A Memorial Moment

[Virgil]

I didn't know where to place this or if it constitutes something political. If it is political, then moderators please feel free to delete it. This is intended as a memorial moment of the five year anniversary of the day the world changed in our lifetime. May those who died and those who still live in the pain and of those who have lost loved ones find peace.

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Thank you for posting Virgil. I would personally like to reflect my regret at the loss of all the innocent lives, and salute the bravery of the people onboard the flights, in the towers and those who entered the towers in order to save lives. Anyways, bless them and all their families and may god be with them always.

[Shannanigan]

I would also like to lend my thoughs to this event for a moment. I remember crying the day it happened, and I cried again two nights ago watching a special on Discovery Channel. My heart goes out to the family members, friends, co-workers, and other acquaintences of those lost. To the people who survived and were traumatized. To the heroes who died saving others, including those who fought on Flight 93. I admire everyone who acted that day with courage.

[bazarov]

I'm watching movie about flight 93 right now. Those people were really heroes...My deepest simpathy for them and my regret for all inocent victims. I just hope that something like that won't happen again.

[subterranean]

My deepest sympathy goes to all the family who lost their beloved ones and to humanity in general. I read an article about the newborn children (after Sept 11), who would never got the chance to know their fathers personally because they were killed in the tragedy. It is a very heartbreaking story.

[Boris239]

I'd like to offer condolences to all the people whose relatives and friends died during this tragic events.

[Stanislaw]

When I was in School on the morning of September 11, 2001, I was sitting in the cafeteria with my friends, just hanging out waiting for the first period to begin, and then, before the bell rang, some student came in and changed the channel on the caf, tv. So when I fist saw the footage of the destruction, I, like many of my friends, thought that it was some sort of joke, or movie related thing, a sort of fake news forcast. But, in social calss (first period) our teacher let us watch the report, and filled us in on the truth...it was a terrorist attack of somesorts. I actually was scared on that day, It was a tragic and mindless loss that proved nothing.

I will always remember that day.

[thevintagepiper]

I remember coming down to breakfast and my parents having this look on their faces, and I knew something wasn't right. Finally my dad told us what was going on and we all prayed, and then all morning we watched the news. I don't think I'd ever felt so deeply devoted to America, though it has always been my country. It felt like something was going to change, but I know I'm only on the outskirts of it. I can't imagine what those who lost their family and friends and husbands and wives and children felt. It is so incredibly sad, and so widespread. They are in my prayers.

[Shannanigan]

I was in California, watching cartoons with my brother and sister before leaving for school, and my mother came downstairs and said "How can you guys watch that crap when people are dying and we could be at war?" Gosh, we were so confused. She ushered us into the car and turned on the radio, where I listened to them report that the second tower had now been hit. Everyone was in a trance at school before classes, we had no TV to watch until I went to my class and our teacher turned the TV on. I left the room crying because I couldn't bear seeing the people who jumped...

It still hurts so much to think about it. Over one hundere people jumped or fell from the windows that day.

[optimisticnad]

i try not to think about it. But its that time of the year again and its hard to avoid. And the really sad thing is its now being used as an excuse all over to kill more innocent people, regardless of gender colour and foremost-religion. It just seems that all those people died in vain. the question on my mind is always: when will we learn? whats ir gonna take? another mass genocide? another twin towers blown up?
you cant say civilization doesnt advance, in every war we find a new way to kill each other. who said that? J. Conrad??

[kilted exile]

I dont see this as a political topic at all, what happened was broke.

I was working Maintenance at McDonalds and saving money for a return to further education when the hijackings happened. I remember we heard about the first plane hitting and the first thought wassomething along the lines of "woh, someone messed up this time, how in the hell could the pilot not see the tower" then the second tower was hit and we spent most of the rest of the day by the radio, and it became quite clear that some country was going to be turned into a parking lot in short order.

[RobinHood3000]

A salute...may we always remember what's important.

[Pendragon]

That day I was home, as usual, but did not have the TV on. Someone called about it. I tunned in in time to see the second plane hit. I watched as both towers fell. It was a day of horror and heroism, a day that should always be remembered.


Remember, Remember, the 11th of September, the enemy's most deadly and disasterous plot
Those that we lost, and those that paid the ultimate cost, Must NEVER BE EVER FORGOT

[SleepyWitch]

......And the really sad thing is its now being used as an excuse all over to kill more innocent people, regardless of gender colour and foremost-religion. It just seems that all those people died in vain. the question on my mind is always: when will we learn? whats ir gonna take? another mass genocide? another twin towers blown up?
you cant say civilization doesnt advance, in every war we find a new way to kill each other. who said that? J. Conrad??

