September 11, 2001

[honeybunny]

We will never forget... :'(


I had wanted to post the list here but it exceeds the maximum size:


http://paulding.com/forum/index.php/topic/292582-september-11-2001/page__pid__3692221#entry3692221

 

[Grey Colson]

We talked about 9/11 this morning in shift meeting. Everyone could remember very clearly where they were and what they were doing on that terrible day.

I was at work when I heard the report of the first plane, found a TV and watched the second one hit. Before that, it seemed to be a terrible accident, but the second one made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

You are right honeybunny....we will NEVER forget! :Ninja

 

[RNG]

I to remember exactly where I was and what I was doing and how I felt. This morning on the way to the high school to drop the son off, the Bert Show was replaying those exact moments as it was all happening and I had huge tears rolling down my face. It brought back all those emotions. I looked over and my sweet son was crying to. He said wow mom, I always knew it was bad but hearing as if it was really happening is so sad. It never dawned on me that he had never really heard it. He then asked me where I was and how I felt.

I said well son, I remember being at work and a friend calling me and said you have to turn on the tv...a plane has hit one of the world trade center buildings..it's crazy. So I go into our breakroom and turn on the TV..I tell others in the office about it and they all come in also to check it out. The president of our company was in town from Charlotte and he walked into the break room to see what all the fuss was over about the time the 2nd plane hit the 2nd building. We all couldn't believe it. I stood there just staring at the tv. Then when the report of the plane hitting the Pentagon came across I started freaking out. One of my techs was at the Pentagon working on some equipment. I couldn't reach him. We were all scared to death. Finally after about 2 hours, he managed to get a signal to call me and he was fine. After that, the president said go home, close up the office and be with your families...no one can work with this..tell all the techs to get off the road and go home.

I told my son, I remember going to the sitters and picking you and your sister up and just hugging you until I thought I could break you in both in two. Very emotional day. He then said I feel so bad for all those people mom, and I know you told me to never say I hate someone, but I can honestly tell you mom, I hate those terrorist. He then said but I love you mom and gave me a big smile and got out of the car for school. I sure do love my kids :love

 

[Guard Dad]

We'd better not forget!

The day we do forget is the day the people who did this to us win the war.


Yep, I used the word war. While not a declared war, it is war...and one that is still going on. It has many faces and fronts, but the threat is still there and we must stay on our guard.

 

[Foxmeister]

Obama was present at the memorial service at the Pentagon where he said we have to move "forward."

 

[LisaC]

I was driving to work when the first one hit. I didn't know it because most mornings, I listen to traffic and then turn the radio off. So, when I got to work and saw my boss watching TV, I knew something crazy was going on. He told me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center and asked me why I didn't know about it. When I told him that I didn't listen to the radio on the way in, he grumbled and told me to keep the radio on if I wanted to keep up with current events (it's funny that I still remember he said that). A short time later, we watched the second plane hit and spent the day glued to the TV. I remember catching myself watching out of the window looking for airplanes - I had the strangest sense of foreboding and I felt like a sitting duck. We sat in our high rise and just watched and waited... It was the shortest day in a lot of ways and the longest day - I didn't want to leave the TV and go home because I was afraid something might happen, but I didn't know what I would do if something DID happen.

A few weeks later, my hubby would get activated and deployed. I spent those months glued to CNN...

I will never forget, but I never want to experience anything like that again.

 

[I'm Floored]

We will never forget... :'(


I had wanted to post the list here but it exceeds the maximum size:


http://paulding.com/forum/index.php/topic/292582-september-11-2001/page__pid__3692221#entry3692221

Thank you for the list, HB. I always like to hear or read the names. Real people who lost their lives that day, and whose families feel the impact in a much more tangible way than any of us.

Back in 2001, I was the mom of a one year old. I taught dance in the afternoons, so I would spend my mornings playing with my son. The news was usually on in the background. The Gary Condit scandal was alive and well, and I was captivated by the Chandra Levy story. Most of the news day was centered around it. On Monday, September 10th, coverage was different because a man had led police on a chase. He ended it in his own home, and SWAT was called in. We watched live as the man engaged police in a shootout, and then burned his house (while he was inside) to the ground.

I expected more Gary Condit coverage on Tuesday. I was watching as I fed my son as they broke the news about the first plane. They even showed the burning tower from a rooftop camera in NY. I remember them having various reports of what type of plane it was, but watching the size of the fire, it was hard to believe it hadn't been a large plane. I was watching as the second plane came into the screen, banked, and plunged into the other tower. I began to cry.

