Please ensure you have your proud red, white, and blue flags flying proudly on Thursday! Also other countries that were impacted as well. If you don't have one, please pick one up tomorrow, so you can fly the flag, especially on Thursday. We must never forget our fallen. Stay strong, proud, and in unity!
Amen my brother. FDNY LODD - Blood Of Heroes May they rise up and strike us down if we ever do. Bless them all.
I'll never forget that day, We were flying back home to Minnesota and our flight didn't arrive yet, then someone said the WTC was Bombed and that our flight was canceled. We go back to our Uncs house to see what happened after seeing countless replay of what happened the 2nd plane flew into the second tower. Truly a grim day that I will never forget.
Sorry to hear that Poco. My mom saw it live. Her office at the time was less then 2 blocks away. I remember waking up, getting ready to go to class that morning, and my roommate who always left the tv on had done so again. I thought I was dreaming. Ill never forget trying to reach my parents on their cell phones and what a relief when I finally did. I had never been so scared in my life...indeed I dont think I have been scared of anything since. I think everyone in the northeast area knew of or knew personally someone who lost their life that day. I lost no one close but 1 HS classmate, and an extremely distant cousin I had never met before.
One of my memories post 9/11 is watching the ending of NBC nightly news. They do a pan of NYC everytime they end, and for the first time there was no world trade center standing up.... nothing but smoke.
Thanks for this post. Every time when i was a kid the twin towers was the first thing i ever noticed...September 10th my sis was going to the yankee game to see Roger Clemens get his 20th win and the game got rained out...for some reason i remember that and i dont know why...it was a sad day and may everyone who last their lives that day RIP.
May all the petty politics never make us forget those truly responsible for the murders of thousands on this date seven years ago, and may we never cease to hunt them in order to bring them to justice for their heinous acts. And may we never cease to honor the selfless valor of the many who rushed into harm's way to save the few; and in particular, those who lost their lives in doing so.
First thing I did when I moved in my house was fly my flag on the porch even before the furniture was brought in. God Bless those who gave me the freedom to do so.
God Bless America. It's sad to watch but here's a beautiful tribute song. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epOi7t3Pg9A]YouTube - 9/11 Tribute[/ame]
I will never forget, but I fear far to many people are starting to roll over and hit the snooze button and drifting back to sleep.
They were mentioning on the news this morning that the general public as well as the families believe that we, as a nation, are starting to be too complacent about what happened and forgetting about the victims, not flying our flags anymore, etc. That's not true in my neck of the woods, though, thank goodness.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for all.
I remember I was home and I just happened to have the radio on and they reported that a plane had struck the WTC. So I flipped on the TV a minute or two before the 2nd plane hit. I just sat in silence for what seemed like forever and then I started calling all of the people that I care about just to make sure they were okay. Even though they weren't anywhere near NYC I still needed to hear their voices to reassure me that they were alright, that's how chaotic things were that day. When it was reported that people were jumping from the building all I could do was think back to my 6th grade class trip to NYC. We went into the WTC towers and went to one of the observation floors just below the roof which had been closed that day. I remember they had seats all along the windows and we all sat down and put our heads up against the glass to watch the buildings sway back and forth in the wind. I can't even imagine what it was like that day for those people, I know just sitting there with my friends I was scared ****less even though I'm not normally afraid of heights. So as I sat there watching the buildings fall and people running and screaming, I couldn't help but think back to that class trip and what it was like for me and then realize that people were jumping from that very building. I couldn't help but tear up and I'll never be able to forget that day. God bless America
I still like this one the best: Right at the 1:43 mark. Best home run in baseball history [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu4_96gXWgs]YouTube - Baseball after 9/11 at Shea[/ame]
Our family never forgets. My son was on shift, as a firefighter, in Clayton co.,GA. when it happened. Our oldest grandgirl saw the news and was terrified that one of the firefighters in NY was her daddy. She was so afraid and crying that we called so she could talk to her dad and let him reasure her. Needless to say, the news was never on when she was around after that. She never really felt safe until he came home the next morning. It was such a sad and horrific day for all Americans. We should never forget, nor, stop honoring all the men and women who died there. And the ones who fight for our freedom as we sit here typing on our computers. God Bless America,our armed forces, and all of you too. May it long wave.........