I agree with you,optimisticnad. but I'd also like to say that over here in Europe, especially in Germany, people (including myself) are quick to come up with idealistic ideas like this. I'm sure if something like 9/11 happened here, people would react just the same.

to be honest, I can't imagine what it's like for people over there who lost their loved ones or had their daily lives turned upside down by 9/11. So I'll spare you the phony 'I'm so sorry blablabla, but you shouldn't overreact' speech and keep shut.

my bro watched TV after school on 9/11 and gave my mom and me a shout to come to the living room. he only zapped on the newschannel by chance while their was a commercial break on the channel he was watching.
in the evening I went to the cinema with my ex-boyfriend and he ate two kebaps. I asked him how he could wolf down two kebaps on a day like this, but he only shrugged. (He's a paramedic himself, aaargh!)

[Idril]

I was getting my morning coffee, it was on the TV in the shop and I asked the guy what happened and he said, "somebody flew into the World Trade Center, they think it was an accident" and I remember thinking, "How can you fly into the World Trade Center by accident?" and on the way to work, I heard on the radio the second tower was hit and then it was obvious to everyone it wasn't an accident.

It's weird now to remember that morning and the struggle to make sense of it all and how the complete devastation of that whole block unfolded, just one unbelievable disaster after another. I was able to get off work early that day and I drove by the school and picked up my kids and brought them home, not because I thought they were in danger but just because I wanted them home with me on such a terrible day.

[Granny5]

Virgil's Autumn Again poem got me to thinking about the day the Twin Towers were hit. I was just wondering where everyone else was that day.

I was at work in a managers meeting. As the meeting broke, a friend from another store called me to tell me what was going on. I told everyone else and we went in and just stood in the Associate lounge watching the tv. Work was forgotten. After a few minutes I called a meeting of everyone I superviised and tried to tell them what was happening but couldn't talk, when I tried to tell them I started crying and couldn't seem to stop. So I ended up just telling them to go to the lounge and watch the tv.

[cleo]

I was on a business trip. I can still remember what it was like watching your hometown go crashing down. It was a horibble sight to watch.

[Weisinheimer]

I was at home. My mom called from work and told us what happened. The rest of the day we listened to the radio and tried to get in touch with my aunt in NY.

[Gadget Girl]

I was at home, celebrating my aunt's birthday. I got no idea that the Twin Towers were hit until I heard it on the news that night. It was a terrible shock.

[NikolaiI]

Haha what a strange merge! It's so confusing. Anyway; I was in class, and we were learning about terrorism. We were about to watch a video on urban terrorism. When we turned the TV on, however, the twin towers were shown, burning, so there was some confusion- who had hit play? Anyway, we just watched the news, as it was educational enough about urban terrorism. Interesting, huh?

[littlewing53]

..it was early morning and a friend called upset...turn the tv on we''re under attack...unimaginable...here in america we are so blessed to have our freedom...we take it for granted...i could not possibly imagine what it must have felt like to know your loved ones will never come home...remembering the last time you saw them...for some there was nothing of their loved ones left to grieve over...but also, that day, so many were saved for reasons unknown...thank you virgil for the post...

[jon1jt]

honor the victims of september 11, i do too. it's been said all before. {b]{edit}[/b]we owe building relationships around the world as much as we do honoring those victims. at some point we have to move past the touchy feely to the root---and that is going to require much more effort, and at least as much heart.

if this is political, oh then please delete it.

[Koa]

I was working in a crappy job at a shopping centre, the radio was on but of course the place was noisy and all and I could only hear "New York" and something weird, I thought it was an earthquake or something like that.
As soon as I finished and got into my car I turned the radio on and found out what was going on. I remember my phone rang while I was driving and I just had to stop at the side of the road because it was freaking me out (I am always nervous when driving on fast roads and I hate the sound of the phone). When I got home my dad who was watching TV explained me better what was going on and we watched TV. The following day the first thing I did was to buy a newspaper and read it all doing my lunch break... I probably still have it in my collection of newspapers from important days...

[motherhubbard]

I was buying doughnuts when the first plane hit. I was rushing to a meeting so I didn’t know for a little bit. When I saw the news I couldn’t figure out how a plane could hit a building like that! You’d think a guy would have to be aiming or something. I didn’t figure it out until the second plane hit. I felt like all the blood just rushed out of my body. It just didn’t seem possible.

My oldest daughter was just in the first grade then at a little school in a little town with a population of less than 150- not exactly a hotbed of terrorist activity. I just wanted to go get her so we could all get in bed and take a nap together.

I know everyone suffered, but it is the Pennsylvania plane that still chokes me up. If fact I’m tearing up now.

We were expecting a friend from Hong Kong to fly in on the 13 and it took her until the next April to make it.

[Lily Adams]

I was nine, so I wasn't very aware of what was going on, but I remember waking up for school and my brother calling to tell us about it. I remember waking up and the TV was on and I asked what happened and my mom just said, "No, no, sweetie, don't worry about it." and telling me to get ready for school. I think my teacher talked about it that day.

We later found out that one of my cousins, related to me by marriage only, was killed in the attacks because he was going to work and the dust made him collapse. His kids were so young, and his family has been affected forever.