Where was Walla Walla on 9/11?

Name: Christy Adams

What were you doing?: I was getting ready for work in the bathroom & listening to the TV that was on,heard a breaking news anouncement, sat with my jaw hitting the floor,crying as I watched the whole horrible thing unfold

Name: Brett Axelrod

What were you doing?: I was in 2nd period English class in 9th grade. My mother called the high school's main office and had them relay to me that my father, who worked in WTC #7, was all right and on his way home.

Name: Talitha Base

What were you doing?: I was getting ready to go to the hospital to watch my niece's birth.

Name: Aaron Buchan

What were you doing?: mom called early in the morning, waking us up, telling us to turn on the news.

Name: Colby Burke

What were you doing?: I was driving to work, turned off my CD player and turned on the radio and heard all about it. Wasn't sure if I should still go into work or turn around and go home!

Name: Shontina Coers

What were you doing?: I was finishing up the last details to our New York Builders Expo with my boss in the hotel lobby. When we asked the lady at the front desk for a cab to JFK, she begun to cry and pointed to the TV.

Name: R. Flanik

What were you doing?: I stopped working to watch the TVs in the weight room. They turned on the sound and everybody stopped what they were doing and watched.

Name: Rikki Gwinn

What were you doing?: Living in my first apartment. I was sleeping with my best friend came in to my room & said "America is under attack!" I dashed into the living room only to see the second tower be hit.

Name: Horte Hernandez

What were you doing?: dropping my kids off at school

Name: Dan Karas

What were you doing?: I was working on an architecture project in Chicago. It was pretty eerie being in a big city on that day. I remember hearing sirens everywhere & everyone was nervous.

Name: Chastity Maxwell

What were you doing?: I was in my car getting ready to go to work

Name: Ronica McCoy

What were you doing?: Running the Greyhound station, coordinating with Greyhound where all our buses were at the moment

Name: Kevin Melvin

What were you doing?: I was getting ready for school that morning listening to the radio like I always do. I remember thinking oh this has got to be a joke.. Shock sank in once the second plane crashed into the tower

Name: Amy Repoff

What were you doing?: I was getting ready to have a staff meeting regarding my departure from the office to move to Alaska.

Name: Sandi Roddick

What were you doing?: My husband and I were due to fly to Australia that afternoon. Since we were using frequent flier miles to go first class, our trip had to be booked 1 YEAR in advance. It took us 9 days to get out.

Name: Debra Rood

What were you doing?: I was drying my hair getting ready for work and saw the live footage of the airplane hitting the second tower.

Name: Shannon Smith-McKeown

What were you doing?: I was working as a Casting Agent for Disneyland. A friend called and said I shouldn't go in because it might be hit since it was the "Friendliest Place on Earth". Went home and baked orange rolls.

Name: Larisa Steele

What were you doing?: Just woken up, hadn't turned on TV, found out online in a group room what had happened.

Name: Carlos Virgen

What were you doing?: I was unemployed at the time and woke up after the towers had been attacked. I got a call from my then girlfriend and then turned on the TV to see what was happening.

Name: Gary Wright

What were you doing?: I had just returned home from an early morning Steelhead fishing trip with my catch of the day and had turned on CNN Headline News when I saw the report on the planes that had hit the twin towers.

Name: Hunter

What were you doing?: getting our 11 yr old son ready for school and about to greet daycare parents

Name: Kim

What were you doing?: My mom woke me up and told me to turn on the TV. I sat in stunned silence. I just bawled when I realized what was happening.

Name: Ambrea

What were you doing?: I was at home eating breakfast when i heard over the radio about towers being hit. I ran and told my mom and we turned on the TV. I went to school only to watch it in ever single class i went to.

Name: First Last

What were you doing?: I was in a sleepy haze while rocking my sleeping newborn. The haze I was in made the attacks seem surreal. I wondered what type of world I had just brought my son in to.

Name: Al Lenz

What were you doing?: On my way to work at the State Pen. We had a TV in our work area and watched the second tower get hit then the towers fall.

Name: Ame Nielsen

What were you doing?: Watching the news before going to work. Saw a tower w/smoke pouring out of it, screen said plane crashes into WTC. When I got to work,other plane had hit.We stood & watched all quiet, all devastated.

Name: Rigoberto Fernandez

What were you doing?: I was in School at Garrison, when our teachers and our principal announced about the attacks.

Name: Jess McMillan

What were you doing?: Erecting the first phase of the Stateline wind farm.

Name: Holly

What were you doing?: I was in a PhD program in psychology at a class on how to teach at the college level.

Name: Maria

What were you doing?: I was gettign ready for work. I couldn't believe the news.

Name: Maria Gonzalez

What were you doing?: Getting ready for class at Syracuse University. On TV all the channels showed the first tower on fire. My roommate and I saw the second plane hit and couldn't really process what we were seeing.

Name: Alasdair Stewart

What were you doing?: I had brought in the mail and turned on ESPN to check baseball scores. I thought I'd landed on a movie or TV show, so I switched to CNN, then called down to the newsroom in Nashua, where I worked.

Name: Angela Beam

What were you doing?: I was getting ready to teach my 4th grade students.

Name: Joel Clark

What were you doing?: Just starting the work day

Name: Carla Haen

What were you doing?: Getting my kids ready for school. When I received the phone call about what was happening, I was glued to the tv and watched the 2nd airplane make impact. Almost didn't get my kids to school on time.

Name: Sgt. Frederick P. Love

What were you doing?: Off duty and trying to sleep. Brother called and told me to turn on the TV...we both watched the second plane impact the Towers. How did I feel...wretched. Mad at the World...still am...payback.

Name: Ellen Mackler

What were you doing?: Never did normally turn on the television before work, but for some reason I did . . .

Name: Bridget Bergiel

What were you doing?: I taught at Berea High and was prepping for class. I listened to a local shock jock and thought he was playing a horrible joke on the audience, so I went to the library and asked them to turn on a tv.

Name: Mark Melahn

What were you doing?: I came to work at 6 AM that morning and heard from an employee about the first plane crash. I went to the conference room and watched the news all day that day in horror. I felt just sick all day.

Name: First Last(opez

What were you doing?: Getting ready to sleep (I worked night shifts)

Name: Amy Storm

What were you doing?: I was getting ready to take my daughter to preschool.. needless to say.. we never went! I went over to a friend's house and watched the television reports all morning long!

Name: LEILANI TURNER

What were you doing?: I was 10m pregnant and just had my radio alarm go off. I heard about the world trade center getting hit, screamed to my husband as we went flying out to the LR to turn on the TV. Total dismay.

Name: Tonya

What were you doing?: I was sleeping in bed

Name: Katrina

What were you doing?: I was getting ready to go to class at Eastern Washington University

Name: Rebekah Barnett

What were you doing?: I was getting my kids ready for school when I turned on the radio and heard about it. I initially thought the radio announcer was commenting on a new movie.

Name: Sandra Reeves

What were you doing?: Taking the kids to school. (I was sad because my sister was dying of cancer and died the next morning.)

Name: Michelle Borland

What were you doing?: At first I didn't know. I had just moved into my apartment and was getting ready to start my junior year at Western Washington University. A friend called and told me what happened.

Name: Dan Aycock

What were you doing?: Just awoke and turned on the TV in the bedroom as usual. Tom Brokaw was reporting the first tower being struck.

Name: Merry

What were you doing?: We were driving to the airport in Spokane; plans were to fly into Baltimore to attend history conference in Annapolis where my husband was supposed to present a paper.

Name: Erika Montgomery

What were you doing?: I entered my first period technology classroom at WA-HI to see the news. We all sat silently in shock with tears running down our faces.

Name: Paula Nolte

What were you doing?: Babysitting our grand daughter and thinking......I wonder if her parents realize how blessed they

Name: are to have this sweet little girl in their lives and will be here tomorrow.

Name: Susan Palmer

What were you doing?: Woke early, about 4:00 a.m. Startling news on NPR. Turned on TV, watched video of 1st tower, witnessed 2nd tower live. Paralyzed with grief and concern for NYC friends. Never wanted war. Still don't.

