Posted on 09/11/2018 11:41:11 AM PDT by se_ohio_buckwye
I first put this on Facebook. I figured I would add it here and ask you all what your memories of that day was.
Not a 9/11 will ever go by without me shedding a tear over what happened. I was 15 in my history class at NLHS. Although I was in Ohio. I know nobody who was killed or hurt that day. It changed me forever. It got me interested in news and current events. I studied national security issues. I studied the kind of religion they practice in the middle east. It made me politically active. I had to think about death in a way I had never thought about before.
One of the local county fairs was that week. I went and it was surreal. They couldnt cancel the fair. The pigs and horses and goats were there. The rides were up. But it was strange. Rides that normally played music were playing CBS radio all evening.
My husband and I were on a plane from Texas to Calif. When we were told to buckle and stay in our seats as we were making a landing halfway to our destination, it was amazing how quiet the plane was. They did not tell us anything until we landed. When we approached I knew it was not an emergency as there were no emergency personnel near the landing strip. Right when we touched down the guy ahead of us made a call and his admin. told him we’d been bombed/attacked. Getting off the plane was surreal but also very sad as many of the crew and ticket agents knew those who died.
It took me awhile to be at peace flying again and about 8 years to fly on 9/11.
Yes, I was glad I knew Jesus then as my Savior and Lord.
It was a day none of us will forget. As a corollary, I recall my mother talking about her memories of Pearl Harbor Day, she had just turned 18 two days earlier and had a date that Sunday afternoon with a British pilot in training at a base in south Georgia. They were at a soccer game when the announcement came and the Brits began to cheer and celebrate because they understood that with us finally in the war, it would be won by the allies. She never forgot that day like we will never forget 9/11/01.
My son and I had just moved to Seattle for me to attend a doctoral program. We were still getting used to the time difference and sleeping weird hours. I was used to having the radio on and woke up to a news story about a plane going into a building. It made me think of the plane that hit the Empire State back in the 30’s or so and I sleepily wondered how the problem would be dealt with today.
Then the second plane hit and I jumped up and turned on the TV. I went to wake up my son, and then tried to call the family we had just left behind in DC. I tried calling my old job as well, but all the lines were down. The two of us watched the TV, mesmerized, alone in a new town and unable to reach family for maybe 2 days afterward.
For a little levity on this sad day this is what I heard happened to the WAL-MART CEO while on his flight that day on his private aircraft...
During the flight the pilot gets the notice to put the plane down. He reports to the CEO who gives an outburst...”THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!”
Pilot is still in contact with ground and again tells the CEO who again yells “THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!”
Pilot then tells the chairman “Well, YOU go talk to them!” which the CEO does, and gets the word...”You will put that aircraft on the ground or YOU WILL BE SHOT DOWN!”
He put the plane on the ground.
The anthrax scare happened at the same time, and Art Bell seemed to be right on top of that story, more than anyone else. There was no air traffic, so if I happened to see or hear any airplane during those weeks, it REALLY caught my attention.
A couple of years ago I made a pilgrimage to Shanksville. It is in a very remote location, lovely countryside. It helps to put a human face on Flight 93 when you read about each individual victim, who they were, about their families, and why they were traveling. But I came away with my blood boiling and my hatred of muslims stronger than ever. There is no other way to react.
After his visit to Shanksville, President Trump showed great restraint in not pushing the nuclear button.
I recall working in a call center in Western MA. There were some folks getting really panicky. A couple of my staff just got up and left to go pick up their kids.
When word got around that there was still a plane missing people really started getting squirrelly.
Finally, I went out on the floor and asked them if you were a terrorist, and you only had one flying bomb left would you turn it around, go 300 miles out of your way, and crash it into a stupid call center building that most people did not even know existed?
Throughout that day, and subsequent days, it was important to keep the world in perspective. As an expert said that day, if you want to keep yourself safe...use a seat belt. Your chances of being in a car accident were about a thousand times more likely than being hurt by terrorism.