My husband was at work, and I knew he was on his way to an appointment. He called me, to find out what was going on. He was listening on talk radio, and he said it was chaos. We both began to sob as we realized what this meant for our nation.

I was glued to the television that day, so I saw as each plane was crashed. I remember wondering about what would happen next. It's hard to imagine life before 9/11.

 

[deewee]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

 

[LisaC]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

 

[deewee]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

I see those names and instead of seeing letters formed together to make those names, I see people. People who died simply because they got up and went to work, simply because they were living their daily lives, simply because they chose professions that put them in the center of that attack. It's the human story represented by each name that breaks my heart.

The images of seeing the people that jumped, the people who ran in is heartbreaking too. I remember seeing a documentary that was filmed, quite by accident, at ground zero. These 2 men (brothers I think) were filming a documentary on firefighters when the attacks occurred. You could actually hear the bodies, of the people who jumped, hitting the building in a couple of segments. That is a sound that I don't think I'll ever get out of my head, and I wasn't even there to witness it first hand. :'(

 

[Guard Dad]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

I have thought about this too. I suspect the heat was so intense that they chose the comparative quick death of deceleration sickness (hitting the ground) over the horror of burning to death. Burning has got to be the most horrific way to die.

 

[deewee]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

I have thought about this too. I suspect the heat was so intense that they chose the comparative quick death of deceleration sickness (hitting the ground) over the horror of burning to death. Burning has got to be the most horrific way to die.

I hope, and pray, that none of us ever has to experience it.

 

[LisaC]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

I have thought about this too. I suspect the heat was so intense that they chose the comparative quick death of deceleration sickness (hitting the ground) over the horror of burning to death. Burning has got to be the most horrific way to die.

I hope, and pray, that none of us ever has to experience it.

Amen - I don't want to be in a situation where I have to choose one horrific form of death over another.

 

[deewee]

It is still heartbreaking. I can't bear to read thru the names, because I'll start crying. :'(

The "peace-loving" religion of Islam did this to us.

It's not the names that bother me - to this day, it's the footage of the people who were jumping out of the windows that really rips my heart out. The image of the woman in a skirt who jumped still haunts me. Who was she? Were the flames that close, was she so afraid of burning alive that jumping was the only alternative, or had she just accepted her fate and chose to die on her own terms?

I have thought about this too. I suspect the heat was so intense that they chose the comparative quick death of deceleration sickness (hitting the ground) over the horror of burning to death. Burning has got to be the most horrific way to die.

I hope, and pray, that none of us ever has to experience it.

Amen - I don't want to be in a situation where I have to choose one horrific form of death over another.

I know. I think I'd jump too, but pray I never have to decide.

 

[Foxmeister]

Someone called me up and told me to turn on the TV as a plane had hit the WTC and all the networks were showing it live. A few minutes after I turned on the TV, I saw the second plane hit the other tower. I immediately knew we were under attack by terrorists. A little while later, I received a phone call from my reserve unit telling me to pack my bags and gear, we were on alert.

 

[LisaC]

Someone called me up and told me to turn on the TV as a plane had hit the WTC and all the networks were showing it live. A few minutes after I turned on the TV, I saw the second plane hit the other tower. I immediately knew we were under attack by terrorists. A little while later, I received a phone call from my reserve unit telling me to pack my bags and gear, we were on alert.

Hubby was activated on October 1, 2001 and wasn't released until 2005 (and then he retired in 2006).

 

[honeybunny]

A survivor speaks about his experience escaping the towers... very moving:

http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0102-JAN_WTC_rev?src=soc_twtr

 

[Foxmeister]

Someone called me up and told me to turn on the TV as a plane had hit the WTC and all the networks were showing it live. A few minutes after I turned on the TV, I saw the second plane hit the other tower. I immediately knew we were under attack by terrorists. A little while later, I received a phone call from my reserve unit telling me to pack my bags and gear, we were on alert.

Hubby was activated on October 1, 2001 and wasn't released until 2005 (and then he retired in 2006).

I was activated in Dec 2003 and came off active duty in Sep 2009. I retired in early 2010.

 

[newsjunky]

I was watching Fox News and saw the clip of the first plane and by then they had the camera on live when the second plane hit. I will never forget! I went to Mt Tabor Park for the Ceremony this morning and the crowd was small. It gets smaller every year. It appears that some folks are forgetting. :'(

 

[deewee]

September 11, 2001

A survivor speaks about his experience escaping the towers... very moving:

http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0102-JAN_WTC_rev?src=soc_twtr

An incredible read. Thanks for sharing!