HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Where were you? Do you remember?
9-11
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mike honcho
Knuckleheads
I was at work.I will never forget it.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
BTW, msnbc will air "9-11 As It Happened" on Saturday morning at 12am. They normally show this minute by minute on 9-11 but it looks like they're not willing to cut off Morning Meeting or Politics for it.
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foehammer111
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I'll never forget it.
I was on my way to school listening to the morning radio DJ's. The first details were sketchy, and made it sound like an accident. I'll never forget the way the DJ's made fun of the situation saying that "what kind of stupid pilot files an airplane into a tall building on a sunny day?"
The first thing I thought of was when a WWII B-25 Bomber crashed into the 80th floor of the Empire State Building in 1945. But that happened in heavy fog. I thought to myself "this is what NYC firefighters train for. They'll go up there, put the fire out, and that will be that. Sure, people are going to be dead, but the building will be OK just like it was in 1945."
It wasn't until I got to school that I realized how wrong I was. I got there a few minutes early before I was due to take a final exam in the only class I had for the day. In the cafeteria, there were a bunch of other students watching the TV. By now the news was saying it was a terrorist attack, and a second plane had hit the other building. Then out of nowhere the first building collapsed. Some of the students screamed.
I went into class, and told everyone there what happened. A lot of people were shocked, and no one wanted to take the exam. A couple people asked the professor if we could take it another day, but he refused. Some how I made it through the exam, and went back to the cafeteria.
More students were watching the TV. By now, both buildings had collapsed. There were lots of other reports coming in too. A friend of mind came running into the cafeteria shouting that another channel said there had been a carbomb at the State Department (shows how confused and conflicting the info coming in was). I was supposed to stay after class to work on a project with a couple classmates, but I just had to get out of there.
I went home as quickly as I could. By that time all flights in the US had been grounded, and it had been confirmed the Pentagon was hit, and a plane had crashed in Pennsylvania.
At the time I was home by myself in my parent's house because they had flown to Arizona to purchase a house that they would eventually retire to. I tried to call them, but was not able to get through. I tried to call my sister at ISU, but also couldn't get through. It would be another 2 days before I could get a hold of my family. But for then, I was alone.
I wondered if the President would order a Nuclear strike on whomever did this. Then I imagined the response from countries like China and Russia. I kept expecting a bright flash of light from the east which would signal that Chicago had been nuked, and wondered if 30 miles from the city was far enough to survive the blast. I remember thinking that I'd rather die in the blast than live through the fallout and chaos that followed.
Those were the worst couple days of my life. Not knowing what would happen next. Less than a month later, I would graduate college into one of the worst job markets in US history. It would be 3 long years before I landed a full-time job in my field.
I was on my way to school listening to the morning radio DJ's. The first details were sketchy, and made it sound like an accident. I'll never forget the way the DJ's made fun of the situation saying that "what kind of stupid pilot files an airplane into a tall building on a sunny day?"
The first thing I thought of was when a WWII B-25 Bomber crashed into the 80th floor of the Empire State Building in 1945. But that happened in heavy fog. I thought to myself "this is what NYC firefighters train for. They'll go up there, put the fire out, and that will be that. Sure, people are going to be dead, but the building will be OK just like it was in 1945."
It wasn't until I got to school that I realized how wrong I was. I got there a few minutes early before I was due to take a final exam in the only class I had for the day. In the cafeteria, there were a bunch of other students watching the TV. By now the news was saying it was a terrorist attack, and a second plane had hit the other building. Then out of nowhere the first building collapsed. Some of the students screamed.
I went into class, and told everyone there what happened. A lot of people were shocked, and no one wanted to take the exam. A couple people asked the professor if we could take it another day, but he refused. Some how I made it through the exam, and went back to the cafeteria.
More students were watching the TV. By now, both buildings had collapsed. There were lots of other reports coming in too. A friend of mind came running into the cafeteria shouting that another channel said there had been a carbomb at the State Department (shows how confused and conflicting the info coming in was). I was supposed to stay after class to work on a project with a couple classmates, but I just had to get out of there.
I went home as quickly as I could. By that time all flights in the US had been grounded, and it had been confirmed the Pentagon was hit, and a plane had crashed in Pennsylvania.
At the time I was home by myself in my parent's house because they had flown to Arizona to purchase a house that they would eventually retire to. I tried to call them, but was not able to get through. I tried to call my sister at ISU, but also couldn't get through. It would be another 2 days before I could get a hold of my family. But for then, I was alone.
I wondered if the President would order a Nuclear strike on whomever did this. Then I imagined the response from countries like China and Russia. I kept expecting a bright flash of light from the east which would signal that Chicago had been nuked, and wondered if 30 miles from the city was far enough to survive the blast. I remember thinking that I'd rather die in the blast than live through the fallout and chaos that followed.
Those were the worst couple days of my life. Not knowing what would happen next. Less than a month later, I would graduate college into one of the worst job markets in US history. It would be 3 long years before I landed a full-time job in my field.
Go Panthers
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I was in college, i was napping on the couch and woke up to check the news on charlotte.com, there was a picture of the first tower on fire. I turned the tv on right after the 2nd plane hit.
I remember everyone on the hall started yelling..."turn the tv on, something's going on."
I had another class at 11 that i went to, i'll never forget the professor continued on like nothing happened. After class i went over to a buddies dorm room, we all stayed huddled around the tv for at least 12 hours.
To understand that gravity of what happened, we were flipping through the tv stations and came across ESPN showing ABC news coverage.
I'll never forget that day, I'll never forget where i was. I'll never forget the phone call from my dad just calling to see if "i was ok".
Even just writing this almost brings tears to my eyes.
I can not believe that tomorrow will mark the 8th anniversary, how time flies.
I remember everyone on the hall started yelling..."turn the tv on, something's going on."
I had another class at 11 that i went to, i'll never forget the professor continued on like nothing happened. After class i went over to a buddies dorm room, we all stayed huddled around the tv for at least 12 hours.
To understand that gravity of what happened, we were flipping through the tv stations and came across ESPN showing ABC news coverage.
I'll never forget that day, I'll never forget where i was. I'll never forget the phone call from my dad just calling to see if "i was ok".
Even just writing this almost brings tears to my eyes.
I can not believe that tomorrow will mark the 8th anniversary, how time flies.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
I was in school. Got out early that day for an unrelated reason. Listened to the Walkman but it was television coverage on radio so it was hard to follow. Got home, turned on the TV and there it was. I waited for my friends that day when they got out of school. I couldn't take anything for granted. The video was as shocking as it was awful.
It looked unreal. The plane, flying in to the WTC, like a video game. I thought for sure it was a dream, a really bad one. That night, the whole neighborhood got together. Being so close to DC, many people were at The Pentagon and some perished. We all kept our doors open in the twilight as we all felt it important to, for once, get along.
Most of the kids had no idea what was going on. I explained to some of my friends who were younger than I was that we were basically at war now and that nothing like this had ever happened on the mainland.
The next morning, when I woke up, I was sure it was a nightmare until I turned on the TV. Nope. It really happened. The mood at school the next day was somber. The school acted like nothing happened and tried to proceed with a normal day. After about an hour of an abnormal day, they finally woke up and realized it had to be taught. No fistfights, none of the usual BS.
I will never forget. For some people, it wasn't anything. For me, I knew it was an earth shattering event. I knew life wouldn't be the same.
Sometimes, it takes something major to remind you what's important. Friends and family. You never know when your life is going to end, so make the most of it.
It looked unreal. The plane, flying in to the WTC, like a video game. I thought for sure it was a dream, a really bad one. That night, the whole neighborhood got together. Being so close to DC, many people were at The Pentagon and some perished. We all kept our doors open in the twilight as we all felt it important to, for once, get along.
Most of the kids had no idea what was going on. I explained to some of my friends who were younger than I was that we were basically at war now and that nothing like this had ever happened on the mainland.
The next morning, when I woke up, I was sure it was a nightmare until I turned on the TV. Nope. It really happened. The mood at school the next day was somber. The school acted like nothing happened and tried to proceed with a normal day. After about an hour of an abnormal day, they finally woke up and realized it had to be taught. No fistfights, none of the usual BS.
I will never forget. For some people, it wasn't anything. For me, I knew it was an earth shattering event. I knew life wouldn't be the same.
Sometimes, it takes something major to remind you what's important. Friends and family. You never know when your life is going to end, so make the most of it.
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foehammer111
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I forgot to mention that one of the people I went to college with lost both of this parents in the WTC. I didn't know him directly, but he was someone in my class.
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SST55
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Watched it on tv that morning.
J Bruce Eagleson, good friend and fishing buddy from Ct. He had just gotten the promotion in August, I think it was Federated Stores he worked for. I saw him Labor Day weekend, he had a beach house near me. Said he hated working in New York and really hated having to stay in the city instead of going home each night. Never found his remains.
