It has been 14 years since 9/11. Most of Eastern Michigan University's students were children when the nearly 3,000 victims lost their lives, but they still remember:
- 1. Dominique Canning, senior, majoring in linguistics
"I lived in California at the time, so we actually got everything three hours later. But I was only in second grade, so I didn't really know what was going on. I also remember that a friend of mine was really upset, because it was her birthday."
- 2. Ashlea Martin, graduate student, studying student affairs
"I was in seventh-grade English. Another teacher came to the back of the room, looked horrified and ran to the computer to pull up what was going on. And our English teacher immediately had us pull out pieces of paper and have us write a reflection on that very moment. Because she said, 'This is going to be big and change our lives.'"
- 3. Morgan Putt, freshman, marketing
"I was in preschool, and I don't remember a whole lot, except for my parents telling me that my one cousin was in New York at the the time but they weren't close to what happened. They were on the other side of Manhattan. Nothing extremely bad happened to them, but it was still traumatizing for them."
- 4. Emanuel Terrell, junior, electronic media & film
"What I remember from 9/11 was basically me hiding under a computer desk. Just hiding, I don't know why. It sounds really bad to make it sound like that. But I just hid in there and didn't come out until Mom was like 'In Michigan we're ok. Nothing bad is going to happen.' That was really it. I just remember hearing stuff on Fox News about the ... crash."
- 5. Monica Rasmussen, second bachelor's degree Nursing student
"I grew up on a farm. I was on the farm at the time. And I remember the skies had absolutely no planes in them, and no jet trails, and it was silent. And that's what I remember."
Jon Woodring, freshman, computer science
"I'm pretty sure I was in my house. I was very young. I don't really remember much except my Mom made me go down to the basement and I think she was crying."
