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Post by butterfly on Sept 10, 2015 23:34:06 GMT -5
None of us will ever forget where we were that day, nor will we forget the lives that were so cruelly taken from their loved ones. I was almost 1000 miles away from home, in Dallas, TX, week 5 of work training; that day, it felt more like a million miles. September 11 was also my parents' wedding anniversary, and although we didn't know it at the time, that day in 2001 would be the last anniversary that they would ever spend together - and this year would have been their 50th. It really doesn't matter what our different backgrounds are, or whether we believe in any form of higher power or not, please don't forget to pause for a moment today and pray, chant, meditate, or just remember....
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Post by wheelsfordays on Sept 10, 2015 23:45:59 GMT -5
I was on Long Island, and it was a crazy few weeks. I remember trying to see if all of my NYPD friends were okay. It was also close to impossible to get off of Long Island for quite some time. Never Forget.
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Post by darthoso on Sept 11, 2015 0:25:14 GMT -5
My Dad was Vice Chair of our Town Board of Education in Connecticut. That morning he was called by the Superintendent to attend an Emergency Town Meeting. In the meeting was everyone, Selectmen, Police, Fire, Clergy, Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce. The initial instinct was to close the schools, until someone pointed out something terrifying: a lot of parents worked in the WTC. Last thing anyone wanted to do was send kids home to an empty house. So they kept school open under police protection and all teachers had their emergency situation duty clauses activated (which makes leaving work an automatic firing offense). At the end of the day every bus had a teacher onboard. If a parent was not at the bus stop (as instructed), the teacher would walk the kid to his/her front door. If no one was home, the kid would be put back on the bus. While that was ongoing, the High School Gym was converted into a kids themed emergency shelter with the help of the Red Cross and local businesses. Any kids put back on the bus would be taken there and the School District would retain custody as long as possible to avoid handing them over to Social Services. The town was prepared to house over 100 kids if needed.
Of the 5,000 students in the District, only 3 had to be put back on the bus and they were all picked up before dark. We got lucky.
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Post by alexa2010 on Sept 11, 2015 0:30:00 GMT -5
It was Tuesday and we had an internal meeting at work in the late afternoon (CET).
My boss came in and said something about a plane crashed into NYC.
About an hour later I came home and put the TV on.
These pictures memorised forever. It was a sad day in many ways.
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Post by Mr.BB on Sept 11, 2015 1:14:31 GMT -5
I just completed my training for a new job the day before. I was excited to get in to work for my first day of working the stock marketed without someone monitoring my trades. Being new to the company I did not know anyone personally from our sister office in the south tower. Sad/stressful day at work.
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Post by butterfly on Sept 11, 2015 1:49:39 GMT -5
We were sitting in class, and could kind of hear voices in the hallway. It became clear that something was very wrong. We were on the top floor of a very tall building and with speculation that another attack might be imminent, we were told to leave our things behind and evacuate immediately. One thing that sticks out in my mind is that, with over 1200 of us from all across the country, naturally there were several who had friends or family members who were either in the Trade Center or the Pentagon...a daughter at WTC, a sister at the Pentagon, a brother who was to have been at a meeting in one of the towers. By the end of that day, thankfully, all of them were accounted for and safe, nothing short of a miracle.
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Post by RollAlongSlowly on Sept 11, 2015 6:46:21 GMT -5
I was sat on my computer here in the UK, watching and trading the stock market as i usually did, when all of a sudden everything turned red and dropped like a stone. I knew something big had happened so i shouted for someone to turn on the TV....
Programs were airing as normal....until every channel just cut to a newsroom within 2 minutes.
The rest of the day was spent staring open mouthed at the TV and swearing
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Post by Kiran on Sept 11, 2015 7:12:56 GMT -5
I was eating my breakfast while watching TV and watched the shock of the second plane live with people still unsure whether it was an accident or a terrorist attack.
Today, fourteen years later, still remains a very sad day to remember.
I have a cousin who lives in New Jersey and she told me that she was doing the dishes at her kitchen when she saw the whole scene happen through the window.
