A Swede reacts to: Alan Jackson The day the earth stopped turning

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[@michellejackson6679]

Alan hit everything with this song.. it's beautiful and tells all the emotions we went through that day. Thank you for empathizing with our pain as Americans that day. It wasn't just an attack on American... it was an attack on the free world.

[@karenwalsh1143]

I live in New York! When Alan says, "Did you speak to a stranger on the street?" NOBODY was a stranger here! It was like we all knew each other, had nothing but love and respect for each other. We ALL knew someone who died that day. But that love for each other lasted for years... it's a shame that a lot of that has gone away after all these years 💔 Thank you Recky for not pausing and the love and respect you have for our country!❤ You are welcome here anytime!

[@EE-qn4ks]

I think he’s asking all of the US.

[@karenwalsh1143]

I said he's welcome to our COUNTRY anytime ​@@EE-qn4ks

[@IamCareyann]

Thats the amazing America I love. We have political divide, different religions etc etc - but when sh1t goes down, we got each other & the other stuff is shelved! Thats what America is!

[@c_huskerfan1814]

I was working in Kentucky and no one was a stranger. Just my brother or sister

[@stephanietip]

We have an actor here in the US named Steve Buscemi who,many years ago was a New York city firefighter. The day after the attacks,without anyone knowing, he went back to New York as a volunteer firefighter and searched for victims buried under the rubble.He never announced it,never told it even after he came home.What he did only came out when the fire station released photos of 911 and he was in them

[@cyndicook7755]

@@stephanietip he's one of my favorite actors. Did you see him in death of Stalin? Nikita Khrushchev was a role he was born to play.

[@CindyReese-x8k]

So many brave people helped throughout that event and for such a famous actor to volunteer like that and not want the praise and acknowledgement of doing it really showed how much people just really wanted to help.

[@susanwahl6322]

The last picture was of a broken firefighter.

[@jimt503]

Recky I wish there are more Americans today who shared your love for my country.

[@TexArizocan]

I love our country, Jim. My grandfather fought in WW2, my brother fought in OIF. 🇺🇸 I was 11 in Africa when the towers were hit and I saw my brother running across the campus, asked him what was going on

[@jimt503]

Thank you. My dad fought in the European Theater in WWII. I served in the Navy during Vietnam and am a Vietnam vet. Thanks to you and your patriot family members.

[@TexArizocan]

@@jimt503 My grandfather fought in the Pacific in the Army during WWII. Brother was in the Army for OIF. Hooyah to you and Welcome home 🇺🇸

[@Reckyj]

It´s a nastion with good people. What not to love. (Majority of the people)

[@LifeasaLEOWife]

@@jimt503 Welcome home!

[@robertfleig4527]

Thanks Recky for not pausing the song great respect.

[@babyboomermemories6150]

As an American who loves my country with all my heart I can truly say that 9/11 traumatized me and my family. It still hurts to think about it all these years later. It seems like yesterday. Thank you so much for loving our country too. There are a lot of people here in the USA who hate our country and it breaks my heart. You are a good man with a heart of gold. ❤

[@defletcher2902]

I was at work. One of 3 Veterans who worked there. We were charged with going outside to the flag pole and lowering the flag to half-staff. Veterans are usually pretty stoic on such occasions, but that day I could not stop the flow of tears as the flag was slowly lowered and a crisp salute at attention given.

[@Gashouse69]

Alan perfectly captured the way people in America felt and reacted the day's and weeks that followed 9-11

[@lauraduffy9055]

I'm a native New Yorker, and I was at home. I was shattered. My family hosted so many friends over the years, and with every one, the first place they wanted to go to was the top of the World Trade Center. Thank you for loving our country. If only so many who live here felt as strongly as you do. God bless, Recky.

[@Meesanator]

I was driving on the interstate to work. I was listening the radio and could not believe my ears. I live in Connecticut, neighbor to New York. I have friends there. I will never ever forget walking into the office and locking eyes with my boss. Neither of us said a word, we just sat and watched the news together in shock and horror. Thank you for showing the respect you did by allowing this song to play uninterrupted. Kindest regards Recky.

[@dianec9456]

This song always gives me goosebumps and tears. Every single time. 💔 I was at work. My mom called me and said "turn on the news - a plane just hit the Twin Towers". We were watching when the second plane hit. I instantly started crying - I knew right then that it was a terrorist attack and not an accident. I spent the rest of the day at work, numb and in shock. I live 2 hours from the City, so our weather was the same... a perfect, crisp, glorious fall day. Whenever we have a fall day in September like that one, I look to the sky to see if it's as clear and cloudless like 9/11 was. It's never exactly the same, but I will always remember and take a few minutes to reflect. Every year, I listen to "the reading of the names". It's so important to never forget!

