Mendota Heights Remembers: Where Were You Sept. 11, 2001?

On this morning in 2001, four commercial airline flights were hijacked in the air by al-Qaida terrorists.

Most United States residents were hundreds if not thousands of miles away from the devastation when two planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center building. One plane was flown into the Pentagon. A fourth crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers foiled the hijackers' plans.

But we all felt the impact of the news we heard—and the images we saw—that day.

As communities across the country reflect on the lives lost, and the ways that we've moved on, let's share and remember that day together.

Post in the comments section what you recall from that day. Let's create a record of our remembrances as a community.