Always Remember...

[Sallana]

Always remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001. I'm not the most patriotic person in this nation.. But we can all agree that innocent lives should have been spared that day. Always remember where you were and how you found out. What was your reaction and did you cry? How old were you?

These are things that you are going to want to tell your babies babies someday. We lived through a huge part of history and horror, and we must pass down this memory to ours, so that it is never forgotten, so that the people who passed that day are always honored, and so that the firefighters who lost their lives trying to help others will always be held in highest of regards.

Wave your flag proud, today is Patriot Day.

 

[redgirl]

Agree. I distinctly remember because I had just gotten out of the Army 6 months prior to it happening, I had gotten up for breakfast and turned on the news and watched the whole thing unfold. Very devastating, especially when I saw people jumping out of the building. Plus, my husband worked in Virginia, right below DC, and I was hoping that nothing else was going to happen and that he would be ok. It took hours for him to get home that day.

I still can't believe it happened and I hope nothing like this happens ever again.

 

[r3dgh0s7]

 

[Ravens Rose]

I remember that morning I was still sleeping ( I had an infant at them time & slept whenever I could get the chance ) and was woken by a phone call from my mother telling me.. get up, put the TV on ... we are being attacked! I sat there looking at the TV in absolute horror!

I knew people in those buildings.... I started to wonder if they would be able to get out and while still on the phone the 1st tower to fall came crumbling down and I started to scream & knowing that the other tower will most likely meet the same fate. Plus, the attack on the Pentagon, all the people in all the planes & all the rescue workers. I think many forget about the plane that went down in PA. Those passengers gave their lives to save others and that needs to be remembered too.

I knew some who passed that day as well as some that survived for one reason or another (either they were able to get out, or were stuck in traffic or just happened to call out sick that day). One that sticks with me personally is when my friends father did get a message out that he was ok after the plane had initially hit & and was going to find his daughter (they both worked for the same company). In my heart I have to believe that he found her & were together when they lost their lives that day. That day will stick with me forever and will not be forgotten.

 

[DLite]

 

[MXBNW]

I tend to not have many words at these times in life.. Just a lot of thoughts of my friends long ago.
Today will be a tuff day… I’ll keep myself busy and in my own thoughts. For what we did and what they gave will be with me for a life time.
For all that serve and have served are heroes.

Thank you for this thread.

Veteran
US Army

 

[zbasspro]

I was roofing a house by the St. Louis airport......man, planes grounding faster than I could count, very uneasy feeling for sure. Lot of innocent people lost their lives that day, still some sad stuff to think about. boB

 

[UntamedRose]

I cant say I remember the day exactly....was in Boot camp for 9/11, and didnt find out about it till the 13 or 14th
The whole base shut down. There were snipers on the roofs, concrete blocks on all the roads, No one was allowed on or off the base. Other then our RDC's(think drill instructors) being highly ticked off, but they are always that way really....we all thought this was just another part of training.

In wasnt until a few days later we where sitting in class listening to a POW lecture. Someone wrote a rap song, and was passing it around...the instructor saw it and went off. We were under terrorist attack, and us "dingbats" were "playing" around.

Whole feeling changed after that.

(for the record...we had several NYers in our division and one of the gals lost her father...they didnt want to say anything till it was known for sure)

 

[Auntbeast]

My daughter was born Sept 10, 2005. The whole time I was in labor, I was hoping she wouldn't be born on Sept. 11th. The thing is, an innocent child being born on that day is actually one of the greatest testaments to continuing that there is.

I just watched a documentary on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As hard as Sept 11th was for us, we got off pretty easy.

My heart and soul to those that lost their lives and their loves one who have to continue, for the ones to risked their lives to save lives and for the Unity that we as a nation experienced afterwards. I've never been more proud to be an American. And always, my utter and utmost respect for our military and foreign service members around the world. May you be a good steward of our best qualities and come home safely.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

I still remember watching the second plane go in, them talking about that one they crashed, so surreal, telling my wife about it on the phone, live.......

We lived under a flight path at the time, no planes for days -- and I never thought I'd miss them -- just choppers everywhere (some military by us) -- it was the first time I ever felt that type of fear, fear for my wife and son and would I be able to protect them.....bad memories....