[@kristiodonnell605]

Lovely song ❤

[@LoisReynolds-s2v]

The BEST He Ever did!!!❤❤❤❤ You are A Good American in Sweden!!!

[@andrearobbins6321]

Thanks so much for doing these reactions! There were 2 main songs about 9/11 that helped this country tremendously. This was the first. It came out and helped us all get through the shock and grief. The next was Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red White and Blue" and it helped us get mad enough to go out and ... well, put a boot in their ass! These songs were perfect for the feelings we all had, and were at the exact right time, when we needed them so much. I would like to thank you and your lovely wife, Carol, for helping me, and I'm sure many others, during this time in America when we are so divided and everything's so crazy. You help take away the cynicism I'm guilty of at times, and replace it with hope! I truly thank you for that...

[@annawestall4395]

I was working overnights at the time, so I had just fallen asleep. My friend called me and told me to turn the tv on the world was ending! I asked what channel, and she said EVERY channel. Since I'm in Georgia, I prayed, donated blood, and I still donate $$ to charities for people affected by 9/11 😢❤

[@NativeTexan-fm5dy]

I was driving on my commute to work that morning in North Austin, Texas, listening to the radio when I heard the news. My boyfriend (later my husband) had been up all night and I knew he was probably asleep. Regardless, I called him and I told him to turn on the TV because he needed to see what was going on. The receptionist at my place of work was in tears. Her mother worked in the towers, and she was unable to reach her, as all the cell lines and phone lines were already overloaded. (She later learned her mom had called in sick that day.) No one at my office got any work done that day. There was a television in a large conference room and people spent the day coming/going out of that room watching the coverage (we wouldn't all fit in there at once). Thank you, Recky, for the honest emotion you show. Most Americans do remember where they were when they got the news. However, I actually have heard of some who don't remember because they don't believe in what their own country stands for, and at the time they felt America was receiving some sort of past due punishment. Unbelievable that any American could feel that way, but there are a few. As painful as it is, songs and videos like this do need to be replayed from time to time. We all need to remember how the country came together on this day, and for a long time afterwards.

[@samsusan1107]

I was driving to the hospital to take my husband for a test. I heard when the first plane hit the tower on the radio and the rest on the TV in the hospital. Then they told me my husband had stage 4 colon cancer. Yes my world stopped turning in so many ways. He passed away 2 years later. So many emotions...

[@heartnsoul9093]

I'm sorry.

[@jamesfish2177]

I am so sorry!!

[@denicesanders4586]

I am truly sorry for your loss.

[@atlanticantiquesltd7372]

Sorry for your loss.

[@beckyrinaldi6622]

Thank you for this. I worked in Queens NY and was about a mile as the crow flies from the towers. We watched as both planes hit and both towers collapsed. I cried all day. All I could think about when the towers collapsed was all those people. And all those firemen and police. The local fire department near us in Queens lost half of their men that day. Driving to work every day after that for a month we saw the smoke. Horrible day...

[@kimharding2246]

😢❤️

[@lightningbug276]

😢😢😢

[@petermiller4953]

What DOES that term mean? "as the crow flies"

[@leslieoneal4464]

"As the crow flies" just means a straight line from point A to point B (not following roads/curves/turns, stopping for lights, traffic, etc).

[@babynursekaren]

Through the tears I am typing. I was at work, one of my coworkers came and said a plane had hit one of the twin towers. Like everyone else, I couldn't think. My only thought was small plane. I turned off the machine i was working on, went into the office where all office staff was staring at the tv. I looked at the tv in time to see a rerun of the first plane. I stood there long enough to see the 2nd plane when my boss told us we had to go back to work. The rest of the day is a blur. I went to college at that time and one of my classmates that evening stated his fiance had passed away as she was in Tower 1. I was in shock from the attacks, something I would have never believed would have happened. Like this video, all reminders of that day reduce me to tears. Senseless. Tragic. 😭

[@lindamccluskey868]

I was home when I seen that I sat down and cried.

[@sandygrunwaldt1780]

This song brings me to tears 😢 Allen Jackson nailed every emotion on this most horrific day 😢 Thank You Recky for doing this most important reaction. Love From Michigan and it's a beautiful evening ❤️

[@trishc3099]

Great reaction. I flipping love this song even though I cry every time I hear it.

[@terri8988]

We were watching tv when it came on the tv I dropped and cried my husband was in shock we went to a church down the road and prayed for our country and for all the people in New York.

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

I was teaching a preschool class when the director came in and told me to go to the office it was then I saw the news. I was broken hearted, That night and for days after all I could do was watched it on the news. Thank you for loving our country.

