The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is coming: where were you that day ten years ago when you heard?

The radio alarm went off and the news was that some bomb had gone off in NY somewhere. (NPR).

Then reporters who were now on the roof in NY said they thought a plane had hit the Towers. (NPR).

We switched to cable news and SAW the second one hit. (CNN).

The dog needed her walk RIGHT THEN....I took her but she got a very short one so that I could go back in a watch the news.

Even though I went to work, not much beyond discussing this got done that day.

Our family was at Universal Studios, we were literally clueless until they finally closed the parks sometime after noon. We didn't understand why, none of the attendants would give any reasons but as we walked by the shops we saw people surging around the tv and finally saw the devastation. We were herded out the gates told we could get refund tickets and everyone walked to their cars in shock.

We sat all day by the tv in our hotel room wondering if the parks would be next, wondering if we should cancel and go home like so many other people were doing. Our family in Nebraska offered to drive to Florida to come and get us. But we stuck it out went back to the parks in a couple of days to new security policies and lines to get bags of all sizes checked.

The only good part was that the parks were nearly empty the rest of our stay. But the images of that day and the loss of all those lives will be with us forever. God bless all those families.

When the first tower was hit I was standing outside with my daughter at her bus stop. When the second tower was hit I was inside on the phone with my sister who normally works in NYC but wasn't that day, with the t.v. On.

I was just speechless, horrified and profoundly sad. I cannot believe almost ten years has passed.

I was a substitute teacher in a middle school science classroom. The school secretary came bursting through the door and said to turn on the television and keep the students in the classroom until further notice. I sat in shock, trying to answer the students' questions as best as I could.

I called my mother, woke her up and told her to turn on the TV...there was a crisis! The first moment they opened the hallways for students to change classes, I found my middle schooler son then my high school aged daughter in the hallways and hugged them. My first opportunity I went down to the elementary and hugged my youngest child.

The building is Kindergarten through 12th grade all under one roof and all three of my children were there. I just needed to touch them to feel a bit normal again. Just a reassurance of their safety though I knew we were all fine!

On my lunch break I drove to the gas station and filled up my car with gas, just in case of price hikes.

I had just dropped my car off to Midas to have some repairs done and when I returned to work my co-workers told me what happened. I was totally in shock and a bit uncomfortable what was going to happen next. That was truly a sad day for the American people.

I remember it well. I was just getting out of the shower and getting dressed for work. Watched it all on TV that morning.

We actually closed our office that day. It was for sure a stressful day. My initial reaction was shock and revenge.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.