J Bruce Eagleson, good friend and fishing buddy from Ct. He had just gotten the promotion in August, I think it was Federated Stores he worked for. I saw him Labor Day weekend, he had a beach house near me. Said he hated working in New York and really hated having to stay in the city instead of going home each night. Never found his remains.
Benevolent One
Team Owner
I was at work when it happened. We tried to continue on with business, but soon there was no business as mostly everybody stopped what they were doing to focus on what was really important. I ended up leaving work at around noon.
FLY YOUR AMERICAN FLAG TOMORROW!
Go Panthers
We are the people our parents warned us about
I personally think 9/11 should be a national holiday...hopefully that will happen sometime soon.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
I don't. If we make it a National holiday, it will be "just another day off" for kids in school who weren't born 'til after 9-11. September 11th and December 7th are important days in this nation's history and they need to be taught as such, not be another day off.
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foehammer111
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SST55
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I agree but I'm not getting my hopes up. December 7th isn't.
buckaroo
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I was working that day, still in the office when one of the rural carriers yelled that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Two guys on either side of me are from NYC and they know the place very well. Both still had family in the area so they were naturally concerned. Work continued as we still had to get the mail out that day, but we were all scurrying around, trying to find out any info we could. One friend from NY said he got a call from his wife that one of the towers had gone down. Hard to believe, but by this time, the news was coming in from a bunch of different radios in the office. Then the second tower fell. Very somber from that point on in the office. When I got to the street, I tried to find any TV I could to see what was happening. It wasn't until I got home after work that I was finally able to see most of the coverage as it was being played and replayed all day long. Just as when Kennedy was killed, that moment of time is etched into my memory like nothing else.
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If I were a gambling man I'd say that August 4th will be a holiday before 9/11 or 12/7.
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foehammer111
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HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Oh geez, here we go.
LOL.
wilson89
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I remember it like it was yesturday. It started out as a normal day i got up ate my breakfast and i turned on the tv before school and they where talking about how a plane had hit the building and they kept showing it smoking. I remember i went and got dressed for a few minutes and when i came back in the room my Dad was standing there with his jaw open i asked him what had happend and he told me he was watching the coverage and another plane just crashed into the other tower. I immediately knew when i heard that this was no accident. I remember the car ride to school they kept saying about all the schools that where canceling classes for the day. I remember when i got to school every class had the tv on and was showing what was going on. Alot of students didnt seem to care, other did and i remember one of the teachers asking the students what they thought about this and we had a nice little discussion.
Speaking of 9-11 and the days that followed my Uncle who worked for the Pittsburgh Fire Department was sent to NYC on Sep 12th to try and help with the Rescue mission. He spent an entire month going through the Rubble trying to look for anything that could help or any people that could be trapt. Earlier this year my uncle passed away from Lung Cancer he never smoked in his life, and another member of the department that went with him to ground zero died of lung cancer in 2007. We can only assume it was from the particles and asbestos that where floating around in air following 9-11.
Speaking of 9-11 and the days that followed my Uncle who worked for the Pittsburgh Fire Department was sent to NYC on Sep 12th to try and help with the Rescue mission. He spent an entire month going through the Rubble trying to look for anything that could help or any people that could be trapt. Earlier this year my uncle passed away from Lung Cancer he never smoked in his life, and another member of the department that went with him to ground zero died of lung cancer in 2007. We can only assume it was from the particles and asbestos that where floating around in air following 9-11.
For some reason I'd turned the TV on early that morning --- I usually don't.
I watched it live as the 2nd plane hit the tower. I kept thinking that it had to be some kind of movie -- it just couldn't be real.
I don't think I turned away from the TV, or turned it off until well into the night.
I even got up the next morning firmly believing that, somehow, it wasn't real.
I've got a good 'net buddy that worked in New York at the time. On normal day, at the time the planes hit, he would have been waiting for the subway under the Towers. He still doesn't know why on that particular day he was running late.
I watched it live as the 2nd plane hit the tower. I kept thinking that it had to be some kind of movie -- it just couldn't be real.
I don't think I turned away from the TV, or turned it off until well into the night.
I even got up the next morning firmly believing that, somehow, it wasn't real.
I've got a good 'net buddy that worked in New York at the time. On normal day, at the time the planes hit, he would have been waiting for the subway under the Towers. He still doesn't know why on that particular day he was running late.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
The President has asked for a nationwide moment of silence at 8:46am EST, the exact moment the first plane hit the first WTC tower on 9-11.
