September 11th

[Orion]

Just a reminder that today is an important day, in our nations history and our culture, and in some peoples lives personally.

 

Take a minute to remember, CR.

[zeitgeist57]

Thanks, DJ.

 

I had an uncle who worked for IBM, was at the Merrill Lynch building at World Trade Center (green-dome building if you're looking at pictures of the area) on 9/11. He was outside when the first tower came down, and joined the throngs of people that ran out of Manhattan.

 

Unfortunately, though he never drank or smoked his entire life, he developed some sort of auto-immune disease and lung spots that affected his breathing around 2005, and died painfully in 2010. At his funeral, one of his closest friends told me that thousands more people were suffering similarly...believed to be caused by breathing that terrible dust for several hours on that day. I've heard it many times since then: 3,000 people died on 9/11, possibly 10,000 more New Yorkers in the following years from exposure to the WTC wreckage.

 

I say this because the events of 9/11 affected us all directly, and indirectly. Never forget...

[thorne]

I remeber where i was that day, I was on my way to work and sitting at the stop light right in front of GLC SYstems, I heard it on the radio. When I got inside the shop I found one of our old portable TVs and tuned in, I watched the second plane hit live.

 

I also remeber the internet coming to it's knees the only sight that was staying up and reporting news was slashdot.org We also had the highest count of users online for our isp. We had all of 12 pri's of lines full.

 

Then on my way home that day I rember how bummed I was and then I seen Airforce one fly overhead with fighter jets and it brought a smile to my face.

[jeffro]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/10/no-permit-but-bikers-plan-dc-ride-to-protest-musli/

 

A motorcycle rally prompted by a Muslim group's plan to march on the Mall will go forward on the day

the D.C. area and the nation mark 12 years since the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks.

Officials with 2 Million Bikers to DC said that despite failing to secure a permit from the National Park

Service, the ride through the D.C. area will happen — even if it takes all day.

"We apologize to D.C. residents, but they had plenty of time to help us with this rally," said Belinda

Bee, national coordinator for the 2 Million Bikers to DC rally, referring to federal and local authorities.

"We realized there was going to be a lot of traffic. We would have gotten through town in two hours.

For some reason the powers that be in D.C. no longer feel Americans have the right to voice an

opinion."

The motorcycle rally's Facebook page bills the event as a way to "remember those who were killed on

911 and honor our armed forces who fought those who precipitated this attack."

Nearly 3,000 people died after terrorists hijacked jets on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and crashed

them into the World Trade Center buildings in New York and the Pentagon in Arlington. Another

hijacked plane headed for the District crashed in Shanksville, Pa.

Ms. Bee said the rally was planned as a way to protest the American Muslim Political Action

Committee's Million American March Against Fear, scheduled for noon.

"It was," she said, noting that the focus was eventually broadened.

"We didn't want a war," she said. "No. 2, Muslims get enough attention. It's time for America to get

attention."

The Million American March Against Fear — originally called the Million Muslim March but

rechristened after the name prompted widespread publicity earlier this year — was permitted by the

National Park Service for 1,000 people for the location between 13th and 14th streets in Northwest,

Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson said.

The nonstop ride would have required a police escort and closure of intersections and traffic lights,

Ms. Johnson said.

After meeting with the D.C. and U.S. Capitol police departments, Ms. Johnson said, "we thought it

would be too disruptive to close all these streets on a workday."

"We told them we can't stop them from using roads like anybody else, but they'd have to follow traffic

laws if they come," Ms. Johnson said, adding that politics played no part in the decision.

"Any time we get a permit application we look at our resources. It has to do with what you apply for,

not the applicants," she said.

Ms. Johnson said the permit for the march was received "quite a while ago," while the motorcycle rally

No permit, but bikers plan D.C. ride to protest Muslim 9/11

march

 

[ForeverMaker]

12 years ago. wow.

[Bam]

12 years ago. wow.

 

+1. And here's to many more. Hearts go out to all those affected.

[BStowers023]

A day that changed my life directly forever. Served 4 years, 2 tours. Remember all the victims and heros of 9/11, the firefighters, police officers, and citizens from that day, as well as all of our troops that are fighting/fought to keep terrorism out of our great country.

[RyM3rC]

Thanks to all our servicemen who answered the call and took the oath. Remember it like it was yesterday

[Mojoe]

Citizens are not combatants. They are the very being that people who serve their country and community defend. To attack the unarmed, a way of life even; is frightening that people can be that way. My family, my friends and yours, are at threat in their everyday life. Americans, in general, are a compassionate nation and therefore an easy target for those willing to hurt the innocent.

In rememberance of September 11, talk to the ones you love about vigilance and not being a victim. I think by doing so, and addressing that there are people out there who want to harm our nation and Americans, we may make a differance by being situationally aware.

 

Today, I choose to celebrate those who lost their lives, while toasting those how made a differance that day.

Edited September 12, 2013 by Mojoe

[El Karacho1647545492]

I say the same thing every 9/11. The people who died in this attack, and in the ensuing conflicts are the heroes of our generation. Just like many in Vietnam, WWII, and myriad other conflicts, many volunteered and many were chosen to give their lives for our freedom. Civilian or military, young or old, each drew a line in the sand with their blood to ensure we can live free lives.