[@nicoleskipper380]

I remember like it was yesterday. I was in 7th grade, sitting in band class. A teacher from the class beside us ran in crying, yelling at our band director (which was her husband) to turn the TV on- that a plane just hit one of the World Trade Centers. Mr. Gideon turned the TV on and just a few minutes later, we watched the 2nd plane hit the other World Trade Center. The school called our parents and released us shortly after. My mom and dad came and picked me up and I stayed out of school for a week after because they didn't know if anything else would happen. Incredibly sad day for America.

[@bmarie8939]

I hate everything about that day, too. The only thing I didn't hate was the fact that everyone in the US and the world became family!!❤❤

[@jimreilly917]

Not everyone.

[@Mischiefs-Mele]

@@jimreilly917 No, there were people in the world rejoicing that we had been attacked. And all I could feel when it was reported was disgust. My husband called me telling me to turn on the television. I spent 3 days watching the news and praying. To this day, I make certain to watch documentaries about the attacks and remember exactly where I and my family were & what was happening. Never forget.

[@m2hmghb]

Alan Jackson has a habit of doing that. He has a lot of heartfelt songs. I was about 40 miles from ground zero home sick. I was putting together gear in case it was just a preamble, pulling gear for my dad. It really hit home with a pair of AH 1W Cobra helicopters with 8 hellfires and 2 sidewinders in my back yard doing a perimeter search.

[@lnytita6763]

Aloha 🤙I was asleep when my roommate woke me to watch the TV. I was 2 weeks away from reporting for Basic Training. No regrets... a few years down the road, I volunteered to go to Iraq so that a very young soldier (who had no choice) who had been picked to go to Iraq could stay home with his brand new baby and his young wife. Service comes in many forms - No regrets.

[@terrimobley6067]

Respect!! Thank you -truly - for you service!!

[@cinb3448]

I'm not sure Carol could get through this one. If you show her, keep tissue close. She has such a sweet heart. ❤

[@nancismith7705]

I was on the phone with my daughter who was at work a few blocks from the World Trade Center. We stayed on the phone much of the day until she got back to Queens. She died in 2018 from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma that she got from walking through the aftermath of the Towers collapsing. I miss her every day. Everyone said it was a miracle that our phones connected us that day because I was at home in Oregon and I agree with them!

[@KlingonPrincess]

@@nancismith7705 I can't even imagine. 🙏💜 May her memory be a blessing to you daily. I pray for strength and peace for you

[@easein]

God bless us all. He is still guiding us to this day. Pray he guides us through November...

[@RonnyWestberry]

i was a construction contractor and had finished a job the day before and had the day off. i was at home and my wife worked in sales at a cable tv company and called to tell me so i could tune in and watch. there was commentary and speculation about the next set of targets and i called my wife and told her to come home now. i will never forget that helpless feeling and all the sorrow.

[@waltsadventure]

I was 13 and watched it playout all day. I was just about to leave to walk to school and looked back at the tv just to watch the second tower get hit. When I got to school, it was just silent. The principal got on the announcement system and announced that this is not a classroom day. This is a day we are all going to watch history as it happens. Spent all day just watching the news at school. The scariest part for me was that FAA declared that US airspace has all been grounded. After that announcement, we heard fighter jets flying over the area. This was when President Bush took deep shelter at a nearby Air Force Base in Nebaraska. I could go on but that's my initial experience.

[@kylesummers1565]

Peace, Love!!

[@justinhowell8873]

I was a college student in Ohio that day. I cried and called my parents and Grandparents to let them know that I was ok! I went to Mass and prayed for those deceased! It was a terrible day!

[@snuffleufagus9771]

Hi Recky, I STILL get choked up when I hear this song. I was at work in the back room before patients came in. The tv was on and talking about what had happened with the first tower. As we watched the news, the second tower was in view and we saw it get hit. I called my dad and told him I loved him. Well, you know the rest. Thank you for your reaction.

[@LindaLittle-m7j]

I was in a classroom with pre-school children about 18 of them and two other teachers that day.. I heard what happened, but didn't actually see it until I got home from work and turned on the TV 😢😢😢!😢😢

[@KeatingChick]

I was in Harney County Oregon, on our ranch, in our home and taking care of our new Grandson. I'll never forget that moment. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. So many emotions and Allen really wrote the perfect song to capture that day and the days that followed.

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

As an American, I felt all of these things. I was 'driving down the Interstate' on my way to work when the first tower was hit. I arrived in time to see the 2nd get hit on TV. It was a horrific day. I had just had my first grandchild & yet, I NEEDED to talk to my parents and my kids as soon as I could. We live in Michigan & my folks were visiting family in Colorado. We were all far from the event & yet my grown ass needed to talk to my mommy. I had to hear their voices myself. Ya just never know how you will react to things. This was a tragic day.

