September 11, 2001.....We Remember

[BallHawk]

I remember I was in 3rd grade, Mrs.Slicko's glass, and we were going over grammar at the red table. It's freaky, I can remember so much about the one moment. What time it was, what I was wearing, who I was sitting with, etc. It's like your brain froze to take in all the information. What happened was they announced it over the intercom system, but they didn't say America was being attacked. They said there had been an explosion in New York, but we weren't in any danger. I remember all the parents coming to pick up there kids. At that time, I was 9 and really didn't understand, too well, what was going on. The thing that makes our country so unique, along with few others, though is this.

When other countries are attacked, they respond with fighting in the streets and attacks on innocent civilians.

When we are attacked, we band together as a country, we pick each other up, we become one.

On that fatefull Autumn day, there was no Democratic or Republican, there was no rich and no poor; there was just Americans.

[pacfan]

I was in my office when the office manager came running down the hallway screaming. We have members from our workplace that live in NYC and some live close to Manhatten.

I spent the rest of the day either on the phone, watching TV, or directing the traffic in the office.

I'll admit it, I cried my ass off. We had people calling home to New York, DC, and Flight 93 was a rumor then. Phone lines were jammed, work was impossible.

It was so horribly tragic, but I saw people come together in ways I had never seen before. The police, Red Cross, people on the street, itwas amazing. One of the local radio stations (I say one 'cause I didn't change the station) played the song by Enya with excerpts of phone calls and reports from the WTC broadcasts, I still can't listen to that song without thinking about 9/11.

I can honestly say I will remember that day for the rest of my life.

[GBRulz]

The slideshow with the Enya song.....

http://www.gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html

[BEARMAN]

America will NEVER forget !

[MadtownPacker]

No one has forgotten, it's just that the idiots who did it thought they could break the USA's spirit. They where wrong and because of their cowardly act, terrorist will never be able to take a flight hostage again. People will not sit and take it knowing what might happen.

[the_idle_threat]

Amen to that.

[Tarlam!]

First heard about it when my plane was waiting for the hatch to open. I had just flown to Spain for a golf tournament. I was in the air when it happened.

A girl in 1st class was on her cell...She kept repeating what she was being told in utter disbelief. She was loud.

I remember thinking "typical rich bitch, why does she need the drugs". I could not believe it was even halfway true. A companion rang her hubby, just as the second tower was hit. She screamed. All of the passengers became uneasy.

We were still locked up in the plane and everybody looked like a terrorist, even friends that we'd known for years. Even I looked like a terrorist to others. Word had spread all the way to the back rows of the plane.

The hatch finally opened and thank God I was in Spain. You can smoke immediately after getting of the aircraft in Spain. I remember drawing on my cigarette. My brand is called "Peter Stuyvesant". Named after the guy that founded New York in 1653. It says so on the pack. I remember the irony of that moment.

I was travelling with a friend. He is an Iranian. While we were in the taxi Que, he kept saying "please don't let any if the terrorists be Iranian". He knew, in an instant that his home was now the object of war plans. He was beginning to mentally move assets, family and friends to "higher ground". 40 days and nights of torrential downpour impended.

We got into the taxi. Our luggage barely fit. I speak enough Spanish to know, the taxi driver was completely oblivious to the shattering world events. I speak zero Spanish, but, his demeanor was of a man more concerned with getting a big tip than anything the radio might hold in store. The radio was off.

We arrived at our 5 star hotel. We saw familiar faces in the lobby from previous tournaments. Everybody seemed to be in a daze.

I remember walking at Olympic speed to my room. I remember groping for the remote. I remember feeling helpless. Angry. I think I cried, but I'm not sure any more. I know, I knew instantly the world had changed. My Iranian friend called my room. He asked me if I thought if it was safe for him to move around the hotel.

[Kiwon]

5 years have passed very quickly without any further attacks, but we can't allow ourselves to forget what happened in its full context. It is utterly shameful and disgusting to have former President Clinton and members of his administration putting pressure on ABC because of "The Path to 9-11" program.

9-11 was a horrible wake-up call for the American public that war had already been declared on us years earlier, but our government had largely ignored it. There is plenty of blame to go around which is why these revisionist efforts are so troubling. The terrorist threat grew under a President emboiled in scandal. These facts can't be ignored or wished away.

It is human nature to try to divert blame, but we do so in this case to our own great peril. Let's hope that nothing worse than 9-11 will ever come our way again. A good prevention begins by telling the truth no matter how painful it may be.

[GBRulz]

I was actually very surprised to learn that they tried the whole airline concept again last month in the UK. Yes, it was more of a bomb related concept, but much to what Mad said previously, people aren't going to put up with anything on a plane anymore.

Just wish the Pres would have put forth the effort in Afganistan that he's put into Iraq. We might have had Bin Laden by now.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Just wish the Pres would have put forth the effort in Afganistan that he's put into Iraq. We might have had Bin Laden by now.

I wish this thread wouldn't have turned political. The whole Tora Bora thing was a politicized media crock, but I'll leave it at that.

I'll always remembers the fire fighters, police officers, the passengers that brought the plane down in Pennsylvania, and just every ordinary citizen who did their part (whether it was through action, prayer, or donations).

[GBRulz]

As like many of you, I was glued to the TV for hours..... the images that pissed me off the worst, where ones like these......


The Palestinian woman celebrating....


WTF is that a Bears jersey i see? More Palestinians.


how can anyone think this is something to celebrate? It's just sick.

[GBRulz]

I wish this thread wouldn't have turned political. The whole Tora Bora thing was a politicized media crock, but I'll leave it at that.

I'll always remembers the fire fighters, police officers, the passengers that brought the plane down in Pennsylvania, and just every ordinary citizen who did their part (whether it was through action, prayer, or donations).

It hasn't turned political, Harvey. Nor do I want it to be that way, either. However, it's hard to discuss 9/11 without a political comment here and there, doesn't mean we're starting up FYI4 or whatever!

[HarveyWallbangers]

It hasn't turned political, Harvey. Nor do I want it to be that way, either. However, it's hard to discuss 9/11 without a political comment here and there, doesn't mean we're starting up FYI4 or whatever!

You don't know how this works then. Good thread. Somebody says something political (Kiwon), then somebody else says something political (you), and the next thing you know is it turns political. Oh well! What are you gonna do.

[Scott Campbell]

WTF is that a Bears jersey i see? More Palestinians.

Yeah, the Bears better bring an AK47. They haven't got any other weapons.

[GBRulz]

LOL....