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Old 09-11-2008, 09:48 PM   #21
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Old 09-11-2008, 09:56 PM   #22
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I will never forget 9/11.

I thought of it yesterday (Sep 10th) and again many times today. I was working downtown Toronto at the time and was talking on the phone to a co-worker who had the day off when the 1st tower was hit, he was kinda confused and told me what happend so I logged onto CNN's live feed. Then I watched the 2nd plane hit live online and almost cried, it was too real to believe. Since I logged in early I never lost my feed and watched the rest of the coverage at my desk. We were then sent home at noon (as a precaution) and I then was glued to CNN for 24-36 hours.

It is the greatest catastrophe in my lifetime. RIP to everyone who lost their lives, and my heart goes out to their families forever.
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:25 PM   #23
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This is the single event(history wise) in the world since i've been born that I will never forget. The first couple years I used to think about 9/11 a few times a week. I still think about it probably once a week even 7 years later. I remember where I was that day and have watched atleast 60-70 documentaries on it. I just watched "I missed Flight 93" again last night because it was on tv. There were a lot of brave people on that plane and as well as in those buildings including the firefighters who went in after the towers hit but never made it out. God bless all those who lost their lives that day.

It may be wishful thinking, but hopefully we don't see any major terrorist attacks anywhere (and even more so in the Western world) ever again. I'm not saying the West is better or more important then the rest of the world, just that every day I read the paper and a suicide bomber is blowing himself up in the Eastern part of the world so I don't see that stopping anytime soon. I wish terrorism would stop everywhere but as I said that might be wishful thinking.

I'll always remember Todd Beamer's words on Flight 93 right before they charged the cockpit to try and take the plane back:

"Let's Roll"!
I share the same sentiments and experiences regarding this event. I have watched almost every documentary that is on tv about this event and rented lots of movies on it as well.

I've met several people whose families were victims...one of the planes was headed to San Francisco and the pilot was an alumni of San Jose State University, my alma mater. I also worked with the mom of one of the victims..Nicole Miller. She was the one who was travelling back with her boyfriend and due to last minute bookings she had to come back on a different plane and very sadly her flight was hijacked. Her mom is so strong........I can't imagine how she felt getting the call and watching the news.

I hope this never happens again..............
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:27 PM   #24
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On the day of 9/11 my brother was flying from Minneapolis to Boston on business. He was in the air when the planes started crashing into the Twin Towers. The pilot came on over the intercom to say they were being diverted to Chicago and no reason was given at the time. He remembers getting off the plane and seeing everyone glued to the TV's in the arrival area. People were crying and in tears. He took one look at the TV screen and realised what was happening.

There was of course the mad dash for rental cars of any type. Many didn't get a vehicle and were left standing in the rental lot looking for someone they could share a ride with. My brother ended up sharing a van with 3 other guys who were headed back to Minneapolis.

After the planes resumed flying there was almost dead silence amongst the airline passengers he said. There was an uneasy tension as people still had the horrors of 9/11 in thier minds. I remeber asking my brother if he was afraid like other passengers were. He said if we don't get back on those planes the terrorists will have won.
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:30 PM   #25
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My mother was in DC. She had a meeting with a general in the wing of the Pentagon that was hit. He was ill that day, and so the meeting didn't happen. I went for about three hours without knowing what happened, because it was impossible to get through to her cellphone.
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Old 09-11-2008, 10:33 PM   #26
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I was in New York last week for the first time. I didn't go downtown to see the site but saw the gap sailing out of Manhattan.

I didn't really want to see it. I still don't understand it.
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My mother was in DC. She had a meeting with a general in the wing of the Pentagon that was hit. He was ill that day, and so the meeting didn't happen. I went for about three hours without knowing what happened, because it was impossible to get through to her cellphone.
Isn't that fun?