[@Cathy-pw5fw]

I was on my knees in my brand new living room, praying and crying. It tears me up today as it did 23 years ago.

[@brendasusanchristensen7058]

Recky, I remember like it was yesterday. My friend called and said turn on your TV NOW! I did, and for days it stayed on as I cried, prayed and I was heartbroken BUT also SO angry!! My husband and I and our children in Jr High watched it non stop hoping and praying that more people would be found alive to save....Only to realize with the rest of our country that most of the people perished and all those brave fireman and first responders died too. This song explains exactly how every American felt to a T.

[@beckyrinaldi6622]

I can remember going from the office window to my computer to jump online and shout out to friends that were in the city. I remember an air force jet flying low over our building and people screaming thinking it was another plane. It is a day I will never forget.

[@Reckyj]

Thank you for sharing!

[@shellos8]

Memories of that day will never leave me. I was at work. My only son at that time was in elementary school. I remember exactly who came to my office and told me a plane had hit the world trade center. I remember saying omg it must have been a terrible accident. Maybe the pilot had a medical emergency. Then the same person who told me about the first plane came back and told me another plane hit the other Trade Center building and I remember my whole body went cold and I knew it wasn't an accident. Then the Pentagon was hit. Then another plane crashed in PA. I knew we were under attack. It was such a horrible time. My father was in the hospital, dying from leukemia. He passed exactly 1 week after 9/11. He knew what was happening up until a few days before he died. It's literally painful watching footage from that day. Still. I don't think that will ever change.

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

I had just woken up and started to get ready for class (in nursing school at the time). My mom called and asked if I had the news on, said “you need to turn it on” and told me what had happened. Side note… in the opening to the musical Come From Away, the Newfoundlanders were recounting their stories. The police officer says “Bonnie Harris was waving at me like mad, so I rolled down the window and she said ‘Oz, turn on your radio.’ I said ‘Slow down Bonnie’ and she interrupts ‘JESUS H OZ-TURN ON YOUR RADIO.’” That line gets me every time bc I remember my mom saying “you need to turn the news on” My former brother-in-law had worked at the Pentagon, but I couldn’t remember if he had said he USED TO work there or if he currently did. (I was in Wisconsin and had only met him twice at that point.) I woke up my then-husband and asked “Does K still work at the Pentagon?” My husband said “no, why?” I told him what had happened, specifically that the 3rd plane had been crashed into the Pentagon. To this day I remember the look on his face, and the speed at which he bolted out of bed and ran to the living room to turn the TV on. We then sat in the same absolute stunned silence as everyone else was that day.

[@shellymatheny9586]

I was on an interstate driving to work. We wheeled out a tv, and everyone at work stayed glued to the tv and cried. It was a horrible horrible day. 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@dakotachristensen3397]

This brings tears to me almost every time. I home sick from school that morning the I started hearing my babysitter cry and went and look then that’s when I saw the footage

[@leeannkaplan57]

I was finishing up my walk on a beautiful morning listening to a music station on my headphones when the news broke. Sat in front of the tv all day crying in disbelief.

[@angelado3]

gave me chills as it always does 😔

[@kimharding2246]

Beautiful song. I remember it was such a blue sparkling September day. I worked as a copywriter at a local radio station about a 2-hour drive from the city. Someone came into my office and said there was an explosion on one of the Towers. I got up to walk to the newsroom to see what was happening. As I was coming down the hall, I could see the little TV they had on in there. Just as I approached the newsroom door, the 2nd plane hit the other tower. Our community was wrecked because we are what is called a “bedroom community” for New York City. People commute to work up there and come home to sleep down here. We lost a lot of neighbors that day. The poor children lost one or both parents. I didn’t envy their teachers to have to tell these kids. I still wonder how those children ended up. 💔

[@karenwalsh1143]

I live on long Island but it was a hot September so we'd still go to the beach. We'd looked up the coastline and see that black smoke rising in that beautiful blue sky.. That black smoke lasted for a month!!! I'll never forget what that looked like 😢

[@karenjayne24]

Many years ago I saw Alan Jackson in concert with Martina Mcbride opening. It was one of the best concerts ever.

