7 yrs...

Allie

it's hard to believe it's been that long. It doesn't seem like it.

my thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family members of those who were lost...

the wolf

Allie wrote:

it's hard to believe it's been that long. It doesn't seem like it.

my thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family members of those who were lost...

as are mine. its too bad that it has become such a political booster for a certain party.

they treat it like a national holiday !!! makes me sick.

anyway. yeah, i have been watching and reading about it all day. i still get the sick feeling when i think about it, just like that morning.

Allie

the wolf wrote:

as are mine. its too bad that it has become such a political booster for a certain party.

they treat it like a national holiday !!! makes me sick.

anyway. yeah, i have been watching and reading about it all day. i still get the sick feeling when i think about it, just like that morning.

both McCain and Obama are in the city. I believe they are both planning to be at the ceremony tomorrow?

I remember every single detail like it happened yesterday. It doesn't seem to me like that much time has passed, it went so fast. Where were you, wolfie?
I was at work in the city, but I worked uptown at the time. It was a scary day.



a friend of mine's brother died, he worked at Cantor Fitzgerald.

chiquimonkey

it's incredible to think so much time has passed, yet it doesn't seem like it. remember that day so vividly. my heart goes out to those who were lost and those who still suffer.

LONGRD

I still remember almost every minute of my life that day; where I was and what I did. I still can't believe all the events that happened that day, and still feel distress just thinking about it.

Allie

LongRd. wrote:

I still remember almost every minute of my life that day; where I was and what I did. I still can't believe all the events that happened that day, and still feel distress just thinking about it.

I'm sorry :(

jimed14

Allie wrote:

both McCain and Obama are in the city. I believe they are both planning to be at the ceremony tomorrow?

I remember every single detail like it happened yesterday. It doesn't seem to me like that much time has passed, it went so fast. Where were you, wolfie?
I was at work in the city, but I worked uptown at the time. It was a scary day.



a friend of mine's brother died, he worked at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Both presidential candidates will speak ... but not be on the stage at the same time.

I was working in Boston for a company with NYC offices, one of which was in the WTC .... lost 11 co-workers, one of which was on flight 11. So many feelings I can't even type them out.

My thoughts go out to all the families and friends that are hurting on this anniversary.

fuck

I remember that day, minute by minute. I have a friend who's dad actually died that day, and guess what, he was muslim! yep, muslims also died on 9/11. hard to believe, I know.

Allie

jimed14 wrote:

Both presidential candidates will speak ... but not be on the stage at the same time.

I was working in Boston for a company with NYC offices, one of which was in the WTC .... lost 11 co-workers, one of which was on flight 11. So many feelings I can't even type them out.

My thoughts go out to all the families and friends that are hurting on this anniversary.

whoa :( I didn't know that. I'm sorry.

the wolf

i slept on the couch the night b4 for some reason. i woke up and the tv was on, it was right after the second plane.

i remember just being shocked. when the first tower fell, i remember actually crying out and sitting down because i felt like i was going to pass out.

my drummer was staying with us at the time, i didnt even know he was in the house. he woke up a few hours later and came out asking what was going on. i filled him in really quick as we walked up to the store to get beer.

i remember it being like a ghost town here in cincinnati, because everything just stopped.

i also remember telling my friend on the walk back home, that "this was it, everything would change from here on out".

Allie

the wolf wrote:

i slept on the couch the night b4 for some reason. i woke up and the tv was on, it was right after the second plane.

i remember just being shocked. when the first tower fell, i remember actually crying out and sitting down because i felt like i was going to pass out.

my drummer was staying with us at the time, i didnt even know he was in the house. he woke up a few hours later and came out asking what was going on. i filled him in really quick as we walked up to the store to get beer.

i remember it being like a ghost town here in cincinnati, because everything just stopped.

i also remember telling my friend on the walk back home, that "this was it, everything would change from here on out".

that's for sure.
I had just gotten to work and I saw the smoke when I was looking down 2nd Avenue but I didn't know what it was.

My co-worker told me I didn't even believe her, I was like "what?"

and then my Mom like you had seen it on the Today show and she called me freaking out b/c she thought the whole city was under attack, and I was still like "huh?"

then I went to the conference room and I saw it on tv. I think everyone was in a combination of fear and shock.

I remember every detail of that day down to what I was wearing.

I'm a social worker and I was working in a hospital. They put us on like emergency duty and a bunch of us were in the ER talking to family members that came looking for their missing loved ones.

xavier mcdaniel

I worked across the Hudson River from the Trade Center in Jersey City. I might have in the area that morning had I worked nine to five. But I was in the shopping concourse six hours before going from the PATH train to the Subway, so even that is a little freaky to me.

the wolf

Allie wrote:

that's for sure.
I had just gotten to work and I saw the smoke when I was looking down 2nd Avenue but I didn't know what it was.

