I remember

Twister · 09-08-2003

It has been 1 year and 363 days, and we are devided again. We are at odds with ourselves and the world on what to do with a country that has harbored terrorists for years. I kissed my girlfriend goodnight, walked into my house and started flipping channels only to stop on PBS for the first time in years. On the television was a documentery of the second deadliest day in American history. Only one day during the U.S. Cival War was deadlier. More American lives were lost in those two towers than on D Day. Some days will live on in history. Some have been lost that should never have been forgoten. As long as I remain alive I shall never forget where I was or the images that I have seen on television and looking out at John Wayne International Airport as police went to each plane with dogs searching for anything that could hurt another inocent life. I have forgotten some of the pain that I felt on that September day almost 2 years ago. And now I am glad to have our brave troops in Iraq. I remeber.

Mana4Real · 09-08-2003

It was a rude awakening that morning... My mom woke me up at 6:30 in the morning to tell me what was going on... I thought that there was gonna be a war. It was one scary morning.

asa67_stang · 09-08-2003

i don't think america will ever be able to be united like it was immediately after that day

it was a defensive mechanism, something that could only happen under extreme stress, it seems that our country was not built so that it could survive like that
but when we need it, it's there

it's hard to believe that was two years ago, so much has happened since

EyeOfTheStorm · 09-08-2003

9/11 is something that everyone would like to forget, and yet nobody should ever forget. Too bad too many people have already forgotten!

Twister · 09-08-2003

I guess that I look back a few generations and see WWII, peolpe remembered December 7th into the 80's......it was their kids that bought Japenesse products first....and it makes me sad to realize that people today do not remember the shock, horror and anger they felt less than two years ago

STONECOLD · 09-08-2003

i was working at the American Express towers at the time on the 25th floor (its located across from the twin towers on the other side of the west side highway, all you had to do was cross a large street or go across a walk way and you were there)

when the first plane flew by and hit, it rattled the window i was sitting next to, but by the time i looked to see what it was it had already struck so i wasnt sure what had happened yet, i thought maybe it was a bomb. (ill never forget the person waving a white sheet/towel in the upper right hand corner of the tower, i still see that person when i they show video clips of the incident.) within minutes we evacuated the floor and went downstairs to gather everyone and make sure we were all ok, 'bout 10 min later i hear this screaming from across the sky and it was the howl of the jet engiens as i watched the second plane crash through the tower........(at this point i realised that the first was no bomb and the second was no accident.) so help me God for a split second i thought i was watching an action movie. but reality set in real fast though as we started to run for cover, to my surprise it was a quick sprint and know one was really panacking....i walked down the highway (along with thousands) going uptown and maybe 20 min into it (im guessing because to be honest the concept of time at the moment really didnt matter much) i watched one of the towers fall, and later the second. by this time the skys were filled with fighters flying around, police everywhere.......the rest of the day was just a long walk home as everything in the city came to stand still, almost no cabs, no trains, i didnt see any buses where i was and cell phones where dead...ill never forget where i was.....sorry for the long post, just thought id share.

Twister · 09-08-2003

stonecold, dont worry, it was a very heartfilled post.

VenemoussC · 09-09-2003

I was in school in one of my technology classes (Highschool, i was a Junior) and before that class NO ONE had heard anything because we were in school. By the time i got to that class, we turned on the TV to put a video in that we were working on, i told my teacher to come look at the screen. He then put it on so the whole class could watch, we turned out the lights and all stared at the two TV screens in each corner of the room. No one said anything, everyone was in awe and could not take in what was happening as reality. We all just didn't know how to act or what to say. Later that day my brother's girlfriend came to the class (She was a office assistant) and said my brother was here to take me home, he was in the cafeteria watching it at College and came to come get me after his last class. I rode home with him and came home to my house and my mom was just in tears. She was honestly afraid that there may be a draft and she would lose my brother (He was just 18 then)

Many people have forgotten and try to forget the day. We have two flagpoles on each side of our garage and fly flags every weekend and leave them up from Fri-Sun. For the whole summer we left them up 24/7. I personally will never forget that day, as for it should be remembered because it is a piece of our very important history as a nation. That day we all came together in a way that shouldn't have been. It should NOT have taken a devestating day like that for everyone to come together and help each other out.

I will never forget that day.

Vortex · 09-09-2003

I too was at home that day, my mother had woken me up from the deepest sleep i had been in (was heavily medicated after breaking my back) by just saying "we're under attack". The first thought that popped in my head was aliens in a whole war of the worlds thing, Having just awoken from sleep, It hadn't yet occured to me that humans can be so horrible so destructive, especially to their own kind.. There is a political background to all of this... but that doesn't matter. It was still the most awful thing imaginable.. A creature without a soul has all means to be evil, and yet, humans... so intellegent and advanced tops the list of the worst. And yet others, turn to helping others, and overcome the fact that even tho there are those who want nothing more than power... others still think of helping, even at the cost of their lives.. This truly was an eye-opening awakening... especially for me. I wish that it had not happened... however since it had to, I am "thankful" (that doesnt sound right) that I got to experience it... I never understood History's great battles.. Pearl Harbor, D-day,etc... but now I, as well as the rest of my "not give a damn" generation, know the reprecussions of our actions, and have something to bond together to help prevent. We have our cause.

Twister · 09-09-2003

it is amaizing that people can hate other people that they never met so badly to spend all of the money and die to kill strangers.

It is even more amaizing that people can love life and people in general so much that they are able to run into a building that was just struck by an airplane and burning out of control without hesitation to save lives that they never met.

9Venom9 · 09-09-2003

9/11 was a hard day for all, but like others I was there to take the call to go out and protect those who asked for help and stood up against the bad with riffle in hand and the flag on my vest i was ready to make sure it would never happen again! I will always remember!

Mack Daddy · 09-09-2003

Im proud of my americans that say "leave the terrorist alone" or lets sue the air lines...If I ever hear "God Bless America" again...I will puke. Sorry tharts my POV on the subject. If it was my way that whole side of the world would be gone and I would rule!

VenemoussC · 09-09-2003

Are you joking or being 100% serious? Because if so thats ignorant, all of us are talking about one of the (probably THE) most difficult day in our history. Yet you attempt to poke fun at it, or such. Im not flaming you, but im saying everyone in this thread is saying how they will never forget a day of tragedy that brought our military and country together.

Mack Daddy · 09-09-2003

uhm its joke a there Dilurd, its my way of dealing with bad stuff...might as well laugh instead of cry right?

anglia_stang · 09-09-2003

not funny