21 years ago on this night, stuck on the runway in JFK with my crew. Life would change the next day.

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image showing 21 years ago on this night, stuck on the runway in JFK with my crew. Life would change the next day.

zyndrex on September 10th, 2022 at 23:09 UTC »

United flight attendant of 29 years here. 21 years ago on the eve of 9/11, at about 10-11pm....there was a thunderstorm that shut JFK down for hours. There were airplanes on every tarmac as far as the eye could see. We were number 33, our call sign was "United863Heavy" "...l'Il never forget.

My two girlfriends & I were flying to San Francisco on the same crew. We were all so teeny, the three of us fit in these two seats in business, and someone thought it was cute. They took this picture. We had no idea what was about to happen. Life as these three friends knew it changed forever. We were stuck in San Francisco from that Tuesday until we were flown back home to NYC on the following Friday. Our airplane flew OVER the still smoldering pile of what were The Twin Towers, buildings we all knew well. All we recalled hearing were the roar of the engines....no one made a sound, except for the occasional sniffle... I honestly don't recall much sound. I just looked out the window from my seat, 2A and cried to myself. We all did. Two of my other close girlfriends ended up being on the crew working flight 93 which crashed in PA. Those were some of the most emotional and scariest days of my life.

iwouldhugwonderwoman on September 11st, 2022 at 00:46 UTC »

Amazing and wonderful snapshot in time.

The older I get and the further we get away from 9/11 the more emotional it becomes for me. I’m a jaded and non-emotional asshole but who and what we lost that day just hits me harder every year.

Your picture makes me smile though….wish we could rewind and avoid that day.

Scooter1116 on September 11st, 2022 at 02:06 UTC »

I remember that day so clearly.

One of the most eerie memories was having no planes in the sky that following week. The only flights you knew were for the hospitals so when you could hear them it was startling.