[OnlyManInTheWorld]

Yes, I remember that day and my mom watching TV.

[LovingYourCareer]

Barely. However, I remember how I was staying over at my cousins home.

I was too little to remember of course.

[robotdanger]

Originally posted by DAP

I actually have zero recollection of what went on that day. I asked my mom about it before and she said the district cancelled school after the first plane crashed and everyone had to pick their kids up (I was 7 and in 2nd grade). I don't remember any of it, even though this is the type of event that would have a vivid stay in your mind until you die.

Interestingly enough I ran across a study claiming a lot of people born post 1990 don't really remember what went on that day. Are you one of those people?

Same story. My mom told me that she had to get me from school. I was going to a school in Downtown Chicago at the time, and they thought that they were gonna hit the Sears Tower.

[Nikolai.]

Originally posted by Mr.Marvelous

THis, and I'm not American.

What does not being American have to do with this

This was WW news for months, and still is every year

[Attitude]

I just remember being a lil pissed off that they weren't showing cartoons on KPBS.

[StonedSoulPicnic]

Yes, I was 8 years old when it happened. My mother picked me up early from school because she was worried about me. When we got home, we watched a news broadcast about it.

[Nutitle]

Not really, but I remember my mom watching the news and then telling me what was happening, I didn't really care that day, I was 4

[MarryTheMonster]

I was 4, so no I don't

[J a y]

I was 10, so yes.

[Saint]

Yes and it was a pretty weird day tbh

[Gagamon]

Yeah I was in third grade and I #rihmember my teacher coming into my classroom SCREAMING and crying. I didn't really know what was going on but she eventually calmed down.

Then I remember coming home and both my parents were just watching the news...I think I didn't really process what was going on because I honestly remember not caring. Then my parents explained it to me later that night.

The next day my teacher asked us to do some sort of drawing related to 9/11 and I just remember drawing a building on fire and people jumping out and dying on the ground.( )

I only realized how awful my drawing was when I became older.

[Benjamin]

I was 9 and all I remember is being told by a teacher in our weekly Wednesday (so the day after) assembly to pray for the victims. It might've been a special Tuesday assembly, but considering it happened right before school ended I doubt it.

Originally posted by Nikolai.

What does not being American have to do with this

This was WW news for months, and still is every year

You don't really watch the news as a kid though, and when something happens in a far away country its less likely to make an impact on you. If i were American I'm sure I'd remember being sent home from school and being attached to the TV all day, as a Scottish guy it was a normal day where I went home and probably played games or watched kids shows.

[Dancehall]

Yes. I was also in second grade and although I remember very little of elementary school, I remember that day.

[2014]

Yep, remember waking up seeing my parents and sister shocked watching the TV. They repeated the scene of the planes hitting the buildings over and over again

RIP to the victims!

[Aciid]

Yes I was in the 3rd grade. We had tv's in our classrooms and the teacher explained the situation and had us watching the news.

[its_britney_bitch]

Originally posted by Benjamin

I was 9 and all I remember is being told by a teacher in our weekly Wednesday (so the day after) assembly to pray for the victims. It might've been a special Tuesday assembly, but considering it happened right before school ended I doubt it.



You don't really watch the news as a kid though, and when something happens in a far away country its less likely to make an impact on you. If i were American I'm sure I'd remember being sent home from school and being attached to the TV all day, as a Scottish guy it was a normal day where I went home and probably played games or watched kids shows.

It's not like America's an irrelevant country sis I'm Scottish and I don't remember it but 9/11 was obviously a huge deal, there's documentaries on TV about it all the time

[Pandora]

I have absolutely no recollection of it at all

[jpow]

Yes, I was 10 and in 5th grade.

I was in school and remember during our passing period, everyone was talking about it. When I got to my next class, we didn't do anything but watch the news collectively. We did that for the rest of the day. When I got home, that's all we did as well.

[Buddy!]

Yes, vaguely tho. I was in first grade. I remember I was at lunch and we all had to leave smh. I was soo mad, I was starving. I remember one of the reasons why we had to leave was because A) i'm from Mass, the state where the planes took off and B) one of the pilots that was killed initially was from my town.

Anyway, I remember trying to watch TV at home, but all that was on was news coverage of the attacks. I don't remember much after that, but it was pretty scary.

[Vertigo Stick]

Yep! One by one kids were being picked up by their parents. A lot of us were thinking a fight had happened or something Then my mom comes and gets me, she says "America is under attack" (she's also very dramatic). On the way to get my other sibling she tells me my grandmother is worried sick because my grandfather worked in the Pentagon and no one could reach him. So it was a very long and emotional day. I couldn't watch the news without breaking down because I was worried about my grandfather! My grandfather ended up being okay in the end.