Remember 9/11 (serious)

[DAVEZILLA]

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l106/sunflowerlover_01/9-11.jpg

[Barry Bonds]

I was at home in bed with a sinus infection.

My wife called and told me to wake up and turn on the television.

I did just as the 2nd plane hit.

[DAVEZILLA]

I was at home in bed with a sinus infection.

My wife called and told me to wake up and turn on the television.

I did just as the 2nd plane hit.

I put the TV on and the second plane had already hit smoke was coming out of both buildings, at first I honestly thought it was a movie, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I just stood there in shock, that was the most helpless feeling I have ever felt.

[wulf88]

I think this was a defining moment for alot of people. I will remember the day like it was yesterday. Unfortunately, I think some have forgotton what happened that day.

[crupiea]

I watched in horror just like everyone else.

I went to work and was the manager of a rent to own place. My boss called me right at opening time and asked how many sales and collections I was going to do.

I was shocked, I asked if maybe he didnt know what had just happened and he said that shouldnt effect us, those people are on the East Coast.

I couldnt believe it.

I quit about 2 days later.

[DAVEZILLA]

I think this was a defining moment for alot of people. I will remember the day like it was yesterday. Unfortunately, I think some have forgotton what happened that day.

that's why I did this thread to make sure everyone remembers


I watched in horror just like everyone else.

I went to work and was the manager of a rent to own place. My boss called me right at opening time and asked how many sales and collections I was going to do.

I was shocked, I asked if maybe he didnt know what had just happened and he said that shouldnt effect us, those people are on the East Coast.

I couldnt believe it.

I quit about 2 days later.

wow, just wow, well good for you for quiting

[RyanAndyBob]

Im not over 35, but I still remember seeing this in middle school. Really messed with my head, And I'll always remember

[fcalise]

I was in third period in 10th grade biology class. My teacher had put on the radio briefly, told the class a plane had hit. It didn't register until I had seen the TV, because originally the way information had been passed to us made it seem like a biplane or something. Most teachers went on throughout the day to stop teaching and just talk if anyone needed, I did have one that had no idea what was going on and chose to ignore it.

I'll always remember, too.

[DAVEZILLA]

Im not over 35, but I still remember seeing this in middle school. Really messed with my head, And I'll always remember


I was in third period in 10th grade biology class. My teacher had put on the radio briefly, told the class a plane had hit. It didn't register until I had seen the TV, because originally the way information had been passed to us made it seem like a biplane or something. Most teachers went on throughout the day to stop teaching and just talk if anyone needed, I did have one that had no idea what was going on and chose to ignore it.

I'll always remember, too.

well that's good the younger generation understands and appreciates what happen 7 years ago, we can't ever forgot

[blkbelt42]

good post bro......even for a southerner. :) which
I am one of now. That day was unreal, watching it
was sureal and those images will never be forgotten.

[RyanAndyBob]

well that's good the younger generation understands and appreciates what happen 7 years ago, we can't ever forgot

Your picture Just became my background on my work computer, thanks to you everyone who walks by will remember that fateful day and hopefully take pride in who they are and where they are.

[GnomusMaximus]

It was a terrible day for everyone. It will clearly be the defining moment of our generation. My thoughts go out to all those that lost loved ones on that day.

[wulf88]

I was actually driving to work in Houston listening to the morning radio show when they announced a plane had hit the trade center and had no further information. I was on a conference call when the second hit, and watched in horror as the trade center towers collapsed. Then the entire city of Houston shut down, because of fears of terrorists hitting NASA and the oil production facilities there. It was unreal.

[DAVEZILLA]

good post bro......even for a southerner. :) which
I am one of now. That day was unreal, watching it
was sureal and those images will never be forgotten.

thanks bro, but I'm from NY brah:D


Your picture Just became my background on my work computer, thanks to you everyone who walks by will remember that fateful day and hopefully take pride in who they are and where they are.

sweet that's cool, bro:)


It was a terrible day for everyone. It will clearly be the defining moment of our generation. My thoughts go out to all those that lost loved ones on that day.

AMEN brother

[blkbelt42]

thanks bro, but I'm from NY brah:D



sweet that's cool, bro:)



AMEN brother
I know. :)

[RyanAndyBob]

thanks bro, but I'm from NY brah:D



sweet that's cool, bro:)



AMEN brother

repped 4 creating the 1st thread of this i've seen.

[DAVEZILLA]

I was actually driving to work in Houston listening to the morning radio show when they announced a plane had hit the trade center and had no further information. I was on a conference call when the second hit, and watched in horror as the trade center towers collapsed. Then the entire city of Houston shut down, because of fears of terrorists hitting NASA and the oil production facilities there. It was unreal.

I remember thinking what the hell is going to be next, nobody new what was going to happen, they were shutting down everything in fear of another attack


I know. :)

:D


repped 4 creating the 1st thread of this i've seen.

