101st Airborne views the World Trade Center site

Army News Service ^ | 23 Jan 02 | unknown

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[MissAmericanPie]

Thanks for posting this, our men in uniform make me so proud to be an American time after time.

[mercy]

You have to look closely to find mercy's ascerbic tidbits these days. I deposit a cogent morsel here and there but get few results. Everybody's too busy playing I guess. I'm too busy to be a major agitator these days. I'll be back.

Nice to hear your voice. Hope all is well.

[M Kehoe]

Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door.

A "Death from above" bump.

5.56mm

[Orual]

[rdb3]

Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door.

Jump right out on the count of four!

D--- right! Let's roll!

82d Soldier Support BN, 82d Airborne Division.

[Cboldt]

It was the first time since Sept. 11 that the Federal Aviation Administration allowed a commercial plane to fly over the site.

Not true. I flew over the site on a commercial flight from Dallas, Texas to LaGuardia -- I think somewhere around Oct 10 last year.

I deliberately chose the LaGuardia connection for my return to Maine, and I deliberately asked for widow seating, instead of my preferred aisle seating. My seat was on the RH side of the aircraft. The plane flew at (my guess) about 3,000 - 4,000 feet above the wreckage. I had a perfect view of the clean-up effort, which was almost directly below the flight path -- I doubt we were more than 100 yards off direct overhead.

I can lookup and provide flight details (airline, flight number, date) if it makes a difference.

I am not quibbling with the point of the article, and I was moved (again) by the sight. Every time I get in the NYC area and look at the skyline, my deep sadness and anger are rekindled. Never forget. I think it is a good idea for our soldiers to visit the site on the way to their mission(s).

[Bigg Red]

I think we all as Americans need to be reminded occasionally what happened on 9/11.

Indeed!
Thanks for the flag, Patty. This is a good one.