13 years ago tomorrow

[Great-Kazoo]

Life as we know it changed. There are a few songs whenever played, flash me back to that morning. I was heading to dmv listening to boyles on 630, he was rambling about reports of a plane crashing in to one of the twin towers. Walked in to dmv, not only was no one in line, you could hear a pin drop.
Phones to ny were busy, busy, busy. Keep in mind a lot of transmission towers were on the towers.

One cousin remembers someone grabbing his arm as he felt the floor collapsing under him, in tower 2. He knows he made it outside. He had no clue how he ended up in midtown madhatten.
My other cousin was coaxed out of the towers by his dad, who insisted they do breakfast. Having lots of friends and family who work in the city, i'll not bore you with my shit.
Unfortunately that date 9/11/2001 for some means nothing now.

anyway the songs of my 9/11

In a new york minute, everything changes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxGr5doGJmY&list=PLDAD2DE647CDF8C9F


This song by Live, reflects how there was no airline traffic for who knows how long. While it paralyzed air transportation worldwide. The unique quiet of nothing in the sky was calming. Especially considering what had happened.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70_9Zg65g7E

[TFOGGER]

http://youtu.be/wSqT_PeiV0U

Hate his politics, but the song holds many new meanings after 9/11/01...

[wctriumph]

I was east bound on I-80 headed for Sioux Falls, SD. I was already in NE when I heard about the first plane and everyone was at first saying it was an attack and others were saying that it was just an accident, planes fly into buildings on occasion.

Then, the second plane hit and we all knew what had happened. It is clear to me to this day how angry I was and ... I knew that we were in a war and that we had better get going. When I got into Sioux Falls I checked into my hotel and everyone was in the lounge watching the news. Up to then I had not seen anything, just the radio. I went to get dinner at a BBQ joint and everyone was talking WW III and saying we have to go and kill those people before they come over here and do it again.

Prayers on the way up as I do every year for those that suffered through that terrible event and pray that we will be able to master the evil that is coming out of that land so far away.

May God Bless all of us and keep us in His heart.

[Madeinhb]

I was in NY and my friends dads apartment. Saw everything

49375

And then our dumbasses walked down there.

49377

[cmailliard]

I was at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Alabama. The cover of our binder for the class we were taking (Medical Response to WMD) had the World Trade Center in crosshairs. We had FBI, DHHS, USSS, Washington DC Firefighters and others from around the country in our class. The DC Firefighters stole (borrowed) a bus and drove home taking most of the feds with them.

The first day of class (Tuesday Morning) one of the FBI instructors was saying what terrorism is "striking fear . . . " type stuff. Wednesday Morning he came back and said "Remember what I said yesterday about striking fear? Fuck That! They want to kill, all of us, plain and simple."

Never saw any footage until late that night when we got back to the dorms.

I would have my students watch the 9/11 movie by the French twins. It is amazing that the students in high school cannot remember that day. They were 4 or 5 at the time, they have no real memories of it. I would do a whole week on 9/11 and why it is important.

[wctriumph]

We just let out a bike we repaired to a CSU student in his fourth year and I asked him and his girl if the school was doing anything for the anniversary tomorrow and they both just started at me. "What anniversary?", they asked. I said 9-11, when the twin towers were attacked? It took them a moment and then they were both kind of embarrassed about it. And no, they don't know if the CSU campus has anything planned.

Too many people have forgotten or have just never been taught about it. I asked if they new when Pearl Harbor was attacked and they had not a clue.

TEA

III

[Great-Kazoo]

We just let out a bike we repaired to a CSU student in his fourth year and I asked him and his girl if the school was doing anything for the anniversary tomorrow and they both just started at me. "What anniversary?", they asked. I said 9-11, when the twin towers were attacked? It took them a moment and then they were both kind of embarrassed about it. And no, they don't know if the CSU campus has anything planned.

Too many people have forgotten or have just never been taught about it. I asked if they new when Pearl Harbor was attacked and they had not a clue.

TEA

III

the only thing CSU is interested in doing besides a stadium, is figure out a way to ban CCW on campus. It's their agenda.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

[StagLefty]

We never forget : 49385

[trlcavscout]

13 years ago tomorrow I was sitting in a hospital in las Vegas waiting on my son to arrive. What a day!

[cstone]

Just got home after getting off a midnight shift. Called into work and told that I might as well be ahead of the curve and come back before the recall. Went to work and didn't come home for the next three days. Lots and lots of canceled days off and forced overtime. Life changed.

