Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[@JonHolida2]

That has to be one of best written songs I've ever heard. The thoughtfulness of every line to give the different prospectives and reactions to the same event. All while not focusing on demonizing anyone for the act just love and caring for your fellow man to recover. It is simply a piece of art that still gives my goosebumps to this day.

[@Peg__]

Well said!

[@jamescurfman3284]

Alan is the real deal. :)

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

He also reminded us of Gods love and the gift he gave us. Eternity with him if you believe in him ❤️ That lasts longer than what’s down here. This life is fleeting~

[@MCMNasty2]

This puts into words what I’ve always felt about this song but didn’t know how to say. Thank you.

[@blakeswafford8954]

U know it only took him like 15 to 30 minutes to write it

[@tammycarter6096]

When he first sang this song it was at the CMA'S and it had not been recorded yet. It was an instant number one hit on every radio station in the country no mater the genre. After that any profit he made from it went to the survivors of 9/11.

[@GingerGuy93]

I even remember hearing it on a rap radio station almost every day for weeks post 9/11.

[@shadowgirl8038]

The vision of the people falling or jumping from the windows of the Towers, is burned into my memory forever.

[@SugarwoIf]

I consider Jackson a living legend, his catalogue is full of great, meaningful, traditional country music. I would love to see more reactions to his music.

[@kim4707]

This song still gets to me today. I wish we as Americans could come together like we did then. It didn't matter your skin color, we were united to defend our country against an evil that wanted to destroy us that day.

[@terryskidmore6739]

That day we were all Americans 🇺🇸

[@Jimthefurryworm]

its like everyone has forgotten that now.... i am afraid that we will have another one soon but with our current leaders the reaction will not be the same..... sad to say

[@jerrymoadj.r.1911]

Hey y'all I just want to say from the bottom of my texas born florida raised heart ty to the United Kingdom for playing the star Spangled banner after this happened at the changing of the guards 💘 y'all will never ever forget that ty again

[@kitsunelee007]

I remember watching that and sobbing myself sick. It was a huge comfort but it also confirmed it wasn't a nightmare.

[@charlestontouch]

Agreed..well said

[@W.A.R.R.]

Just went to an Alan Jackson concert and when he played it may have been the single most moving experience I’ve had at a concert. Crowd just dead silent during, and the cheers afterwards were deafening. I think Alan himself may have teared up

[@frame3139]

Sadly that’s the last time this country was ever really united, sadly.

[@cathywilson1273]

I remember that unity; it was a very strong bond!!

[@benrolen6367]

I would argue 2011 was truly the last time. When we got bin laden the whole country celebrated. It was all downhill from there

[@Yugioh420]

And the true fear is if it took something like that for us to be United as one for such a short time, what will it take to unite us all forever? And how many if us will survive it to even count as all of us?

[@nmendiola96]

😭 so true

[@loshabillospuntocom]

The only time you mean

[@S1L3N7xGHOST]

I was in the north tower a week before 9/11 just touring nyc with my family. My friends dad was supposed to be on one of those planes but he decided to stay home with his family instead. He keeps his plane ticket in his bathroom mirror to remind himself.

[@kellywilliams364]

My mother- in-law was in the Pentagon when it happened. Thank goodness she made it out. But she did loss 40 friends. This song really hits home for me.

[@jimreilly917]

On September 12 Her Majesty Elizabeth II ordered the Queen’s Guardto play the Star Spangled Banner at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham. As an American and former USAF, to me that’s the coolest thing Britain did after WWII.🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@yesiamawildflower]

As an American, I often forget that everyone was just as horrified as we were. My hands are shaking typing this. Your reactions evokes a lot of emotion in side of me, good and bad. you all are so genuine and thank you so much for this, I needed this tonight.

