Sept. 11, 2013

[Q-tip]

Its hard to believe that it was 12 years ago.

I dont want to start a huge discussion here, but I thought it worthy of taking a minute to share my thoughts on this day, and on this day in the future.

I plan on remembering the fallen. I plan on tipping my cap to all firefighters, EMTs, and policemen. In my opinion, from this day forward, it should be National First Responders Day.

Just wanted to say thanks to all of you that put your life on the line to make this world a safer place for all of us- to run into danger while everyone else is running from it. 'Thanks' is just not enough, but it will have to do, for now...

That is all,

Respectfully,

Q

 

[Immortal Technique]

Sept 11 2013 my niece was born

 

[Bergen]

god bless the u.s.a. and everything it stands for, for many generations to come

 

[GreenBeret]

Great post tipper and yes to me just like the 6th of June all the men and women that responded that day will forever in my mind be remembered as heroes and will never be forgotten. I like many others im sure took a moment of silence to remember them and will every year. God Bless them all

 

[Veelo]

I feel for anyone and everyone who lost someone in that tragic event. Good post cue.

 

[NewJersey]

I remember that entire day. Being from Jersey we felt like we were right in the middle of everything. Kids in school were flipping and some lost loved ones. It was nuts. Phones were down all day. The day after we skipped school or it was closed, I forget. A lot of people went to the local look out point. It is on top of what we call a mountain but it is actually just this massive hill. We used to go there when were younger, there is a playground there and trails. From the look out point you can see the New York city Skyline off in the distance. When we went up on the 12th the place was packed. We had to park half way up and walk the rest. When we reached the top someone had set up a little memorial where people brought flowers and candles. We made our way the look out point and all you could see in the distance was smoke that covered the horizon. It was incredible. Here is a picture I found of the view...

 

[Ledzo]

That day , that moment, I was in school , when I was actually living in NYC.
I was the first to point out to my teacher that one of the two towers was in fire, and at that moment I felt something very bad was going on. But actually I never got the real news until I went back home when my father came to pick me up early.
Then I didn't figure that all the ashes and dust was coming from that, but I felt dizzy when I was in the courtyard.
My father took pictures while he was on the Brooklyn bridge and helped a few people who were panicked. I knew from that moment how much my parents, who worked in Manhattan at the time, were important to me. Also for people who are sensitive don't read: My father did see people jumping out from the towers desperatly and he must have felt so useless.

09/11 is one of those days which I'll remember fro the rest of my life.

My thoughts go to the families who have lost one of theirs 12 years ago.
My gratitude goes to the firefighters and police force who were there to rescue and help.
Thanks everyone for sharing your story, this was mine.
If you have lost someone or if someone is still disabled from the attack, I will keep praying for them.
God bless the faithful, God bless the indangered people, God bless the people who were there like me.

...A few months after the events, my parents decided to move to France where my mothers family lives. And there is where I'm writing from.

-Boss

 

[kYuKi]

I remember that day when my grandmother picked me up early from school. I just got inside and turned to CNN when the second plane struck. My mother was having surgery that day when it happened and my dad was with her. Don't actually remember what type of surgery, but I'm thinking it was a cyst that had grown. I was only seven or eight years old at the time and my eyes were glued to that screen. I also remember being told if I heard any airplane going down to hit the ground from my grandmother as well. At eight years old when you see something like this I don't think you can understand it entirely, but I'm pretty sure I left a few tears. After that a few years later a teacher asked us where would we want to be or something along those lines and I drew myself at the bottom of the twin towers. Why? I think I had it set in my mind, "I wanted to help."

So sorry for those that lost their lives.

RIP

 

[Spartacus_Legolas]

I was living in Papua New Guinea at the time this event occurred. It was around midnight local time and luckily was still awake flipping through channels and then saw CNN with breaking news. At that time, the first tower was the only one hit. My dad and I were watching the news kinda amazed that an aircraft had struck a building in New York.

For me, I didn't consider it an attack at first. Knowing something about history, once before a B-25 Mitchell Bomber had struck the Empire State Building in 1945 I believe. So I thought, it's happened once in NY, perhaps it had happened again somehow.

Then slowly, while watching the coverage, I saw a glimmer of a shadow ever approaching the 2nd building. I said, "Hmm, that looks like an airplane." And then the 2nd tower was struck.
If one building being hit was a shock, then seeing two buildings side by side being struck took me in amazement. It was no longer possible for this to be coincidence. It had to be an attack.

As an American who grew up elsewhere for 16 years, did not know much about my own country, isn't the most patriotic towards any country, I was shocked and in disbelief that a human being could do this to others. In soon would be in even more shock when hours later, I watched the towers go down and thought, 'There must've been thousands who died there.'

Hmm... Remember everyone on that day who passed. Their light shines brighter the more we remember them.