Name: Caroline Hains

What were you doing?: It was a beautiful morning in NY. I was in an adolescent psychology class. We were completely unaware what was transpiring. It wasn't until about 10am we understood all that happened that morning.

Name: gretchen harmon

What were you doing?: I was at The Bon ( now Macys) in Walla Walla shopping, when I heard the salesladies talking about some airplanes and some buildings.. It was only later that I found out what had happened.

Name: Jovanna Centre

What were you doing?: I was getting ready for work, preparing what to do or say for the middle school students that I worked with.

Name: Dorlin Haste

What were you doing?: Working with my employees grading gravel for driving ways into the towers.

Name: Leslie Rohn

What were you doing?: Three hours before the attack I felt a huge shift in what I call Consciousness. When I heard what had happened, it made sense....the consciousness of the world had shifted very much from this event.

Name: Myk

What were you doing?: I was 13 and home from school sick. When I first saw the news, one plane had already hit the first tower. After paying closer attention I realized what was going on and how savere the situation was.

Name: Shawna Corbett

What were you doing?: My television was set to wake me up at 7:00, my husband and I both had to be to work by 8:00. I heard Good Morning America say breaking news. I was lying there in bed. I sat up with a big gasp.

Name: Judy Clark

What were you doing?: Was taking care of my boyfriends Father who was dying of cancer. Was due to fly out there on 9/11. Took an earlier flight the night before. Woke up to see the horrible destruction on t.v.

Name: Karen Binder

What were you doing?: I was just waking up to Mark & Brian on the radio, they were trying to make sense of the first airplane strike. I turned on the TV just in time to see the second hit.

Name: Rhiannon Bockus

What were you doing?: Just waking up and was watching the news, went visit my dad Donnie Bockus before he passed away a year later. He made me turn it off, because he said didn't want to see innocent people dying.

Name: Linda Figgins Gayton

What were you doing?: Walla Walla--home getting ready to go to my classes @ WWCC.

Name: Chris Macdonald

What were you doing?: Just finished working on the morning newspaper press run.

Name: Ryan Jensen

What were you doing?: Calling customer service in NY to pay a bill. The rep informed me they were closed due to what had happened. I didn't know what she was referring to so I turned on the tv and got my answer. :(

Name: Megan Hoel

What were you doing?: I was sitting in Senior History Class... We literally moved from class to class through out the day watching the news coverage the entire time.

Name: Kimberly patzkowski

What were you doing?: I was actually at work at Walmart when I heard about it.@

Name: Swentik

What were you doing?: It was my senior year of high school and I wasn't sure what was going on. Government class was starting and there was a TV with the news on. No one talked we just watched in horror.

Name: Angelica billingd

What were you doing?: I was waking up with my 3 month old daughter.. When I heard about the attacks.. I remember holding her tight thinking it was going to be the end of the world!!

Name: Jeramy

What were you doing?: I was sitting on the couch eating a bowl of ceral before school just after the news coverage started.

Name: Ashley Erdman

What were you doing?: I was 11 year's old getting ready for 6th grade at garrison middle school my best friend called my family to tell us to turn on the news and i watched the second plane hit the tower.

Name: Larry Hoof and Kathy Foster

What were you doing?: We did not learn of the event until Wednesday morning when we met up with the boatload of Swedes we had partied with the night before at the locks. The locals told us that day "we are all Americans!

Name: Kelly Hartley

What were you doing?: The desk clerk in our tiny hotel was pointing to his tv. He didn't speak English and we thought he was showing us a movie. It took a long time for us to comprehend what was happening back home.

Name: Ronald W. Seifert

What were you doing?: Having my morning coffee watching the NBC Morning Show. At first no one had a clear view of the first aircraft that hit the towers, so it was unsure just what type it had been. Later we knew, ours.

Name: Zachary Fraser

What were you doing?: Just waking up

Name: Chris Alford

What were you doing?: Just starting the morning. Work up late on my day off to watch the Price is Right. Turned on the tv and was scared and confused.