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LUVMBDiesels · #1 09-10-2010, 08:56 PM

Remember 9/11 tomorrow. Say a prayer for the victims of this senseless act or cowardice. Say a prayer that we will have the strength to never forget what happened that day and to never rest until the job is done. Say a prayer for the families whose losses are still so painful. Say a prayer for the responders who sacrificed their lives helping others. Say a prayer for the ones who put out the flames and the ones who sorted the rubble. Say a prayer that this nation can come together again the way we pulled together on 9/12 only without a disaster like this to make people forget their differences

I remember that day like it was today. I was driving in to work when I was forced off the road by 100 fire trucks and police cars racing downtown. I was pretty annoyed at them when I got a call from our Network Operations Center that a plane had hit the WTC. I looked at the sky and thought what kind of idiot could run into a tower on a clear day like this? At first we thought it was a small plane that had crashed. I parked near the data center and was walking to it when I got my first glimpse of the building on fire. I still thought it had to be a small plane as the building did not look damaged but it was smoking. I got to the data center which was a few blocks from the WTC and went in. Everyone was crowded around a radio which was telling of some poor technician who was working on the TV transmitters and who was trapped. I got myself squared away and then went outside to look again. At that moment the second plane came in and hit the other tower. I could not believe my eyes! It was deliberate! I tried calling my friend Sue who lives on the 2st floor of a nearby building and whose balcony looked at the buildings. I could not get through. I did not know that she was on the phone with Channel 2 news describing what she was seeing and she saw the plane make its final turn and crash into the tower. I went back into the data center. By this time the guys had taken a security camera TV and rigged it to get the news. I heard my friend sobbing into the phone that it had to be an attack that the second plane had deliberately hit the building and now they were both on fire. We were all stunned. Then we heard a rumble and the entire building shook. We all ran out and saw the second tower had fallen. We were speechless. I remember thinking that at least the first tower was still standing and maybe it could be saved. It was then that we saw it go down. I was crying and could not believe this was happening. We went inside to think when we felt our building shaking. I told everybody to clear out and called the office to let them know I was evacuating the building. Kelvin true to his Marine training told me he was going in and ran for the WTC. He was a real hero that day. I started to head that way as well but could not get through so I headed to Sue's apartment. She was beside herself and we just hugged for an hour. After that the only things you saw were the papers blowing in the breeze, the only smell was the smell of burned wiring and metal, and the only sound was the sound of the F-15s circling the city.

Those are some of my memories of that day...

I also remember the days after, the days when the entire nation came together as one. Days when it did not matter if you were a Republican or a Democrat, Black or white, legal or illegal, we all came together and the city was quiet. People were nice to each other. the world had been rocked on it's axis and there was a noticeable change.

jplinville · #2 09-10-2010, 11:58 PM

I have shed many tears since then in memory of that tragic day.

Billybob · #3 09-11-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

Remember 9/11 tomorrow.

Remember it every day!

ShaggyDiesel · #4 09-11-2010, 08:11 AM

Nine years have past, we as America citizens should never forget the sacrifices that those made that day.

#5 09-11-2010, 08:27 AM

Speaking of 9/11, how long is it going to take to redevelop that site? It an awfully valuable piece of real-estate to be unused for a decade.

jplinville · #6 09-11-2010, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig

Speaking of 9/11, how long is it going to take to redevelop that site? It an awfully valuable piece of real-estate to be unused for a decade.

Do you honestly think that was appropriate to say today?

Perhaps you should start another thread just for you.

This one is in remembrance of the attack on American, 9 years ago today.

#7 09-11-2010, 09:06 AM

Just curious if anyone knows what's going on with the site. Nevermind, I'll stay off your thread.

t walgamuth · #8 09-11-2010, 03:44 PM

It was a time of coming together. I remember I nearly stopped listening to any radio excepting NPR because I felt guilty being nonchalent in the face of such a serious time.

We went to Italy over the holidays that year...(we had boughten tickets a few days before 9/11 and could not get a refund). People in Italy came up to us and expressed condolences and a sense of solidarity with the US.

When we invaded Iraq all the good will gained was lost internationally.

daw_two · #9 09-13-2010, 04:32 PM

I was working for a certain "mouse" entertainment company and was already at work when a co-worker came in to say he heard on the radio (as he was driving in) that a plane had flown into the first tower.

We went to the break room and watched the news unfold on a TV connected to cable. We saw the glimpsie of the plane headed to the second tower. The the tower fell. We went back to our desks and had private discussions about how many people might have been loss, etc.

I'm sure everyone remembers that most people canceled trips if they could get their money back. The cancelation rate was over 90% for reservations more than 3 weeks out at the local entertainment parks. What most people forget is that 50% of the people that visit the "entertainment parks" fly to Orlando. The unemployment rate went from 0% to 10% on 9/11 --- lots of restaurant servers lost their job that night. Hardly anyone went to dinner that night or the weeks that followed. The state of Floridia put a big advertising\promotion program into place....asking people to DRIVE to their favorite Florida amusement park, resort, restaurant,etc.

On Oct 19th ish, I received a 4 week (very gracious) notice that my job would be ending on 11/16.

It changed my life.........forever. I seriously doubt I will ever forget.

LUVMBDiesels · #10 09-13-2010, 04:39 PM

The data center I ran was located a few blocks (about a 1/4 mile) from the WTC. Our building SHOOK when the towers came down and I evacuated the data center.

All of our customers decided to leave NY after that and I was jobless by 10/15/01!
It took me over 9 months to find work in my field for less $ than I was making.

Yep, it hurt me in more ways than one...

Skid Row Joe · #11 09-13-2010, 04:45 PM

I was in New Orleans, Louisiana the week the Muslim terrorist/foreigners murdered Americans in America.

Much of America moved on within a few weeks of the incidents. As if it had never happened.

I'm ashamed of those that have.

dynalow · #12 09-13-2010, 06:53 PM

"The better option was to jump".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg8FQiJ-Rcw

Tower 1 lobby footage at moment Tower 2 collapsed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux49uMHDO84&feature=related

The faces of evil, courtesy of Islamic extremism.

How many more lurk in the shadows?

And your grandmother has to take her shoes off at the airport?

HuskyMan · #13 09-13-2010, 07:30 PM

tough day, tough year. History Channel ran a marathon Saturday all about 9/11 events. If you have never seen the History Channel's shows about 9/11, they are very much worth watching. I never realized that another United Airlines flight had not taken off in Boston. when they unloaded the plane, they found suitcases belonging to eight possible terrorists. the terrorists never claimed their baggage, the bags all had fake IDs inside them. it appears the pilot averted another possible hijacking by staying on the ground.

#14 09-13-2010, 10:58 PM

It's nice to hear that the History Channel has found a way to cash in on this. If you didn't already have enough reasons to avoid watching TV...

Skid Row Joe · #15 09-13-2010, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by HuskyMan

tough day, tough year. History Channel ran a marathon Saturday all about 9/11 events. If you have never seen the History Channel's shows about 9/11, they are very much worth watching. I never realized that another United Airlines flight had not taken off in Boston. when they unloaded the plane, they found suitcases belonging to eight possible terrorists. the terrorists never claimed their baggage, the bags all had fake IDs inside them. it appears the pilot averted another possible hijacking by staying on the ground.

There's a DVD movie out I borrowed from one of the libraries near my home. United 93 is the name of it. It was awful to see, but true.