My co-worker told me I didn't even believe her, I was like "what?"

and then my Mom like you had seen it on the Today show and she called me freaking out b/c she thought the whole city was under attack, and I was still like "huh?"

then I went to the conference room and I saw it on tv. I think everyone was in a combination of fear and shock.

I remember every detail of that day down to what I was wearing.

I'm a social worker and I was working in a hospital. They put us on like emergency duty and a bunch of us were in the ER talking to family members that came looking for their missing loved ones.

god that must have been fucking horrible, seeing the family members coming in i mean. well the whole thing, but that............wow.

even watching all these things today and reading about it all day, its sometimes, like it didnt really happen. idk how to explain it. its so unreal, that in ways its almost like it didnt really happen.

Allie

the wolf wrote:

god that must have been horrible, seeing the family members coming in i mean. well the whole thing, but that............wow.

even watching all these things today and reading about it all day, its sometimes, like it didnt really happen. idk how to explain it. its so unreal, that in ways its almost like it didnt really happen.

I agree,
it did and does still feel surreal.

It was hard and so sad. They came with the pictures, like you know how you saw it on TV? They were going to every single hospital in the city. They kept up a wall where people had posted pictures outside the hospital for weeks afterwards.

I have to be grateful to God, I didn't work near there and it didn't affect me personally as it did those who worked in or near the towers.

I worked with someone who's friend's mother died, and the girl has an identical twin sister and today is their birthday. Could you even imagine?

the wolf

Allie wrote:

I agree,
it did and does still feel surreal.

It was hard and so sad. They came with the pictures, like you know how you saw it on TV? They were going to every single hospital in the city. They kept up a wall where people had posted pictures outside the hospital for weeks afterwards.

I have to be grateful to God, I didn't work near there and it didn't affect me personally as it did those who worked in or near the towers.

I worked with someone who's friend's mother died, and the girl has an identical twin sister and today is their birthday. Could you even imagine?

there are so many stories like that. i read something about a kid being born on sept 11th and his dad died that day, and how hard it is for the whole family.

very sad.

Allie

the wolf wrote:

there are so many stories like that. i read something about a kid being born on sept 11th and his dad died that day, and how hard it is for the whole family.

very sad.

whoa.

that's heavy.

or what about all those women who were pregnant, like that woman, what was her name? Lisa Beamer I think? The wife of that guy who led the passengers on the flight in PA. She was pregnant and he wasn't able to meet the baby. I can't even imagine stuff like that. I know several people who's birthday is today.

the wolf

Allie wrote:

whoa.

that's heavy.

or what about all those women who were pregnant, like that woman, what was her name? Lisa Beamer I think? The wife of that guy who led the passengers on the flight in PA. She was pregnant and he wasn't able to meet the baby. I can't even imagine stuff like that. I know several people who's birthday is today.

yeah. its all sad.

fucked up world we live in.

sponger

Of course, I couldn't feel worse for the victims and their families, but all of the attention that it still receives to this day just sort of reminds me of how good we Americans have it.

People who had to live through Beirut during the 1980's, for example, had to endure an insane level of stress from the violence there.

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Africa in recent years also just kind of really puts things into a different perspective for me.

Of course, I don't pretend to be a "worldly" person, and I'm sure most if not all are well aware of what goes on beyond our borders, but I almost feel as though 9/11 happened because we as Americans had to pay our dues.

vedderfan10

Been watching all the shows on TV about 9/11 over the weekend.

I also remember every detail of that day (and I'm not trying to make this post about me, cuz it aint). Being on the west coast was strange...I woke up early that AM, around 630am or maybe a bit earlier. It was my 35th birthday and my hubby had a big day planne for me - and I always woke up early on my birthday. So, I flick on the TV to CNN and saw the 2nd plane hit the WTC...and at first I thought it was a movie, but then I realized that no, this was life going on...so I started yelling "Oh my god!", which woke up hubby in time to see the first tower fall...like, what the hell?

Afterwards, hubby went to work, because I wasn't in any mood to celebrate, it felt very wrong...and I went outside. We live across the water from an airport and it was SILENT outside. There weren't any birds chirping or crickets or anything...It was such a gorgeous sunny day and it was just so eerie outside.

So this weekend, I watched all these shows about what happened and what everyone went through and all the families and man, it's all so terrible...I really feel for the US on this "patriot day"...Huge empathy coming from this part of Canada to you folks tomorrow...