[@lorir5728]

I'm in the US and never heard it before. Seeing the images and the words absolutely still make my stomach drop. I remember everything that day

[@ESUSAMEX]

I am a native New Yorker who was living abroad on 9/11 and I lost a family member that day at the World Trade Center. Due to the US airspace being closed, I couldn't return home until 9/20. Before returning to the US, I was at language school emailing friends and family about the attack and trying to get my return flight date changed. While sitting at a computer, an alarm at the school began to blare. Someone had called in a bomb threat to the school. Everyone -- Americans, other foreigners and native locals--- began to run. Luckily, it was just a sick joke. I saw many women and girls trip and fall due to their high heels while trying to escape the school. The airport security the day I returned home was insane. Bags were checked at least three times before being able to board any flight heading to the US. I saw a pilot for an American Airline decked out red, white and blue with a necktie of the Statue of Liberty and the WTC in the background. He stood at the door to the jetway watching everyone board his aircraft. Once everyone boarded, he double checked the jetway and entered the plane. When I landed at Newark Airport in New Jersey, there were cops everywhere with AR15s. My brother told me that it took him an hour just to reach the airport entrance due to the security. Then it took us more than 3 hours to get home to Long Island.

[@damonculbert5853]

I was born in ‘04 so I’ve only seen videos of 9/11 and it’s terrible I can’t imagine what it was like to witness it in person not only that but to lose a family member I’m sorry for your loss.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@damonculbert5853 Thanks!

[@brittkelly6326]

So sorry for your loss- and to be so far away. Cant imagine how long that trip and wait must have felt

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@brittkelly6326 Thank you.

[@markmallecoccio4521]

Another interesting one on this theme is when the Buckingham Palace guard played the Star Spangled Banner on parade the next day

[@imnot_givingmyname_2a_machine]

I finished this video & went straight to that one, still gets me. 🇬🇧 🤜🤛 🇺🇸 Ya'll are real one's for that. Respect

[@veronicah2225]

This song captures the feelings of those days... better than anything I have ever seen or heard.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Almost 20 years later, I still get so emotional when I think of that day. Ironically I was watching BBC morning news on BBC America as it happened. They were in just as much shock as we were. And no I didn't get much sleep that night at all....God Bless you all and God Bless America

[@terryskidmore6739]

Thank you 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@rowdy7480]

I remember the silence of no airplanes after that. It was eerie

[@PaulSmith-ep5lj]

It was super scary and eerie especially if you lived in the area.

[@LeeLee-pk4ss]

I still feel weird when I see a plane flying low

[@dragonwithagirltattoo598]

I saw two fighter jets but otherwise the sky was silent. It was very odd.

[@Nutmeg142]

It’s still really hard to hear this song. I still cry like a baby. I was a brand new Airman in the USAF. I’m retired now and spent 20 years fighting the war of terror. Lot of good that did us. But thank you our awesome UK allies too. I had a nice tour at RAF Mildenhall.

[@meganshortsleeves]

20 years ago, I was 17...and I witnessed my teacher’s reaction to being told that her family member was on 93. I immediately felt her pain and grief and I am just now learning how to cope with it. There were three events that happened at the same time in America that day, and I always feel that 93 gets over looked. However, the story of that flight and the heroes on that flight, changed me for the rest of my life. Please do a reaction to Flight 93 trailer...the A&E version of the movie, not the theatrical. And also do a reaction to Alternate History Hub’s video of what if the 4th plane hit its target. Both videos are full of inspiration and bravery. Thank you.

[@Nygiantsrocks2007]

I was in elementary school in Sarasota, Florida

[@LadyGator1983]

9/11 Will forever be in my mind and never forgotten. I remember where I was and what I was doing. I remember feeling like the world was ending. My heart broke for all those lives that were lost. I had a coworker that was cocounsel to A law firm that I worked with. His office was in the north tower. He was an older gentleman and had never been late for work a day in his life. He was always the first one there and the last one to leave. On that tragic day, he was late for work. There were so many stories like that. Never forget 9/11!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tracylbuxton2957]

My husband is a Disabled Army Veteran that was in 27 years and did 7 tours to the Middle East. We will never forget what we were doing that day. I completely agree with the message in this song. Sadly, there are SO many that were either too young or not even born when this awful day happened. These are the ones that say we are wrong for fighting.

[@Ekdrink]

I was born 2 years after I still will never forgive nor forget.

