In Rememberance of 9-11-2001

[midway]

May we take a few moments to remember that tragic day, those innocent lives lost, those that gave their lives trying to save others and our troops and their families that still sacrifice today trying to protect us from such a tragic event ever happening again. My thoughts and prayers go out to all. God Bless America

 

[SR400DB]

Well said.

 

[wish2fish]

amen to that!

 

[Jack F]

I receiced this email yesturday.


Have you heard about the trucker who has painted his cab and trailer with the names of all those who lost their lives on 9/11?

The trucker's name is John Holmgren from Shafer , Minn.He has been 'pulled over' numerous times just so the troopers can get their picture taken with the truck

 

[Nehalennia]

I'll never forget that day. I work for a lock and security company here in Seattle that does work for many different government agencies(including FAA and Federal Protective services, now Homeland Security) + most of the tallest buildings in Seattle. The calls regarding emergency procedures and protocol to secure certain properties began at 6:45AM. Seattle was on alert fearing similar plane attacks were planned for here, Chicago and Los Angeles as well. I had to charge my cell phone twice that day and quit taking calls around 10PM. I couldn't believe what I saw on TV and the fear in the voices I spoke to on the phone.

Here is a video that really captures from a personal side and close up to the events at WTC.
[youtube]wNNTcHq5Tzk[/youtube]

 

[ImpulseIII]

Even after 8 years, I can't bring myself to watch this again.

 

[gnealon]

Even after 8 years, I can't bring myself to watch this again.

Either can I, I lost a family member in that attack. I hate this day, all you see on TV are the towers burning. :smt009

 

[Converse48]

I'm with you, Frank. Those images are so indelibly burned into my consciousness that I never need to see them in video form again. Maybe in a decade or two.

God Bless America.

 

[Go Aweigh2452]

My cousin was a Capt of the Fire Department at the base of the Towers and he did a double shift for a friend and left for home just after 6 AM. He was on the Expressway when he heard the news. He turned around and went back.

His son, also a fireman at the same station was on his way to work and was suppose to be there by 8AM but had a flat tire on the way to work and had a flat spare... Made it to work after the towers fell.

I did a video story book for friends and relatives many years ago to try to pull us all together...

http://www.bremertonnjrotc.com/videoleegreen/leegreenwood3.wmv

 

[jg300da]

If you think that was tough to see on a television set 3000 miles away imagine it from 10 blocks uptown at street level, or from that couples window. Imagine the smell of burning jet fuel. Imagine the desperation in the faces of hundreds of people sticking their heads out from windows 100 floors up as they looked out those windows for help that would never come. Imagine the sound of what seemed like hundreds of bodies as they hit the street and mall overhang after jumping from those windows. Imagine the resolve and courage of the policemen and firefighters who had to avoid the falling bodies as they focused on a way to help save those trapped. Imagine the way the ground rumbled like an earthquake when the first tower fell. Imagine the sound of countless fire trucks and emergency vehicles, alarms wailing, going silent after the second tower fell, covered in tons of debris that was the Twin Towers.

There aren't enough days left in our lifetimes to fade the images or soften the impact of those sound sights and smells...nor should there be.

 

[Turtlesboat]

I was standing in the middle of Broadway with about 1000 other people.

 

[Jack F]

If you think that was tough to see on a television set 3000 miles away imagine it from 10 blocks uptown at street level, or from that couples window. Imagine the smell of burning jet fuel. Imagine the desperation in the faces of hundreds of people sticking their heads out from windows 100 floors up as they looked out those windows for help that would never come. Imagine the sound of what seemed like hundreds of bodies as they hit the street and mall overhang after jumping from those windows. Imagine the resolve and courage of the policemen and firefighters who had to avoid the falling bodies as they focused on a way to help save those trapped. Imagine the way the ground rumbled like an earthquake when the first tower fell. Imagine the sound of countless fire trucks and emergency vehicles, alarms wailing, going silent after the second tower fell, covered in tons of debris that was the Twin Towers.

There aren't enough days left in our lifetimes to fade the images or soften the impact of those sound sights and smells...nor should there be.

I still get chocked up thinking about it and don’t think that will change over time.

 

[kevinnice]

i'm british as you know.
i'm choked up again seeing that footage.
we can't let these bastards win.
we're civilised - they're animals.
thank God we have had the americans keeping the world safe as i've grown up.
i'm now 56 and i don't want to see anything like this again in my life time.
commiserations to all of you.

 

[Southpaw II]

I never really knew how my parents felt after they lived through Pearl Harbor and WWII. The kids that were not alive when the towers fell will never really understand. You just had to live it. I was travelling and in Pittsburg on that day, and the flight that crashed in the field flew right over the Pittsburg area. I know some that insist that it was shot down to save thousands of others.

 

[BoaterBen]

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/33502

 

[endless seas]

A tear is only a thought away!

 

[rondds]

My wife was working on B'way and 39th street at the time. I told her to contact my friend Mike, who was working on 53rd steet and stick with him. Together, they walked downtown and crosstown to get to Chelsea Piers (about 20 blocks) with thousands of other stunned zombies. They boarded one of MANY good samaritan boats which ferried them across the Hudson to Jersey City. There they got a NJ Transit bus which took them to a train station where they caught a NJ Transit train to Middletown,NJ. All in all, this trek took about 6 hours. They were too far away to see any of the carnage downtown.

I was in my office in NJ about 18 miles west as the crow flies. I closed up and headed home, probably around 10am. My Dad had already picked up my 3yo daughter from preschool and was at my house with her. When I got to Keyport (about 4 miles from my house), I stopped at the water's edge. From that vantage point, you could see 10 miles straight across Raritan bay, past the Verranzano Narrows Bridge to lower Manhattan. I could clearly see the smoke billowing westward into the blue sky. Something I'll never forget. Just about everyone around here is personally linked with someone who perished at that site that day.

 

[Uplate]

My wife and I had dined at Windows on the World only three weeks prior.

My thoughts went to the staff who had waited on us that were probably already there preparing for the days business. It was a great experience meeting them and having dinner at such a unique place. I can still remember the view from our table.

8 years, and we still have not brought the SOB's to justice.

 

[billandamy]

I am the opposite. I can watch those videos all day long, and have several vids bookmarked, even some good rare ones from inside the trade center. Ill find and post them up from home. It is a constant reminder.

We know several people who lost relatives on that fateful day, the closest being my cousin's wife's aunt.

Whether you lost someone or not, I think the impact of what happened that day touched anyone in the world who lives for freedom.