LONGRD

I don't think anybody mentioned this but we all owe a great gratitude to all the firefighters, police officers, and paramedics who were on the scene to support the people there.

jimed14

Vedderfan10 wrote:

Been watching all the shows on TV about 9/11 over the weekend.

I also remember every detail of that day (and I'm not trying to make this post about me, cuz it aint). Being on the west coast was strange...I woke up early that AM, around 630am or maybe a bit earlier. It was my 35th birthday and my hubby had a big day planne for me - and I always woke up early on my birthday. So, I flick on the TV to CNN and saw the 2nd plane hit the WTC...and at first I thought it was a movie, but then I realized that no, this was life going on...so I started yelling "Oh my god!", which woke up hubby in time to see the first tower fall...like, what the hell?

Afterwards, hubby went to work, because I wasn't in any mood to celebrate, it felt very wrong...and I went outside. We live across the water from an airport and it was SILENT outside. There weren't any birds chirping or crickets or anything...It was such a gorgeous sunny day and it was just so eerie outside.

So this weekend, I watched all these shows about what happened and what everyone went through and all the families and man, it's all so terrible...I really feel for the US on this "patriot day"...Huge empathy coming from this part of Canada to you folks tomorrow...

It's so odd at times talking about that day with people here on the west coast ... I went to work, had two meetings, the second was interrupted by a crying woman who told us what was going on ... online, all news agencies websites running slow ... down to the few tvs we had ... watching the collapses ... fleeing to the train to get out of Boston (my office looked over Logan airport, we were surrounded by a few federal buildings, you just had no idea what was going to happen, so yeah, we felt the need to leave Boston) ... all of this, before some of my friends on the west coast even woke up.

I usually don't even talk about it with them ... it's tough to make some of them really understand.

Allie

LongRd. wrote:

I don't think anybody mentioned this but we all owe a great gratitude to all the firefighters, police officers, and paramedics who were on the scene to support the people there.

Amen! Yes. Good call.

And VedderFan10, Happy birthday to you.

And Bri (aka Metsy), wherever you are.

Allie

jimed14 wrote:

It's so odd at times talking about that day with people here on the west coast ... I went to work, had two meetings, the second was interrupted by a crying woman who told us what was going on ... online, all news agencies websites running slow ... down to the few tvs we had ... watching the collapses ... fleeing to the train to get out of Boston (my office looked over Logan airport, we were surrounded by a few federal buildings, you just had no idea what was going to happen, so yeah, we felt the need to leave Boston) ... all of this, before some of my friends on the west coast even woke up.

I usually don't even talk about it with them ... it's tough to make some of them really understand.

actually I don't think people stop to remember how people in Boston were affected first. All the focus gets placed on NYC. And then DC.
But I don't think you actually had to be in one of those cities to be affected by it. My Mom was in Florida. If you saw it happen live on TV I think you would have a reaction. Maybe not the same as actually being there though.

But I see what you mean, like if people weren't even up yet they don't know what it was like for you personally.
I woke my dad up that day but he was in Queens. It was his day off. He was like what? I was like turn on the tv. Then he freaked too. He was trying to figure out how to get me out of the city, but it was on lockdown at that point. I ended up walking home, over a bridge.

jimed14

Allie wrote:

actually I don't think people stop to remember how people in Boston were affected first. All the focus gets placed on NYC. And then DC.
But I don't think you actually had to be in one of those cities to be affected by it. My Mom was in Florida. If you saw it happen live on TV I think you would have a reaction. Maybe not the same as actually being there though.

But I see what you mean, like if people weren't even up yet they don't know what it was like for you personally.
I woke my dad up that day but he was in Queens. It was his day off. He was like what? I was like turn on the tv. Then he freaked too. He was trying to figure out how to get me out of the city, but it was on lockdown at that point. I ended up walking home, over a bridge.

I tihnk the folks on the east coast that watched it unfold on TV are a little more in tune with the sheer panic that was going on ...

Our main headquarters was at 195 Broadway, which, is on the back side of the Millenium hotel ... many of my co-workers, even ones that were down there for the day from Boston, had to make that walk over the bridge with you.

A few months later, I was down there working 3 days a week, and staying at the Millenium right after it reopened. I'll never forget my first night there ... heading up to my room somewhere on a high floor, and opening the curtains ... looking down into the hole .... still makes me choke up.

Allie

jimed14 wrote:

I tihnk the folks on the east coast that watched it unfold on TV are a little more in tune with the sheer panic that was going on ...

Our main headquarters was at 195 Broadway, which, is on the back side of the Millenium hotel ... many of my co-workers, even ones that were down there for the day from Boston, had to make that walk over the bridge with you.

