I Did Not Forget
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honeybunny
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I will never forget, but I also made a conscious decision to turn the page.
Every single year, I have posted the list of names and spent the day mourning those who perished.
Something told me it was time to rebirth this anniversary, and begin a new remembrance.
This year I spent the day teaching the Kiddo about the heartbreaking and world-changing impact of that day.
(She was old enough to watch some of the more raw footage and understand the evil details of the terrorist attacks...)
I said a peaceful prayer for the memories of the dead and laid them to rest...
I made a new vow to pass on our knowledge of history to the next generation.
(A neighborhood high school student interviewed my husband about the direct experience of those over 40...)
Not forgetting means helping the young to see it through the eyes of those who lived it...
Every single year, I have posted the list of names and spent the day mourning those who perished.
Something told me it was time to rebirth this anniversary, and begin a new remembrance.
This year I spent the day teaching the Kiddo about the heartbreaking and world-changing impact of that day.
(She was old enough to watch some of the more raw footage and understand the evil details of the terrorist attacks...)
I said a peaceful prayer for the memories of the dead and laid them to rest...
I made a new vow to pass on our knowledge of history to the next generation.
(A neighborhood high school student interviewed my husband about the direct experience of those over 40...)
Not forgetting means helping the young to see it through the eyes of those who lived it...
Stonewall
Expert Driver
I noticed that at UGA and I gladly admit I had a big smile and a little lump in my throat. Pretty damn classy and really damn cool. Go Dawgs.
I get that, complete respect here. Hopefully I falsely assumed it was being forgotten.
There is still hope.
honeybunny
Pursuit Driver
I still tear up when I think about all of those people whose names run through my head on this day...
I vow that their memory will forever reverberate across the years as we mark this sacred day.
Link to the list : https://dallashwy.com/index.php?threads/september-11-2001-we-will-never-forget.32615/
I vow that their memory will forever reverberate across the years as we mark this sacred day.
Link to the list : https://dallashwy.com/index.php?threads/september-11-2001-we-will-never-forget.32615/
Boss 302
Pursuit Driver
I'll never forget this day either. The kids graduating high school and starting college weren't alive when this happened and I doubt they received much education on it. It didn't involve them. It didn't have an impact on their lives, so they just don't care about it. That's sad. It's not how we were raised and taught.
The Sound Guy
Pursuit Driver
From my trip to NY 9/11 2018
Far West
Pursuit Driver
I was sitting in the parking lot at my son's elementary school with the car radio on. I had the day off from my job at United Airlines. We were going on a field trip to Cagle Dairy in Canton Georgia with our second grade kids. My neighbor and I were carpooling behind the 2 buses, as were a host of other parents.
It was a beautiful day, I was so glad I took the day off. My neighbor ran into the school to drop off something for her son before the buses loaded up. So I was alone in the car when I heard my talk radio station interrupt and say that a plane had struck the world trade tower, I knew something was wrong. The announcers said the day in New York was clear and the skies were blue. It just didn't make sense. My neighbor got back in the car and I told her what I had just heard, then the radio said a second plane hit the building... she started screaming and crying. She is from Long Island... she said do you know how many people are in those towers?
We started the caravan of parents following the two buses to the farm when parents started calling the school freaking out about wanting their kids at home. I remember feeling like if there were anywhere in the USA that was safe, it was rural Canton, GA! I felt like we should take our second graders to where it was normal and safe and they should not hear or see what was on the news.
By this time the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania had planes that had crashed and the airlines were trying to account for all their planes to see that no other's were hijacked, and had them all land.
The school had the buses turn around and headed back. The buses pulled off an exit to let everyone know the field trip would be re-scheduled, but it was being cancelled.
On the way back my tired went flat. I had picked up a nail when we pulled off the road to turn around, I guess. I got the spare on, dropped my neighbor back, at the school and went to get my tire repaired at Dallas Tire.
I sat in the Dallas Tire waiting room watching the footage of the planes hitting the buildings again and again on the TV... people running from the falling tower's dust and debris, the first responders and all the chaos. A truly HORRIBLE day.
It was a beautiful day, I was so glad I took the day off. My neighbor ran into the school to drop off something for her son before the buses loaded up. So I was alone in the car when I heard my talk radio station interrupt and say that a plane had struck the world trade tower, I knew something was wrong. The announcers said the day in New York was clear and the skies were blue. It just didn't make sense. My neighbor got back in the car and I told her what I had just heard, then the radio said a second plane hit the building... she started screaming and crying. She is from Long Island... she said do you know how many people are in those towers?
We started the caravan of parents following the two buses to the farm when parents started calling the school freaking out about wanting their kids at home. I remember feeling like if there were anywhere in the USA that was safe, it was rural Canton, GA! I felt like we should take our second graders to where it was normal and safe and they should not hear or see what was on the news.
By this time the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania had planes that had crashed and the airlines were trying to account for all their planes to see that no other's were hijacked, and had them all land.
The school had the buses turn around and headed back. The buses pulled off an exit to let everyone know the field trip would be re-scheduled, but it was being cancelled.
On the way back my tired went flat. I had picked up a nail when we pulled off the road to turn around, I guess. I got the spare on, dropped my neighbor back, at the school and went to get my tire repaired at Dallas Tire.
I sat in the Dallas Tire waiting room watching the footage of the planes hitting the buildings again and again on the TV... people running from the falling tower's dust and debris, the first responders and all the chaos. A truly HORRIBLE day.
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