[@janesmith146]

I was at home watching Good Morning America when they broke in and started covering the first "fire" at the WTC. I remember calling my dad to tell him to turn the TV on. We were both watching together as the 2nd plane hit and I remember saying "OH SH*!!" I was horrified by my language because I had never used that kind of language in front of him before. My dad instantly said, "Oh,, its definitely terrorism". I was sooooo shocked. I had not even considered it. I called my husband and he said straight away....go get the boy! So I drove to our sons school and collected him. About 2 hours later the Pentagon was hit. My brother in law (my husbands brother) worked in.. and had an office in...the Pentagon. I just KNEW he was dead. I called his house and one of his daughters answered the phone. She was crying and screaming because she had been in the shower and she said "the whole house shook!" (they lived right across the Potomac from the Pentagon) He was not in his office that day, but out of town...thankfully. Definitely not a day anyone who lived through it, could EVER forget.

[@Smokeater4444]

I had just got off duty from the Fire Dept. It had been a Busy night with 3 fires & a bunch of Medical calls , I told my Wife not to wake me till the next morning , I was going fishing , BUT about 20 mins into my sleep she woke me & said a Plane hit one of the Towers in NYC , I said ok went back to sleep ( Planes in NYC have hit build's before, About 20 mins later she woke me again & said a Plane hit the other Tower , Thats made me sit up as i knew then it was no accident , 10 mins later the FD called ordering me back to duty & bring enough for at least 7 days , I showered while my Wife packed my bag & for the next 7 days i lived at the FD, Full time FD's all across my State had recalled there People & even some Vol. FD's had people come in to man the Stations , I'll NEVER forget that day

[@JannettesLoves-gw5jk]

I remember exactly where I was. My Husband and I had just got a new car in Pennsylvania and We had to have it inspected in Maryland to bring it home. They were doing the inspection, and we were sitting in the office with the secretary when one of the guys came running in saying the first tower was hit. She turned it on they finished our inspection, so back to Pennsylvania we went. We were finalizing paperwork when the second tower was hit and they started to fall. Came home and cried all night. I Love this song.

[@pamlarson8910]

I was on a plane from Minneapolis to Denver for a business meeting that was supposed to be over 1 night. I didn't know anything about the situation until we landed in Denver. I was traveling with my boss and a co-worker. The airport was in crazy chaos! I hadn't told my parents that I was traveling that day since it was a last-minute meeting. Needless to say, the meeting never happened and we were stuck in Dever until someone driving back to Denver returned their rental car. We were there for 4 days before a car became available. I was glued to the TV watching all the reports after letting my family know my whereabouts. I was 38 at the time. I cried and prayed for everyone.

[@trevahamby2934]

I was working in Georgia when it happened and watched with business men just coming in to see what was happening. I just wanted to get my son out of school and take him home with me. Such a horrible day for everyone there.

[@junemyers6275]

I remember where what and time. Getting up for work when first plane hit, watched the second plane hit the tower, then heard about the Pentagon being hit. My husband and I crumbled. His brother was at the Pentagon, we both finished getting ready for work, left for work, did our work as best we could for hours. We were waiting for a phone call from him or a call from his wife. It was endless hours of hoping and praying he was ok. We lived in Nevada, they lived in Virginia but commuted daily to work, he was an Air Force Colonel working at the Pentagon that day. He is now a retired Air Force Colonel. He was one of the lucky ones and we thank God for that.🙏🏼

[@lindab1686]

I remember the first time I heard this song when it came out. I sobbed like a baby!

[@jennylythell7941]

I live in Sweden, and I just had come home from NICU with my 2 week old son 9/11. And I can tell that all of the news in Sweden was just about the incidents that day. I mean, we were in disbelieve, I can only wonder how it was in America. I cried for hours. 16 years later I visited New York and Ground Zero. It was another feeling of disbelieve. The museum was so hard to go through I cried just as much as at that day, but so educating and humbling at the same time. When we came back to the hotel that evening the front desk man said that we looked like wrecks. We explained we're we had been, then he showed us proof that the hijackers had stayed on this hotel we lived in when they planned it all. It was a shitty ending of a tribute day.

[@angiemaney761]

I was working at McDonald's. In the middle of breakfast rush and someone came out of the break room screaming. One of our managers had a daughter who was supposed to be having a meeting in one of the towers. It took him over 5 hours to find out his daughter was safe. I'll never forget the look of worry and panic on his face until he found out she was okay. My youngest son called me at work and begged me to pick him up from school so I went and got both of my boys and we went home and watched TV and cried together😭 it was a terrible day Love and prayers from western NC❤❤🙏🙏

[@ertjiesb4158]

It's so weird that their are grown ass adults that weren't even born. I am not American, but I remember this day.

[@chrisvibz4753]

thanks for making me cry Recky!!!! love you buddy. i mean brother

[@Reckyj]

God bless Chris!

[@chrisvibz4753]

@@Reckyj God bless you too man been a fan for a long time now! always get excited watching your vids man. love from kentucky!

