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Post by allezcuisine on Sept 11, 2007 11:21:14 GMT -5
9/11/07. This is such a hard day for me.
Unbeliveable. Six years have past. I remember the second I heard about the attacks on the news. Later that day, I went outside....I could smell the smoke/ash.
I know two survivors of 9/11. They both worked in the South Tower. My friend Nellie was burned terribly on 9/11. My other friend, Zio, was late to work the morning of the attacks. By the time she had gotten off the train to get to work, the first tower had fallen. Each time she tells her story it gives me chills.
This 9/11 is especially worse for me. I have to go into NYC for work later today. It's just eerie for me.
Has 9/11 touched your life in any way?
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 11, 2007 13:02:45 GMT -5
Not me. We had just moved to Phoenix from eastern Canada, and couldn't believe our eyes when we turned on the news that morning.
The son and son-in-law of a family friend of hubby's are a NYC police officer and firefighter (I forget which is which). Both came through safely, thankfully.
One of my co-workers had a cousin die that day. It still affects her greatly, particularly on the anniversary.
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Post by Arrianna on Sept 11, 2007 17:04:00 GMT -5
It changed my view of the world forever. That is why I get so angry with people who have the attitude that if they just leave everyone alone no one will want to hurt them. That just isn't so and it took something like 9/11 to wake everyone up to that. To bad so many want to just go back to sleep.
9/11 was especially traumatic for me because I watched the second tower struck live. I remember vividly sitting there in shock and watching the newscasters deal with the same realization, that it wasn't another replay of the first tower and had really just happened. I will never forget what one of them said. "We are under attack."
Every September I think of that and of how it brought out the best in all of us and how important it is that the "sleeping giant" not go to sleep until the danger is over. I hope that will be in my lifetime but doubt it.
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Post by Arrianna on Sept 11, 2007 21:31:41 GMT -5
I don't concern myself with anything Micheal Moore does. He has been caught falsifying and staging to much footage and information for me to ever care what he has to say.
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Post by achen on Sept 11, 2007 23:29:14 GMT -5
I saw the second plane hit on CNN that day. And I must agree with both of Arrianna's statements. At first it looked like something from a movie but then reality set in. As I watched, I saw people jumping out of the windows from those heights then to see the towers fall live on TV. Tonight, I see the light tribute (even though it is cloudy), it caused me to pause and reflect.
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Post by eiko on Sept 12, 2007 19:12:56 GMT -5
I was in NYC the Sunday before 9/11, we'd driven past the WTC.... SO's father works in the city, both he and his wife were born and raised there. We were very worried about him for a long time. Many of SO's sister's classmate's parents also work in the city. Some died that day. There's a lot of CT people who commute daily. A good friend became a NYC cop after the attack, partly because of it....
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Post by Man Alive! on Sept 13, 2007 15:52:09 GMT -5
9/11 itself was a horrific experience. The feeling that the country was vulnerable was really unusual and frightening. I remember it took a while for the actual news to sink in, too. But one thing that I really thought was amazing was how the country came together afterward. It was incredible. The tales of survival and the overall feeling of unity across the U.S. were truly spectacular.
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Post by herringchoker on Sept 13, 2007 18:06:58 GMT -5
And don't forget how many of the airports in Atlantic Canada took in international flights that were in transit when US airspace was closed.
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