[@thewfprofessor2914]

I was in 6th grade. Tuesdays where current events day in the morning. This time it became all day. I had also just visited New York City 2 weeks before. I went with my dad to visit an old friend who worked in the North Tower. He passed on 9/11. Almost 20 years later and I'll never forget

[@coltoneast2164]

Amazing song. Also one the best country singers ever. This event made the whole country unite and we were ready to fight anyone. Sad now how most young kids now hate America and hate most things about us.

[@johnholder4208]

Because they are ungrateful brainwashed cry bullies with serious selfish entitlement issues

[@SammyTCG]

I was only 5 years old. I remember my kindergarten teacher turned on the TV in class and we watched the news waiting for our parents to come pick us up early from school. There's not too many things I can vividly remember from that young, but that's one

[@emmigirl1833]

I was in 10 grade economics class and we watched it waiting as well for what was going to be said and done

[@shootem5568]

Same exact story here bro. I was in kindergarten and I remember the teacher turning on the TV. One of my earliest memories now..

[@samrominski2290]

I was 8 and my two brothers were 5 and 3 months old

[@zachdemand4508]

That's how it went for me too except I was 8.

[@joycesteudel3597]

My daughter was in New York at the time teaching school in Brooklyn, almost everyone student in her class lost someone that day. Traveled across the country shortly after that and the flags were waving everywhere.

[@nepasuperscenters8783]

I was a high school senior in Queens and my father was FDNY. I spent the night wondering if I’d see him again. Thankfully he made it, but he lost friends, colleagues and family. Most of my friends also lost someone. It was a horrifying time.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

I was at my 17 th floor Apt across the street from the Oklahoma City Memorial on Sept 11 on my balcony staring down at the reflecting pool and 168 empty chairs remembering how 6 years earlier the FDNY answered the call during our darkest days as I watched the towers fall tears ran down my face. It doesn't seem like 20 years have passed

[@theresamauldin4273]

I cried and prayed. I was so sad and mad at the same time. Wanted to help rescue those still trapped, also wanted justice for ALL of the victims alive and dead. All I could do is pray. Thank you to the first responders and everyone who pulled together to save as many as possible. God bless America and the American people.

[@sheilavidrine1750]

He made this song right after! It got my heart! He nailed it. That is exactly what we did. It was scary not knowing what was happening or if more was going to happen. I love Allen Jackson! I’m crying again!

[@lilmandee2709]

It's been 21 years and I still cry every single time I hear this song. I was 15. It's the first time I had ever felt vulnerable to evil as a free American. I was in JROTC, ready to join the military. I ended up getting in a wreck n didn't join. But still, brings tears to my eyes n vivid memories.

[@sassytbc7923]

This day was one of the most terrifying one of my life. I called my father and asked him what to do when your country is attacked. I knew he would know as he already Been through it via the pacific theatre in WW II. his answer was simple.. pray.

[@goin2green]

I still cry every time I hear this.

[@kimmiebarnhart9763]

I worked for the government in military testing. We were testing US Marine vehicles that day. I watched 25 youngsters (ages 18-23) crying, as we huddled around a break room TV. We watched the towers fall. They knew where they were going next. No more easy state side duty stations. I still get chills. 😣

[@Rdtrey]

You definitely need to do more Alan Jackson songs he has so many great hits.

[@WestliFerZul]

"Remember when" is an incredible song! Should do that.

[@G-grandma_Army]

Yes… and some fun ones, too!

[@janetgiddings5538]

@@G-grandma_Army Yes!!! Like the official video for, "Chattahoochee"! 😉

[@ChicagoDB]

My wife's mother was flying from Prague to Chicago that day to visit us...she was about an hour out from New York from the time...they were diverted, landed and grounded in Newfoundland along with many other US-bound flights. And naturally we had no real way of knowing what was happening 🥺

[@emmef7970]

Have you seen the documentary with Tom Brokaw about this event? 9/11: Operation Yellow Ribbon (Gander, Newfoundland) by Trabis. So many people are unaware of this amazing story and the part Gander, Newfoundland, (approx 10K residents) played in taking in over 6,600 passengers & crew members when there was a Ground Stop placed on all flights into the U.S. to prevent any additional terrorist attacks on the U.S. 38 commercial flights were diverted to Gander along with a number of military aircraft. Seeing the number of grounded airplanes in this documentary was stunning. Over 250 planes were diverted to various places in Canada. It's a beautiful, uplifting documentary. We saw the worst of humanity & the best of humanity on 9/11. Much respect & thanks to our wonderful, generous, good-hearted neighbors to the north. You have probably seen the documentary since you were affected personally by it, but if not, it is worth watching. Very uplifting story. Restores my faith in humanity that there are more good people in the world than evil.

