In Remembrance of 9/11

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I was in Psychology class (after Gym which was outside so we hadn't heard about the first plane yet.) The topic, ironically enough, was the inherent violence in mankind. After class, I walked out of the room, so MLeonard in the hall, and we just looked at each other like "WTF?"

RIP

[Maniac]

I was on the bus riding from the sport field back to school. A class mate checked his cell phone, and his dad had sent him a message.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

I was thinking while in the shower that i need to call my mom when i got out to wish her a happy birthday. Her bday is 9-11.

[Adagio]

I just got home from school as a friend of mine sent me a msg saying two planes hits the WTC and told me to watch the news. At first it just seemed too unreal to be true, it wasn't until the towers collapsed I realised that this was for real

[duke o' york]

RIP

[Traianvs]

if we'd make remembrance threads about any attack resulting in 3000 deaths we'd be making one every day .. zzz

[Patroklos]

I was walking back from class, and heard my TAC officers talking, so I went back to my barracks and got my platoon leader to let be watch his TV (only seniors had TVs). I actually left and went to another class, and when I got back the towers started to fall.

I spent the rest of the day with one of my freshmen whose father worked in the towers. Had to wait for 72 hours before he got the word his dad was okay.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
After class, I walked out of the room, so MLeonard in the hall, and we just looked at each other like "WTF?"

You went to school with MLeonard?

[Grandpa Troll]

I was holding some Pre-Concrete Placement Meetings with a large Military Contractor aboard Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, the worlds Largest Amphibious Training Base.

We had to do some teleconferencing and I needed some product availability schedules and of course the cell phone system was crazy.

Rumors of planes headed up the Potomac river (after the Pentagon Crash)

It hurt that we were attacked..


I have a movie, recorded by Two French Film makers

If you get a chance it is very touching

It is not a Micheal Moore type of hype or slander but a film recorded during the attacks

Gramps

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

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[curtsibling]

I won't forget that day, for many reasons.

And I won't ever forgive or bow to the insanity of those behind that disaster.

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[MOBIUS]

Must've turned on the TV about 5 mins after the first plane it - I was transfixed in horror for the rest of the day...

I remember visiting New York a few months later, although I went past the site I only saw the wall by the church with all the pics etc of the victims - I didn't go to the viewing point they set up or take pics as I felt like I'd be some sort of voyeuristic tourist...

[Sava]

serious question: in the third pic Winston posted, it says "Heroes of September 11th"... just curious... that's a lot of names. Is that all the victims? If so, how does being a victim of a terror attack make one a hero?

I hope that another skyscraper is rebuilded in it's place. Something taller... just to symbolize that terrorism will not work.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Sava
serious question: in the third pic Winston posted, it says "Heroes of September 11th"... just curious... that's a lot of names. Is that all the victims? If so, how does being a victim of a terror attack make one a hero?

I hope that another skyscraper is rebuilded in it's place. Something taller... just to symbolize that terrorism will not work.

Sava
you have a valid point for the term "HERO" gets thrown around...

Most probably someone figured since they died as victims they were post-humously decreed a hero when in fact they were victims.

A few could certainly fall under the heading "Hero" but for all?....

I dont want to lessen the memory of these folks but Hero most certainly wouldnt fit all

[Sava]

GT:

Yeah, not my intention to diss any of them. I just don't like to see the term "hero" being thrown around like that (if that is the case here). I see to count a lot of names in the pic... it looks like about 3,000. The firefighters and police and stuff are definitely heroes, but not the other people.

Not to disparage them. It's just that when the people use the word hero and call regular people heroes (by regular, I mean people who did nothing heroic but were just victims of the attacks) it lowers the value of the meaning of the word and IMO, devalues the heroism of real heroes.

But still, everyone who died there deserves to be memorialized...