jettison Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 link removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DN Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Moderator Note: This highly sensitive thread is to remember and mourn those who were lost - it is not to start political debates. Further posts on that line will be deleted and infractions issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cognitive_Canine Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Also thank you to those who continue to be ill and die today due to 9/11 related illnesses. This should be a sticky thread. I was just going to say that. Does anybody know of a good donation program towards the volunteers who now suffer from respitory problems due to 9/11? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlanticstar Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I'd like to pay my own respects to -All of the workers that lost their lives. -All of the individuals, fire-fighters, police officers and security that risked and also lost their lives trying to save the occupants of the twin towers. -All of the people that had their lives and dreams shattered and who are still living with the pain and memory of this tragic event to this very day. May god bless you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeawutever Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When I first watched it way back in my freshman year of high school, I was thinking it was an action movie at first but then when I realize it was real, I just couldn't believe it. Hard to believe what hatred can do to you and innocent people get killed as a result of it. Those poor souls had nothing to be with it, they were living a normal life working hard to provide their families. Sadly it happened. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristal Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Just two weeks before the towers fell, I remembered walking and looking up at them and marvelling at just how majestic the towers were. I felt blessed to live in a city with the type of infrastructure, as the World Trade Center. Another thing, when I shopped in nearby China Town and suddenly felt lost, I have used the towers as a sort of compass to find my way home. I felt a little like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, following the yellowbrick road home. I always knew that all that I had to do, was to walk towards the towers to safety. For weeks following the bombing, the smell of burnt steel and bodies, permeated the air. Smoke rose in the air, in a "plume-like" pattern, for weeks following the fall of the towers. It is still very painful to look at the spot, where the towers once stood. It is impossible to ever get over the loss of so many lives. We will NEVER, EVER FORGET. God Bless America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantexplain Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Yes, I will never forget. I believe it be one of the most profound days in all of human history. As events unfolded, I was working in a North American telecom network operations center. I was literally sitting on top of the Internet backbone while talking to people all over the country. I was hearing about the first plane well before 9 am. By 11 am the whole world stopped. But the talk did not stop. Nor should it ever. Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury' pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is sadness, joy; where there is darkness, light. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; not so much to be understood, as to understand; not so much to be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. A PRAYER OF ST FRANCIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallingAllAngels Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Glad to see DN deleted all the crap posts. This is truly a day that should never be forgotten....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Difficult Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Hard to believe its been 8 years already. What a day that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 that was such a crazy day. when i woke up that morning, the plane had already hit the first tower. i put on the TV, but it didn't really register to me. everyone thought it was a freak accident. i got on my bike and went to the gym, and saw on the TVs at the gym, the second plane hitting the tower, live, and that was the scariest thing ever. that was such an awful day, it took me weeks to realize that it was real and not some crazy nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agburns84 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I also remember that in my city we were all doing our exam finals that day, but after having been glued to the TV for most of that horrible morning exams really were the last thing on my mind. I've always dreamt of visiting New York, and since then, I've vowed to go to the site and pay my own respects. To my American friends, thinking of you on this your day of reflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl friend Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 September 11th Poem Her hair was tied up in a ponytail her favourite dress tied with a bow today was daddies day at school and she couldnt wait to go but her mother tried to tell her that she probably should stay home why the kids might not understand if she went to school alone but the little girl went to school eager to tell them all about a dad she never sees a dad who never calls there were daddies along the wall of the room for everyone to meet children squirming inpatiently anxious in their seats one by one the teacher called a student from the class to introduce their daddy as seconds slowly passed finally it was the little girls turn and all eyes were upon her each one of them was searching for a man who wasn't there ''wheres her daddy at'' she heard a child cry out ''she probably doesn't have one'' another dared to shout and somewhere near the back of the room she heard a daddy say ''looks like another dedbeat dad too busy to waste his day'' and then with hands behind her back the little girl started to speak and out from the mouth of a child came words incredibly unique ''my daddy couldn't be here today because he lives so far away'' but i know he wants