[@battlegirldeb]

When I hear about the people who were diverted to Gander it makes me thing od the musical "Come From Away".

[@franmiltenberger1463]

I am an American great grandmother...I was at work when we were attacked. To this day I still cry when these songs are played. I also cry at the National Anthem. I can't even sing along due to the tears.

[@sandyangel4243]

Every American knows where we were that day. We stopped everything and we knew we were going to war. Young people stood in lines signing up for the war. We were beyond pissed. We united as one under that flag.

[@janetgiddings5538]

That stirs so many memories and emotions! It is a truely, amazingly incredible song. I remember watching him perform it on the awards show. It was like someone put a huge Band Aid over our hurts. I think it helped us heal. He wasn't going to share it, because he didn't want to be taking advantage. Fortunately, his wife and others told him it needed to be heard! What did you think of the song??

[@gabadboy2987]

Such a powerful and moving song the first time he sang it in front of a crowd he cried

[@Ravnaak]

I was in Kindergarten at the time. I just remember the teacher hushing everyone and putting the TV on. Then going home early just to see the 2nd plane hit on the news. I didn't quite comprehend what happened until years later. It really was amazing watching the whole world come together in support of the U.S.A. I just wish we could have that togetherness all the time.

[@cheetahrose97]

I was in kindergarten as well. I just remember how everything was so quiet, it was eerie.

[@Denozo88]

My mother was a young counselor with my 2 year old brother and me. The principal gathered the counselors and teachers that were free and stunned asked what do we do. They didn't show anything to the students and tried to have as normal a day as you were going to get. The reason why and my mother made the call was to avoid the Columbia disaster where everyone say it happen live.

[@kimberlystark3944]

9/11, as well as April 19 (OKC bombing) will forever be etched into my memory - time stood still - every detail from where I was to what I was was wearing, what I was seeing, hearing and smelling. This song is beautiful!

[@seanmomo256]

I was in the second grade and we lived in a suburb of Houston and there were very serious concerns that they would try to bomb the oil and gas refineries. It was a very scary time in the U.S. but man did we come together in a way I wish we could today. Life is precious, sometimes we just need a reminder

[@haveuforgotten]

I was in front of the twin towers when the first jet hit. Like everyone at first, I thought it was a accident. I watched the brave men run in as people where running out. I stood there till the second jet hit. Then I knew we where under attack. At that moment there was no way out of the city. I have nightmares to this day

[@Tjcurry]

Thank god your still with us today you were very brave for standing right by it

[@kingwacky184]

Alan Jackson Remember when is another song you need to react to.

[@moffittas]

My favorite thing about Alan Jackson is that from his very first song to his most recent hit his voice is exactly the same. If you hear it on the radio or live his voice is just exactly the same. He must be a gem to edit because it’s just flawless

[@milliethornton8712]

Watching this 9/9/21 almost the 20 year anniversary. Before it even started tears already start falling. I remember it like it was yesterday I was on my way to History class my freshman year of high school. Maybe loss but never forgotten ❤️🤍💙.

[@kikigamble4315]

Hi. What I love about this song is it tells the story of that day, the horror of learning of the three planes n their destruction. He shows America's emotions n actions of Americans over the next few days, giving blood, church attendance, calling your loved ones, appreciating things we otherwise take for granted. A wonderful song for a horrible day. Peace to you and yours

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Not trying to be a douche but it was 4 planes: 1. Pentagon 2. Flight 93 3 and 4: Twin towers People forget about Flight 93 being involved on 9/11 because the passengers overpowered the hijackers flying the plane and it crashed in a field in Pennsylvania before the plane could be used on its target, thus saving countless lives.

[@ruthnagarya2028]

This song puts everything in perspective regarding 911 and brings me to tears every time I hear it...we lost a loved one in those buildings...