I wish there were a way to combine these threads. There was another one of these earlier today and I would like to see all the freeper memories. What happens with duplicate threads is one is eliminated, eliminating all the comments. I wish we could have a more tree like topic grouping with different threads under one subject here.
My 9/11 memories are still so vivid. I think they may stay that way. I was sleeping with talk radio on. It was 6 am. Through my dreams, I heard people screaming about a plane hitting the World Trade Center in New York. My first thought was, they’d better stop playing around like this on the radio or people are going to think it’s real. Then another plane hit and the live recording they had on was filled with screaming, and the announcer was freaking out. I jumped up and ran for the tv.
As I saw this this was indeed real, watching the film of the second plane hit, two thoughts entered my brain. 1). This is war. 2) OMG IT IS NINE AM IN NY AND PEOPLE ARE IN THAT BUILDING.
My third thought was, how did terrorists get empty jetliners? (How naive, how sad we will never be that naive again.)
I was at a bar in Shanghai, China (they are 12 hours ahead). Hurried home to my foreigner’s apartment complex, where the authorities allowed 1 US cable station on TV, so watched MSNBC for the next 7 hours.
The next day at work with my Chinese colleagues (who were all well-educated, white collar professionals) was very interesting. Even the strong Chinese nationalists, who generally did not like US foreign policy, understood the gravity of a national attack. Other colleagues, who were more quietly pro-American, were quite visibly upset and concerned.
Was sent home with instructions to return that night for a flight. We launched out of Tinker AFB after midnight on a NORAD mission and orbited near Chicago where we were controlling a 2-ship flight of F-16s in a CAP.
We listened to Navy ships checking in on NORAD SATCOM all night. Everyone was super tired and I remember asking the guy next to me: “Did this **** really happen?”
The weird radio traffic, plus the almost empty radar picture made it a surreal experience.
But We Have Already Forgotten ~
Every year on September 11, we recognize the worst attack to ever occur on American soil. But, what should have galvanized Americans against the common enemy of radical Islamic terrorism has devolved into a virtue signaling pity-fest of heroic ideation, and a celebration of the attack itself, rather than the resulting consequences we inflicted on our enemy for having attacked America in the first place.
Imagine, if on every December 7th we recognize those who died in Japan’s preemptive attack on America’s Pacific Fleet, and the heroism of those who rescued our survivors, but then failed to acknowledge America’s decisive military retaliation, which eventually led to VJ-Day and the unconditional surrender of Imperial Japan. The difference between these two events is both striking and appalling.
On September 11, 2001, America was first called to patriotic duty by Todd Beamer, who was aboard hijacked United Flight 93, when he famously said, “Let’s Roll.” But, America didn’t roll. It rolled over instead – almost immediately besieged by an America-hating liberal media, who condemned anyone who sought retaliation against the very Islamic terrorism that just claimed 3,000 innocent American lives. In fact, they demanded restraint because “innocent moderate Muslims” might also be blamed.
“No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.” – George S. Patton Jr., General, U.S. Third Army (North Africa, 1943)
Only 7% of all Germans were members of the Nazi Party, and most weren’t members of the Waffen-SS. Likewise, almost no Japanese civilians were members of Tojo’s Imperial War Cabinet either, but every man, woman and child paid the price – from Dresden, Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin, to Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo. At that time, America was committed to defeat our enemies so completely that they’d never again contemplate an act of aggression against us.
Under Obama’s watch alone, there were 24 domestic Islamic terrorist attacks that slaughtered 132 Americans – from Ft. Hood to the “Pulse” night club. They were followed by the media’s requisite “Muslims Fear Backlash” articles, as if to absolve them from complicity. How many times do you remember Muslim organizations publicly condemning these acts, or demanding peacef and loyalty to the United States? It hasn’t happened yet.