 

[skydragon]

I remember I was on my route (yes I remember having a full time job too) when I walked into one of my accounts and saw it on TV. I honestly thought it was a movie but then he told me what was going on. I still remember the complete disbelieve and utter sadness I felt as I watched it throughout the day. I can still feel it if that makes sense. I also remember the anger I felt when I saw people in other countries celebrating. Even some in this country.

One of my roommates students was killed there that day. Very nice girl who was there for an interview.

 

[Satharra]

I was still teaching in the classroom at the time. We hadn't heard anything but a teacher and I were co-planning and he decided to turn on CNN. We first thought, as many others did, that a plane had inadvertently crashed into the first tower. Then we watched in horror as the second hit. It was all that was on our minds and the students minds and it was pretty difficult to keep everyone on track for the day. They wanted to talk and we wanted to reassure them but we had parents calling in demanding that they not be exposed to this and that instruction continue as usual. That was mind-boggling to me. This was the biggest event of their short lives and we're supposed to ignore it and their fear? In the end, one of the English teachers I was working with and I decided to do an open letter to help the kids address their fears, their anger, and their concerns. We showed them several that came out over the next couple of days and then let them have some catharsis.

I know that I had 2 friends flying that day, 1 out of NYC. I was petrified that he had been on that plane. It took over 3 hours to find out that he wasn't on that plane and had no clue what had happened. He was supposed to be on one of them but went out the night before since he needed to get an early start at the job in CA. Oddly enough, he also worked in one of the towers. Out of the entire business, only the crew that was with him survived. It was heartwrenching.

 

[Ru42]

I was a national director for a marketing firm. I had an employee scheduled for a meeting in one of the Towers at the time the attack happened. I couldn't reach him for hours. Found out that they meeting was postponed 2 hours; that postponement saved his life (probably.)

I was at the site not too long after the attack. I walked the streets around the wreckage for hours. The feeling of the area was eerie. There were broken windows everywhere. Shades from the windows of offices in the tower were blown into trees and just hung there. Every block there were memorials. I went to the Fire Station that was first on the scene and lost most of it's men and women. Here it is 9 years later and I can still feel the emotions.

 

[RedDeath5]

i'm getting chills thinking about that day. i had just got up and was getting my head together. i was in the Delayed Entry Program for the Army cuz i was a tad overweight. i was in the kitchen and my fiancee and 10 month old son were in the living room. i heard cartoons, then the vacuum fired up. as i was diggin through the fridge, i heard the volume crank on the tv and the obvious sounds of a news broadcast momentarily until my fiancee got the remote from my son. then the vacuum shut off and she yelled for me. i walked in just as the second plane hit. i can't even begin to describe everything i was feeling...just thinkingback to that day and typing this out has caused me to vape through a freshly filled cart.

 

[RIMP]

I tend to not have many words at these times in life.. Just a lot of thoughts of my friends long ago.
Today will be a tuff day… I’ll keep myself busy and in my own thoughts. For what we did and what they gave will be with me for a life time.
For all that serve and have served are heroes.

Thank you for this thread.

Veteran
US Army

Thanks also from another Vet, U.S. Army. Never forget.

 

[RedDeath5]

allow me to extend an open Thank You to all my brothers and sisters in uniform. whether you were on the front lines in iraq or afghanistan, or waged war with a pen and paper, your service to the greatest nation on this grand ball of mud will always be remembered. and for those who paid the ultimate price, whether military or civilian, may God hold have a special place at his side for you and your family.

 

[Vchick]

Amen Redeath,

I can still remember those eerily quiet days following 911, I thank you & god bless to all that have served our country, I am forever grateful

 

[Teach]

allow me to extend an open Thank You to all my brothers and sisters in uniform. whether you were on the front lines in iraq or afghanistan, or waged war with a pen and paper, your service to the greatest nation on this grand ball of mud will always be remembered. and for those who paid the ultimate price, whether military or civilian, may God hold have a special place at his side for you and your family.

Thanks RD5, I know many feel that way towards Vets, but few find opportunity to voice it so well.

 

[Tuck]

 

[btngchck]

THANK YOU!! To all of you that have protected me and my family. Whether that be from foreign soil or from our homeland.

God Bless You and America!