[@sgtsnafubohica15]

Alan Jackson wrote that song the night before he performed it. He is an amazing man.

[@suzg4928]

I still can't comprehend it. I lost my aunt and best friend. It still hurts.

[@gwumpyolman]

I was working as a paramedic at the time. My partner and I stopped to pray. It was also my nephews birthday, we didn't celebrate that night. 62 members of Missouri Task Force 1 went to NY. It was a sad, hearbreaking time. It was also one of the greatest human moments I have ever witnessed, the coming together and helping was incredible. It's a shame it takes a tragedy to get people to forget their differences and come together. Great song, great reaction, and you made me cry. Have a wonderful day. God bless.

[@johnolexa1543]

Where I worked, was only about 15 miles from the Pentagon in Washington DC. I saw American airlines flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon, fly right over our shop. It was so insanely low I didn't think it was going to clear the high-rise buildings that was in it's path. 😔

[@Krisna_K]

I still remember everything about that day! I was home alone and my husband was at work! I live in Western Washington and my younger sister lived in Kansas on an Army base. She told me she was sitting on the sofa with her 2 day old son knowing that her husband would most likely be going off to war soon! I watched the news all day and saw both towers collapse! It was horrific and I will never forget where I was and what I was doing!

[@m.g.sailors225]

I remember I was in band class grade 6 and Mr. McDaniel walked in and started his lesson on G scales..! ...the Principal came over the PA... He told all teachers to pause their lesson and take a call. Mr. McDaniel did so... Then he came back out of his office and rolled the TV out. I'll never forget it.

[@kaycee4357]

AJ's talents regarding writing and relaying; sharing with us a great depth of his heart, but this one, even he has said that the Lord guided him through every step ----- From giving him the words to his 1st performance. I am so glad that AJ sees just how precious his gifts from God are and keeps 'em coming. 💗

[@larrymcjones]

This was my grandmas favorite musician

[@MNaga-ty6wp]

I'm a proud Indian from Northeast who get emotional everytime I hear this song. Came across it in 2016 only..and have been listening to it frequently. I wish the Americans were as united now as they were during those sad times.

[@charlestontouch]

If only....still, if need be i think most would take a bullet for a complete stranger...they want us fightng

[@JackFrost-xy7yl]

I remember when it happened. It was a terrible day. The worst part I can remember was the videos of people jumping from the buildings to get away from the fire in those towers. I will never forget. It was different for those of us who lived through it. It was interesting to hear how someone outside the U.S. saw it.

[@jenniferrichard9644]

I and many of my friends can tell you exactly what we were doing and where we were that day. I’ll never forget.

[@marywalker5348]

This was a surreal day. I still have The visuals of people jumping to their deaths rather than being burned alive and thinking how scared they must have been. I was shocked it happened, but I wasn't surprised. (If that makes sense). I remember everything about that day. I was getting ready for school (I had a dentist appointment and was going to be going to school right after). I went to school and we had a discussion about it and I found it more shocking that no one in the room besides me had ever anticipated this happening to us. Even as a young person I felt it was only a matter of time before something like this happened to the US.

[@barb8664]

A story written and put into a beautiful frame. My God, what a powerful message!

[@debbiesenatore5433]

I don’t think anyone will ever forget where they were that day when they heard. It will be 20 years this September. As suggested below react to the Boat Lift.!!!!

[@adamedwards2261]

I was coming home from a long night of drinking for my 21st birthday and thought I was still drunk and seeing things. Couldn’t believe my eyes. The next week I got into military contracting.

[@BRINpeterson]

I was walking into 9th grade Spanish when another teacher ran up to our instructor and told her to turn on the TV. We all watched the news and saw it Live when the second plane hit. Kids in the classrooms were screaming "no!". We watched people jump to their deaths and the towers fall. I still cry thinking about it.

[@devoncooper8296]

You guys should react to ‘Boatlift’ it is amazing to say the least. One of the best stories from that day I’ve ever heard 👍🏻Definitely worth the watch blokes😉

[@pleutron]

I really enjoyed your discussions. I remember working nights. Coming back to my hotel trying to watch something entertaining on TV. Every channel had news... I kept flipping and was getting frustrated cause I just wanted to relax and go to bed. Then I stopped on MSNBC or FOX... cant remember now.... sometime after the 1st plane hit. 8hrs later I was still glued to the screen.

