We Will Never Forget

The Ulysses News asked: "Where were you on September 11, 2001? And do you remember how you felt when you heard what happened.

"In my office at Emporia High School on the phone with a parent, who had her TV on at home....Absolute shock." - Lori Mitchell

"First year teaching art in Ulysses. I thought my students were trying to trick me into turning on the TV." - Kylee Schmidt

"Mr. Waldron's 5th grade math class. He turned on the TV to let us watch the news and told us that the world was about to change forever." - Zach Rupp

"At UHS in ISS and Mr. Prieto came through the back cubicle and told me..." - Glynis Pearson Meyer

"Sitting in my 3rd grade class. My teacher at the time turned the TV on when it was happening. Felt confused while the teacher cried." - Vanessa Dupuis

"Sitting in the middle of my living room floor - 7 months pregnant wondering what kind of world I was bringing my son in to with tears falling down my face." - Kristina Graber

"I was a freshman at Lakin in Algebra class. Someone came in and told our teacher to turn on the TV. We watched the second tower fall. The rest of the day we spent in the library watching the news. I remember feeling so scared and unsure of everything." - Robin J. Leonard

"I remember walking in Ms. Orr's class after P.E..... She was crying watching the television then two other teachers an students joined in and we watched the news." - Lila Loya-Guerrero

"Sitting at my desk doing bookwork and got a phone call to turn the TV on. I sat and cried for hours and honestly sat with the news on for days." - Yolanda Rogers

"I was leaving for school that morning and the news was on. I yelled down to my mom 'trade tower is on fire. See ya after school!' And left the house. I was sitting in chemistry when the second tower fell. What a surreal day." - Kacie A. Dirks

"Teaching 5th grade. Watched in the office. My aunt flew for US air at the time. I immediately called Roxie to see if she was flying; fortunately, she was not." - Amy Curtis Wartman

"We were at Webster Lake and had the radio on... My cousin had a TV in his camper and we watched it. A very sad day." - Teresa Garrett

"8th grade - Mr. Chad's history class and he turned on the news coverage and told us to pay attention, this was our generation's Kennedy assassination or Pearl Harbor." - Heather Zerr Underhill

"Just getting home from my morning kindergarten class. I remember watching the news with my mom and brothers." - Miranda Sullivan

"I had taken one child to school and was changing the diaper of my second child when the second plane struck. I remember because he wet on me due to how long it took me to get the new diaper on." - Ivy Rodenberg

"My freshman year in high school in Mr. Wolf's class." - Samantha Chavez-Wise

"Getting ready for work and my mom called me and told me to hurry and turn on the TV something bad was happening. I remember at work we just listened to the radio all day and everyone was so quiet. It was a sad, scary time."- Laura Salem Sarracino

"I was about to head to work when the first plane hit. I called my mom at work because my sister worked at the Smithsonian and my niece was in daycare that they provided. My mom left work and we waited for hours to get a phone call from my sister saying she and my niece were ok. I remember standing in front of the TV crying watching the whole thing unfold." - Julie Moral

"I was in Julie Moral's mother's classroom when she got the call, 6th grade Social Studies." - Brittney Davidson

"I was at work, and was very frightened and scared for my oldest two kids who were at K-State. All I wanted was for them to come home as quickly as they could." - Cindy Burton

"I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, and how I felt to find out that this country that I served and love so much was under attack. I remember every single thing about that day, and I will never forget it! Toby Keith said it best." - Gloria Brito Mortensen

"Standing in Sullivan Library waiting for a kindergarten class. My son's 4th grade teacher came and told me. Honestly, I didn't even know what a terrorist was. I was on edge the remainder of the day wondering what might happen next." - Tammi Mitchell

"Teaching 4th grade at Sullivan. Jodi Pfingsten, principal, came around to the classroom and told me. I called my parents to make sure all my family was safe and not traveling." - Karen Stinson

