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[newtous]

I was at work at an assisted living when we first heard the news the plane hit one of the world trade center tower. As I was looking on the local news, I saw the second plane hit. I was in disbelief as I was watching. I saw the panic in New York City. I couldn't even imagine what was going through their minds as the building begin to collapse. Not long after that , there was news the pentagon was hit. And another plane went down in PA. I thought to myself, I don't know what is going on but I need to get my children. I never want us to be separated if something was going to happen.
I just felt the sorrow for the men and women that lost their lives. Even for the survivors, imagine re-living that event over and over.

[Okie Rick]

I was asleep when the plane hit the North tower. Mom woke me 'n we watched the 2nd plane hit the South tower. I thought "this has to be a computer malfunction at a local airport" or something of the sort. Then the Pentagon was hit and later Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. It was on my birthday.

okie
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[LadyPilot]

I was at home doing odd jobs around the house with NEWS 24 on the TV in the background.
The time was just after 3pm local time when the news started breaking on the TV.

I stopped what I was doing and just watched in total disbelief. I sent an SMS to a friend who works for an American company in the UK telling him to switch the TV on. Then I just sat and watched in horror as the second plane hit. When the towers collapsed I went cold to think what those people went through.

One memory I just cant erase was a view from one of the helicopters towards the North tower and a lone person was leaning out of the window waving what I think must have been his shirt.

I truely hope that the "perps" burn in hell and may anyone else thinking of doing the same...experience the burning pins and needles I feel in my legs!!

[DaveP]

I was trying to convince my girlfriend at the time that it was OK to fly as no one would want to bomb us here in the lovely Algarve! She was at an airport in Norway in the airport departure area when it came on the news on TV... Strange how we remember the oddest things!

I've been watching recent documentaries etc and am sure we all feel the same - this was terrible. However, I kinda question the sense of making this a "big" day to commemorate as this only fuels the terrorists and gives them the motivation to do it again - now that they know how much it hurt, they'll want to do it again, or bigger. Should we react in a totally opposite way, like it didn't matter (a bit like how we Brits reacted to the IRA bombs)?

I hate the idea of bringing pleasure to the terrorists - as we commemorate, no doubt they'll be celebrating...

[jane]

looking after my kids = they were watching thomas the tank engine on video when friend rang me to ask me to put on tv as he had heard something on radio and wanted to find out more. kids were not happy interupting thomas!! they were 1 and 3 at the time.

[Apparelyzed]

We were packing our cases as we were flying to Minorca the following day!

Simon

[xMaddiex]

i was in my last lesson of the day at school. I remember one of the office ladies coming in to tell us what had happened, like they do at any important news, and I just panicked. My dad was in New York that week and i was really really worried, so I just got up, left class and ran home. I was only eleven but still remember it really clearly.

i went to rememberance things and even funerals of people my dad had known who died for months afterwards. There were collection tins and everything afterwards. And i've not yet failed to do a two minutes silence every 9/11 since.

[Lucky]

I was working away in Birmingham erecting the steel for the new BullRing when the crane driver shouted up and told me.

Sur-real watching the news when I got back to the digs.

[Joed]

I was chatting with a friend on the phone while watching the news when it happened. My lower jaw dropped and I was numb with disbelief. All I wanted to do was to gather my family together around me.

Watching the replay of the coverage on that day, I sat and wept. In a way, I think it's hitting me harder now than then....there just wasn't a place in my brain for it on that day.

One thing I noticed while watching the replay of MSNBC's news coverage from 9/11....at 10:35 am, there's a shot of the skyline from across the water, and as the smoke is billowing up, the image of a huge human eye forms in the smoke just to the right of where the towers had stood. It's very detailed, showing the eyebrow, lids and the iris and pupil. Very eerie.

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Dave P wrote: I kinda question the sense of making this a "big" day to commemorate as this only fuels the terrorists and gives them the motivation to do it again - now that they know how much it hurt, they'll want to do it again, or bigger. Should we react in a totally opposite way, like it didn't matter (a bit like how we Brits reacted to the IRA bombs)?

I've wondered the same thing too, Dave. I'm sure it grates their butt that their act of terrorism has created heroes here...the firemen and those who prevented the one plane from hitting its target, as the terrosists are so keen on martyrdom themselves.
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[Chilepepper]

I thought this song would be nice to add to this thread. Bruce Springsteen tells his story of that day when the plans hit the buildings. He was saying that he was at the music studio in New York when he heard the news, so he raced back to his house in New York that looks over to Manhattan island only to see what had just happened. The way Bruce described his story really shock me up, as with anybody else who was there and tells their stories about that awful day in history. Anyway here is the video of this song. The lyrics tell it all.



Also if there is anybody in this forum who plays guitar, maybe you can figure out the chords on the song. I've tried the web only to find the incorrect chords. And with the vidio I can not see where his fingers are on the the frets.







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I hope this link works for you all.

Edited by Chilepepper, 11 September 2006 - 11:48 PM.

[Okie Rick]

 DaveP, on Sep 11 2006, 08:07 AM, said:

I've been watching recent documentaries etc and am sure we all feel the same - this was terrible. However, I kinda question the sense of making this a "big" day to commemorate as this only fuels the terrorists and gives them the motivation to do it again - now that they know how much it hurt, they'll want to do it again, or bigger. Should we react in a totally opposite way, like it didn't matter (a bit like how we Brits reacted to the IRA bombs)?

I'm afraid not to celebrate the anniversary date of death, heroism and giving. Good must triumph over evil. The U.S., England and Spain are not the only countries to suffer this terrorism. It's a new day. A new tact has to be taken. You can see what effect 'conventional warfare' has on terrorism in Iraq. It is not very effective (imho).

I don't want the history or memory of 9/11 to get lost by future generations, the generations my father made safe by unselfish sacrifice, as Dec. 7, 1941, VE Day, VJ Day, Korea, etc. has.

God forgive us if we forget.


okie
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[juls]

I was in bed asleep as it was about 11.30pm when it first came on the news, my boyfriend woke the whole house up saying that a plane hed just hit a tower, we talked for a little while and then i went back to sleep (he wasn't very descriptive so i just thought it was a light plane that had accidently hit a tower!!) The next day watching the news i couldn't believe my eyes..i watched tv for the next week crying constantly. Even now when they show the planes hitting the twin towers i cry..it was such an apalling thing to have happened (understatement) words can't describe it really

[John Anderson]

I was in 6th grade. My dad had to go to the Pentagon to get something done, we were driving there and had no clue what was happening in NY. We got into the building, through all the security checks and what not, then felt the building shake. After that, my dad told me to follow him close and don't ever loose sight of him. I didn't.

We went around trying to help those who need help, me being my little 6th grade self (not exactly little, but sure... ) I try to help those who need it. Minutes later we were brought outside of the Pentagon, then we realized what had happened.

Just like to say thank you to those who risk their life by trying to save others that day and also to those who didn't make it, your spirit will always be with us.

[hisamsmith]

I was writting my will when the towers fell and the 2 last planes of the 4 were crashed in the field in Pennsylvnia and the Pentagon. I came out of my lawyers office to find that they had grounded all planes (very weird since I lived .5 miles from Indianapolis International Airport and went to sleep to the sound of no plane traffic that night).