For my post today, my wife suggested capturing some of the most powerful Tweets from today and bringing them together. So, to remember the seven year anniversary of 9/11 – here are 25 eye opening moments captured in less than 140 characters each:

1. morrisryanc: #wwy911: phone rang. girlfriend told me to turn on tv. hung up, called mom. "where’s dad?" "he’s on a plane from  europe to DC …" panicked.
2. melaniephung: #7yearsago I got on a bus at the Pentagon. 15 min. later I got off and saw giant black cloud of smoke coming from where I’d just been.
3. amythecopywrite: #wwy911 Was on the way to the airport for NYC flight. My entire family was in flight to NYC. All grounded. Cousin buried my aunt alone.
4. thegirlriot: #WWY911 i was in high school still. there were rumours first. no one wanted to tell us. fourth period we all knew. blue mascara stains.
5. dsaarinen: I could hear the explosions in Brooklyn, a terrible "snow" was falling here, people walking fast covering faces with their shirts. #wwy911
6. wisesumo: #wwy911 - I was working in Atlanta’s Twin Towers and like everyone in my government agency we looked at TV, worried we would be hit next
7. lewiswebb: working at the London Eye, we closed down for the day – some tourists actually complained! London’s sky became eireely empty #wwy911
8. leesabarnes: #7yearsago at this moment, i watched footage of people falling from the top floors of both towers. i couldn’t sleep the rest of the nite.
9. webgrrlie: #7yearsago Working at AOL in Dulles, and husband was working in DC. I drove 100 mph to go retrieve him & then we went home, and wept.
10. bigboned: #7yearsago heard NYC on radio, saw it on newroomTV, said We are in DC, it could happen here! Calm Down said boss – heard BOOM -windows shook
11. egvick: #7yearsago Ground Zero image taken from the Intl Space Stationhttp://tinyurl.com/4spz3j
12. melikbilge: #7yearsago I was 6 years old, watching my parents and grandfather look at burning buildings
13. funfelt: #7yearsago I was teaching 5th grade full time, single mom, shocked and horrified, how to explain to students? my own kids? so much confusion
14. egculbertson: #7yearsago In my apt about to walk out the door for work; went to Red Cross to give blood and watched CNN with hundreds of people.
15. beezy: #7yearsago Stuck at work, buildings around me evacuated, heard the hit at the pentagon, saw CNN, threw up, never watched crash video again.
16. kellishaver: #7yearsago Stood in my one of favorite professor’s office and watched the 2nd tower fall. Found out I was pregnant about 24hrs later.
17. ryanmer: #7yearsago I was in Mexico. Just gotten out of the shower & everyone was around the radio. Somebody said "your country is under attack."
18. eriksr: Was helping neighbor who had locked herself out of her home break INTO her home. Other neighbor shouts "America is under attack!"
19. RedheadWriting: #7yearsago I lived in San Diego in apt @ the end of the runway and overslept because the morning planes weren’t flying. Surreal.
20. jeriley: #7yearsago I was in the server room at ncr.org wondering why our internet was stupid slow. I was pissed when I found out why.
21. dvsjr: #7yearsago I was at the Apple Store, working behind the Genius bar when we heard. We grabbed a TV from radio shack and watched the news.
22. pixelnated: #7yearsago We were considering having a child and that day made us decide against it. It took two years for us to change our minds.
23. budesigns: #7yearsago True confession: I never saw the footage of people falling/jumping from the towers (that they stopped showing). I wanted to.
24. jfug: #7YearsAgo At work, colleague said "you’re going to want to see this" Every time I see the tape I think "please, let it miss this time."
25. CraigC: #7yearsago zombied my way to class @ UToledo cause i hadn’t heard the news. The Egyptian kid got death threats.

And of course, in case you’re curious, here’s my own Tweet: