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Title: Where were you..... Post by zwibbs/Scott on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:08pm On September 11, 2001 ? AM and PM............ |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by kissmyglass on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:14pm I woke up to see the first tower smoking and didn't leave my TV for 2 solid days.... |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Margi on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:15pm just driving to work when the first plane hit the first tower. On AOL instant messenger with Ted for the rest of the morning. His father was working in Manhatten at the time and he was SO worried about him. Also on the old ch.com board most of the day, sitting here with the clusterfolk. I can still hear Ted's words that day.... 'my country is under attack!' I don't think I've ever felt the depth of sadness or helplessness that I did that day. That night, just home, glued to the TV, crying. :( I was on the phone with my mum when the second plane hit the tower and I listened as she cried. Damn, it's all still so fresh, even for those of us far away from where it happened. I'm sure not ready to see that movie that's out about it yet. I think it's WAY too soon to release it. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by tanner on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:25pm I was opening the store and office at Malibu Beach RV Park where Linda and I were managers. I had started up the computers made coffee and was watching live news when the first plane hit. I called my employees and told them to stay home and turn on their TV's and then went around the park telling as many guests as I could to do the same. An Assistant Manager then helped me carry my large TV to the office area and hook it up outside for the many campers from our tent area that did not have TV. We spent the rest of the day watching in shock and trying to get through to The NY area by phone and internet so that people could check on loved ones. I will never forget a moment of that day :'(.....Tim |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Paul98 on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:27pm On the phone with my friend as he decribed what he saw as the 1st tower burned. Then the second jet came in. We wondered if our friends made it out......they didn't. Watched the news that night and knew nothing would ever be the same. -P. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by LeLimey on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:34pm Jasper was three weeks old that day and I was sitting feeding him watching the news about the first tower when the second one got hit, I watched from there on in until they both fell. I couldn't lay Jasper down to sleep, I held him all afternoon (here) and when Brid and Barney came home from school we all sat and watched. After they had both fallen we took the kids to the park for a while, we didn't even know if there would be a tomorrow and I was terrified of what would happen next. It was a horrific awful day that hasn't dimmed with time. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Ghost on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:36pm Standing in the Lobby at work watching the whole thing unfold. :'( Mike |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by mrs mac on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:38pm at home, wasn't well so was sleeping! Andy was at my mum and dad's decorating their house, my dad shouted him into the living room to show him the news, he couldn't believe it, he said it was like watching a film, couldn't believe it was actually happening! as soon as he came home he put the tv on, i just sat there in total shock!! i could not believe what i was seeing on the tv that day, my heart goes out to everybody who was killed or had family and friends killed on that awful day!!! sandra xxx |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by maffumatt on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:42pm I was framing a house in Texarkana Tx. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Tiannia on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:43pm I turned on the news after I got my daughter up for school, and I was getting ready for work. The 1st tower had been hit, but it did not seem real. I looked like I had turned it on to a movie rather then the live news. I was burshing my daughters hair when the 2nd plane hit. I screamed for Shaun to wake up because the US had been attacked. I had to go to work, and told my boss what had happened because he had already been at work for 2 hours. I spent the rest of the mornign helping him because his dad was a pilot for one of the airlines. They had a TV set up in the conference room. The day still seems sureal. But I will never forget it. :'( |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by echo on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:43pm At work when I heard that the 1st tower had been hit. Fired up a TV to see what was going on. Then fired up the auditorium monster screen and got all my instructors and their students in to watch the rest unfold. Scrapped training for that day, no one would have paid attention to their technical manuals that day anyway. The other part that I remember was seeing the sky for the 1st time in my life without any contrails (sp?). Then saw a hugh one heading straight with several smaller ones flying ahead and turning back. Figured it was Air Force One with protection. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by zwibbs/Scott on Sep 6th, 2006, 4:57pm I was in NYC with two of my trucks...I drove one while an off-duty Police Officer drove my other truck. I would never have gotten out of the city if He wasn't with me. He was beeped and told to report to work-Now !!! We ran 15 red lights....Then I got home and received a call from my son who was a senior at Fordham Prep( On the campus of Fordham University)... Which is within the city limits...I had to go through 3 police checks to go pick him up. I was listening to WINS Radio--( It is a news radio station in New York City)---The news journalist stated------" The world is a very different place now then it was two hours ago." I then had to pick my daughter up at school...same reason---within NYC Limits........We All prayed, and hoped that it would get better. Then I made a point of bringing my family to restaurants within the groud zero area to show them support. Unfortuately most of them closed, as the area was a Ghost Town. We had a friend whose husband worked for Cantor-Fitzgerald---Floor 105---She never received a phone call and he never came home. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Margi on Sep 6th, 2006, 5:04pm on 09/06/06 at 16:43:46, echo wrote:
I remember that too, Echo. So eerie to not see any air traffic, except for military planes. And then, when air traffic resumed, being afraid of every plane that flew overhead for a few months after that. Still, when I see a plane, that memory flashback comes. :( Here's one of the many threads from ch.com that day... http://www.clusterheadaches.com/wwwboard/messages2/110581.html just reading through the archives from that day brings it all back. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Sandy_C on Sep 6th, 2006, 5:09pm At work. Bossman's wife called and said a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center towers. We had little, bitty TV, the kind you hold in your hand. Fired it up and plugged it in next to my desk - bad reception, but could see. Boss and I are saying "whata horrible tragedy", thinking it was some awful accident. We continue with work, then see tower 2 get hit. I holler to boss - not an accident. Then we watch video of the hit on the Pentagon, then we hear about the fourth plane crashing in a field. We were wondering how much more were they going to do. Kept expecting to hear of more crashes in buildings in Chicago, LA, any major city, We didn't know who did these things, but we sure knew we were under attack. Awful day Sandy |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by JeffB on Sep 6th, 2006, 5:15pm Was at my house with some friends getting ready to head to Santa Cruz. We never made it out of the house. I too was glued to the T.V. for 2 days. I will never get those images out of my head for as long as I live. :'( Great post Scott, thanks buddy! |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Linda_Howell on Sep 6th, 2006, 5:59pm Was awakened by a phone from a friend telling me what happened and like Kevin I was glued to the TV for the next several days. Margi I just saw the movie and it is a wonderful, tribute to everyone who died and forced to be instant hero's. It was done with taste and compassion and there was not one single gratuitous scene in it. I never really liked Nicholas Cage, but I do now. He was great. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by E-Double on Sep 6th, 2006, 8:07pm I was teaching and literally were able to see the smoke from our school. Jets were flying over and things were crazy. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Cathi04 on Sep 6th, 2006, 8:23pm Just sitting down with my first cup of coffee, flicked on the news, and thought I had come upon a remake of War Of The Worlds. It didnt take long for me to figure out it was horrendously real. I do'nt think I did much of anything that day. I was numb, and the news kept rolling out more disastrous developments. I had the opportunity to visit Ground Zero a few years ago, with some of my clustergirlfriends. There we were, in the pouring rain, noone knew we were all sobbing. Just the site, and knowing how many people were never found was intensely painful. Don't know if I can see the movie.... Cathi |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Cathi04 on Sep 6th, 2006, 8:24pm Oh, and Zwibby........ Scott, I am glad you were safe. Cathi |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by cootie on Sep 6th, 2006, 11:02pm At home waiting for the vet to come to put down my beloved palimino 'Joker's Sham' that was my best friend for 15 years.......they called to tell me the vet would be late cuz of the situation with the bombings. Told me to turn on the tv.........I will never forget Pam |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by kayarr on Sep 6th, 2006, 11:26pm I was getting ready for work that morning. Saw it on the news. At that time my eldest daughter was stationed in Kuwait and my youngest had been at Penn State for two weeks for her first year of college. (the plane that crashed into the ground there did so 5 minutes by air from her.) I had never felt so vulnerable in my life. I was numb for weeks (as was the whole country) I too think of the lack of airplanes. Still too much to relay. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Katherinecm on Sep 7th, 2006, 12:12am on 09/06/06 at 16:14:25, kissmyglass wrote:
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by sandie99 on Sep 7th, 2006, 2:08am It took place in the afternoon for me. I was getting ready to leave for London in few days, so I was packing and went to the bank to get some traveller's cheques. When I got home, I turned the TV on and wondered what one of our best news anchors is talking about? I checked out text - tv for news, went online for more info and I called mum (she was at hairdresser's) and told her the news. I watched TV the whole night and pretty much the last few days before I flew to London to begin my studies at the university of Westminster. Back there, the first 2 weeks everyone were still talking about it and every time we saw a plane flying low above the campus area we could feel cold shiver in our spines... That's what it was like for me. Sanna |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by georgej on Sep 7th, 2006, 2:13am At home. Saw the images of the first tower burning, and saw the second tower hit. That's when it became obvious that it was a deliberate act. Had a call from my middle brother (who was still in the military then) later in the day. They were put on full alert. No contrails in the sky, except the flights from the air force base to the east of us. Lots of wild speculation, even out here, about whether the dams above the city would be blown up. The governor had all access to the statehouse blocked by armed National Guard--you couldn't approach within four blocks in a vehicle. A terrible, strange day. The images from New York and Washington and Pennsylvania were horrifying, but I couldn't stop watching. So many lives.... Requesit in pace. Never forget. In sadness and regret, George |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Mrs Deej on Sep 7th, 2006, 2:25am I was at work that morning. At the time I was a Breakfast Director for one of our Hampton Inn's. I had the T.V. on every morning tuned into CNN so my guests could get caught up for the day. We literally watched the whole thing unfold right before our eyes. I was shocked, stunned, frightened, and worried for my son's future. My father works out at McConnell Air Force base and I immediately picked up the phone and called his office...of course it was busy. Then called his cell phone and listened to him whisper to me that his Captain told him that he needed to go home that night, kiss his wife, mow his yard and pack his bags. He left 3 days later for The Pentagon, he was gone for 6 weeks. He was on the "dream team" that organized the first bombings in Afganistan. I left work that afternoon, picked Conner up from daycare and sat in front of the T.V. the whole night with, Kelly, my ex-husband, and didn't let Conner out my sight for months. May we never forget what that day meant to each of us, whether we lost someone dear to us or not, we have lost 1,000's of good soliders that have died for just that...us. God Bless this country, the men and women who fight for us and the ones that have died, but never in vain! :'( Love, Steph |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by BarbaraD on Sep 7th, 2006, 6:07am Was getting ready for work when the first one hit (in the middle of Imus in the Morning) and on the way to work when the second one hit. Got to the office and hooked up the TV. One of my employees had a son who worked for AA and traveled to NY a lot. She was beside herself until we finally reached him (he was in Dallas) and knew he was ok. Then when Air Force One landed in Shreveport, I came unglued (my son worked about a mile from where it landed and I was totally afraid for him). Couldn't find my daughter-in-law (she's an RN and the hospital was in "lock down" while the president was in town). After he left Shreveport I calmed down and just stayed glued to the TV for several days. It was an awful week. It's weird, but I kept thinking of the day Kennedy was shot and the parallel there. No one will forget the little details of what they were doing and how they felt. It's been over 40 years since Kennedy was shot, but I can still remember it like it was yesterday. Hugs BD |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by deltadarlin on Sep 7th, 2006, 7:56am On my way to Shreveport to go to work. Listening to public radio. Heard about the first one and thoght someone was playing a bad joke or perhaps a strange version of *War of the World*. Then heard about the other two right as I got to work. Every tv in Wal Mart was on a news station. People were crying and quite a few left work (many had family in the military). Was supposed to stay in Bossier that night. Figured that I didn't want to be that close to a SAC base, so stayed on the other side of Shreveport. never forget |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by alchemy on Sep 7th, 2006, 8:20am I had just gotten to work and heard it on the radio. They closed the dealership that day but I had to stay because of a celebrity that wanted they're vehicle that day no matter what. I remember thinking how shallow can people get when our country is under attack all they can think of is the car. when I finished customising the ride I taped a note to the dash saying every time you drive this think of the people who died today and who knows how many more will and see just how unimportant you and your car is. Let us never forget the 343 firemen that died going in to save people they didn't know. the NYPD for the same And may god bless our troops who have stepped up to the plate once again to fight for our freedom. May we not have to lose anymore. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by catlind on Sep 7th, 2006, 10:43am 5 years, and for me it's as clear as if it was yesterday. I remember the absolutely crystal blue skies in NY state that day. It was a beautiful September day. The kids had just gone back to school, I was home with just my little one, barely over a year old. I had just stepped out of the shower when the phone rang. Clark was calling me from the base (Fort Drum 10th Mountain Div.), he asked if I was watching CNN. I made some off the cuff remark that "duh, I have a 1 year old at home, Sesame Street maybe, CNN?? No!". He said go turn it on, someone just flew a plane into the WTC. Then he said "Oh My God, did you see that??" It didn't sink in, I was standing in a towel and told him I'd call him back. I got dressed, went downstairs and turned the TV to CNN. The OMG was because he was watching the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. I called him back and we talked a bit, he was in military mode so I didn't get to talk to him long. Then I sat riveted to the television, and watched as a 3rd plane (initially thought to be a helicopter) crashed into the pentagon. I knew better than to try and call Clark on the base, so I sent him an email that said "Should I be getting scared now?" He replied with one word - "Yes" At 1:00 p.m. he pulled up in front of the house. All the fear of that day deepened 10 fold because I knew there was only one reason he was home. He quietly loaded all his mobility gear into the back of his car and kissed me deeply and wiped away my tears, then kissed his son of only a year, and said "I don't know when I'll be home again" I had a million questions, and knew that he could answer none of them. I told him to call the first chance he got. As I watched him drive away I was mixed with a sense of terrible grief and fear because I truly did not know when I would see him again, or IF I would see him again. But more than that, I held a sense of pride that carried me through that dark day. The skies were very blue that day, and without a cloud in the NY sky, the rain of a million tears fell upon us... :'( Cat |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Margi on Sep 7th, 2006, 12:16pm :'( I'm so sorry, Cat - I didn't realize what you personally went through....just so caught up in everything else. Big hugs. Tears still come remembering that warm September day. I can still see that blue sky too. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Mattrf on Sep 7th, 2006, 12:55pm Just got up and got a call from my now wife telling me to turn on the TV, watched as the second plane hit and as both towers fell. The image is burned into my mind, I hate all these shows now and movies about it, I will never forget it or the people that lost there lives but I hate to be reminded of it, it’s not needed since I will never forget. My cousin lived a couple miles from them and we did not heir from her for about three days. She turned out to be fine at least physically, I am sure the images in her mind will also never go away as well. I think that we still will suffer at the hands of those who hate us so and no matter how tight we make our borders, they will find a way to hurt us and it is only a matter of time before we see again the hatred they have for us. >:( Matt |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by wildhaus on Sep 7th, 2006, 1:22pm I was on the train on my way home from a seminar in Zurich, when someone on the train said that the twin towers where struck by two plains……… and I was thinking the guy must have been watching too much TV or was reading Tom Clancy and got reality and fiction mixed……….. it was most unbelievable and uncomprehendable for me……….. when I got home I didn’t have to ask…….. all TVs were on my wife (she is American) and another Swiss American friend were in a state of shock…… And for myself fiction turned into a gruesome reality……. and yet again incomprehendable……. It took me longer then a hour to digest the horrific scenes I was wittnessing live…….. I never forgot and never will forget the scenes on TV, and I will never forgive, or even try to understand the motives for this murderous action. God Bless the USA, the men and women who fight for a free world…….. and for the values the USA stands for, |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Charlie on Sep 8th, 2006, 12:40am I was up reading the Buffalo News. I like to get my first dose of news that way. I got a call from my best friend who told me to turn it on. I had to kick myself a couple of times to make myself understand that it was real. Every generation has something like this but I'll never forget hearing that close to 10,000 kids lost a parent. I can't get that out of my mind. Charlie |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Melissa on Sep 8th, 2006, 9:21am It's not important where I was, but I remember it. :( |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by alchemy on Sep 8th, 2006, 9:26am I'll never forget the eerie feeling when skyharbor was shut down and the fighter jets kept flying over head. very sad times. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Goblin on Sep 8th, 2006, 12:36pm on 09/08/06 at 09:21:17, Melissa wrote:
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Kevin_M on Sep 8th, 2006, 12:51pm Awoken by the radio alarm to the voice of a DJ I had heard for years, just as he was announcing the second tower hit. The familiar voice had a very curious concerned tone to it that made me jump from bed to the TV. I watched for days, as I had all three days of JFK's time and the many many days during the Desert Storm. TV's were placed around at work for constant news. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by minnie on Sep 8th, 2006, 5:49pm Well September 11th,2001 was my older daughter April's headstart oriention .Also my Birthday so when my mom called I expected the usual happy birthday then I would wish my Dad the same.You all know the shock as I turned on the tv as directed.Shock horror and disbelief.I woke Billy up turned on the tv in our bedroom he asked what movie it was he thought he'd read a simular book.once again shock as I said no thats the news.I kept our livingroom tv to kids programs a 5 and 3 year old didn't need to see that.At orientation the teachers would descreetly go in the teachers lounge once in a while to keep updated otherwise the kept things pretty steady. That night went to my parents for tort and cake not much of a celebrating mood . I also remember I'd been kinda sick and tired for about a month.September 14 I went to the emergency room and a spinal tap confirmed mennagitis.It wasn't the contagous type but for days the staff came in all covered gowns ,masks ect.. eery to wake up to.so the next several months went by with me in a daze still shocked that this could happen in the U.S. also still sick,tired hurting and not wanting any light near my eyes,still get migraines from it. When I think about 9/11/01 along with the sadness and anger I try to think of all the babies born on that day and I see a little bit of light. God bless all those who lost loved ones in this tragedy and all the survivers who ,made it through only to have to deal with the trauma of the ordeal. Minnie ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Niebuhr |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by imnotbub on Sep 8th, 2006, 6:06pm I was at work when someone said that the WTC hac been hit by a plane. We all jumped on the internet to find out what was going on. While watching footage of the first attack, the second plane hit. No one could believe it. The whole office left there cubes and headed for Circuit City at the mall, where we watched in disbelief for hours at the carnage. When the first building fell, all I could think was holy shit, what if it falls over. I used to work in the financial district and knew what would be wiped out if it fell over. As horrible as it's crumbling was, it actually could have been worse. I also knew it wouldn't be long after the first one came down that the second one would. I know my life and the way I look at things has changed big time since then. My humblest thanks and appreciation for those who went to the site to help our fellow Americans in need. They are all heroes in my book, and I for one will never forget. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by unsolved1 on Sep 8th, 2006, 10:21pm I woke up watching the first tower burn on TV. Then I had to meet some IU classmates in downtown Louisville at the "Home of the innocents" ( A special hospital for gravely sick kids ). Many of us watched TV in the van that I had @ the time. I'll never forget that day. I'll also never forget some of the kids I met that day. It was a real treat for some of them to just get visitors and to know ppl do care. It was also a treat for me to be able to bring a smile to a less fortunate child. If anyone can donate to these kids ... they really could use any and all help. Check them out: http://www.homeoftheinnocents.org/ http://www.homeoftheinnocents.org/Video_Page_WMV.htm UNsolved |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Carl_D on Sep 9th, 2006, 2:11am About 8:30ish my downstairs neighbor in Collinsville (when I lived in the haunted 'Popes House' ) called me and told me to turn on the TV. I have been tossing and turning as usual, so got out of bed and turned on the TV quick. He proceeded to tell me this plane just crashed into the tower, and we were talking about it when I saw the 2nd plane whip its way around and as soon as it impacted the 2nd tower I dropped the phone and yelled "THIS IS NO FUCKING ACCIDENT!" My g/f Bridget came over soon after, and then my downstairs neighbor came up, my roommate and his b/f showed up about noon, then the guys across the hall, then Justin... by 8pm that night I had a full house, everybody glued to the TV and internet. I dinb't sleep for a couple of days after 9/11, and can never forget the shock of that day, the mass confusion, those who were murdered in cold blood by these 'terrorists." I can never, ever forget. I will also light a candle at work monday morning, and light another when I get home that evening. Remember, for those who pray, to continue to pray for the families of those lost, the families who struggle with medical problems that arose out of 9/11 and for the retired PD and FD workers who suffer endless nightmares of that day everytime they close their eyes. Let peace be with them someday. Peace, Carl D |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Tattoo on Sep 9th, 2006, 8:22am I was at one of those do it yourself car washes cleaning my at that time new truck . I took the day off work since 9-11-70 is my birthday :( . I live in a small town and have limited public radio ,I had a morning show on and thought man these two not a very nice persons on the radio have gone way to far with this joke. I didnt know it was real !I coulndt belive that this was happening . I finished up my truck and went to wal-mart to get some smokes and MT. Dew ,everyone in the store had moved over to the electronics dept. I walked over to see what was going on ,the first plane had hit and then the second hit right there on the big screen TV OMG I almost hit the floor . I came home and just sat on the couch for most of the day .I still cant do alot on my B-day without feeling bad about all of the people who lost their lives that day :'( |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Karla on Sep 9th, 2006, 8:33am My neighbor called me because she new I didn't have a tv. I ran over to her house to watch tv all day. Such images are burned into my brain. I will never forget! |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by zwibbs/Scott on Sep 9th, 2006, 9:32am on 09/08/06 at 09:21:17, Melissa wrote:
That's only a figure of speech. " Where were you..." When there is a shocking moment in anyone's life---the one thing they'll be able to tell you is where they were and precisely what they were doing. Before 09/11/01---The media used to ask ( And still does to this day)...." Where were you when JFK was shot." Anyone who was around in the early 60's still remembers who they were with, and what they were doing when the news came across all radios. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Melissa on Sep 9th, 2006, 9:51am Yeah, I know what you were getting at when you asked the question Scott. All I was saying, that where I was wasn't important to me. I thought about writing it up, but all I could think about was how I felt. I'm sure that's not the response you wanted, but it's the response I wanted to give. :)mel |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by zwibbs/Scott on Sep 9th, 2006, 10:19am on 09/09/06 at 09:51:36, Melissa wrote:
No you're right Mel. It was a bad day and to think it was 5 years ago--blows me away. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by PL259 on Sep 9th, 2006, 5:20pm Yeah I know where I was that day. nuff said |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Jonny on Sep 9th, 2006, 5:24pm on 09/09/06 at 17:20:20, PL259 wrote:
Getting the mullet trimed? ;;D |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by chewy on Sep 9th, 2006, 5:42pm At the National Cemetery burying my mother while watching F16s fly over. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by stevegeebe on Sep 9th, 2006, 7:20pm Just got on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway when the radio broke in with news of the first attack. Before I got to the Southshore, the second plane hit the South Tower. I went to my Dad's house and we watched the TV in utter disbelief. Sad day for mankind. Steve G |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by kimmiedawn81 on Sep 9th, 2006, 7:32pm I was at my boyfriend's (at the time) apartment. I drove back to my apt. to get ready for class and I was listening to the radio. I was listening to MJ in the Morning and they were talking about it, but I thought they were just joking. I didn't know that it was true until I got to my apt. Very sad day!!! |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by PL259 on Sep 10th, 2006, 5:04pm on 09/09/06 at 17:24:43, Jonny wrote:
[smiley=crackup.gif] Only you bro! No actually I was at work, at the time operating on the Rapid Response Epidemiology team. We were in the middle of the largest St. Louis Encephalitis outbreak in the south. I was watching people die and others ruined for life, only at a much slower pace. JImbo |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by rickyshot on Sep 10th, 2006, 7:53pm I was at work doing my do when one of the doctors ran in and said one of the twin towers in NY was hit by a jet. I though it was a horrible accident and wondered what the hell was a plane doing flying so low near there. Then the doc said "no , no it was deliberate, a kamikaze thing" I could not believe it. It took a few minutes to sink in. Everyone at work stopped. We got a radio and tuned in to hear the horror. One of the girls lived across the street and at lunch we went over there to watch the events unfold. Shock disbelief. WHY< WHY Such blind hatred. I can't even hate our enemies like that. I can't stand to see innocent families hurt like this. I was riveted to the TV on CNN for two weeks. I think I was obsessed for a minute. I carry a sticker on my car saying SEpt 11 we will never forget with the American Eagle. Every year I post a pic on my office door on Sept 11. Please pray for the families tomorrow. God Bless the FDNY, our troops, the families touched and God bless America. And I am proud to be an American where at least I know I am free.................. Live free or die. ............. These colors don't run............... |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Jonny on Sep 10th, 2006, 8:07pm I would rather die on my feet, than live on my knees! |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Lizzie2 on Sep 10th, 2006, 9:28pm I started a thread on this last year: http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=2005Gposts;action=display;num=1126495262 And then reposted my own account today on my blogger site...here's the link: http://neonursechic.blogspot.com/2006/09/911-rememberance-in-my-own-words.html (It's too long to post all of it here - but please still check it out! On my site today I also posted a recording I just made this evening of me seeing the National Anthem a capella - not the best quality, but it's the best I can do when recording myself through my phone!) |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Fredmyyster on Sep 10th, 2006, 9:33pm I was at work on a military installation no less.... sure was spooky round there for a while.... You cant go nowhere now without a camera being able to see ya... i feel secure though... |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by chewy on Sep 10th, 2006, 10:16pm I should probably add. After the f16s flew over the outdoor chapel there was a nervous silence. The Reverand, a lady, broke that silence. She looked me right in the eye and said "The Lord took your Mom home today knowing he would need some good help by his side" Compassionate and chilling at the same time. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by paulc on Sep 10th, 2006, 11:00pm "This is not a political thread, please dont turn it in to one. Ya hear me?" -jonny's "warning" on HIS "I Won't Let You...Forget thread (published earlier than the "Where Were You..." thread. on 09/09/06 at 17:24:43, Jonny wrote:
I guess that, under jonny's rules, it is now OK to laugh at the trajedy of 9/11. This is NOT a site for your "humor", jonny; your remarks are sick and disrespect those who died, lost loved ones and to those who were injured.--paulc |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by brewcrew on Sep 10th, 2006, 11:19pm on 09/10/06 at 23:00:01, paulc wrote:
Note to self: Remember not to inject humor per troll's Big Book of Rules. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by paulc on Sep 10th, 2006, 11:28pm on 09/10/06 at 23:19:02, brewcrew wrote:
English not being my native language, was there something "funny" that I missed about "9/11"? |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Ree on Sep 11th, 2006, 12:29am Back to the thread...... On Sept 11,2001, 9:00 am I was greeting some of my day care parents, I had a new girl start that day. In the back ground was Good Morning America on the television as it usually is every morning. So this new Mom walks in and I say "One of the twin towers is on fire". Then the report came that a plane had hit it. We approached the television together to see the second plane hit. She then said "ok I have to go", and left the new toddler with me. I thought what a weird transition for this new kid, and wow this lady must love me... When she came back later she appologized for leaving so abruptly, she said she was in shock when she saw the event, and spent the rest of the day trying to locate her sister. Her sister worked at the World Trade Center. Luckily her sister was late that morning and wasn't in the building when it happened. I remember Dave calling me from work asking me if I had seen the tv... I then told him a plane hit the Pentagon. He said "don't worry about the Pentagon no one can get near it"... I said "Dave you don't understand they already hit the Pentagon." I was so worried about Sean at that time he was stationed at Quatico. That is where they train Mil Intel and its one of the most prestigious bases in the country and in close proximity to DC by plane... I was so nervous. I got online and got an instant email from Sean that said....Mom, pray..... I knew it was serious then. I knew our lives would forever change and I wouldn't feel as safe as I did on Sept 10th of that year ever again. Since that day we have been fighting a war on terror. My boys have both been to war in a foreign country. Our family has sacrificed as well as so many others in our country. We have lost many lives to the war as well as on that fateful day. Sept 11 th will live in my heart and memory forever. love Ree |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by paulc on Sep 11th, 2006, 12:51am on 09/10/06 at 23:19:02, brewcrew wrote:
My apologies, Brewcrew, it must be a cultural thing. Over here when people die we are sad and don't make jokes about it and we were sad and shocked when 9/11 happened and still don't joke about it. I must have lost something in the translation when I failed to find something funny, per jonny and you, in the deaths of 3,000 people on 9/11, the deaths of almost 3000 American and other allied soldiers since Iraq was invaded, the wounding of about 50,000 soldiers and the continuing slaughter of Iraqis and our soldiers...I'll bet the families of those who lost family members and loved ones on 9/11 are really laughing today, having parites, telling jokes and counting the money that they got for losing a father, mother, son, daughter, etc., etc. on 9/11. I imagine that if someone other than jonny had written his "mullet" joke there would be calls for DJ to have that person removed from the board, but since it was "The King", well, he gets a special dispensation from everyone to joke about the whole situation. Silly me for being upset about it. I'll have to talk with some of my American friends and find out what I did wrong regarding my criticism and maybe write some jokes about the people killed on 9/11 or their survivors. My apologies (and I am amazed that no one else took objection to the "mullet" post-I must work on my sense of humor)-paulc "Osama bin-Ladin's wives complained to him that they wanted to travel, to go somewhere that they've never been before...and he said "How about the kitchen?" (Drum roll)! |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by nani on Sep 11th, 2006, 12:57am on 09/10/06 at 23:28:49, paulc wrote:
on 09/11/06 at 00:51:37, paulc wrote:
Dude, a good troll keeps his stories straight. ::) |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by paulc on Sep 11th, 2006, 1:28am on 09/11/06 at 00:57:49, nani wrote:
Dutch and other allied soldiers have been killed in Iraq. You betray your ignorance by your statement, or is it that only American deaths that are important enough to care about? The parents, relatives and friends of a Dutch soldier who has been killed grieve for their loved one just as much as an American family or a British family or any other family. Get YOUR facts straight before going public with your next post, otherwise your ignorance will be displayed again for all to see (actually, it just has been, but maybe next time you can make up for it by doing a bit of research, unless the lives of allied soldiers mean nothing to you, which, come to think about it, their lives probably don't). I think that an apology is in order from you, but I doubt that you have the courage and conscience to do so. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by Ghost on Sep 11th, 2006, 2:54pm on 09/11/06 at 01:28:32, paulc wrote:
[smiley=me&mb.gif] (hiccup) Where's little Billy! [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by seasonalboomer on Sep 11th, 2006, 3:12pm I was, like most people, working. A fellow I had working for me at the time had a TV receiver on his computer and he just happened to tune in right after the first plane. We watched the 2nd one and then the pentagon plane. My clients all closed so we closed too. So we went home and camped out in front of the TV for days. I've never been so emotionally wrecked by something in my life. I remember watching the concert for the 9/11 several nights later and just crying my eyes out with each performance. For some reason the music from that concert is soundtrack for me of that time and if I listen to the CD from it it can evoke the exact same emotions as though time never passed. Never forget. Scott |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by zwibbs/Scott on Sep 11th, 2006, 4:38pm on 09/11/06 at 15:12:46, seasonalboomer wrote:
We went into the City that night....Dinner in SoHo----Restaurants were dying near the Ground Zero, so We tried to help any way we could.......When Billy Joel sang " New York State of Mind' The whole carload cried....but we have always been proud of being New Yorkers. |
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Title: Re: Where were you..... Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Sep 11th, 2006, 4:51pm I was on my way to work when the first plane hit. The second one hit right as I got to work. A girl I work with told me that two planes accidentally hit the towers. I told her to pull her head out because two planes don't accidentally hit two icons like that. I watched for a while on the large screen here at work. Before I left, I said that those buildings were not going to last. I didn't mean any disrespect by it. I said it because of knowledge I gained working construction on high rises for 10 years in Chicago. As I turned the corner after I left, I heard the collective gasp of 30 or 40 people who were watching as the first tower fell. I couldn't bear to go back because I could also hear a co-worker sobbing because she knew that a cousin of hers was in there. That evening, You couldn't get me away from my wife and my then 5 month old daughter. |
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