I'm surprised myself that there isn't anymore 9/11 threads

[MsBodyhard]

Sadly John and I were there John worked in wall street at the time and he was doing a project at 51 pine street I work in the bronx but do closings in the city I had a closing in the empire state building that day but the closing got adjourned I decided to meet up with him for breakfast when the first plane hit I will never forget that day

[larkinforce]

I was still in the military. My group of guys who worked for me were just picking up their weapons for duty that day, when we got the word. From that point we put on our battle gear and went on high alert for the next few weeks.

[DAVEZILLA]

Sadly John and I were there John worked in wall street at the time and he was doing a project at 51 pine street I work in the bronx but do closings in the city I had a closing in the empire state building that day but the closing got adjourned I decided to meet up with him for breakfast when the first plane hit I will never forget that day

wow you were very close when it happen, that's some scary stuff


I was still in the military. My group of guys who worked for me were just picking up their weapons for duty that day, when we got the word. From that point we put on our battle gear and went on high alert for the next few weeks.

what was it like when it first happen, did you think you were going to war??

[djl_ottawa]

I am Canadian, but we got just as huge a shock. Here were our neighbors getting attacked.

I was home sick with a bad cold and my wife was on strike (picket duty) and was about to head out and was watching the news. She came upstairs running and yelling telling me there was an attack on the U.S. I never woke up so fast in my life.

I got downstairs just in time to see the 2nd plane hit the tower. I was shocked. For the rest of the day my wife stayed home for fear of other attacks and also so we could comfort each other.

Our hearts went to our family across the border that day. There was no border. Many of my own countrymen went to help and it made me proud. Wife and I even donated money to help (once we made sure they were valid).

[larkinforce]

wow you were very close when it happen, that's some scary stuff



what was it like when it first happen, did you think you were going to war??

We were not getting much intel at first just what was on TV. After we found out who did it we were ready to go to war. Anything out of the ordinary we jumped on it. We were on edge for a long time.

[DAVEZILLA]

I am Canadian, but we got just as huge a shock. Here were our neighbors getting attacked.

I was home sick with a bad cold and my wife was on strike (picket duty) and was about to head out and was watching the news. She came upstairs running and yelling telling me there was an attack on the U.S. I never woke up so fast in my life.

I got downstairs just in time to see the 2nd plane hit the tower. I was shocked. For the rest of the day my wife stayed home for fear of other attacks and also so we could comfort each other.

Our hearts went to our family across the border that day. There was no border. Many of my own countrymen went to help and it made me proud. Wife and I even donated money to help (once we made sure they were valid).

that's some good stuff bro

[AlexNJ]

I remember that day vividly and can replay almost every minute of that morning in my head. I work at a telecom in New Jersey and know many people in "the city" as we call New York here. We all gathered in conference rooms watching the footage from the city, shaking our heads in disbelief until we were told that we needed to evacuate our building because, being a telecommunications nerve center, there was some concern that we might be a target. There was a lot of confusion that day. I remember driving across New Jersey back home to Pennsylvania and noticing the complete lack of contrails in the sky, all flights having been grounded by the FAA. The sky was so clear that day. Quite a difference from the hell taking place in the city.

Several days later I had to pick my parents up at JFK Airport, once flights resumed. It was early Sunday morning and as I crossed the bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn, I couldn't help but look up the bay to see the plumes of smoke still rising from Ground Zero against an otherwise clear sky.

[dbx]

I worked in Consumer Affairs for Delta at the time, and was searching for an instructor pilot to get specific information about a particular aircraft's characteristics, in order to be able to respond in depth to a passenger's complaint. I saw one instructor, Rod, and asked where Brett was. He said, "He's running around here somewhere, I just saw him and he was mumbling about a plane hitting the WTC. You know Brett!" (Brett was a quirky kinda dude. You might even say kooky). We both nodded and laughed, and as I passed someone's office they said they just heard on the radio that a plane hit the WTC. I went back and told Rod that Brett might have had reason to be trippin'. We both headed to Flight Control and now had a line of folks behind who had overheard us.

It was surreal. We stood there in Flight Control, staring up at these big screens, and watched what little footage CNN had of the first plane. There were 3 VPs there, and a slew of other people who didn't belong in there, who had all gathered to see what was happening. The footage made it hard for our own pilots to even identify what kind of aircraft it was that hit. They argued anything from a Beechcraft to maybe a 737. The scale was just too hard to tell from the shots they were looking at.

And then, the 2nd aircraft appears. We stood their in total disbelief as we watched it fly into the other tower. It was the first definitive sign that this was no accident. After the room erupted with gasps and loud talking, a VP shouted for everyone who didn't belong in there to clear out. The rest of the day was spent anxiously awaiting confirmation that all of our aircraft were contacted, accounted for, and were on the ground after being ordered to land at the nearest airport. It was total chaos. I still can recall pictures from the airport in Nova Scotia, where many inbound international aircraft were ordered to land. It looked like a Photoshopped pic that was made to look like it was impossible for all those planes to have landed and sit in such close proximity. Unbelievable.

As the hours went by, our office headquarters and parking lot was barricaded. Nobody knew what might happens next, or if the attacks were just pointed against the airlines. I mean, nothing made any sense to anyone during that entire day.

I came home and promptly told 2 of my children to come watch the TV, and that they needed to see it, and be aware that they were witnessing a horrible, yet historic act of violence against our country.

