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Post by malibou on Sept 11, 2019 18:17:54 GMT
And as much as I remember and laud those brave first responders who truly ARE their brothers' and sisters' keepers, I mourn for our brothers and sisters who lost their ability to live peacefully w/o hate, fear, threats of violence from their fellow citizens just for being who they are: This breaks my heart.
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Post by tentoes on Sept 11, 2019 19:00:17 GMT
I will never forget. I spent the day with my son in law that couldn't get in touch with his brother who worked in the area. His father also worked quite close, and he couldn't get in touch with him either. It was horrific. (both his father and his brother were ok, but certainly will never forget either. They saw the towers fall.)
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Sept 11, 2019 19:39:44 GMT
I walked into my office and could hear my boss saying, "We're going to war, we're under attack.." I had no idea what he was talking about so I said "What?" and he told me that someone had flown planes into both buildings of the WTC. We all went into our small breakroom and crowded around a little 13" television and that's where we remained all day. I remember things just kept getting worse and more unbelievable. The Pentagon, the Towers falling, PA... I can say 9/11 was the most surreal time in my life.
The next day after I dropped my daughter at kindergarten, the radio station I was listing to was going to do a moment of silence/prayer at the exact moment the first plane hit. I was sitting at a red light in a residential neighborhood and just as the moment of silence began, an old, old man walked up to my car, knocked on my window, and kept saying "Our country is going to war!" over and over. I felt sad for him because I could tell he was kind of confused, and he probably shouldn't have been out alone, but I was also a little irritated because he messed up my silent moment. (I know, so petty.) It's so weird the things that you remember..
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 11, 2019 20:13:30 GMT
I was getting ready to drop my hubby off at CLE international airport for an overseas trip with 15 other guys going for work.
We turned around, came back home and sat on our bed glued to the TV for the entire day in a state of shock and disbelief. We were numb.
They were finally cleared to fly a week later.
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Post by scrappinmama on Sept 11, 2019 20:19:00 GMT
I'll never forget. I'll never let my kids forget. It was unreal to see it all unfold. I was living in Los Angeles at the time and I remember seeing a fighter plane fly over our home. I'm assuming it was escorting flights that were trying to land at LAX.
My heart breaks for everyone who lost someone that day.
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Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Sept 11, 2019 20:58:27 GMT
I was teaching a class of 7th graders. We turned on the tv after the first plane hit. When word came that it might be a terrorist plan the principal came on the PA and told us to turn off all TVs and computers until further notice. Sept. 11 is my daughters birthday. She was 8 that day. I wanted so badly to just walk out of the building and go hug my babies.
A dear friend was in the military and worked out of the Pentagon. He had walked a few yards down the hall and was in another office when that plane hit. He ran back to his office only to discover that the office was no longer there. His secretary and aide were dead. He spent the next several hours pulling bodies and wounded personnel from the wreckage. He then walked home... 13 miles... with a knee wound that would require a complete replacement. He remembered none of it for several years. While he is a survivor, the PTSD has changed his life in so many ways.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 11, 2019 22:33:39 GMT
"A day of remembrance, for those that lost their lives, and for all of those that gave their lives. We Remember." Every year I watch different programs about 9/11. I remember the shock and horror of the day. I remember how people came together and put aside their differences. Each year I hope that people will remember to come together and put aside their differences for at least this day of remembrance.
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Jun 26, 2014 0:29:24 GMT
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Sept 11, 2019 22:49:27 GMT
Unfortunately, I think we, as a country, are already starting to forget the significance of this day. By giving it a name, Patriot Day, it has been turned into a holiday, like Veteran's Day, or Memorial Day. And as the generation of witnesses is overtaken by generations who only read about it in their history books, society will come to look on this day as a day off from work, or maybe a day to get a good deal on a car. September 11th is used as a plot twist on a tv show, or worked into an act on America's got Talent. Last year, I saw an ad for a "Patriot's Day mattress sale", and an ice cream store selling red white and blue sundaes. It is already starting. People may still put up the flag for the day, but the real reason for the day will become as secondary as the real reason for Labor Day.
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Post by gina on Sept 12, 2019 0:14:13 GMT
We will NEVER forget! I spend every 9/11 sharing stories and pictures on social media from that day. Bretagne; the last surviving search & rescue dog, FDNY Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge, the first confirmed fatality from 9.11.01, Ladder 118 crossing over the Brooklyn Bridge on September 11th. All six firefighter heroes perished that were aboard the rig. Those were just a few of the images I shared today. I also do it so my children can see different aspects from this day, as they were not born yet. (You can see them in my IG stories if we're not FB friends). This is my husband's firehouse. I re-share this every year while he is there for the memorial.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 12, 2019 0:21:28 GMT
I lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and it was afternoon, I was getting off from work and didn't know what happened until I got home right after the Pentagon was hit. It was a scary time for us as we had no idea what to expect, especially after we found out most of the highjackers were Saudi. We came back to the states the next year intending to return when our contract was renewed. Then they had the bombing of the western compounds in Riyadh (including the one we had lived in) and we decided it was too dangerous for our son to be there.
I loved living in Riyadh and would have loved to return, but that part of our life is done and we are closing in on retirement now.
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Post by frenchie on Sept 12, 2019 0:58:17 GMT
I was working a flight from JFK-LAX. We were told we had to land in Kansas City at a certain point. There were air phones on the plane, and a lot of passengers were getting info from people on the ground in NY. There was some panic going on for sure. Once we landed, all we wanted was to know the crew members’ names on our airline’s 2 flights that had crashed. It was excruciating once we knew. Many of our friends/coworkers had been on those 2 planes. Even after 18 years, the pain is sometimes so raw.
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