[OXENinFLA]

It's hard to fathom what the people in the Tower went through 2yrs. ago today, sitting at their desks typing away, then the world changed.

[Woodman]

I've heard enough first-hand accounts to have a pretty good idea. My neighbor was supposed to be on the floor that first got hit. He was late so he decided to stop and smoke a cigarette across the street, then the plane hit... He was also there for the second hit (he hung around to see if he could help anyone, but all he saw were dead) after that he went home. He did a tour in Viet Nam and told me it was much worse that what he had experienced there.

[DooDahhhh]

How about those disgusting a**wipes holding a celebration for the hijackers, I think they said in England.

[Johnny Gage]

I found this on a website with lots of poems and stories of Firefighters and such:

Fateful Day

As the sirens blared
The cloud of dust rose
From the fateful towers,
People screaming,
People dying,
As the rigs arrive,
In the midst of carnage,
Valiantly, like knights In shining armour,
They charge into the towers
Emotions in the back pocket
Their lives left at home,
To do their jobs,
The jobs they love,
People trapped,
Ghostlike figures stumble down past them,
But they continue to advance
Higher and higher,
To rescue what ever life was left,
As the tower began to collapse,
They still charged forwards,
With the knowledge,
People were still trapped,
Hoping to save their life,
They gave their lives so that many could live,
The family left behind,
Crying, saddened, but with a smile,
They proudly say,
He was a fire fighter,
He paid the ultimate price,
But died doing what he loved.

-Chris.k.Schlegel -
Werribee Fire & Rescue

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