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9/11
Sept 11, 2021 13:04:41 GMT -5
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Post by birdgal on Sept 11, 2021 13:04:41 GMT -5
It's a beautiful day here on Long Island. The same bright and beautiful day it was 20 years ago. Until it wasn't.
Remembering the victims of 9/11, their families, friends and acquantices.
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Post by Kady on Sept 11, 2021 16:58:08 GMT -5
Yes, a sad day indeed....I was still working when this happened, we turned the radio on and listened in disbelief all that day.
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Post by nkat on Sept 11, 2021 17:36:11 GMT -5
I was in bed, my sister woke me up to tell me that we were being attacked!
My dd and I were in NYC after this happened and went to the site of the twin towers. There was plastic draped and blowing in the wind over the partially remaining towers. So sad and eerie at the same time.
Nkat
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Post by 2old on Sept 11, 2021 17:40:05 GMT -5
On 9/11 our daughter was a junior vp in the Kansas City office of Marsh McBirney... at that time one of the world's largest insurance brokerages. She had married into the "Smith" family, a very common surname. Marsh's corporate offices were in the Twin Towers. One of the execs, there, had the same first and last name due to the commonality of both. They had talked numerous times as they rec'd each others' emails. On one visit to the corporate office, she had met her "same name sister". When the planes hit on 9/11 Marsh lost over 100 employees. Among those lost was our daughters "same name sister". Not long after 9/11, Marsh published a tribute listing all those lost. It haunted our daughter for some time, reading her own name in the list of those lost.
In recent history, the United States has seen three attacks on our Country. December 7, 1941. September 11, 2001. January 6, 2021. Our democracy has survived each of those attacks... so far. 12/7/41 and 9/11/01 saw the UNITED States pull together as a people. Political preferences were put aside in the name of humanity, unity, and democracy.
Husbands, wives, sons, daughters, etc. lost in the three sites hit in 9/11 had no idea they would never return to their homes that day. They rose that morning smiling at family and coworkers. They rose that morning to go about their business affairs. They rose that morning never dreaming our Nation would suffer an attack that would end their lives. We must never forget them. We must never forget the fact democracy stood. We must let those lost be remembered such that we work diligently to deter such an attack on our Nation from ever happening again.
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9/11
Sept 11, 2021 19:09:51 GMT -5
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Post by birdgal on Sept 11, 2021 19:09:51 GMT -5
Amen, 2old!
There has been a celebration going on all day in my neighborhood. A lot of noise they probably call music. Men singing along to the music. I don't know the language and frankly don't give darn. It's loud and annoying. More like a chant.
This is a day of mourning. Not a day to celebrate. They have to know that. Rude, crude, and indifferent. Or, perhaps it is a day to celebrate for them. You never know who you are standing on line next to in a supermarket.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Hugs!!
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9/11
Sept 12, 2021 7:32:11 GMT -5
Post by Bob on Sept 12, 2021 7:32:11 GMT -5
I was at work on that morning, managing our billing department on the 4th floor of an office building directly across from Logan Airport in Boston. My wife called me right after the first plane hit and told me what had happened. The next 90 minutes are a blur of anxiously seeking news, back and forth phone calls, people slowly realizing what had happened and wondering what next. The news came at us in frantic bits and rumors. Finally we were told to evacuate, as were all tall buildings in Boston. The walk back to my car, which sat in an open parking just across the harbor from the airport, was surreal. Here were hundreds of people walking together over the Northern Avenue Bridge towards South Boston under a clear blue sky, and no one said a word. I think many were in shock, and so we walked in stunned silence. There was no roar of planes taking off. There was no talking. Only the sound of the many sirens all over the city.
It took me three hours to get out of the city and back home. I had no cell service until I was outside the city. I watched the horrible TV coverage until I could no longer stand to view it any longer and went outside to work in the yard and be alone with my thoughts. I recall going into work the next day, and everyone just so quiet. In the days afterward, I remember all the cars and trucks with American flags flying from the back. There was a spirit and determination that unified the country for a brief time, so unlike today. If you've not watched GWB's speech from yesterday, I highly recommend it. He says all the right things. A brilliant speech.
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Post by helen on Sept 12, 2021 14:16:37 GMT -5
Apparently Bin Laden's goal was to change America and he was certainly successful in doing that.
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