i know its alil late but i wanna share my 9/11 experience. i was in the Army when 9/11 happened. when i look back, i found somethings to be very strange. anywho..
that morning i had a physical training test. they test u on push ups, sit ups and a 2 mile run. i think i ran the fastest 2 miles i ever ran. 13:58. when i went back to the barracks and turned on my computer and get on AOL and right on the front page was pics of one of the towers with smoke. i blew it off as another failed terrorist attack. someone banged on my door and told me to get down stairs FAST. my dumbass took my sweet time. this whole time i was thinking it was another failed attack, no big deal. i get down stairs and my 1st Sargent informed us that we were under attack and we needed to get our gear on. this next part sucks..i was posted at the dining facility for 6 hours to check everyones id card that came in. i saw th 2nd tower come down on tv when i was having breakfast. ill never forget that day. Whats funny about the whole thing is that we were suppose to go on a training exercise on the 12th. we NEVER go out to the the field in the middle of the week. we had monday off, and that tuesday was suppose to be an easy day. in fact i was gonna go get my windows tinted on my car that day.
well after guard i was told to go pack cus we were going to deploy that night. i was really scared and nervous. i hadnt been to war yet. the closest i got to it was the 2 tours i had in korea. when i get to where our trucks were, it was madness. since we were packed up for the field, not war, we had to unpack everything and repack. wrap everything in bubble wrap, weigh the trucks because we were leaving that night. well we didnt deploy that night. but my unit did deploy a month later. in that month we trained our ass off. 9/11 lasted 3 months for me. constantly on guard duty, not allowed off base. that day i woke up at 5am and got off the following day at 3am.
9/11 really brings out a lot of emotion in me. it was a life changing experience. i remember sometimes thinking about all those people dieing and i would become overwhelmed with emotion. the army wasnt fun anymore after that. i deployed twice to iraq. on the bright side..im a veteran now and im going to school. i got A LOT OF PUSSY after 9/11 too lol.