Today's a very important day in the history of the United States of America. The 20th anniversary of 9/11 in which saw the World Trade Centers collapse after two planes struck both of the towers in New York City. Many people died from this event as well as many others would as well fighting for the United States in the Middle East over the course of the last 20 years.
I know there's likely a good chunk of you who weren't born yet or were too young to remember anything. However, if you do have some memory or story regarding this event, please share it below. Any trolling or hate speech will be removed, this is a serious discussion and forum bans could be seen.
I was almost 5 years old at the time and was in afternoon preschool at the time. I was with my Grandmother and her sister going to breakfast at a local diner. Which was a normal Tuesday and Friday morning routine. We would also go to the shopping mall where I'd play arcade games. My allowance was $5 each time and you actually got a few plays in for that much back in 2001. On our way back around 9am we heard Dan Rather of CBS News come over the radio and announce that one plane had hit the first tower. My Grandmother dropped off her sister at her house and then we went to my Grandparents. We opened the door and turned the TV on right away, just in time to watch the CBS breaking news show the second plane crash into the second tower. After that things became a little fuzzy for me. I remember my Mom leaving work early to come and get me, so I didn't go to preschool that day(which didn't happen at all.) My Dad came home at normal time from work and we spent the whole evening watching the news. It was a such a surreal time because no one really knew if anything would happen next. 9/11 is one of my earliest memories that is mostly flushed out in my mind.