 

I'd like to make a point or two about terrorism and politics, but today is not the day for that. Today is a day of mourning and remembrance for the victims of ignorance, bigotry, and hatred. Let us not fall victim to the same.

 

There, but for the grace of God, chance, or whatever you believe keeps us alive and well, go we.

[Versluis]

Read this article this morning from CNN. From records, he was the first death of 9/11. They guy spent the night before debating who would be laid off. The next morning he is on a flight to LA.

 

I work in the staffing industry and there are many days I walk out pulling my hair because of contractors or just the job itself. I read this article and it brings it into perspective.

 

"“Nevertheless, things were particularly grim on September 10, 2001. Leighton remembers a session stretching late into the evening in which the executives had to decide whom to lay off, including some friends and colleagues who had been with them almost since the beginning. The next morning Lewin had to fly from Boston to Los Angeles.

 

"He probably barely got an hour of sleep before getting on board the next morning," Leighton (his wife) remembers.

Lewin was sitting in seat 9B. With his Israeli military training and understanding of Arabic, he may have figured out what was going on, perhaps even tried to stop it. According to flight attendants' calls relayed to authorities on the ground, the first passenger to be killed was seated in 9B. He was stabbed to death.”

 

I read the article and it made me sit back and take a few moments. Never forget.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/tech/innovation/danny-lewin-9-11-akamai/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[TimTaylor751647545500]

Having just been in DC over the weekend for our anniversary and going to all the Memorials including Arlington Cemetery, I was reminded just how many of our own we have lost. The rows, sections and acres of headstones at Arlington put those numbers into greater perspective and my level of respect for those we've lost and those that fight today to protect our freedoms, can in no way, be measured. As much turmoil we see happening in this country on a daily basis, I would not want to be any place else. I was born AMERICAN, and am damn proud to be AMERICAN.

[Snowflake]

Respect

[Cordell]

A very sad memory, I stopped working for a few minutes this morning for my own moments of silence for the victims. I will never forget.

[Geeesammy]

This will make some feel old, and it will show how young I am.

 

I remember getting in trouble that morning on the bus for throwing a football around, I'm almost certain the attacks on the towers made the driver forget entirely about my onryness that morning.

 

I was sitting in class as a 4th grader when suddenly a teacher burst into the room in tears. Not quite sure what to make of it I sat still and listened as intently as I could to see what was happening. All I heard were the words " under attack." Still being so young I render my first thoughts were something to the effect of a columbine shooting, as earlier that week we had covered school shootings and what to do "when the bad guys show up." All three 4th grade classes (a total of about 80 students) got shuffled into a room where a tv was already playing the news, I still remember sitting there hearing the teachers sobbing and a few students sobbing. At the time I had no idea just how much this would impact the world, let alone why anyone would do anything like this to innocent people when America had not done anything to anyone. It took me a solid year or so before I fully grasped these events. I remember my dad picking my up from school and basically sneaking out a back hate at work since he worked as a civil engineer at an Air Force base. I still remember asking if we "would see any cool tanks driving down the road on the way home." Needless to say his talk trying to explain these events to me went right over my head. We lived in a direct air path to an airport, it never dawned on me until about 5 years later that I went outside to play after getting home and never heard a plane every 5-10 minutes as we normally would.

 

Its still crazy to think it has been that long ago, it feel as if it was only yesterday.

[truckin]

RIP 343 of my Brothers

[BrendanB]

This will make some feel old, and it will show how young I am.

 

Its still crazy to think it has been that long ago, it feel as if it was only yesterday.

 

Being the same age, I agree it's unreal to think that was 12 years ago, it's still vidid in my memory to this day.

[Das Borgen]

I remember being in a social studies class, 15 years old and my father was supposed to be on a place back from Frankfurt to NYC and then back to Haiti from there later that day.... It wasn't until way late that evening that my mom and brothers found out he wasn't in the air when this shit went down and he was simply stuck in Germany for another few days... Scary stuff.........

 

The brave men and women helping out that day deserve all the praise they got. I'm proud to be a New Yorker

[Scotty2Hotty]

God Bless America.

 

The fight ain't over folks, stay vigilant.

[Cordell]

This will make some feel old, and it will show how young I am.

 

 

Its still crazy to think it has been that long ago, it feel as if it was only yesterday.

 

Being the same age, I agree it's unreal to think that was 12 years ago, it's still vidid in my memory to this day.

 

You guys were in school, I was working on a remodel (back when I was doing electrical work) down near campus. News came over the radio and I went down to a bar and saw it on the news. I vividly remember sitting at home that night holding my infant daughter wondering how this would affect her.

[Geeesammy]

You guys were in school, I was working on a remodel (back when I was doing electrical work) down near campus. News came over the radio and I went down to a bar and saw it on the news. I vividly remember sitting at home that night holding my infant daughter wondering how this would affect her.

 

It's crazy to think how much stuff has even changed since then.

If it were to have happened in this "day" of technology it would have been accessible to see at the few movements of thumbs. "Back then" you would have to find a TV to see it. Crazy to imagine that "world" even now. Incredible what has changed in the last 10-12 years, not only relating to 9/11 but in general.