9/11

youngster

In memory of the victims and hero's of that horriffic day 9 years ago.

Never Forget.

rival.

Loveboatkaren

I was driving to work this morning remembering driving to work 9yrs ago...tears just swelled up in my eyes. Then they played John Lennon's "Imagine" and I just lost it listening to those words...how much sense they make...timeless!

Bathgate66

NEVER Forget,...

CJMST3K

Thoughts with the families and victims today.

Glad I was late going into Manhattan that day. Glad my friend had left her job at the wtc a few months before.

Newch91

Sad day. I was in 5th grade and I remember a lot of kids were being picked up by their parents early. I didn't know what was going on. I go home when school was out at the regular time, turn on the TV, and see the burning towers.

All my prayers are with the families.

spencer958

Thoughts are with all the families today. I work at Fedex(at the airport), so I was at work that morning. It was scary when the FAA grounded all flights and to see the sky full of planes circling waiting to land.

CJMST3K

spencer958 wrote:

Thoughts are with all the families today. I work at Fedex(at the airport), so I was at work that morning. It was scary when the FAA grounded all flights and to see the sky full of planes circling waiting to land.

That evening, the usually busy skies were dead-quiet overhead when they grounded every flight. But I could barely see one plane flying in the dark skies. The AWACS (Airborne early Warning And Control System).


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The next day we had a US warship in the waters off of Jones Beach.

appie

My deepest respect to all americans that this tragidy has affected
A tragic day in history that never will be forgotten
Today in The Netherlands are many documeteries on tv and a couple movies about this day 9 years ago
So our hearts are also with you
This day brings you to the fact how precious live is and how fast things change into something terrible

thesewordselope

I was sad and scared all at the same time. In Canada there was a still in the air, people were different...shocked. Incoming US bound planes were being diverted 20 minutes away from where I live.

Thoughts are with the victims and families

neilybabes86

R.I.P.

COUSIN JIMMY BOY

UNCLE VINNY

AND TO MY 89 FELLOW CO-WORKERS

marcos

still feel just as sad as the day when it happened, we all will always be victims

haffajappa

thesewordselope wrote:

I was sad and scared all at the same time. In Canada there was a still in the air, people were different...shocked. Incoming US bound planes were being diverted 20 minutes away from where I live.

Thoughts are with the victims and families

I know... even out here on the west coast everything was different.
I remember that day when my brother and I went to pick up our friends to go to school (still about 7 our time) and they said "a plane hit the WTC" ...I don't think we understood how bad it was until we got to school and saw the news. Nobody did anything in class that day... Our generation now knew how it felt to witness something so atrocious and heartbreaking.

haffajappa

neilybabes86 wrote:

R.I.P.

COUSIN JIMMY BOY

UNCLE VINNY

AND TO MY 89 FELLOW CO-WORKERS

I saw your post in the other thread, I still can't fathom knowing more than 90 people who died like that.
I'm so sorry...

Hearts & Thoughts to you and your family and all the other families affected. :(

StillHere

like many of you i'll never forget that day nor where i was when i heard the news
i remember driving to work and hearing the Bear Man and Keith talking about a plane flying into the WTC in NYC (only about 50 miles from us) and if any of you know of that morning show, you will understand when I say that I thought it was a joke, they tell a lot of jokes like that. But a few minutes later while parking at work, they came over the air again saying that a 2nd plane had flown into another tower...and now they were obviousy upset by the sounds of their voices.
It was jarring, and when I got inside the school where I worked and noticed the black out blinds going down around the library, as the walls were glass, and tvs were inside, and the hush in the halls, it occurred to me that many of these children's parents probably worked in or near the WTC (this was a wealthy district with a lot of wall st and other nyc business types).
Turns out that was absolutely the case..and it was so sad.
Not to mention the absolute confusion and fear that pervaded the offices. I remember telling my friends how much I loved them, wondering if this was just the start and we'd all be going through a similar situation before the day was over.
I was scared to death for those not only at the WTC but those of us in "soft targets" as they later came to be known, such as schools, venues that hold a lot of ppl, etc.
My heart goes out to the families of those lost on that tragic day, not only at the WTC but in the fields of Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. Moreso to those whose loved one's remains were never found so that a burial could occur and some ever so small sense of closure be put to such an awful experience.

My sincerelst wish for the entire world is that something like this could never happen again. I know that's naive, but that's what i wish for .

And once again I'd like to say that I love you all....and we should make it known to those we love and care about while we still have the time, cuz no one ever knows what the next day, or even the next minute may bring. Make sure that you live each day to the fullest and always treat everyone with respect and love your family and freinds with all you've got to give.



jo

BLACK35

My prayers & thoughts to all the famalies affected by this horrible tragedy.

Never Forget

I can't even watch the shows they have on tv today talking about this event and the stories from the famalies affected. It just pisses me off

facepollution

Thoughts going out to all the families and friends of those who died. I can't even begin to imagine how hard it must have been for those involved.

I was on holiday in Florida the day it happened and turned on the tv just minutes before the second plane hit, 9 years later it still feels almost too horrendous to fully take in

Indifference71

I cant believe it's been 9 years already. I remember exactly where I was that day. Thoughts and prayers with the families of the victims of that horrific act.

Kilgore_Trout

there was something so uncanny about talking with my 8th grade art students about 9/11 yesterday... i was in the 8th grade myself when it happened...

the kids of today have no idea just how much the world changed that day... its sad that the post 9/11 world is all they know... and its sad to hear how slanted some of their views are of the muslim world from what they overhear on cable news... it is a day for patriotism and remembrance and anyone that uses it as an opportunity to spread islamophobia is a real asshole

i still tear up just thinking about how terrible people can be to one another

i am still DAMN proud of how quickly many americans responded when the chips were down

youngster

Kilgore_Trout wrote:

i am still DAMN proud of how quickly many americans responded when the chips were down

It's sad that it takes a tragedy of epic proportions to create that type of reaction and invoke that type of patriotism. I was in the Navy stationed in Jacksonville, FL on 9/11 and remember how all the flags were waved proudly by citizens and displayed proudly on their vehicles. I clearly remember one man who stood on an overpass from sunrise to sunset waving an American flag to passing motorists while they honked at him in support. Myself and other people who lived nearby brought him food and drinks because he NEVER relieved his post on the bridge until the sun had set. I have not seen that type of unity amongst strangers since weeks after the attacks.

number1PJfan

I don't think anybody will forget where they were when they heard about it...I am a teacher and I had to tell my kids at school about it because we knew they would find out sooner or later. I live in TN so it is somewhat close proximity. My students were fourth graders and we watched some of the news coverage on tv the rest of the day. I had a few students who were picked up by there parents and some that visibly upset. It is still hard to think of all of the victims who lost their lives that day in the WTC.

Enkidu

We live on the west coast and a friend called very early that morning and told my husband to turn on the TV. "What channel?" he asked. My friend said, (duh) "I think it's on all the channels."

I remember how surreal everything felt for a while. I went to a meeting a few weeks after and a guy (a TV producer, go figure) said, "I don't get why it's such a big deal. I mean, it's not as if I knew anybody who died."

I swear that story is true.

And I remember reading this in The Onion and how it somehow made things better. Like - life goes on, we'll get through this. And I post the link, not to trivialize what happened, because unlike that asshole producer, I think 9/11 was a big deal.

http://www.theonion.com/issue/3734/

PJ_ROCKS

The Juggler

on the treadmill at the gym today...watching mlb network's recap of the 2011 world series. had to fight back the tears.

i worked in alexandria virginia....lived 5 mins from the pentagon. unreal day.

can't believe that it's been 9 years.

xavier mcdaniel

I can't believe it either. I spent most of the day around the Trade Center, listening to some of the reading of the names. I didn't know any of the names, but I still felt like it was something I should be at and hadn't been able to go in previous years.

dimitrispearljam

got back from work,my sister called..told me if i saw what happen to ny..i turn on the tv and there was the 2nd airplane crash to the tower..
sad day..R.I.P. to the victims
PEACE

WaveCameCrashin

Thank you youngter for starting this thread. I have to say Im really shocked at the lack of responses though. :? :(


We shall never forget
We shall keep this day,
We shall keep the events and the tears
In our minds, our memory and our hearts
and take them with us as we carry on.

Bathgate66

prfctlefts wrote:

Thank you youngter for starting this thread. I have to say Im really shocked at the lack of responses though. :? :(


We shall never forget
We shall keep this day,
We shall keep the events and the tears
In our minds, our memory and our hearts
and take them with us as we carry on.

only 2 pages of responses / posts.

thats pretty sad .

myra

dimitrispearljam wrote:

got back from work,my sister called..told me if i saw what happen to ny..i turn on the tv and there was the 2nd airplane crash to the tower..
sad day..R.I.P. to the victims
PEACE

I was still on vacation, just a few days before moving from France to the UK, it was very warm and sunny and time was floating slowly and peacefully like nothing wrong could ever happen.
The TV was on in the background.

Then the programs stopped.
And the images were shown of the planes crashing in the towers.
I stood in shock. That couldn't be real. The sight of people jumping off the towers is one that can never be erased.
Today, it still feels as though it wasn't real somehow, when I look back at the pictures of NYC I took as a teen tourist just 2 yrs before.
That day was that of the end of our collective innocence.
I couldn't grasp just how it must have felt like to be an American that day, let alone be in NYC or know people that died in such a horrendous way.
But I'm positive, and you can correctly if I'm wrong there, that this day we, European, were all Americans as well.
May we, almost 10 years later and no matter where we live or come from, have all learnt the lesson not to fuel hatred toward one community or another, that down the line we're all in this together and all alike.
Sadly, I doubt it.

I miss words, so to all the victims, R.I.P.

FenwayFaithful

Sorry guys, I was busy yesterday. It was my sophomore year in college in Rhode Island. I just finished my early class and came back to my dorm. Someone on my floor told me a plane crashed into the WTC, so I flipped on the tv and watched the second plane crash into the second tower. I was horrified and speechless. Over the next several hours, I became angry and filled with sadness. How could this possibly happen? I'll never forget this day as long as I live.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims families and friends on this 9th anniversary of the tragedy.

dimitrispearljam

myra wrote:

But I'm positive, and you can correctly if I'm wrong there, that this day we, European, were all Americans as well.
.

hmm..not you arent..remind me the 11th march 2004..maybe is the main reason that in my heart spain is number 1 country..i was in Madrid to see my girlfriend when the bombs explode in the trains..191 people loose their lifes..
i felt a spanish guy that day....i ll never forget those faces of people staring to nowhere and tears running from their eyes..i went to atocha to leave a candle to honor the innocent victims..
my breath was cut of what i saw and took a picture of it...just speechless..