[@sandrad9695]

The beauty of the song is the juxtaposition of an act of hate with the ideas of faith, hope, and love.

[@fadedtiger3181]

I remember sitting in class in junior high. We were watching the morning news like we always did every morning. When I saw the first plane hit, I remember being scared for the people on the plane. When the second one hit, I remember feeling general fear and rage. i stood up and slammed my fists down on the desk and said " What do they think they are doing?"

[@SharonBaxter12]

Alan Jackson is a great song writer and singer.

[@bigcountry816]

I was 13 when it happened. I was in junior high in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We had a teacher run into our class to tell our 1 period teacher to turn on the T.V. The entire day we watched it in every class.

[@meganmangold1074]

I do love the UK when the irish guy came out. Thank God we have you as our allies! I appreciate each and every one.

[@z_zoom11]

20 years. Never forget. Thank you reacting

[@suzg4928]

I would never wish to have such a tragedy like this again....but the way our country, the USA, came together as one....was beyond amazing. I just wish that love could've lasted. I was in a bombing just inside Egypt at a Hilton resort. I was literally in the lobby 10 min before the suicide bomber walked in detonated. Zero chance i would've survived. The lobby was bottom of rubble from every other floor collapsing on top of it. We were in the lobby debating whether or not we'd stay a night or two longer.

[@elmaconlin3013]

20 years ago, I had just turned 10years old ten days before 9/11/2001. My family and i had just moved from Michigan to Florida. Had woken up that morning and went to put cartoons on for my brothers and i, and every channel that my moms friend had on her TV had the news on. I remember trying to wake my mom up but she wasnt understanding what I was trying to tell her "Mom, a plane crashed into a building in NY" I didnt fully understand the complete importance of the towers, and what was happening. When mom didnt wake up I went and woke up her friend with the same phrase and she jumped up out of bed looked at the TV covered her mouth and yelled at my mom to wake up. I will never forget the fear that we all felt. The last time this country truly came together as a united front. Great reaction guys #newsub

[@kevin_ninja_jones2363]

9/11 was the first time i openly cried over something I seen happening on TV i felt a pain that day I have never experienced a day in my life never felt as lost as I did that day and I have lost both parents

[@robertschwartz4810]

What a powerful song!

[@grisgaray4178]

I will never forget. I was at my job watching the news with my boss. We watched as the planes crashed into the buildings. My boss and I had family living in New York (we are from Florida) . I had cousins living in Manhattan and for a few days we didn't know where they were. We finally got a call two days after from my cousin Carlos. He said he his brother were fine but that my boss' brother didn't make it. He was on the second building and died that day.

[@loriemills8337]

Still makes tears pour. 😢

[@beverlyatkinscampbell8101]

Alan Jackson stayed up all night on 9/11 wrote this song by morning it was on the radio before the weekend .

[@jimmyscottpevey4745]

I will never forget seeing the second plane hit live on tv. There were no words...God Bless the USA!!

[@TheOGgUeRiLlaMoDe]

Hard to believe this tragedy happened 22 years ago and this song is played every 9/11 on the radio thank you Alan Jackson for such a beautiful song

[@drewpaupanekis4710]

His song “ladder to heaven” is also really iconic 😂😂😂

[@susanfurner1988]

What people need to remember is , though it happened on US soil , 78 countries were affected that day . It was an attack on humanity . 🗽💖🗽

[@Dubbersdad]

I was on board the USS Enterprise. We had just left Dubai and we where headed to South Africa, about 10 hours away from crossing the equator when 9/11 happened. You could feel the ship make a U-turn and back to the gulf we went. Sat and did figure 8's waiting for instructions. We then "lit up their world like the 4th of July" A time that I will never forget!

[@heather2493]

Such a respectful response to a profound song ❤ love you guys

[@allenbragg7920]

Amazed how some people are so talented and creative they come up with something so meaningful. Found it interesting that he wrote the song the night of the 11th. A humorous song along with the story behind it that might find interesting is Vince Gill's "It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long"

[@darcysalas3042]

This song means allot to me because I was helping people in Virgina Hospital Center were I was working. People came from the Pentongon to the hospital.. When I heard that sound that day and everything shaking that day. I worked there 23 year and I never seen anything as bad as that..