[zteknik]

I got called on to go down there when they hit to pull guard duty and rescue ops.
I'll never forget..[Salute]

[KevDen2005]

With Army doing clean up at Pentagon

[Aloha_Shooter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yLQRF-cEU

Answer for many Americans is sadly, "yes."

The Incompetent-in-Chief's speech tonight was laughable. You'd have thought he'd have learned his lesson after two weeks of getting slammed by bipartisan critics. What a stupid treasonous turd.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I had an awards event at my college (I'm not THAT young - it was grad school), so just by chance I was home a little extra late that day and saw everything on TV.
Took FOREVER to get from Milwaukee to Madison on I-94.
I remember a close buddy & classmate of mine who was (is) in the reserves. Was kind of thinking he'd be busy soon (he wasn't) and worried about him.


Flying out tomorrow, just to Utah.
Sort of hate flying on that particular day.

[HBARleatherneck]

nobody cares that muslims attacked us. we are told that they were just the bad ones. and now islam is taking over rapidly. 74% increase in mosques from 2000-2011. this is where they spew their hatred, teach the lies and train terrorists.
we are at WAR with islam no matter what you are told. they attack us, they attack Russia, they are destroying Africa, killing their own, and attacking Europe. This is a World War and nobody is paying attention

see the article below.



Jerome Socolovsky (http://www.voanews.com/author/4400.html)
Last updated on: February 28, 2012 7:00 PM

A new survey (http://www.cair.com/Portals/0/pdf/The-American-Mosque-2011-web.pdf) finds that the number of U.S. mosques has grown dramatically in the decade since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, despite protests against their construction and allegations they have promoted radicalism.

The survey is sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (http://www.cair.com/), the Islamic Society of North America (http://www.isna.net/) and other groups in conjunction with the Hartford Institute for Religion Research (http://hirr.hartsem.edu/), which tracks church membership and other aspects of religious life in the United States.

The survey's tally of 2,106 mosques marks a 74 percent increase since the year 2000, when
1,209 mosques were counted. It also found a trend among Muslim congregations toward suburbanization and integration into American life.

"The Muslim community in America is growing, healthy, vibrant, and becoming more and more a part of the American landscape," said Ihsan Bagby, a University of Kentucky (http://www.uky.edu/) Islamic Studies professor, a study co-author.

The mosque count was conducted in 2010 with follow-up interviews extending through 2011. New

States with the Greatest Number of Mosques


1
New York:
257


2
California:
246


3
Texas:
166


4
Florida:
118


5
Illinois:
109


5
New Jersey:
109


7
Pennsylvania:
99


8
Michigan:
77


9
Georgia:
69


10
Virginia:
62



York had the highest number of mosques, at 257, with California close behind at 246. But whereas in 2000 the Northeast was the region with the most mosques, the highest number a decade later was in the South.

Bagby said they have even been built in small cities in eastern Kentucky. "If the mountains of Kentucky can have mosques - and built mosques, built from the ground up - then you'll find mosques everywhere."

He said immigration and natural population growth gave impetus to the increase, along with the growing financial resources of American Muslims.

[Dave]

I was stationed in Hawaii and was at Pohakuloa Training Center on the Big Island when we all got dragged out of bed to dig a .50 pit at the gate and a few squads were sent to the Hilo Airport to perform guard duty. We were issued live ammo for M16's, M9's and crew serve. We all thought it was some kind of joke or training mission at first, until the live ammo came out. We had a few flights go up for patrols and transports until the FAA declared all US airspace to be cleared. Heard from a few local civilian workers that it freaked out the airport workers who didn't know anyone was coming when 3 Black Hawks flew in with M60's out the doors and geared troops started pouring out. We got stuck until the FAA allowed us to return to Oahu as our original departure was supposed to be that day. Had over 30 voicemails waiting when I got back since no one in my or my room mate's families could get a hold of us or anyone in the unit.

[JerryG]

my wife and I were getting ready for work when the first plane hit. we were watching it on tv thinking of what a horrible accident.

While at work one of my co-workers had a mini portable tv and we were all watching it and seen the second plane hit and all of us stood there silent and in disbelief.

We went to NYC for our anniversary and went to ground zero. The hurt and remembrance came flushing back like a storm. My avatar was a picture I took next to tower one.
Never forget!!!!

[TheBelly]

13 years ago tomorrow:

I was in a recruiters office by noon.

i shipped out the next day.

[jslo]

Alan Jackson - Where Were You When The World Stop…: http://youtu.be/gPHnadJ-0hE

[Rucker61]

I was sitting in a hotel on the other side of the world in India. Caught the last seat on a British Airways flight and was stuck in London for a week. Much better than being stuck in India. On the plane out of India with me was a young former Marine LT whose current job was embassy security. He had a black passport and was on a plane back to the states 4 hours after we landed.