So, another 9/11 has arrived. We play the sad harps, cellos and bagpipes. We ring the bell and read the names slowly once again. We light candles, mourn the innocent lives lost, and salute our heroes. Meanwhile, Muslim training compounds are springing up all across America; Democrat Socialists are demanding open borders, which will spawn even more terrorist cells, and openly opposing immigration bans from known terrorist countries; all while America is in a dead-heat race with European countries to see which will be first to surrender its national identity and sovereignty.
Not only have we forgotten, but It seems as though we’ve learned nothing at all.
Saw the POTUS and the FLOTUS..both of them very dignified and beautiful, and the Mountain side was full of DJT supporters..You could feel the love and respect for this President...
Muddy, wet, and a bit chilly, and NOT one complaint from anyone...SS and Police were everywhere...
The Memorial Program was beautiful and a real keepsake.. Red Cross was there with water and tissues...
The site is 2200 acres ..and cared for By the NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE..THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of trees have been planted on that coal stripped mountain..and they are growing quickly...My hubby, a Lion's Member helped plant trees in 2012, and he was amazed at the growth of them...A Park Ranger told us thousands, and thousands more will be planted.. today there were mounted Police, and Troopers and Rangers..Security was massive...God was there with us, you could feel his presence ..I know I did...
The Wolfe (gov.) was there, only a quiet welcome for him, as well as The Ridge (Gov. RINO) was there also...and did not hear if the Church mouse, Bob Casey was there or not, at least I did not hear his name...When our POTUS was introduced, everyone stood up, I believe I felt the ground tremble again, he was loudly WELCOMED to this sacred ground, where the remains of all on FLIGHT #93 REST IN PEACE FOR ETERNITY.. WE AMERICANS IN SOMERSET COUNTY WILL NEVER FORGET 09/11/2001 AND FLIGHT #93.
I was doing some work in a chemical plant on the Houston ship channel. I was in a break room when someone brought in a tv and we watched the 2nd plane hit. My wife texted me to ask is I was in the middle of all those refineries and chem plants. I texted back yes and got the hell out of there.
I’ll never forget what 19 Muslims did to humans.
Were the families there?
I was listening to Hugh Hewitt on the radio when he announced the first plane hitting. Then he mentioned the second plane. I shut off the radio and turned on FoxNews.
My son was a flight attendant and in the air at that time. I was on pins and needles until he called to l me know he was safe.
My heart was broken for the families who didn’t get that call.
I was working with Fairchild Defense in Washington DC...
Another engineer came out while we were have a smoke break and said a plane just hit the TWC...We all thought it was a small plane, a Cessna or something...Then we heard the real news and all hell broke loose...
TWC=WTC....
I know some will insult me and criticize me, as so often happens..just to let y'all know I'm not a ‘bad’ person, just an old, old timer, here. An American who loves our Nation, and our POTUS..
I am a daughter of a Veteran, Sister of a Veteran, and wife of a Veteran, and it saddens me to see what has happened to this Great Country, a Nation who gives so generously to others..Never in my life time have I seen the media, and members of my own Political Party show such disrespect to a Sitting POTUS.
Please get out and Vote in November, this election is becoming as important as the election of 2016 was.....AND WE WON, WE NEED TO SHOW HILLARY AGAIN, THAT WE WON, AND WILL WIN... Again and again...
Have a Blessed Week, Posters..
haircutter, in the Mountains of SW Pennsylvania...
Were the families there...
YES...MANY AND MANY...they were graciously allowed to enter the shuttle buses first, while we others waited in prayerful respect for each of them ...
Parking was FULL..we had to park in a Over flow lot, definitely not in walking distance!!! so shuttle buses were used...and again...NO COMPLAINTS FROM anyone that I heard...Park Rangers were thanking everyone for coming and for their great patience ...
Hubby and I chatted with a couple from Indiana PA. who took fantastic pic’s..only wish I had asked him to email them to me... He kindly showed them to us as we waited for the bus...They were beautiful ...
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