9/11 Remembering (2013)

[runco]

I will not forget.  It seems this is the first year since 9/11 that I have heard less on the radio, tv or read in the newspapers about remembering this somber event.  I have heard more about remembering Bengazi than 9/11/2001!  12 years ago today, I was sitting at my desk at work, and collegue leaned over and said a plane had hit the Trade Center.  My first innocent thoughts was I wonder is it very foggy in NY, and that is why a plane hit the building?  Little did I know within an hour my initial thoughts my innocence was shattered!

 

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[Just2Honor]

I will not forget either. Spent three weeks in NYC with the Red Cross.   Buildings were destroyed, others were closed off for safety, people were devastated, but there was a spirit of "we will not be defeated".   Of the 26 disasters I have worked it still sticks out in my mind.   Sad that so many, including most politicians,  have forgotten what radical Muslims did and what Muslim leadership has never condemned.

Edited September 11, 2013 by RoadKill

[Jesse]

I cant imagine being on those plans with my kids knowing we are headed into a building to our deaths. What do you even say for your last words?

[Guest Broomhead]

I will never forget what happened, what I was doing, or how I found out. I was on my way to work and heard on a morning comedy show that a plane hit a building in NY, thinking it was one of their gags I fluffed it off. That is, until a coworker pulled up and started telling me what was really going on. I was working at a new/used furniture store, we turned on one of the TVs and didn't do much else the rest of the day.

[UncleJak]

the brave people on flight 93 are also in my thoughts today. They went out with their boots on.

sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

[TMF]

That day changed the entire path of my life. I'll never forget as long as I live.

[Spots]

I was sitting in 8th grade history class and our teacher came in, told everyone to be quit and turned on the tv in time to see the second plane hit. That day had a lot to do with me going into the Marine Corps 6 years later. May we never forget what happened.

Tapatalk ate my spelling.

[Jesse]

I was at work ( building a house ) the neighbor came and told us what happened. I had to wait 6 hours til i got home check it out. We had no tv or radio on the job site.

[DaveS]

I was just getting off work at the Fort Campbell, KY Fire Dept. We had to stay and got "locked down" for 4 days before we could go home. The average wait time to get onto post was 4-6 hours. I remember every school on post had a AA battery on the property, our fire stations had a anti aircraft missile launcher in the back parking lot, armed troops and armed attack helicopters patrolling 24/7.

 

Since we are far from safe, what's going to get blown up today?

 

I'll never forget the image of those planes flying into those buildings...never!

 

DaveS

Edited September 11, 2013 by DaveS

[Nynick81]

So many things I can say about that day. I was in Manhattan that night right before it happened. I worked on water st. Which was a few blocks from the towers. Within 48hrs I was back in the city with my company. Some of us went down to ground zero and aided in the cleanup. We also opened our building to give the police and firefighters somewhere to sleep and eat. We organized tractor trailers full of supplies and got donations from all over the country. Ill never foget how much support we received. The city was a ghost town. It was damn near impossible to get in the city. I had to walk from the other side of china town all the way downtown because that's as far as the subway could go. I stayed in the city for about two weeks and only went home to shower and get my truck. I'll never forget that day or the things i've seen there.

[Mdunntn]

Sitting in my sixth grade English class. Before 9/11 we didn't even know what the world trade towers were. I remember staring at the tv confused why this plane was sticking out of this building. Then we saw the second plane hit and got scared. Had no idea what it meant or what was going on just saw how our teacher was reacting. We had a prayer ceremony the next morning outside the school (Carter middle) underneath the flag pole.

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[TNMTBik3r]

I was sitting in 8th grade history as well that morning. I remember a bunch of teachers hurrying down the hall talking to each other, than they turned on the TV and told us what happened. We didn't do any work that day, just watched the reports.

We also debated counter strikes - younger and dumber at the time, we didn't fully understand the repercussions of some of our proposals. But I still wish a few areas in the middle east had ceased to exist.

[TNMTBik3r]

And as mentioned, I haven't heard/seen hardly anything this morning... The last couple years the media has quit mentioning it. I do understand moving on, but events of this nature should never be forgotten and unfortunately our country is forgetting.

