I live in NY Long Island, and I remember it. I was like 6th grade or so late for school, and went down stairs and saw my mom covering her head. Than after they replayed the 1st hit, I remember seeing the second one go in and found out what happened. I couldn't really realize how scary it was, you could see the smoke from long island. I have family friends who were supposed to do some work in the trade center that day and because they slept late they survived and another who was a fire fighter was injured but first day back, but he couldn't go in. a lot of people were affected dramatically in New York. Watching the special on history channel when I was older, really hit me harder than before. I still had school but some people went home early.