9-11
 

Thanks for this thread.

That day I was at work. We were never shut down but supervisors came around and said for us to go home,
that the United States was under attack - the World Trade Center, the Pentagon & our airlines specifically. :shocked:
Down the street from where I worked in Long Beach was another Trade Center and that is why we were let out of work.
I got my first cell phone that day. On the way home, I remembered the bombings of Embassay's, etc in other countries and one of our Navy's ship
was bombed - many Americans lost their lives there too.
Those memories all started flooding back. :icon_cry:
As I drove I remembered 2 of my neighbors when I lived in Jersey worked
at the WTC.

When I got home I watched it over and over again in disbelief,
pondering who would attack our country like this. :holysheep:

Tomorrow as I spend moments in silence I will be praying for those
who lost their lives, and their friends, families and Also for our country
as a whole.
I'm reminded also of the other countries who have been bombed in the past few years and will keep them and concerns for safety in prayer also.

God Bless us all, :grouphug:
Hope

I just wanted to say thank you for all who posted and all who have remembered. I was in the hospital and have pictures of trhe plane hitting and tractors and other construction vehicles on their way to clean up the site. I appreciated knowing where everyone was and how they reacted to that horrible day. God Bless! Linda

9/11
 

I remember that day well. I was at work and the radio was playing in the background as usual. I remember hearing the announcement that a plane had crashed into the first tower. I just couldn't believe it. I thought "this can't be real". Though far away from where I live. This tragedy touched people from all over the world. My heart goes out to all that didn't return home from work that day, and thier families. To all the brave firemen, iron worker's,nurses, Doctors, policemen, and all others that searched relentlessly for survivors. I will never forget 911.

Sincerely Hairdresser:grouphug:

Thank you for this thread.

i was sat at home on a day off from work in the UK. I watched the whole thing unfold on TV, and could not believe what i was witnessing, like others have mentioned i watched news coverage for weeks after the event, i was deeply affected by this atrocity. a few days after me and my family were out shopping and British Firemen were collecting in the town, i have never seen so many tears as people gladly donated and chatted to the firefighters :grouphug:

When London was attacked by suicide bombers 7/7 [ as its called here] i desperately tried to phone my sister who lives there, all phone lines were jammed solid. 3hours later we spoke and she was fine, but i was frantic with worry, and 9-11 came flooding back.

from this side of the Atlantic my prayers are with you as a nation in your thoughts at this time.

silence......Uncle Frank (not really an uncle a close freind of my fathers who we called uncle growing up he lived out on the island) they met or should I say,survived the Korean Conflict only to be taken down in tower one, at least they knew the enemy there here we battle what a few peaceful muslims

i was just about to the leave the house to talk lil'monkey to school.

she was reaching for the off button on the tv when the second plane hit. :(. i got her to school late. no one there knew. i was the bearer of the bad news.

she and i remember. i know she always will. it traumatized and strengthened her. helped form her into the compasionate young woman she is.

my prayers for all the world.

Bi-Coastal
 

Well, I guess I will finally jump in (to the 4th forum), because of this topic.

On 9/11/01, I was home in the AM because we were having a technician install our internet cable.

The TV was on from the first moment. I called my Husband, an attorney, at his office in the PENTAGON. He and his co-workers were in the conference room watching the scene unfold.

When the second plane hit the tower, I told the technician, (who was also rivited of course), that "This is WAR!!". The tech., who was NOT American born, was upset saying "the US cannot afford to go to war". I said "wait and see".

I was assigned to the National Secuity Agency, at that time and understood that we knew something terrible would happen, considering all of the attacks against us in the 1990's, which were IGNORED, (but that is another story). Many were on pins & needles...what/where/how would we be attacked NEXT time??

(I have often wondered about that technician and what HIS story was.)

Anyway, about then, some TV commentator said there was an 'explosion' at the Pentagon. I called my Husband and a co-worker answered, so I knew my Husband was OK.

I asked the co-worker if he was alright...he said "who is this??" I told him and explained that I had heard of an explosion at the Pentagon...he said, "OH ****, I've gotta go!!" and hung up.

Apparently, they had heard a 'sonic boom' and all of the doors slammed, but did not realize what had happened. After my call apparently all hell broke loose there. My husband had his camera and the photos he took while being evacuated are horrific. He was SO fortunate..One of his co-workers was just entering an office door where the impact was. She was rescued in one piece.