[@freyasgrl]

I was driving the 70 miles commute to Santa Fe from Albuquerque with my husband, all we could do was turn up the radio news and listen, til we got to work. The mall was deserted. No one was there. I worked at Radio Shack, and walked into the the TV section to find my boss in tears,and me seeing the first images of the day. No one came in that day to buy anything. We closed way early.

[@mogli1424]

My son and I were moving from Fl to Tn. Had NO idea what had happened cause we were on the highway. A state trooper pulled us over and asked to look inside the big U-Haul I was driving. When I asked WHY? He told me. I couldn't get out fast enough to oblige his request and ended up thanking him for his diligence!! I will never forget were we were on that day!

[@sandyczarnetzke7141]

No words.😢❤🤍💙

[@NarnianRailway]

Was living in Alaska and stopped at friend's for early morning coffee and saw the NYC footage on tv (just before 6am in AK). Headed into my construction job on Eielson AFB and the gates locked down shortly after. Internet was overwhelmed so hard to get news. Took most the morning sitting in my car waiting permission to leave the base listening to the radio news. Week before we turned over a new aircraft fueling system to the Air Force. The engineers we worked with were stranded on Guam on another job they had. Fairbanks Alaska area has FAI, Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB airfields and over a dozen small grass airfields and few floatplane ponds. So used to aviation activity of all types all day, every day. But not a single plane in the air with all aviation grounded, Crisp blue sky not a cloud whatsoever and silence outside. It was eerily silent and no clear news updates. Visually appeared a beautiful Alaska day but so silent and unreal, uncertainty so eerily heavy.

[@Dana-ti5ze]

I was at work at a small rural Texas hospital when my then husband called me shortly after arriving to work to turn on the TV where we all watched in horror and shock after the 1st plane hit the twin towers then everything else that took plsce afterwards. That night, I took my son, who was 6 yrs old outside, and told him hopefully we would never see a night sky like this one, which was without any planes, ect. Just black with the stars. After operation enduring freedom started many helicopters flew over our home out in the country with the servicemen sitting in the doorways (refilling their fuel at the small airport near us) when we would run outside holding out our flag and waving our support to these service men and women.

[@Reckyj]

Thank you for sharing!

[@CindyCowan-w7z]

I was dressing to go to work. I glanced at the TV, thought they were showing a movie trailer...until I saw the second plane hit. All day at work,a store, people would hug, some cry. Strangers you didn't know. That day we were all family.

[@GingerLady57]

When the first plane hit I was driving between Chattanooga TN and Dalton GA. I had started back to school in my mid forties to get my BSN. I was already a nurse but needed a BS to advance. I knew the skies were clear all across the country so I was sure it was no accident.

[@michealwayne6110]

I was in high school I was in the 11th grade and I was 17 years old And still to this day it still haunts my memory it is burned in there after it happened on that day all of our classes we watched it on tv for the rest of the school day it is a day that I will never forget

[@thirdactwarrior317]

I was on a consulting assignment to the US Army at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. I was in the rental car outside the Marriott, waiting on my colleague, a fellow military veteran. I called him and said, "Where are you?" He said, "Have you seen the TV this morning? I said no. He said, "You better come into the lobby." I joined him in front of the TV in the lobby right after the second plane hit. We were both speechless.

[@GermanShepherdsRule7042]

I was at the start of events until my mom called and said turn in the news, shortly after I turned it on I saw the second plane hit. Same as you, I watched the events unfold the rest of the day in complete shock!

[@aggravatedHart]

I was in 2nd or 3rd period in my junior year of high school. There was a tv in our room. We saw everything live except when the first plane hit. I was living in Georgia and remember thinking it’s not that far from us to the Pentagon. Also, my dad use to work right near where the plane hit the Pentagon. Thankfully that was before I was born and he wasn’t still working there.

[@PaulRidgway-ot7jf]

I remember exactly were I was and how my gut ached that day. All those Angels called. I went home after work and thanked the Lord my family was safe. My blood boiled cause the next day the Army said I was two years too old to go.

[@ruthnagarya2028]

We know Alan ande his parents and this song came straight from his heart, deeply felt, deeply written and it took his record company to convince him to record it.

[@lisalawrence3494]

I will never forget this day, My children were in school, my husband just got home from work and we were sitting watching tv when the news broke, To say we were in disbelief is an understatement. I could not wait to have my children in my arms and hug them. I live in Pennsylvania and what these monsters did was bring our Nation closer together. It made all of us Proud to be Americans!

