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#my911story tldr: I was stationed overseas in South Asia and that reality always makes today kind of odd for me #911anniversary
Screenshot of a Twitter post from September 11, 2019. It begins with # my 9/11 story then reads: first tour foreign service officer in Chennai, India. 10.5 hours ahead of New York City. Had been out of the office sick Monday and Tuesday. Was watching “The Seige” movie about terrorism on US soil. Movie ended and I turned on CNN. I remember seeing the tower on fire and thinking “Is the movie still on?” Screenshot of the second post in a Twitter thread from September 11, 2019 that reads: saw plane hit the second tower. Quickly informed that the Consulate would be closed Wednesday (since it was already Tuesday evening for us) and security around our living quarters was upped. I remember my then boyfriend (Aussie/Brit) walking in after work with just a horrified look on his face. Third screenshot from a Twitter thread from September 11, 2019 that reads: Heard the State Department had been evacuated. I was scared for my friends. Made the boyfriend drag a mattress into the TV room because I wanted to watch coverage overnight but didn’t wanna be alone. This day is always weird for me because I lived it so differently than folks in the US I think. The post ends with # the world turned upside down, which is a reference to the musical “Hamilton” Final of four posts in a Twitter thread from September 11, 2019 that reads: I was 24. I knew instantly we were going to war. I knew it was probably going to be in the region I was in, South Asia. It was my job to know. But that didn’t make it any less surreal.
September 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM