I recall walking up 5th Avenue a few hours after the attack (normally packed with cars and commercial traffic) and it was so empty, could have played street hockey.
I was walking down 1st Avenue very late that night and there wasn't a car to be seen. It was shockingly eerie.
Occasionally we saw black vans driving slowly around the blocks. We assumed they were government.
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I know this will make many on here feel good given their newfound affection for Dubs "My pet baseball" Yankees go on to lose the World Series only winning one since.
I know this will make many on here feel good given their newfound affection for Dubs "My pet baseball" Yankees go on to lose the World Series only winning one since.
I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.
Heck yeah. Good call.
Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.
Heck yeah. Good call.
Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
They should have just kept Arizona a spring training camp state only.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.
Heck yeah. Good call.
Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
Wow. I am a huge Yankees fan and would have been totally fine if the Mets won it in 2001. The city needed it so bad. I mean game seven in the World Series was awesome but I hate hate hate schilling and the dbacks
I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.
Heck yeah. Good call.
Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
Yes, that's New York!
Most of us hate the cross town rival, especially with baseball and hockey.
Edit, one of my old one liners, I'd root for the Iraqi national team before I'd root for the Rangers!
I wish the yankees or mets would have won the world series that year; it would have meant so much for the city.
Heck yeah. Good call.
Funny i remember havin the same sentiment i asked a Mets fan if he was rooting for the Yankees in the series hi's response i'm quoting him " No i'd rather the planes hit the towers again then see the Yankees win the series " i was stunned asked another Mets fan same question this guys says no i'm rooting for Arizona ...
wow what a fucking asshole.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc? if so, what were your impressions?
I went when it was only opened a few months, and back again a few years later. That was my first trip to NYC. Went with my wife, she was living and teaching in Brooklyn when 9/11 happened. She lived just on the other side of Brooklyn Bridge, so as a result her local FD was among the first on scene and suffered the most.
It was a nice memorial. The first time we went there was about 45 minutes of security checks and meta detectors, which honestly sort of hindered the experience for me. Not that I didn't want to bother with safety, but it was a reminder of how much security has changed and took away a little from the experience of focusing on the loss and the victims. It wasn't nearly as bad the second time.
I didn't feel weird about the massive grave site, but I did think about it. One of the "cool" things was a single tree that survived. Other than that, it was like any memorial. You go, you reflect, you get sad. There isn't much else to do, I think we were there about 20-30 minutes. My wife wasn't very impressed though. I think because she experienced it, the memorial didn't really do it justice in her mind, didn't capture what happened. Just really a list of names around an infinity pool. For her I don't think anything will capture how she felt the weeks and months after, walking by every church plastered with thousands of missing posters. Recognizing the same faces on the walls of missing for weeks.
Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc? if so, what were your impressions?
I highly recommend this museum with a minimum of 3 hours to take it all in plus time before and after at the memorial.
I forgot about the museum part. I can't remember much about it, was only opened about a month when I went, so I think that was about 7 or 8 years ago. We went back about a year later, so it was worth doing twice. The only part I really remember is reflecting on everything at the fountain/infinity pool and taking in what happened at that spot.
Has anybody been to the 9/11 museum in nyc? if so, what were your impressions?
Yes, my ex and I went there a few years ago. It's pretty deep brother
I want to go but I don’t know if I am ready. It is still tough to watch those images. I was watching a special last night on the World Series and got all teary eyed when W threw out that first pitch.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Sitting here for the past 2 hours having coffee, remembering that morning. By the time I got up to our roof deck (I still live in the same building), the Towers had collapsed. My brain couldn’t connect the image of the huge plume of smoke vs. the actual Towers as I had seen them each & every day for the previous 20 years.
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-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I unfortunately know a handful of people whom lost their lives that day. I also know a handful of people that lost their lives years after.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Yes, that's New York!
Most of us hate the cross town rival, especially with baseball and hockey.
Edit, one of my old one liners, I'd root for the Iraqi national team before I'd root for the Rangers!
-EV 8/14/93
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-EV 8/14/93
That was my first trip to NYC. Went with my wife, she was living and teaching in Brooklyn when 9/11 happened. She lived just on the other side of Brooklyn Bridge, so as a result her local FD was among the first on scene and suffered the most.
It was a nice memorial. The first time we went there was about 45 minutes of security checks and meta detectors, which honestly sort of hindered the experience for me. Not that I didn't want to bother with safety, but it was a reminder of how much security has changed and took away a little from the experience of focusing on the loss and the victims.
It wasn't nearly as bad the second time.
I didn't feel weird about the massive grave site, but I did think about it. One of the "cool" things was a single tree that survived.
Other than that, it was like any memorial. You go, you reflect, you get sad. There isn't much else to do, I think we were there about 20-30 minutes.
My wife wasn't very impressed though. I think because she experienced it, the memorial didn't really do it justice in her mind, didn't capture what happened. Just really a list of names around an infinity pool.
For her I don't think anything will capture how she felt the weeks and months after, walking by every church plastered with thousands of missing posters. Recognizing the same faces on the walls of missing for weeks.
The only part I really remember is reflecting on everything at the fountain/infinity pool and taking in what happened at that spot.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14