[tnguy]

I worked from home at the time. I got up just after the first tower was hit and got to see the second hit.

 

Having grown up with IRA terrorism (though admittedly, nothing of that magnitude), it was interesting to see how much it totally knocked the American media and public for six. I remember how high the casualty estimates were at first (they were talking six figures) and how it gradually came down to "only" 3,000-odd people. I remember TV shut down for the day. I remember thinking that the government was going to totally overreact and we would suffer more from their reaction than the actions of the terrorists themselves (and I believe I actually underestimated how bad that was going to be).

[TMF]

I worked from home at the time. I got up just after the first tower was hit and got to see the second hit.

Having grown up with IRA terrorism (though admittedly, nothing of that magnitude), it was interesting to see how much it totally knocked the American media and public for six. I remember how high the casualty estimates were at first (they were talking six figures) and how it gradually came down to "only" 3,000-odd people. I remember TV shut down for the day. I remember thinking that the government was going to totally overreact and we would suffer more from their reaction than the actions of the terrorists themselves (and I believe I actually underestimated how bad that was going to be).

If it weren't for first responders running the evacuations the numbers very well could have been approaching six figures. Thank God the towers stood as long as they did.

[Volzfan]

And as mentioned, I haven't heard/seen hardly anything this morning... The last couple years the media has quit mentioning it. I do understand moving on, but events of this nature should never be forgotten and unfortunately our country is forgetting.

Been watching History, History 2 and Discovery for some great coverage. 

[Alleycat72]

It was my birthday as is today.

[Jamie Jackson]

What is indelibly etched into my mind were the people leaping from the burning building to their certain death. What a hell of a choice to have to make.

 

Never forget. Never forgive.

 

 

Sadly, look how much of our God given freedom we have handed over for the illusion of security. What is wrong with us? :shrug:

 

Thank you to all that serve, and have served, and sacrificed so much. My Prayer is that we prove worthy.

[bersaguy]

That day changed the entire path of my life. I'll never forget as long as I live.

 

That day changed the entire path of my life. I'll never forget as long as I live.

 

I think that day changed the lives of everyone in America old enough to understand  what was happening......jmho

[Guest ThePunisher]

In 2008, over half the people forgot 9/11 when they elected someone with a Muslim name when we were at war with Muslim extremist determined to destroy America. Not sure who is going to destroy America first, the Muslim extremist or the one with the Muslim name that got elected. They both hate American exceptionalism. Edited September 11, 2013 by ThePunisher

[RED333]

At that time I was a Car Mech, boss called me in to see what was going on, called my wife.

We talked for a good bit, got home that day and talked to my kids.

We can NEVER FORGET.

Now the POTUS wants us to back muslim terrorism around the world.

The man needs to leave office!!!

Edited September 11, 2013 by RED333

[Jesse]

Everything slowly fades away. The JFK shooting was also a big deal. But with time things dont seem as important as they did. 12 year old and younger kids have no feelings for 9/11. I wish i had saved news papers and stuff to reflect on.

[Monkeyman2500]

I saw every horrible second of it from the moment it can on the news. We used to watch the morning shows in the kitchen I worked at. It was an Italian deli and they were all from Broklyn NY. My buddy's mom worked at the first tower for 20 yrs till she retired. We just sat and watched feeling more angry by the second. I could never forget or forgive what I saw that day.

[TMF]

I think that day changed the lives of everyone in America old enough to understand what was happening......jmho

For me it was more dramatic than buying a flag at Walmart and putting it on the front of the house. I went down to the Army recruiter and began working on my contract to go on active duty, which would later take me to several combat zones and set the stage for meeting the mother of my children. Before every mission where we left to ruin the life of the enemy I remembered that day so that I could channel that rage on those m'fers.

[jcj]

Everything slowly fades away. The JFK shooting was also a big deal. But with time things dont seem as important as they did. 12 year old and younger kids have no feelings for 9/11. I wish i had saved news papers and stuff to reflect on.

Lots and lots of clips of the news coverage on YouTube.

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