"I was gonna be a new mom, working at JC Penney at the time. Remember it coming in, in the breakroom, wondering what kind of world my daughter would be born in. Very sad day for many, the country, families." - Brown N Julieann

"I was in Mr. Archuleta's electronics class. We could not stop watching the news. I would think where is this at, and how would it affect us, at the same time feeling sad for everyone that was in the twin towers and close by. For all those families that lost a loved one due to this tragedy." - Rosalinda Ochoa

"I had gone to work when the first reports were coming in and even the networks didn't know what had happened. Later, at work, some co-workers started sharing what they had heard and seen on the news. As we received the report of the second attack in NYC, the attack on the Pentagon and the crash of United Flight 93, we were truly shocked and appalled!!! Later that evening, we watched the news, prayed for the families of the victims and prayed for our country." - Cindy Davis

"I was in 6th or 7th grade. Miss Barbo's study class." - Jose Ochoa

"Driving grain cart harvesting corn." - Sheryl Deyoe

"Teaching fourth grade at Hickok School. My kids were out of the room in a specials class. Ken Warner told me what had happened, so I immediately turned on the classroom TV. Such a scary and sad day!" - Pam Patrick

"On an airplane headed to Boston Logan airport." - Karla Shore

"Working at Kroy Industries." - Marsha Hayden Flummerfelt

"I was in 9th grade, all I can remember is them not letting out school and I was just so scared something more was going to happen and crying at Alejandro's for lunch. I just really wanted to go home and fell safe(ish). (I can understand why they didn't let out school now kind of.) I always thought I was in art class, but I can't remember because it was just so chaotic." - Alisha Ann Pena

"Went to my business class at GCCC. My professor took roll then dismissed us. I left for work at Wal-Mart and it was a dessert everything gone - wiped out. The gas station had long lines like crazy - gas had took a hike and over $5 a gallon. I remember my friend's sister found a gas station that didn't raise its prices. She took turns taking out vehicles to fill them up at regular price. Wal-Mart had TVs that hung all around the store and were all on the news. It was such a somber and surreal time. I really couldn't grasp what was actually going on. I just remembered it was very chaotic and hectic with a sense of urgency."- Divina Nat

"I was sitting in waiting room at hospital in Dodge while my son was in surgery. Shocked at what I was seeing on TV. Never will I forget." - Mari Rios

"Vernal, Utah visiting a classmate, Kenny Nash and wife, was in shock." - Carlotta Wilkening Barnes

"At the vet, putting my Pyrenees down. Very sad day." - Mark Minks

"Getting ready to go to work at Russ' Gift Center." - Terri Trotman

"Drive thru at GPCU on my way to the Landmark to do food prep!" - Stacey Gee

"Driving to my job in Amarillo, Texas. My son called to tell me the plane had hit one tower. We were thinking it was an accident. We were still on the phone when the second tower was hit. Then we knew it was not accidental. There was not much work done that day at the law firm. In fact, we left work early because we didn't know if planes would be targeting high rise buildings that day." - Debbie Hileman Long

"I was in Ms. Pam Patrick's class coming back from PE with Katelynn Shea Koehn and Tori Dowell at Hickok. My dad and uncle was at KanTex as pen riders and his boss came in and they all listened to it on the radio at break." - Caitlin Valdez

"6th grade Mrs. Williams' class." - Jessica Morphis

"Mrs. Williams' 6th grade Social Studies classroom watching the news." - Ciara Smith-Leach

"I was standing by a co-worker's desk at Grant County Bank and saw the second plane crash into the tower on her computer." - Thelma Eubanks Bortz

"At work at Smyth Oil and Gas." - Nan Black-Woods

"Teaching second grade at Hickok School in a mobile classroom with Heather Gee. Dave Waldron was in tears. We were glued to the TV when not with our students. Scared. Sad. Uncertain." - Cathy Cavasos

"I was in art class, a freshman at Lakin High School. My husband was a freshman in high school in Queen's NYC. His experience is very unsettling, being only a few miles from Ground Zero." - Chelsie Yiouvanoglou