[@michellejackson6679]

I was home with my Mom and youngest son.. and my husband called and said are you watching the news.. no .Watching the Wiggles.. I turned on the news when the 2nd plane hit.. My husband couldn't get home because he had been working on the other side of the National Security Agency.. Everything around NSA was shut down.. I took my Mom and baby over to our neighbor who ran a daycare.. just so she had someone with her because her husband was stationed at NSA at the time.. then I went to get my other 4 children from school.. 1 in HS, 2 in Middle school and 1 in elementary.. the scariest day of my life.. I just wanted my family home and safe.. My husband couldn't get home till the next day.

[@deborahvretis3195]

I was driving my son to an appointment. We BOTH got emotional. After the appointment, we glued ourselves to the TV. We want ANSWERS. My son has since died from brain cancer. My heart is forever broken. God bless you and God bless Sweden.

[@Stepperg1]

One of my favorites. Thank you.

[@Reckyj]

My pleasure!

[@rebeccamiddleton9360]

Kentuckian here. I was in middle school in science class. People laughed when the second tower fell. I just cried.

[@Reckyj]

laughed?????

[@rebeccamiddleton9360]

@@Reckyj yep laughed. One of them looked at me and said they’ll just rebuild them. I told I’m it was gonna start a war.

[@Reckyj]

@@rebeccamiddleton9360 wtf

[@rebeccamiddleton9360]

@@Reckyj I know

[@karenjayne24]

I was helping a friend who had muscular dystrophy. We were 18 miles from the towers. We were watching regular tv and suddenly, they broke to the news. For the following 3 years, every time i visited, i had horrible and intense coughing fits. So many first responders either died from inhaling the dust or developed chronic pulmonary issues. So many developed other cancers and other chronic illnesses. The true number of casualties was far more than the ones in the towers. I read somewhere that it was part of the terror plan to not only hit the buildings but to have America paying out huge sums of money for medical treatments and that America would be impacted for generations. Unfortunately, they were successful at all three.

[@davidterry6155]

I often wonder about people from other countries that in recent decades have not been as religious as America who hear lyrics like that talking about God and wonder what you think of that person when you hear that. Alan Jackson has a CD called Precious Memories of hymns that I grew up in church singing. It is a very calming album to me I hope you enjoy Alan Jackson like you haven’t heard before

[@mrsleejinki2973]

I was 16 yrs old and it was actually my first day of my junior year of high school. I saw the second plane hit and watched both towers fall. My uncle was a mile away from the pentagon when it got hit. He saw the plane and felt the aftershock when the plane hit. It took him at least a week to get back to our home state of Minnesota.

[@veronicavanderver7270]

Rascal Flatts did a song about April27th its beautiful and tear jerker after a terrible storm event in America

[@pamhendricks8149]

I was a Co Manager at a Walmart in Iowa. My husband called to tell me but by that time news had already our store. We had large tv hanging over the the usually ran WalMart ads, the co switch it over to CNN. THe store was full of people but they all just stood and watched the TV. As a new Co-worker I was so afraid of everything but especially of our sales being down. How sick is that? Finally District Manager called and said not to worry about sales. After over 20 yrs with Co I resigned and we moved to Tucson, AZ

[@ShutterbugVideo671]

I was at home when I heard. I called my Mom to make sure she was OK - she worked for the Army and I didn’t know how many places were under attack. Next, I went to the Red Cross and spent the rest of the day volunteering.

[@reneerollins4433]

This is such an emotional and beautiful song. If you care to, look at Brooks and Dunn's song Only In America.

[@beckyrinaldi6622]

rewatching your videos.. and just wanted to say thank you for your love of America.

[@Reckyj]

My pleasure Becky!

[@mercenarygrip]

I was a Grip, literally working on a "stage in L.A." when this happened. I watched the second tower get hit in the teamsters trailer outside stage 6 at L.A. Center Studios. They sent us home because they didn't know if more attacks were coming.

[@AmyLynn-88]

I was home when I got a call from my sister to turn CNN on. I started watching in horror just as the second plane hit. My mom and my other sister walked in the house no knowing what happened, to see me sobbing because just a couple minutes before the tower fell. Broke my heart thinking of everyone still in there as it fell and for the ones who jumped so they didn't burn to death. I don't think we turned CNN off for over a week. Thank you Recky for loving our country!! We will never forget those who died.

[@Reckyj]

God bless good people! Good bless Sweden & America

I was sleeping in my dad's basement and dad woke me up telling me we're going to war, I flipped the f on and saw the second plane as it happened also remember seeing people jumping from the towers and hearing the sickening sound of thier bodied hitting the concrete below, I almost threw up from that

I also immediately told my dad to send me there and he said he would but he can't all transportation in the country was closed

[@rickroden7666]

I was working in the social security office in N. CA, when we got the news, and they shut down the entire office. We had to watch it in the break room. what a shock that was. Oh the world did not stop turning. It just shocked us. Yes I cried for the kids that were killed. But it was on the news later that it may have not been an attack from outside, but from inside.