Ceremonies will take place in New York, Washington and Shanksville, PA. Msnbc will have live coverage of the ceremonies and at 12am, they have a special report, "9-11 As it Happened" which is a minute-by-minute replay of NBC's live coverage as it happened.
Ceremonies will take place in New York, Washington and Shanksville, PA. Msnbc will have live coverage of the ceremonies and at 12am, they have a special report, "9-11 As it Happened" which is a minute-by-minute replay of NBC's live coverage as it happened.
Benevolent One
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Holy Crap Andy! I'm not sure where that came from, but that is the most intelligent thing I've ever heard you say. It's also the first time I agree with you 100%. Thank You.
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foehammer111
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LOL
All joking aside, Andy does have a very good point. If 9/11 were a Federal Holiday, then the importance of the day would be lost. Instead of it being a day of rememberance, it would become something like how Independance Day or Memorial Day is now.
People would start to look foward to 9/11 because it's a day off work/school. "Hey Bob, whatca doin' on 9/11? Well, I'm throwing a huge BBQ at my house! We got ribs, and there will be games and a clown for the kids!"
Pretty soon, Kohl's will be having a 9/11 "Mega Door-Buster Sale". College kids will go out binge drinking, and killing themselves in DUI crashes.
If you ask me, we should never have the day off for our most important days as a country. On days like June 6th, September 11th, and December 7th, we honor those that lost their lives by doing what we do every day: work and live our lives in peace. We take a moment of our day to remember those that died, and say a prayer to whatever God we follow.
That's the best way to honor them: by doing the things we do everyday that make this country great.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
9-11 is a national day of remembrance and service. On your calendar, it should show up as "Patriot Day".
buckaroo
Here kitty, kitty, kitty
We already have a day for those who have died for this country, a federal holiday named Memorial Day. It has become just what you have described in that few people actually know what this day commemorates. To many, it's just another three day weekend to have fun. There is also Veterans Day on November 11 of each year, a day that commemorates veterans both dead and alive. But this holiday is not a federal holiday in that most businesses don't recognize it. Federal offices do however recognize it as a holiday. I do remember though when I didn't work for the government and the plant at which I worked would stop the assembly lines for a full minute at 11 minutes past 11:00 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month for a moment of silence.
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They were talking on the radio, WAUG 109, how Bush had the towers blown up just so he could stoke the fires of war. Truthers...
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GREAT AMERICAN RACE FAN
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FLY YOUR FLAG ALWAYS!
I fly it everyday as long as it's not raining. I need to buy a better one, this one gets tangled up everytime the wind blows.
I as well was at work. I was working on a mower tire at the Golf course I worked at the time. Listening to John Boy and Billy, the news girl broke in and said a Plane had crashed into the Trade center. I was shock and curious, but shrugged it off thinking it was a wayweard by plane or something. Then my boss asked if I knew what happened, I said no and we immediatley went to the breakroom and turned on the T.V. It was fuzzy, but we could see the building on fire and the highlights of the second plane crashing. We were shocked and horrified, and then they had a guy from the Pentegon who was talking about the Trade centers happenings, and he heard a large boom. Then it was reported that a plane had crashed into the Pentegon. I was in awe and sick to my stomach, I wanted to go home from work, and was amazed that everyone was still doing going about their business. We ate lunch and watched the footage. I was young and scared at what was happening. I thought we should go home and arm ourselves. An wise older man talked to me and calmed me down. He told me that the enemy wanted us to be scared and worried. He told me the best thing for the Country to do is to go about as business as normal. Don't let them get us down and keep us from still being great. Thank God Pres. Bush was in charge.
We need to remember what happened. We need to replay it often to remember that we are vulnerable. We are the Best country in the World, and a lot of people do not like that for some stupid reason. It was a very somber day for me as I heard tributes memoralizing today. It made me angry, and sad. Sad for those who lost someone to a horrific murder of innocent people to some crazed bunch of Islamic terrorist. And we now have a President who Celebrates Islam at the White House. How far we have come, and how much we have forgotten.
God, I pray that you continue to Bless America. You have already blessed this Country more than we deserve, and I wished we could turn back from our evil greedy ways Lord, but we can not do it on our own. We need you now more than ever. We need your power, love and understanding. We need your security. Please lay your hand around our Country, and our troops. Please Lord, Bless us again.
Amen.