.

Like everyone else, I spent the day glued to the TV, trying to make sense of everything. I couldn't.

I returned to work on Thursday, with Baltimore City SWAT (including my cousin Doug) guarding the building. I walked into the WTC that day willing to lose my life just to show those bastards they could not and would not stop this American from going on with life.

God Bless America!