[@jamesfish2177]

I know that day minute, by minute, from the time I woke up, to the time I tried to go to sleep. The weeks that followed as well. I lived in Dallas TX and being a huge city, we had no idea if there were going to be any more attacks or not. My boyfriend at the time told me to stay home. Do not leave the house, when he left for work. I watched TV for hours on end. All the phone lines were tied up and I was unable to get in touch with my family. It hit home for some dear friends of my family who had just relocated from NYC to Texas. He husband worked for Cantor Fitzgerald in NYC and had just moved to the Houston TX office. All of their friends worked for that company in NYC. It happened to be located on one of the floors where one of the aircraft made entry into the Trade Center. I remember the love everyone had for their neighbors, and strangers. We all looked to help, however we could. I remember having the American Flag flying at our home became very important to us and the majority of our neighbors. It was terrifying, it was shocking, and it is something I never want to relive again! Thank you for the reaction!

[@leannefowler9912]

I was a senior in high school in my marketing class watching the news like always when we saw the 2nd plane hit the other tower. My high school band was in New York and Philly less than a yr before the terror attacks and I got to go to the south tower and go up to observation deck on the 107 floor and see other parts of the tower. One of my cousins was working at the pentagon during this time and it took days for us to find out if he was alive or dead. I will never forget just as my parents never forgot where and what they were doing when Kennedy was shot. I pray every day that none of my girls have to experience anything like that but the way the world is going I’m scared to death for them especially my 8 yr old bc it’s a different world that my 19 & 17 yr olds grew up in as kids. We need God now more than ever

[@robertcameron2045]

Yeah I was there that day my knees buckled and my whole world collapsed right at my knees ,holding on and letting go of disbelief

[@MelNel5]

Thank you Recky. ♥️

[@chelseyrice1748]

I was carpooling to school with my cousins (Junior in high-school) when the first plane hit. Was in chemistry class when the second plane hit. That class was the only normal class that day...by 4th period our school had closed for the day and we were sent home.

[@donnelson6694]

I was asleep when it happened. I had the day off from work so I wasn't up until 8am. A friend called me around 8:30 and told me to turn on the tv. I was pretty much in shock and disbelief all day.

[@Reckyj]

Same.. same.

[@theresemoriarty5422]

I was driving to the school where I taught at the time. For once, I didn't have the radio on in the car. So, I didn't hear about it until I was sitting at my desk, looking over my lesson plans for the day, when the music teacher appeared in the doorway. "We've been attacked!! she exclaimed. After explaining what she had just heard, I said, "Maybe it was an accident?" I turned on the radio on my desk and listened to what had just happened in Manhattan to the Twin Towers. Soon my students began arriving - 1st graders - some talking about a bombing in New York. I taught in a religious school, so we began our day, as usual with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. I thought it best to tell the children that the bad thing that happened was far away from Minnesota - that they were safe. Instead of teaching, I threw open the first hour to board games. It gave me time to calm myself and consider how much information I should share later with the children. I honestly don't remember how the rest of the day went, but I don't remember any trauma or outbursts from the children - just the stricken faces of their parents who had come to pick them up at 3:00. *** When I went home, I could see that my mother had lived with her fear and shock all day, alone. We lit a candle on our front porch and sat there talking softly. We lived about a mile from the Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport and noticed how unusually quiet the skies were. We later heard about the grounding of all the planes. That was 23 years ago. I will soon be 78 years old. My mother died in 2015 at 91. I miss her. I want to spend the rest of my life encouraging those I see each day to believe that there is so much good we can create in our own part of the world - that each of us matters. And I never lose faith that, somehow, God always keeps us going, encouraging us to love one another as we work for peace. Evil deeds can scare us, but it is Love that wins in the end - it's much more powerful.

[@kirknitz3794]

We were driving north on I-15 headed to Provo, Utah. We just outside of Las Vegas when the first report came in. I thought it was something like a Cessna hit the tower. Our plane were to eat breakfast in Las Vegas and continue heading north. When the second attack occurred, I decided we would hurry up and get out of Las Vegas I was not sure would happen next. We tried to call back home but calls were not going through. We finally got through when we got to Mesquite. I wasn't sure what would happen when crossed a state line or if we would be allowed to. I remember a bunch of people standing together near an off/on ramp near an entrance to Nellis with a school bus there. When we got to Provo, we went to the University Mall to pick up some things. It was open but a ghost town. I bought an American flag tie there.