[@maryannanderson2213]

Alan has one line that asks, "Did you go out and buy you a gun?" Yes, as a matter of fact I did and I got a carry permit because it was my fervent hope that if some bad guys came after me, I could at least take a few of them with me. I'm just one old lady in Nashville Tennessee and I don't know why any bad guys would come after me but the way I feel is that if you attack my country, you are attacking me so actually, bad guys already have come after me! Alan Jackson had to be absolutely inspired when he wrote this song. It is perfection!

[@beckywalters2]

i was watching tv at home that day. i may not have lost anyone but to this day i still cant watch all news clips etc. once was enough. my hubby used to be a trucker and he took me to a tuck stop that had one of the metal tower beams there all twisted and bent. i will never forget

[@Zac15Setter]

I was at home getting ready for school, 6 years old. and I heard my grandma scream. I went out to the living room to see the first tower in smoke, then we watch as the second tower got hit. About the only thing I remember vividly from that time in my life.

[@deemariedubois4916]

Alan Jackson couldn’t sleep. He got up and wrote that beautiful, heartbreaking, bittersweet song. I cry every time I hear it.

[@karennaterez]

I love that y'all stopped to talk about it.. Where you were what you were doing.. What you were thinking.. That's the point.. Talk.. Discuss.. And never let it happen again anywhere

[@cindyphifer970]

Love Alan. He has many great songs. Drive, The Sounds, Living on Love, Where I come from

[@barrettgranger9139]

Ill remember that day for the rest of my life

[@timburks3806]

Thank you for showing respect for what happened. Good reaction. Thank you.

[@ZeroTheHero]

I was 10 years old. I had just walked into my 5th grade class and got settled for the day. My teacher who was normally very animated and chatty sat silently at the front of the class trying to muster up the ability to explain to us what happened.

[@oef6975]

I was in the Army stationed in Germany when the attacks occurred The events of that day and the months to follow will always be etched in my memories

[@Cassimfan]

It's amazing how you can forget things, but those old enough to remember can remember so clearly where they were and what they were doing that day. I was only in 4th grade, about to turn 9 that very month, and my school carried on as if it wasn't happening. I got home with my dad, sat down at the dining room table to do my homework, and he turned on the news to continue watching. I didn't know what the WTC was, where the Towers were, but when I saw the images of those massive buildings engulfed in flames and smoke even little oblivious me knew something was very, very wrong. Not that Dad bothered to tell me anything and just keep snapping for me to do my homework. Yeah right. Massive respect for the those brave passengers of Flight 93. Their family and friends managed to alert them to what was going on, so they banded together and resolved to fight back, and their rebellion forced the hijackers to crash early. We don't know where 93 was headed, but some believe it was headed for DC and possibly the White House. People still rag on Bush, but I give the man major props as he was away from DC at the time and sitting in a classroom full of young children all entirely focused on him when he was told what happened, and he had to keep himself in check and not give away anything in his expression so as not to upset the children. He remained calm and collected because he knew he needed to.

[@dedebradsher]

I remember I was watching the Today Show and nursing my child and then I called a friend and we went up to the church and prayed for the Nation and the World.

[@lincolnstovall9471]

Remember quite clearly! My Mother and Aunt were to fly into NY, to fly to Europe that night. And they stop in mid flight and went back to Portland. I woke early with my kids next to me in bed. And look a the tv real quick just to see the time, thinking about my Mother an Aunt. And saw what happen and I laid back down and held my young sons, with many questions running through my head. I have lost aunt and mother sense then.

[@destinygaming5293]

So many lives lost that fateful day so many lives that didn’t have to be taken from us sure we caught the people that did it but those people we lost can never be brought back.every time I hear this song and do you remember song it makes me sad because it reminds me of how to cherish those around you because tomorrow is never promised.

[@sherriparra6751]

I still cry when I hear this song. 😭I was driving on freeway,taking daughter to school,I froze up hearing,on the radio.