A few months later, I was down there working 3 days a week, and staying at the Millenium right after it reopened. I'll never forget my first night there ... heading up to my room somewhere on a high floor, and opening the curtains ... looking down into the hole .... still makes me choke up.

that must have been so scary for your co-workers. Were you supposed to be in the city that day, or no?

I would have had a hard time staying at that hotel afterwards, for sure. I don't remember the first time I went downtown over there.

I couldn't stand all the people that were hawking the t-shirts and 'memorabilia', like trying to capitalize off it and whatnot.

jimed14

Allie wrote:

that must have been so scary for your co-workers. Were you supposed to be in the city that day, or no?

I would have had a hard time staying at that hotel afterwards, for sure. I don't remember the first time I went downtown over there.

I couldn't stand all the people that were hawking the t-shirts and 'memorabilia', like trying to capitalize off it and whatnot.

No, I wasn't supposed to be there that day ... the folks in NYC, the finance folks in all our business units, actually reported up to us in Boston. But, one of our subsidiaries was actually in the WTC ... sadly, two of the people lost were the CFO and VP of Finance for that sub.

Part of my job after that day was to reconstruct their financials as all their records were completely destroyed. I also had to somehow construct a financial plan for them as well, and deal with the insurance claims. Immensely grueling as at times, I was forced to sit down and talk to people about the finances of the company ... and it just brought up horrific memories.

You're right about the "hawkers" .... the observation platform they put up at one point, and the visitors that would come and look, turned my stomach.

jammergirl

I remember it like it was yesterday. yes, i'm another west coaster who experienced it a little differently.
i just graduated high school and it was my first semester at community college, in the small rural california town i just graduated in. me and my twin sis decided to spend the night at my brother's new apt, across town from the ranch we all grew up in. we rented movies and my bro bought beer for us. i remember so clearly us staying up late, laughing at the movies and getting a buzz. by around 1am my bro(tyler) went to bed and me and kel slept on the couch. we had school the next day. at about 8:30 am my mom was walking in the door to ty's flat. her eyes were red and puffy and she said "get your brother, something major just happened". yelling for ty to get up, we all thought a relative had died or something. ty got up and mom said we've just been attacked by terrorists. ty didnt' have cable so we turned on the radio and listened to the hushed voices explaining how the events just unfolded. apparently, my dad had already gone to work at about 6 am that morning (he was the battallion chief of the california dept of forestry) and he had called my mom and woke her up and said "turn on the tv". she did right when the second plane hit. that's all i remember her saying over and over "i saw the second plane hit. i saw it hit and that's how i knew we were under attack". she was slightly hysterical at this point and that's why she drove across town to be with us kids.
i'll never forget the moment that my brother reached over and turned off the radio, and said well guys, i guess i'm going to war. to him it was not a question, our country was under attack. the next day he signed up for the army and he's already been to afghanstan. he's due in iraq next year.
i'm absolutely riveted when i read posts about people who were in ny or boston that day, who were directly involved in what happened that day. but in my small corner of the world, in my little hick cali town, my entire family's direction was shaped that day as well. i grew up with my dad as a firefighter and vietnam veteran, with a brother who's a combat veteran and a whole family that is inexorably different from that one day.

wow. that's probably the longest post i've ever done on this message board. sorry. actually, i'm not sorry. that was pretty theraputic to actually get it out.

facepollution

Incredible to think it has been 7 years already. I was on holiday in Florida when it happened, I happened to turn the tv on just before the second plane hit - they still thought it was a light aircraft that had hit the forst tower, at that point. I'll never forget that day as long as I live - truly the most horrifying and extreme thing I've ever seen. I know a lot of equally awful stuff has, and continues to happen around the world; but seeing the events of that day unfold in real time, and seeing it in so much detail was beyond shocking.

I don't know how you would even begin to get over such a loss, my thoughts go out to all those involved and affected that day.

Sian-of-the-dead

I remember this day 7 years ago so vividly... I think, no matter how many years pass, it'll feel like yesterday.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends affected.

Sprunkn7

Yep, 7 years. There were so many people from my town killed that day. I have to check my numbers.

MrMerkinball

My wife and I were both off work that day. Back then we didn't have kids and when we were off together, we would go for a long walk to a little coffee house for breakfast.

I came out of the shower and was getting ready, and my wife said "check this out, looks like an explosion at the WTC". We sat there and watched it for a few minutes and the broadcasters were arguing over what it could have been............. and then we saw the second plane hit.

My wife and I saw it before the broadcasters saw it, and they actually rewound the tape live on the air and saw the second plane. I just remember them being silent for about 10 seconds and one simply said "Oh My God".

We stayed home that day. By the end of the day, we actually decided it was time to start a family. Our first Daughter is now just over 6 yrs old.