Was one of the worst day in our history.Remembering those that died or injured , those that gave so much that day, whether in crumbling Towers , the pentagon or the brave souls on United flight 93.
To the solders that gave the supreme sacrifice ,so we may be safer today.To their families & loved ones you have my gratitude and my heartfelt condolences .
I was just a 21 yr old kid at that time... I vividly remember watching it early morning. My back facing the TV, in the college cafeteria, I was paying for breakfast, when the guy next to me squealed. I turned around, and for first few seconds thought it was some movie clip, because we never imagined something like that could ever happen to us
look on the internet as a plane had just hit the first tower, and as I watched on the internet, the second plane hit. Stupidly I thought it was Pilot Error! Why, because I could not conceive of someone so brainwashed that they would deliberately commit suicide and the homicide of all those innocent victims. Truly a sad day. To all the firefighters, policemen, soldiers, airmen, sailors, passengers on Flight 93 and others who have given so much, thank you.
We, as a nation, should always remember, especially since those who would plunge the world into darkness are "still out there" and have no thought to the value of life.
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loose change......flag operation?
How many thank yous, and condolences need to be given?
Why we drag up every tragedy to open old wounds annually I will never get.
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You're kidding, this was not some tragedy, this was the worst attack on our country! How insensitive of you. Many people in this hobby lost friends, neighbors, or coworkers on 9/11.
WOW and I thought it couldn't get any worse. No wonder you're so bitter and lonely
Sorry if you are.
And you think the USA had no part in that? Funding those who bombed them and then shock and awe when they fight back?
WOW. Nice comment.
Try watching the entire link without crying...
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I don't think we should forget about that day.
I don't like the padgeantry.
I guess it's the pageantry I find difficult to understand too. Everyone remembers exactly where they were that day and on every other tragedy they have heard about, the mass shootings etc.
IMO, reliving that moment each anniversary gives those who did what they did, a badge of honor. To them it is glorified. We give some sort of satisfaction that what "they" did still effects us and in that they keep winning.
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those of us who worked there and lost friends/family.
My company moved from #7 to midtown in 1999, but many of people i knew personally were still employed by the companies located in #1 and #2 on 9/11. 2 of my family members commuted daily via Path train station located there. It was only a miracle that neither one of them suffered. My college classmate survived but had extensive injuries. My coworker was homeless for months. List goes on and on and on. My best friend was married to firefighter who died during rescue efforts.
For months after the tragedy I had to ride on a bus through downtown Manhattan every day. Not sure what was worse - watching the ghost town or inhaling ashes of those who perished.
Pageantry? Really?
IMO, reliving that moment each anniversary gives those who did what they did, a badge of honor. To them it is glorified. We give some sort of satisfaction that what "they" did still effects us and in that they keep winning.
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How about aiming your bile to all those who feel the same way I do? Selective outrage or what.
Now, I get to see her name on the 9/11 memorials that list the names of those lost on that terrible day. Our relationship had ended over a decade earlier, but it still sucks to know someone you knew and were intimate with have their life ended by a bunch of crazy a-holes who think they'll be rewarded with 72 virgins for doing something so foul and evil. Several others I knew made it out of those buildings that day, including a cousin, though they were all damaged by the whole thing.
As for me, I was commuting to work that morning. When the second plane hit, and it become obvious that we were under attack (and NYC was about 15 miles away at the time), it was like listening to old recording of the Hindenburg disaster...except this was happening real time. I remember seeing NYC a couple hours afterward from atop a place called Eagle Rock in NJ...my impression was that this is what the City would have looked like had it been nuked, as the dust cloud covered all of lower Manhattan. As dreadful a sight as I can ever imagine.
I was in the city today after having attended a M&G there last night, and stayed there overnight. You would have never known that just twelve years ago, the unthinkable happened...at least it was then. So we've healed mostly, and that's a good thing. Plus that, the new Freedom Tower is mostly complete, and it is most impressive sight along with the Twin lights into the sky this evening.
I would be remiss in not mentioning and stating my appreciation to those firefighters, cops, and EMS workers that served so valiantly that day, many of whom made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty so that others could live. They are the folks who deserve the most praise for their courage in the face of unspeakable horror.. Same with the passengers on Flight 93, fighting valiantly to retake the aircraft and thwarting those evil jerk-offs from completing their suicide mission of death and destruction in the process. We remember, and salute them. As for the terrorists, to paraphrase John Lennon and the Soup Nazi...only hell below you...no 72 virgins for you!
I guess the three on your local board weren't enough.
I am guessing he thinks his reputation as a low rent "wanna be pimp: won't follow him here. WRONG!!! He's a low life there, and he's a low life here. Wrapping a piece of shit in an American flag doesn't make the piece of shit smell any better, it only despoils the flag that it's wrapped in. Even for 2Not, this is a new low.
FWIW, my heart goes out to those who lost loved ones twelve years ago. I know it's small solace that they are still remembered today, and will be for generations to come, but it's the best that we've got.