And no, we'll never be the same. And I will certainly never forget 9/11.

[eomrat]

wow you were very close when it happen, that's some scary stuff



what was it like when it first happen, did you think you were going to war??

I was with 1/509 Airborne, and as soon as the second plane hit, I KNEW I was going to war, just didn't know where. Didn't much care either. Although I am in a violent profession, I am actually not a very violent person. However, on September 11th I was very ready to kill as many scumbags as I could get within range of. To this day if I see the images of people leaping from those towers, I get tense and the old pre-combat adrenaline starts flowing. It may seem a little sick to some take pride in killing, but I am not the least bit ashamed of any action I have been involved in since that day. Some people say the world isn't any safer than it was 7 years ago and even if that was true it would still all be worth it to me.
For me and alot of my brothers, it didn't have to be about security.
It was about vengeance.

[kimsquit]

I remember this

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and wonder why America waited until 2006, when Hamas was elected, to stop foreign aid to Palestine. If it had been up to me after watching those images, the money would have stopped on 9/12

[dbx]

I remember this

Oh yes, indeed!


...and wonder why America waited until 2006, when Hamas was elected, to stop foreign aid to Palestine. If it had been up to me after watching those images, the money would have stopped on 9/12

But alas, the world of politics enters the picture. The citizens say one thing while the govt. says another (sometimes :)), and the U.S. continues to build (read buy) goodwill...............

[SP1966]

I was driving my wife to work that morning and when we left the house the first airplane had already hit the WTC. It was on the way to dropping her off that the second hit, and like everybody said, that changed everything, no longer any chance it was an accident.

When I got into the office I turned on the TV we have there, it was a very unproductive day to say the least. No way I will ever forget the empty feeling of that day, or the anger and rage I felt in the days that followed.

God bless America!

Thanks for the thread Dave!

[MsBodyhard]

wow you were very close when it happen, that's some scary stuff



Yes unfortunately we were extremely close John and I saw terrible things like people jumping to their deaths and we saw the second plane hit the sound was deafening the smell and the smoke were surreal the whole scene seem like something out of a movie. We got covered in white dust when the towers collapsed and we had to walk home from the city back to the bronx the whole day was like a nightmare that didn't want to end. I was terrified

[Iron Barbarian]

I remember when it happened. I was at work and just fired up my computer. I usually turn on CNN and read a little news before I start working. On CNN it said a plane had hit the World Trade Center. They didn't know what was going on yet. Then they showed the second plane hitting the other tower. A little while after that they had said that another plane hit the Pentagon. This is when they had said they thought it was a terrrorist attack. Then the fourth plane crashed out in a field. I remember I just couldn't believe what was going on. Nor could anyone else at work. I remember seeing the footage of Bush being in the Elementary School class and seeing one of the Secret Service whispering in his ear what had happened and the look of disbelief on his face. I was in total shock.

I stayed glued to the TV for weeks when I wasn't at work. Hoping they would keep pulling survivors out from the rubble. I watched as the brave men and women put aside their own safety etc. to work non-stop and never give up believing that there were other survivors. Only then to sleep for a couple of hours ands to go right back at it again. I only wished I could have been there to help. I also remember seeing the pictures of all the missing posted on the fences and the sadness in the families faces as they searched for their loved ones. I remember the memorial where the family members read off all the names of those who had lost their lives.

I also remember the hatred I felt in my heart for the cowardly act of terrorism against the people who did this. I remember seeing the cowards execute innocent people and taping it to show the world hidden behind masks because they were too much of cowards to show their faces. It will take more then that to bring America down. It showed how strong of a country we are and how even through all the destruction we had heroes arise out of all of it. I also remember all of the men and women in the military who are currently fighting terrorism and put their lives on the line everyday. I remember them rescuing Jessica Lynch and the other members of her platoon. I remember Pat Tillman giving up his NFL contract because he wanted to serve his country. He was a true hero.

I will always remember....

[biggaz]

It was around lunch time here in the uk. We'd returned to the office and my employers wife came out to say that a plane had hit the wtc. We stood watching CNN as the second plane hit.

The four of us stood there, believing that it was footage of the first strike, not wanting to believe that a second plane had struck.

I don't think that there has been a single moment in my life where I have felt so helpless, and even vulnerable, than I did then.

We commemorate WW1 on November 11th with the words "lest we forget"

I, for one, cannot forget the innocent lives, the people on the planes and in the towers, nor the police, fireman and rescue workers who were lost

[SR800]

I mourned and warned after Beirut, I will never forget, every time see any of the attacks it boils my blood to think there are so many who refused to see, failed to understand, blocked our abilities, and now even to this day want to end the battle not proceed to victory. To those wretched worthless souls I condemn you, to the brave and fallen I salute you!

[baker]

http://www.gcfl.net/911/heroes.php

NEVER FORGET

[jsmircich]

http://www.gcfl.net/911/heroes.php

NEVER FORGET

Very powerful

[HoosierHardGain]

Thanks for starting this thread! I think even 7 years later, many of us still refuse to forget what was done to us.

God Bless America. May this never happen again.