My mom was staying in a hotel in Tel Aviv that was just down the beach from the location of the last big suicide bombing there, before 9/11. It took me several hours to get ahold of her.

http://www.education.gov.il/children/page_14.htm

She was still in Tel Aviv on 9/11 which was a bit unsettling as well.
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Old 09-11-2008, 11:10 PM   #28
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My wife's uncle is a pilot for United based out of Boston Logan. He was scheduled to pilot Flight 175 that morning. His late wife had Leukemia and was having a particularly bad day on the 10th, he called in sick that evening.

He is not a particularly religious man, but he does know that if he did not make that call his 2 kids would be orphans today.

He's also in the Maine National Guard and does a couple tours every year flying refuelers over Afghanistan.

Personally, I'll never forget it because of what those firefighters and other first responders did that day. I was just starting my fire career and it was the ultimate example of selflessness, and I had to ask myself if I could do the same if called upon.
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Old 09-11-2008, 11:25 PM   #29
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My wife's uncle is a pilot for United based out of Boston Logan. He was scheduled to pilot Flight 175 that morning. His late wife had Leukemia and was having a particularly bad day on the 10th, he called in sick that evening.

He is not a particularly religious man, but he does know that if he did not make that call his 2 kids would be orphans today.

He's also in the Maine National Guard and does a couple tours every year flying refuelers over Afghanistan.

Personally, I'll never forget it because of what those firefighters and other first responders did that day. I was just starting my fire career and it was the ultimate example of selflessness, and I had to ask myself if I could do the same if called upon.
That is incredible.
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Old 09-12-2008, 09:16 AM   #30
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I was in a pub last October in Manhattan where many NYPD hang out. There were many pictures on the wall of people lost that day. It's hard to wrap your head around that.

When you visit the WTC site, it is mind-boggling how big these buildings were.
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Old 09-12-2008, 09:27 AM   #31
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I woke up to go to work and as always turned on CNN, the first plane had hit and their was confusion. I remember one woman on the phone was wondering if something had gone wrong with air traffic control and that a small plane had hit the first tower. Then as they were interviewing a second woman she screamed that a plane had smashed into the second tower.

From that point on, there was no doubt in my mind that it was a terrorist attack. I went to work and we pulled a T.V. into the sales bullpen, our boss was screaming at us because nothing was being done, and I basically told him to stfu, nobody was doing any work anywhere.

Then one of the reporters who was at the pentagon he reported that the building had shook and the windows had rattled.

Two other things stood out after that, I worked in the N.E. and could see the airport, and there was a line of planes waiting to land. I got a call from a client who was almost in tears, she was terrified that the world was coming to an end that day, that the American's in their rage and grief would lash out. Then I got a call from a friend of mine in Texas, who was outright enraged at the expected loss of life and the attack on a civilian target (he was a Marine), he was ready to get on a boat and go over to Afghanistan to wipe out all of the terrorist training camps.

I left work early that day, went downtown and picked up my sister at Husky, and we found a bar near her place and we just drank and watched the news. You could hear a pin drop in that place.

About three years ago, I managed to get to New York and I went to Ground Zero. It was quiet, and you could almost feel the ghosts in the ground.

As an addon, my sister who is a doctor was in Manhatten on 9/11, all the doctors were called in to help out at the hospital, and when she recalled it later she said she was stunned at the lack of injuries.
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Old 09-12-2008, 09:34 AM   #32
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While, other than the new rules of going through airport security, I was not directly effected by 9/11, it's a day that I will never forget. I'm a sponge when it comes to information on the event, as my PVR is full from all the progams on this week.

I remember that day, putting on my socks while I was getting ready for work, when I saw the plane hit the 2nd tower. I remember working at Blockbuster that day, probably the slowest day... week... in Blockbuster history, cause everyone was locked on CNN.

I remember that they had to delay the release of A KNIGHTS TALE, due to the SPIDERMAN trailer with the spider-web between the two towers being on the tape.

I remember hearing that there was a fifth plane. 2 hit WTC, one hit the Pentagon, and United 93 hit the ground. There was worry that there was a 5th hijacked plane, and that the army was scrambled to intercept it. I remember hearing about it on the radio a lot while I was on my way to work, and have never found an explination to why or what that fifth plane was.

