Posted on 09/11/2011 7:09:15 AM PDT by florm15
9/11 is probably one of the hardest topics to write about because so many emotions arise: sadness for the loss of so many innocent lives; anger, because someone dared to attack the United States of America; and pride because of the strength and patriotism Americans showed during such a tragic moment in our history.
We all can remember where we were ten years ago today. I was just six years old and seeing America under attack forever changed me, my convictions, my feelings towards America. I'm never going to forget that day. 10 years later, there's still a scar in my heart, a scar that will never fade. It's hard not to think about the fear the passengers must have felt, it's hard not to think what went through the minds of those who worked in the World Trade Center when they saw a plane coming toward their tower. It always breaks our hearts to think about the 200 people who chose to jump off the tower because of the fire inside of it. And we'll be forever grateful to the passengers of Flight 93, who saved so many lives in Washington, D.C.
In the past decade, key members of al Qaeda were either captured or killed by the U.S. Military, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is in Guantanamo and Osama bin Laden was killed. Yet the ideology behind the attacks is still out there and we have to remain vigilant to prevent another attack. Osama bin Laden said Americans will always be scared, but he was so blind he couldn't realize how brave we Americans are. We went back to our normal routines, and while the events are still vivid in our minds and hearts, we're not scared to live our lives.
There's no much I can say about 9/11. America said it all in the past 10 years.
May God bless the U.S.A and protect us all.
I don’t find this self-pity helpful at all, and will not watch a second of 9/11 coverage. I remember what happened......how could one forget?
Want to do something to remember 9/11? Buy a gun and prepare for the next time muslims try something.
I woke up late for work and watched the second plane hit live.
This will be a hard day.
Got a lot of yard work to do.
It will help.
Prayers for the dead.
For sure it’s going to be a hard day. Seeing the relatives of those who died cry the loss of their loved one breaks my heart.
I was hunting elk at 11,000 feet in a timber basin on the continental divide in Colorado. About 11:00 Colorado time my two way radio started playing a news report. I thought it was someone on the road goofing around on the radio so I turned it off to keep the noise down.
About an hour later I turned the radio back on any one of my buddies was trying to find us. He told me it was an emergency and to listen... He was 5 miles away, holding his radio up to another radio that was playing the TV feed from our friend in the cabin 10 miles away.
The first thing I heard was that the casualty estimate was 40-50,000 dead.
I was hunting with an Army Lt. Colonel, and a guy that runs a power plant. It took me another hour to find them and then two hours to hike out of there.
When we ATV’d back into camp, my buddy came out on the porch and told me my wife called and my mother in law had passed away. She was terminally ill and just happened to pass at the same time the first plane when in. My wife got a call from her brother and he told her that Mom had died and to turn on the TV. She turned on the TV and watched the second plane go in.....
That ended out elk hunt, as everyone was scrambling to get out of there and take care of business. On the way home there were fireman in every little town collecting money for the victims and flags flying everywhere.
I remember I was driving to work and I took a friend's children to school and upon doing that and heading to work myself I see a motorcade which I didn't know at the time but would later realise it was the POTUS and his staff. (I live in Sarasota and the timeline is correct as that was when Pres. Bush was making an appearance at Booker Elementary School here in Sarasota that very morning).
I recall being at work when the first tower hit and on CNN they didn't know it was an act of terrorism and thought it was a small Cessna that crashed by mistake.
Sacramento. I turned on the TV that morning and thought it was a joke, like “war of the worlds”. I am sad today noticing that so many people have “gotten over” the event like it never happened, ho hummm. I will never forget!!
It really is amazing that less than 3,000 people were killed. I know that statement doesn’t help those who lost a loved one that day, but I remember speculating throughout that day with some colleagues exactly how many people worked in those towers. It seemed likely you had perhaps 40,000 people in those two buildings.
Even later that night, the Dan Rather national news types were thinking the casualty totals would be in the tens of thousands.
That is very interesting about your seeing the President on his way to the school that morning. The nerve of the liberal media types who tried to portray him as a coward that day!
Not intending to hijack the thread but I have a question.
I'm have been watching some of the ceremonies and saw the VP at Shanksville yesterday, saw the VP at the Pentagon just now, and the ground zero ceremony is going on now.
Where is ZERO? Shouldn't the POTUS be participating in any of these?
I already know my answer. He doesn't consider himself an American, he is a Muslim and he hates this country and all it stands for.
I saw him and his wookie feeding the homeless yesterday.
That's because it is America's fault that these poor folks are without a meal and a home.
Him and Moochelle are probably having a feast celebrating the "victory of the oppressed".
When I found the Lt. Colonel in the woods the only thing I could say is that it looks like were at war. He was stunned when I told him what I heard, and we made double time getting out of there. We basically were out of touch with everyone for three hours after I heard the inital report. No cell phones up there...
Being in the military, we knew our way of life would change. It was eerie that afternoon and for several day, there were no aircraft in the sky. All military bases had armed guards after 9 / 11 and IDs are checked every day.
Liberal media and Hollyweird scumbags like Rosie O Donnel, Sean Penn, Janeane Garofalo and fat tub of crap, Michael Moore have been attacking the rest of America that doesn’t agree with their left wing ideology
He read a biblical quotation. No applause.
President Bush goes into the stage and he got cheers before and after the speech.
My favorite part of your post:
In the past decade, key members of al Qaeda were either captured or killed by the U.S. Military, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is in Guantanamo and Osama bin Laden was killed.
In my view, THIS is what we should be commemorating today. No disrespect to the victims, but reading off their names in solemn sorrowful rememberance seems masochistic and weak. Maybe if it were just a part of the day. But it seems like a lot of people are using the day to grab a hanky and have a good cry.
We should be reading off the names of all the dead terrorists, not the victims. We should celebrating with fireworks and parades, and recommitting ourselves to defeating and obliterating the enemy. We should be trumpeting to the world what we have accomplished against these animals, and pumping ourselves up to keep the pressure on.
Today should be a pep rally, not a funeral service.
Your sentiments may not be popular here, but I agree with you wholeheartedly.
I was standing on top of a tower, and for some reason I had my calculator with me. On the screen were graphics of explosions. Then suddenly I was in front of the tower, and saw a tiny object heading for its side. There was a white flash, and the tower was in ruins.
Then I woke up. That was the dream I had on the night of Sept. 10.
I was 12 on 9/11. I heard about the attacks as I was walking into English class. My mom picked me up early from school that day, and we watched the news for hours at home. I live near DC, and I was wondering just how close we were to another potential attack.
A week later the northern lights were visible from where we live. They were very faint, but I could see them. They were red, and only red. The entire sky was splotched with a faint reddish tinge, as if to symbolize the blood of the innocents spilled the week before.
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