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Ten years ago today, a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center shook the world. Over 3,000 people perished in the Twin Towers and millions were effected.

Celebs weighted in on where they were when the towers fell:

Gabourey Sidibe

“September 11, 2001 was the beginning of my first week at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). The school is located in Tribeca and was then split into two campuses: one on the West Side Highway and another building across the street from the World Trade Center. I had class that morning at eight. Though this almost never happens to me, I woke up too late to get there on time. Even though I was disappointed in myself for waking up so late, I decided to just turn on my TV and catch a talk show. In about 10 minutes, I became aware of the planes hitting the towers.

“Later that day, one of the towers fell on the school building that I had class in, and people lost their lives. BMCC shut down for a month because the school became a make-shift space for police, firefighters and EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians). When the school did reopen in mid-October, I could smell the soot and ashes from the huge hole in the city that was Ground Zero. The smell lingered in every classroom.

Lady Gaga:

As a New Yorker, it’s very intense. I’ve never really spoken about this before but I was in New York on September 11 and I watched the Towers fall with all my girlfriends from the roof of our school. The whole city was covered in ashes.”

Justin Bieber:

I was actually coming home from school and it was on the TV and my mom was like, ‘watch this’ and it was really crazy, I actually saw the second plane hit on TV, and it was like, it was traumatic.”

Busta Rhymes:

You know, we’ve been able to still show our resilience and our endurance as a city, as a people, coming together and representing and remembering the lives of the ones that we lost, is such a beautiful thing to know that we’re not celebrating their loss but we’re celebrating their lives, you know what I’m saying? And this ten-year anniversary is a defining moment to show how far we’ve come and how well we’ve bounced back, even though we still might be going through some hardship, we’re still strong and we’re showing the people a great thing.”

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