That night, I remember throwing a VHS in my VCR and hitting record on CNN while I slept. I still have it, and I'll probably put it on to DVD soon so that if my child has any questions of what happened that day, I can show him what we saw.

I have some of the newspapers from the next day, and days following.

And I wore one of my New York Rangers jerseys yesterday, in respect for those who lost their lives in WTC.
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As an addon, my sister who is a doctor was in Manhatten on 9/11, all the doctors were called in to help out at the hospital, and when she recalled it later she said she was stunned at the lack of injuries.
I remember hearing that. I guess when you have two 100+ story buildings fall down around you, there are no maybes. You either got out of the way completely, or you died.

Of course, the hundreds of people who have died breathing in the toxic air around the site is another story. It's truly tragic how so many people who went into help ended up dying for their generosity.
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Old 09-12-2008, 09:43 AM   #34
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I thought it was an extremely dignified move by both candidates showing unified solidarity in an election campaign that is dirty and will get even dirtier.

Like many on this forum.

Nothing in my life has shaped my views or actions like that day. When I have children, I will make sure they know what happened that day because at least for those of us who live on this side of the atlantic that day has altered the course of our lives (rightly or wrongly).
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Old 09-12-2008, 12:44 PM   #35
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I remember waking up to my Dad bursting into my room yelling "Wake up, their bombing the States and World War 3 just started"

After I realized what was going on I was still convinced for a few weeks that WW3 was about to fire up.

Cowards, not even one moment in their lives were they ever a fraction as brave as the people who dug through the destruction they caused.
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Old 09-12-2008, 01:59 PM   #36
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That morning me and a couple of guys from work went for an early morning surf session, it was a beautiful morning and we were the only 3 guys in the water that morning and just had a blast, oblivious to what was going on.
As we were changing for work, my pager was going crazy and I looked and had 15 or so messages from guys at work and my wife. My wife was asking where I was and the guys at work were staying don’t bother coming in today. I looked at my buddy and we figured there must have been an earthquake or something. We started to drive into work and I turned on the radio, and it sounded like World War 3 had broken out, there were reports of planes being hi-jacked and the US was under attack. I really can’t do justice to the panic that was in the announcer’s voice, I immediately turned around and headed back to my place and walked in to find my wife glued to the TV with tears running down here eyes, and then the second Tower fell. It was like being punched in the gut, we stayed there all day watching CNN in silence.
My friends that I surfed with that morning have all moved on to other jobs, but whenever we run into each other, the first thing mentioned was surfing together on 9/11 and then we just kind of all get quite and just kinda of soak it all in again.
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Old 09-12-2008, 02:07 PM   #37
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I was getting into the car with my Dad and brother when we heard the news about a plane that crashed into the tower. A couple weeks before, United had busted a pilot for being drunk on duty. Honestly, my first thought at the time was "damn drunk pilot," 10min later, they reported a second plane crashing, and that's when we knew it was no accident
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I was away at university. No access to a tv or anything in my room. I had slept in, woke up around 11 to go get some food with my friends. I was walking past the tv lounge, and there was no one in there but the tv was on CNN. I just caught the headline, which was "America under Attack," the picture was just an anchor in the newsroom talking. I couldn't hear it, but my first thought was that it meant that some world leader or something had said something about the US or something along those lines, I never thought for a second that it meant actually under attack.

Then the picture switched from the anchor talking to a shot of the building on fire and they replayed the plane going into the second tower. My first thought seeing it was, "I just watched hundreds of people die."

Shortly after that, that tv room was packed and people were crying and very emotional. It was just awful. I don't see how anyone could forget that day.
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I was going to the U of C at the time, and I remember hordes of students just standing in front of TVs in dumbfounded silence.

The thing that stayed with me more than anything was watching the people jump out of the buildings.
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The day will always stay in my mind... no other single event changed my life more than 9/11 did.
Really?

I can't think of one remotely significant way that day changed my life.
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