[luvie]

MY REMEMBRANCE

I was walking through the house while getting ready for work, when I glanced at the TV, which I don't usually watch. There was a view of the WTC with smoke pouring out the upper floors, and the reporter on Fox News was saying that a plane of some kind had hit the building. There was no panic, just reporting the incident and wondering how it happened and what kind of plane it was. While I stood there, the 2nd plane hit the other tower. My heart nearly stopped and of course, like everyone else, I KNEW that was no accident.

I went on to work and everyone was scared and glued to the tiny TV we had in the back room of the store. I worked in the mall and we finally closed at 1 PM and went home, because it was pretty much empty. Not only did I work in Bush's hometown but his mother-in-law still lived there, and we all feared that Midland, Texas, would be a prime target for people who hated the president. We also found out that the Pentagon had been hit and flight 93 had gone down in PA.

For the rest of that day and the rest of the week, I, like the rest of the world, was glued to the set, my heart breaking.

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

September 11

Better Than Ever

Bible in a Year : Proverbs 10–12; 2 Corinthians 4

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a spectacular building. Its architecture is spellbinding, and its stained-glass windows and beautiful interior features are breathtaking. But after centuries of towering over the Paris landscape, it needed renovation—which had begun when a devastating fire caused extensive damage to the glorious old building. 

So the people who love this eight-century-old landmark are coming to its rescue. More than a billion dollars has been raised to restore the building. The stone structure must be shored up. The damaged interior and its prized artifacts need to be repaired. The effort is worthwhile, though, because for many this ancient cathedral stands as a symbol of hope.

What’s true of buildings is also true of us. Our bodies, like this old church, will eventually look a bit worse for wear! But as the apostle Paul explains, there’s good news: while we might gradually lose the physical vibrancy of youth, the core of who we are—our spiritual being—can be continually renewed and growing (2 Corinthians 4:16).

As “we make it our goal to please [the Lord]” (5:9), relying on the Holy Spirit to fill and transform us (3:18; Ephesians 5:18), our spiritual growth need never stop—no matter what our “building” looks like.

By:  Dave Branon

Reflect & Pray

Where have you seen the Spirit renewing your spiritual being? How does the knowledge that our spiritual growth never stops inspire you?

God, thank You for Your Spirit renewing and transforming us. Please continue to give us the strength and courage to rest in You.

[PROCON]

New York City, September 10, 2001

I was just waking-up getting ready for work, turned on the TV and saw the tragedy unfolding.

[left that other site]

In my living room watching TV when it happened.

I will NEVER forget.

[unixfox]

A thread from that day.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/520260/posts?q=1&;page=201

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I powered up my computer and there was a photo of the WTC smoking. My initial thought was, “Oh, some clown using photoshop.” Then the caption read, “TERRORISM STRIKES THE USA!”

My next thought was, “Do those dummies realize the raining bombs that they have brought upon themselves?”

Later in the day my thought was that while the downing of the two WTCs was tragic, I was more concerned that they were able to get to the Pentagon, but I suppose that that was simply my military mind thinking.

[hanamizu]

I was on my way to my school and heard that a plane had crashed into one of the towers—made me think of when the bomber crashed into the Empire State Building during WWII.

I wasn’t scheduled to teach that day—I was to work on a ‘technology plan’ for the school with another teacher and we spent the day watching the developments on TV. Second plane crashed and everyone realized that this was no accident and was no small plane.

There are two news events frozen in my memory—JFK’s assassination when I was in high school and 9/11. My parents had Pearl Harbor and FDR’s death.

[mountainlion]

I was working at the FAA and took a new guy upstairs to the cafeteria for coffee. The first plane had just hit and soon the second. I went down stairs and told the guys to turn on the TV and get ready for a busy day.

Can you imagine what the new guy had going through his head?

[Fiji Hill]

An appropriate tune for the occasion:

We Did it Before (And We Can Do it Again)--Dick Robertson & His Orchestra (with the American Four), 1942

[BenLurkin]

Was still in bed when the second Mrs. Lurkin came in to tell me that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center.

Thought immediately of when a B-17 flew into the Empire State building during WWII. Figure it was a general aviation aircraft and that the event was weather related.

Of course, it wasn’t. A terrible morning And things really haven’t been right since.

[tet68]

Remember the day...the day no planes flew.
We have not forgotten the days of infamy.
The debt is still due.

I got up and logged in to FR and the news was coming in.
I went to work just in time to see the second plane hit.
Then Shanksville, and the Pentagon.

Never, never, never forget!

[Old Yeller]

Religion of Peace my ass. Those bastards should have all been rounded up before the first ululating celebration began.

[HotKat]

My husband and I were living on Maui. Awakened by a phone call from a friend who told us to turn on the tv.
The skies were quiet for days.

[Publius]

I was on Amtrak's Coast Starlight coming into the San Francisco Bay Area out of Seattle. I was with a group of people going to a rail conference in a suburb on the Caltrain route.

We were on the way to the dining car for breakfast when one of our group told about the attacks in New York and Washington. We're at war, I thought.

Our Oregon friends were set to fly out of Portland but couldn't in that the skies were closed. Our California counterparts were at their emergency stations. The meeting wasn't held.

It was eerie seeing no airplanes in the sky except for the fighter jets. I watched the horror unfold on CNN from the TV in my motel room.

The trip back to Seattle during the chaos was another story and probably best kept for another occasion.

[1217Chic]

I worked at AT&T network operations....our switches were overloaded so we had to stop traffic from coming into Manhattan only allowing egress....The wallboard was lite up like a Xmas tree....We just stared at the TV monitors in disbelief.....it was horrible......

[Old Yeller]

Should have nuked Mecca that same day.

[doorgunner69]

At work, one of my crew told me to come look at a TV in the lab, just about the time the second plane hit.

Went up to my office and turned on my scanner to listen to air traffic comms.

Was interesting for the rest of the day and air traffic controllers got everyone to land. One foreign sounding private pilot sis not want to do it, and the controller got really pissed.

Listened to a couple of F-16 orbiting over L.A. and what they spotted.

Felt guilty a bit later in the day as they shut down all commercial traffic. Was due to fly to Hawaii for vacation in a few days.

[US Navy Vet]

Standing Comm Watch at Air Force Weather Agency Offutt AFB, NE.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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I'd had trouble going to sleep that morning because I had an unsettling feeling that something was wrong. No clue what it was but the feeling was storng. I'd only been asleep about an hour when Hubby woke me up, very upset. The only word that sank in was "war" and I thought the cats were in a huge fight that he couldn't break up.

I stormed out, yelling at the cats, and they were sitting around staring at me like I was crazy. Then Hubby said, "No. I said I think we're at war," as he pointed to the TV.

I was stunned to see the Twin Towers burning. Then came word that the Pentagon was hit. Then word that another hijacked airliner appeared to be heading towards DC, though it didn't make it that far.

It was another 48 hours before I finally slept. I sat in front of the TV, heart-broken by the images we were all seeing on our screens and terrified another shoe was going to drop at any moment.

There are people who seem to have forgotten that day.
I will NEVER forget.

[fidelis]

I was walking into work at the fire station and one of the fire investigators was walking out. He said, "Did you hear? Someone just flew a plane into the World Trade Center." I thought he was joking. He said, "I'm totally serious."

When I came into the office, everyone was in the conference room watching it on the TV. I walked in just in time to see the second plane smash into the building. Most of us watching were firefighters or ex-firefighters. Nobody said much, but I know they were all thinking the same as me. I want to help. Send me. Pack up my turnouts and send me.