It must have been scary, I can imagine!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2015 7:37:09 GMT -5
I was a senior in high school. We didn't have a tv in my first period class, so we didn't know what was going on when the school went on lockdown. I walked into my second period class to find my Chemistry teacher glued to the tv in tears. She muted the tv during morning announcements, and we watched the second tower fall as we were saying the Pledge of Allegiance that morning. I knew exactly what I wanted for a career after that day, and I became a Firefighter/Paramedic. I have some close friends that were there in the aftermath to help with the recovery and clean-up efforts, and a few friends that lost parents/relatives at the Pentagon.
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Post by Justagirl on Sept 11, 2015 8:11:08 GMT -5
Like Kiran I too watched it live on TV as the second plane crashed into the towers. I was off work that day and after watching news coverage for about 10 hours straight I had to turn the TV off. I had no idea what to do but I had to do something, so I cleaned and scrubbed my house top to bottom. My sister-in-law lived in Brooklyn at that time and it took all day to get through to her. She had sporadic cell service and no TV. (I guess a lot of the transmitting antenna's were located at the top of the towers and with so many calls trying to go in and out that day.....). When I finally got through to her I had to explain what I was seeing on TV because she had very little information. Looking back, I think it was probably better she didn't have a live play by play to watch. Her neighbors and friends died that day. My first date ever (back when I was 14) was with a guy who ended up working in the South Tower. He didn't make it out that day. One last thought- no matter how many documentaries, books or stories I tell my kids, it is almost impossible to convey the magnitude of that day. We woke up that morning an innocent nation, and were changed forever after that day. They have never known anything else. May everyone find a little peace in their lives today.
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Post by butterfly on Sept 11, 2015 8:56:40 GMT -5
I was off work that day and after watching news coverage for about 10 hours straight I had to turn the TV off. I had no idea what to do but I had to do something, so I cleaned and scrubbed my house top to bottom. One last thought- no matter how many documentaries, books or stories I tell my kids, it is almost impossible to convey the magnitude of that day. We woke up that morning an innocent nation, and were changed forever after that day. They have never known anything else. May everyone find a little peace in their lives today. Being stuck in hotel rooms, it was impossible to tear ourselves away from watching for endless hours. Later that day, there was a group of us who just got on the light rail system and rode it from one end to the other, simply to keep ourselves from watching anymore - which, of course, only worked until we returned. There was no one else on the train that day, and little to no activity on the streets of what was normally a very busy area. My ex is a broadcast engineer, and he lost a friend and some fellow broadcast engineers; there were many, many radio and television towers on top of those buildings, and when things started happening, many of those guys headed straight there; it is their natural mindset to, above all else, keep that signal on the air. There is one book, whose title escapes me, that was an extremely vivid accounting, essentially minute by minute, of that day. It is comprised of personal accounts and transcripts of radio calls, etc., from that horrible day. It was a very difficult read because it pretty much put you there, right in the middle of things as they were happening, and it makes very clear not only the depth of the terror and emotions that were in abundance that day, but also the incredible bravery that was shown by so many, first responders and ordinary citizens alike. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2015 9:02:37 GMT -5
I was in Bali when I saw an American girl leaving a phone booth crying. I remember thinking to myself: what a drama queen. If your flight being cancelled is your biggest problem in the world right now, you should consider yourself lucky.
At that moment I still had no idea what had happened in NYC as a day before 9/11 one of my travel companions had died in an unfortunate accident so that was all that was on my mind. When I talked to my dad later that day, he did mention something about a plane crash but I wasn't able to register. A few days later and only a few hours before boarding the plane that would take us home, I learned about what had actually happened.
I don't think I have ever been more scared than on that flight home.
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Post by MarineAmp on Sept 11, 2015 10:39:27 GMT -5
It's the reason I joined the Marines, and the reason the ultimately led me to this website.
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Post by butterfly on Sept 11, 2015 11:24:29 GMT -5
It's the reason I joined the Marines, and the reason the ultimately led me to this website. You have my unending gratitude and respect.... |
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Post by luvonwheelz on Sept 11, 2015 11:38:53 GMT -5
It's my birthday, so there's that.
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