to be here because this is such a special day'' ''and though you cannot meet him i wanted you all to know all about my daddy and how he loves me so'' ''we used to share cream sunades he taught me to ride a bike he surprised me with pink roses and taught me to fly a kite'' and out in the crowd her mother stood in tears touched by the actions of her daughter who was wise beyond her years for up she stood for the love of a man who wasnt there doing what was best for her doing what was right the child paused for a moment and she smiled on at her mother and looked up at her teacher who told her to go on ''i love my daddy very much he's my shining star and if he could he'd be here but heavens just to far'' ''you see he was a fire man and he died just this past year when airplanes hit the towers and taught americans to fear'' ''but sometimes when i close my eyes its like he never went away'' and then she closed her eyes and saw him there that day and to her mothers amazement she witnessed with surprise a room full of daddies and children all starting to close their eyes who knows what they saw before them who knows what they felt insides perhaps for a mere second they saw him at her side ''i know your with me daddy'' to the silence she called out and what happened next made believers of those once filled with doubt not one in the room could explain it for each of their eyes had been closed but lying on the desk besides her was a fragrent long stemmed pink rose they say it takes a minute to find a special person an hour to appreciate them a day to love them but then a whole lifetime to forget them send this to all the people you love and never want to forget God Bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusticeLaw9 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Such a shame we got people thinking of how to rule the world instead of wanting to build a better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annie24 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 i am watching a documentary on the history channel "The Man Who Predicted 9/11." it's about Rick Rescorla, the head of security at morgan stanley-dean whitter. he knew that the twin towers were a terrorist target, and he worked very hard to set up increased security and emergency evacuation plans for the workers at morgan stanley (nearly 3000 of them). he got them pretty much all out alive, except he died saving people, making sure that they left the building as quickly as possible, down the 70+ flights of stairs. he is truly a hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsallgrand Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I won't forget, even though I am not an American citizen. It was felt around the world and my heart continues to go to all those whose lives were impacted by the tragedy. Also, my heart swells with pride remembering all the good acts of human decency and heroism during and after 9/11 - both Americans and in my own city and country. The loss of one affects us all. Love to all of you. You haven't been forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cognitive_Canine Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I won't forget, even though I am not an American citizen. It was felt around the world and my heart continues to go to all those whose lives were impacted by the tragedy. Also, my heart swells with pride remembering all the good acts of human decency and heroism during and after 9/11 - both Americans and in my own city and country. The loss of one affects us all. Love to all of you. You haven't been forgotten. Are you from the UK? I always wondered how other countries felt that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingray Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 A memory forever etched into my mind on that infamous day. Since, I live very close to the twin towers it affected me greatly. The horrible thought of breathing in all the ash and dust of the people that lost their lives is terrible. Unfortunately, it was like that for a few days after and it was so bad you could see it settle on your windows. A day I will certainly never forget and a day that changed history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywolf Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Are you from the UK? I always wondered how other countries felt that day. I didn't live in the US when it happened. I didn't own a tv either so I actually didn't know about it till the next day when I went to school for flag ceremony and the flag was at half-mast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaoticbaby Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 i live in long island, on the border of queens (20 miles/32 kilometers from manhattan.) even over here, the sky was hazy from the smoke coming in from the city, and when the wind blew you could catch the scent of the burning metal. i was still in highschool, and though there were more than a thousand kids in school that day, i've never heard it so silent. walking down the hallways was almost eerie, everyone was hugging and quietly crying. nobody would say a word. when i walked home from school, my dad was standing in the driveway. his first words to me were "everything is going to be different now." i'll never forget. rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trezz Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Are you from the UK? I always wondered how other countries felt that day. this was a world wide tragedy New York is such a good mix of every colour,race and creed that the population within the Towers combined with the souls on the planes involved the entire globe. In Ireland Masses were offered for each soul excluding no one. the world needs more rainbow cities such as New York. when all cultures mix understanding or acceptence of our differences is more likely then the seperation some seek in order to breed ignorance and mistrust. the world needs more rainbow cities every colour,race,creed,non creed all mixed and mixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I am not American either.I still remember watching it live on TV. I was horrified,scared and immensely sad. More than once that day I was in tears. Rest in the hands of God. You are always remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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