My Husband's family members were calling me in tears, as there was no more contact with the Pentagon. The whole thing was utterly gut-wrenching and still inconceivable to me.

The many, many stories I heard from friends at the National Security Agency and the Pentagon are astonishing and horrible (and many times astonishingly HEROIC). Anyone who thinks we did this to ourselves is out of their mind...period.

It was such a beautiful, clear, Fall day here. I cannot think about that surreal day without becoming almost physically ill.

THAT is my story! We are very blessed to have the many brave and hardworking Americans at home and abroad who work to protect us all 24/7. You would be amazed at the technology and brains behind our security machine.

Peace and Freedom are not, and never have been without cost.

Warmly,
Anne

Thank You
 

Thanks so much for everyones responses. I do like to know what you are doing and where you were. I had such a traumatic experience. I just spoke to my 15 year old son and what was so upseting to him was he thout. something had happend to me. I was in NY in the hospital and my husband picked him up from school early.

I think everyone knows someone but,. I would like to write their names,

Tommy Clark, From Summit, NJ, was married with 2 children . Thankfully she is remarrried and happyl. Karl Smith, The father of 2 boys who have been very active in September 11 benefits. His wife is my accoutant and also remarried. I belive you have to go on with your life so I am so happy for them.

I listen to the names each year and try to just pray. Linda

My cousin and his wife were also at the pentagon working that day..I did not know it at the time, but I found out later from family members. Thankfully, they were OK. They moved to Hawaii a year or so after and are still there.

Peace.

I want to thank Bi-Coastal for having the courage to say what she said- that this attack was IN NO WAY THE FAULT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR OUR CITIZENS. I think this is a very good thread and when I first saw it, I knew how I felt about the whole thing but had mixed feelings about posting my feelings because I have a pretty tough opinion of the whole thing, as do many people who live in the South. But, I figured like it or not, nobody here has to agree with me. While I live very far away from NYC, DC, & PA, we were all effected by this tragedy. This is probably the most traumatic thing I've ever had to see this country go through and I cried for days afterwards and it's still hard to watch the videos from it on TV. While we were far away, our hearts still broke for all those who were there or lost family and friends there. No matter where we live/lived, we're all Americans and it brought us all together to grieve for what had happened. Our country did nothing to bring this on us. If anything, we tolerated WAY too much for WAY too long and did NOTHING. I'm not ashamed to say here that I'm a strong patriot, that I support our president, and I support the way he handled the aftermath of this terrorist attack. I'm sick to death of the polical correctness nowadays and of the coddling of people who might get their feelings hurt if we come out and speak the truth about this horrendous day in our history. I'm thankful to the countries that stood by us and were our allies- Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and all the rest that I can't remember now. And I'm ashamed of the ones who didn't want to get involved, because after all, it didn't effect them- which reminds me of that poem about "nobody getting involved, because it didn't effect them, then eventually it did effect them and nobody was left to care." For all those people who continuously find fault with our country, I would suggest that they move somewhere else if they think it would be so much better, otherwise shut your trap. If they think they can spout the kind of crap in many other countries that they spout here, think again. If our country is so bad, why are so many people from other countries wanting to come here? And why are so many people who have come here the ones who praise this country and say how much they love it and the freedoms they have here and some native born Americans seem to hate it so much? When any other country in this world has a disaster or needs help during a war, who comes to their aid- with troops, money, food, etc.? These same countries seem to have a very short memory after that and spit on us and burn our flag. I genuinely fear for this country if people don't wake up and get their heads out of the sand and realize that we are in a fight for our future freedom- meaning that of our children and grandchildren- to live in a free society where you can say what you want, dress how you want, watch what you want on TV or the movies, listen to music, read what you want, get an education, work for living,etc. and not be oppressed. I imagine our forefathers who fought from the Revolutionary War through WWII are spinning circles in their graves right now and that's not to discount the people who gave their lives in Korea, VietNam,etc. up to this war now. I think they ought to play the videos of the twin towers going down, of the crash site in PA, and Pentagon EVERY DAY on TV, so we don't forget what was done to us on this day 6 years ago. Because it seems to me that we've all gotten pretty lax again and way too comfortable and don't think anything like this can happen again. But we didn't think anybody would ever do this to us in the first place did we? I'm afraid I have a very strong opinion on this but I fear for what things will be like when my grandson grows up and I want him to have the same freedoms we enjoy (and take for granted) now. And it makes me really sick and angry when I hear other people and countries making excuses for the terrorists who attacked us and declared war ON US.