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Thanks for sharing your experience & for starting this thread.

I was watching 'Fox & Friends' when the show was interrupted with breaking news of a plane crash at the WTC. At first, like many, I thought it was an accident...then came the realization that it was intentional especially when the second tower was hit by another plane.

I was getting so upset that I shut off the TV and went to FR...where I spent the next several hours learning what was happening. Being with other Freepers helped me during those horrible hours.

I got an instant message from a cyberfriend whose husband was a NYC firefighter. She said that he was going to the WTC. She requested that I ask "the Freepers to pray for his safety". Of course, I did just that.

I learned later that his entire company survived because their commander ordered them to wait a couple of blocks from the towers while he went to a 'command post' to get orders as to where they should go.

After the towers collapsed, they were able to find him and he was transported by a 'medical' boat to Staten Island. He eventually recovered from his serious injuries.

I believe that September 11 changed everything. Some say that people have forgotten but the many NYers I've spoken with...will never forget.

Just look how NYers handled the recent blackout.....no looting, citizens began to direct traffic, very little crime, and people worked together despite difficulties.

Those serving in Iraq who have written to me...express a very clear understanding of why they fight.....to protect America from another horrific day like 9-11-01.

Thank God we have a leader like President Bush who will NEVER FORGET!

"Just look how NYers handled the recent blackout.....no looting, citizens began to direct traffic, very little crime, and people worked together despite difficulties. "

I'm not a New Yorker, but I sure was proud when I heard these reports. True American toughness and initiative.