I had just gotten back to my tent on Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait, I had just turned the TV on and saw a plane hit the second tower, thinking it looked like a good movie. Then Bryant Gumble came on and I realized it wasn't a movie. Soon after reports of the Pentagon attack and the Flight 93 crash came on. Then the sirens started going off, and it was back to the Patriot site I went, Guards were issued full combat loads, instead of the normal 2 magazines. I remember watching the towers fall thinking, whoever did this is a dead man. Little did I know 8 years later we would still be searching for the SOB. Personally I think we should turn the whole region into a sheet of glass, and send Exxon in with radiation suits to restart the oil pumps. Just my 2 cents.
Everytime I see 9:11 on a digital clock it gives me chills.
As High-Cap 1911 said, I also lived near DFW airport. It was the weirdest feeling for days not seeing planes land and circle the airport.
For years as a kid I can remember people saying that my generation had no memorable moments. No JFK assasination, no war, nothing of consequence. 1st there was the terrible Challenger 7 explotion live on TV, and then this.