 

[Gerbil]

Can't believe I was alive for this event, only about 1.5 so a little baby and still living in Texas. Seems like it happened so recently, but also so long ago, could've sworn the 10 year anniversary was yesterday. I'm still awestruck watching tapes of it today, I can't believe anyone would ever purposely want to hurt so many people. So many things went wrong, so many individual stories surrounding 9/11, a piece of history that hopefully won't have to be repeated.

 

[NewJersey]

Can't believe I was alive for this event, only about 1.5 so a little baby and still living in Texas. Seems like it happened so recently, but also so long ago, could've sworn the 10 year anniversary was yesterday. I'm still awestruck watching tapes of it today, I can't believe anyone would ever purposely want to hurt so many people. So many things went wrong, so many individual stories surrounding 9/11, a piece of history that hopefully won't have to be repeated.

That is interesting Gerbil because you won't know life before 9/11. I always find it interesting watching movies or TV or even music that was made before 9/11. I think South Park or the Simpsons is a good example of this. The humor was just different. Even today I feel this intense pressure on the American public that was never there before 9/11.

 

[Immortal Technique]

That is interesting Gerbil because you won't know life before 9/11. I always find it interesting watching movies or TV or even music that was made before 9/11. I think South Park or the Simpsons is a good example of this. The humor was just different. Even today I feel this intense pressure on the American public that was never there before 9/11.

Very true

 

[Matz]

After watching a couple of documentaries on what happened that day, I have a much greater respect for the selflessness of your emergency services.

It was beyond admirable.

That is interesting Gerbil because you won't know life before 9/11. I always find it interesting watching movies or TV or even music that was made before 9/11. I think South Park or the Simpsons is a good example of this. The humor was just different. Even today I feel this intense pressure on the American public that was never there before 9/11.

I am interested to hear more on this, being only 5 at the time(and in the UK), I have about the same experience of this pre-9/11 time as Gerbil.

 

[Cubey]

I live in New York City so it happened pretty close to me. I was going to school that day when I overheard a delivery truck with its loud radio talking about the first crash into a twin tower at about 8:50 am. Was myself many times inside the twin towers.

 

[NewJersey]

I am interested to hear more on this, being only 5 at the time(and in the UK), I have about the same experience of this pre-9/11 time as Gerbil.[/QUOTE]

I am not sure how to explain it. Things just changed forever. No one really gave a thought about "terrorism" the way we do now. We knew what they were but it was miles and miles away. Now we are told everyday that it is on our door step, to watch everything and be careful. New racism arose out of it. Think of all the movies now-a-days and who the bad guys are. For some reason True Lies comes to mind, about a group of terrorists who steal a nuke. A silly premise to think about when the movie was made in the 90s. That was entertainment. Now it is a real scare or so we are told. It is just strange. Just all these scary things the media throws at us, you're just constantly on edge. Never existed before 9/11. Signs posted on the NJ transit to NYC, guards in Penn Station, airport security x-ray machines. You used to be able to smoke in airports! Things are just very different. People are a lot more sensitive to things and situations. You can just feel it.

 

[habsfan]

i was in school when my teacher got a phone call. She to took the phone and responed,
and a few seconds later we saw tears flow from her eyes. When she hung up the phone,
everyone in the class started to ask her questions about what was going on. She told
us that those of us that were going home to eat lunch would see what was happening.
when i got home, I saw my mother and her cousin looking at the news and crying. When I
saw what was on TV I stared to tremble. I told myslef that that what I was seeing was not
possible.

and what Le Boss said : My thoughts go to the families and my gratitude to firefighters and police who risk their lives to help.

 

[Joe_The_Plumber]

I was in my 4th grade English class :/

 

[BeeF915]

I was in my 4th grade English class :/

Wow. Same. Then each kid was called to the office to leave early with a parent. I however had to ride the bus home

 

[Q-tip]

I was living in Birmingham, Alabama at the time. I was asleep at my girlfriends house, and my best friend had called and woke me up. He was frantically talking about something that I didnt understand so I handed the phone to my girl. She said, "Oh my god" and hung up, and turned on the TV. I was appalled. I then had to go to work. I was a server at Chilis at the time, and we were absolutely dead that day. Not a single customer. We all sat in the bar area with our eyes also glued to the coverage.

Things DID change, dramatically, from that moment on. My daughter, who wasnt even born yet, was taught about it in school Wednesday. Part of her homework for social studies was to find coverage on Youtube of that fateful day and talk to her parents about what it meant, and what it means still. That was a hard conversation to have. To tell a child about the evil that transpired. Even 12 years later, still chokes me up.

 

[Gerbil]

True Jersey, I can't remember/imagine a time where airport security was so relaxed, even nowadays in my opinion its not that strict or as you said the general feeling/worry is there and its such a shame. I never remember learning about it in school.. although Ive watched enough documentaries to notice the national shift and uneasiness. I can still feel the impact whenever Sept. 11 comes around, feels the same to me as when it was the 10 year anniversary when I was 11 and previous years before that.