[theGinsue]

My daughter & SIL are flying tomorrow - to Seattle.
I'm restless over this. No specific threats, but plenty of generalized threats.


September 11, 2001, approx. 0710 MDT
Colorado Springs, CO
I was an USAF Active Duty TSgt driving to my duty station/position at Peterson AFB listening to a local morning radio team. This radio team was known for their stupid jokes so I remember waiting for the punchline when they first announced a plane had just flown into one of the Twin Towers. The punchline never came. I was sitting at a red light at the intersection of Powers Blvd. & Platte Avenue when it hit me that THIS IS REAL.

I made it onto the base about 1/2 hour before the Base got locked down. In the office I soon discovered that no actual work was going to get done that day. Everyone was trying to call family or friends or trying to bring up ANY news source online. One guy had a portable radio at his desk and that seemed to be the only news source we'd get for some time. By 10:30 we were told to go home IMMEDIATELY and not to report back for duty until we were recalled. I got home & watched over and over again the images of the planes flying into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.....then watching them collapse. It didn't take a genius to realize that our world had just changed forever.

[Mick-Boy]

Never Forget. Never Forgive.

[Great-Kazoo]

We never forget : 49385

Nice i was given 1 of 2 when they were made. The other one hangs at greeley H-D.
As others mentioned This is a War. Unfortunately This administration, or i doubt any other has the stomach to do what is needed to resolve the Islamist threat. We have oil & NG, right here as anyone who lives along hwy 85 can see.

IMO After 9/11 we should have sent small teams in to Saudi Arabia, paid visits to the well to do while they slept. Explaining to them in the morning they would give up those they gave money & support to, or never see another sunset.

[Gman]

My late wife and I were getting ready for work with the local news on the TV. They cut into national news after the first plane hit the first tower. The talking heads were hypothesizing about how it could have happened on a clear morning. Problems with the autopilot, etc. Then I saw the second plane fly into the second tower. I knew we were at war. All transcontinental flights with large fuel loads. This was no accident.

I dropped the wife off at work and drove over to Microsoft's office in the Tech Center for a class. Saw the first tower fall at the first break. No air traffic to be seen in the sky.

Some of us know what must be done to crush this threat...but this country was too concerned about American Idol and just wanting it to go away. Let's move on and pretend it didn't happen. This is a war of a harsh ideology that follows the guidance to force non-believers to convert or die. This won't just go away.

http://www.boomvisits.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/world-trade-centre911.jpg

[Joe_K]

12 years old, doing school work. My Dad called because someone at the airport he worked at had been monitoring the flight path of the first plane that hit and saw it disapear on his screen. I remarked later that day to my older sister that this was essentially a modern day Pearl Harbor, that there would be a war, and that I would fight in it. Check, check, and check. RIP to the victims. I shall probably eat some bacon, shoot Bin Laden in effigy, say a prayer, watch World Trade Center, and Zero Dark Thirty, and think of my Brothers in Arms whose souls left us in the god forsaken Helmand River valley.

[68Charger]

I was working on a network that served 1/3 of the financial community at the time, we had MANY customers with network connections in the twin towers... One in particular that I am connected with is Cantor Fitzgerald. Their offices were on the 105th floor of the 1st tower hit... most of their employees were trapped, but the CEO survived because he was seeing his son off for his first day of Kindergarten... because he was late to the office, he lived. His brother (with whom I share the same first and middle name) died, trapped on the 105th floor when the 1st plane impacted between the 92nd and 98th floors.

In the chaos that followed, we had 24hr conference "bridges" setup, we would call in and do what we could to help.. I happened (among many other activities) to turn up the 1st T1 to Cantor Fitzgerald in their CT sales office (all their operations were in the WTC) on, IIRC the Thursday after 9/11... and I then turned up the 2nd T1 (for redundancy) on Sunday evening- just in time for the 1st market open after 9/11 (the following Monday morning).

There are people on our sales team that I know were scheduled to be in the 1st building hit for a meeting, but something prevented them from being there.

I remember wanting to go there personally to do what I could, but with planes grounded I was reserved to doing what I could over the phone... that week was a blur, any spare time I had was spent on the conference call doing whatever I could from a long list of tasks to get customers connected to the network once again. (The network was very resilient and the backbone remained functional)

The network was so resilient, I remember seeing a log where you could watch the remaining customer equipment (which were on UPS) go down as each tower fell- the routes would go unreachable from top to bottom, as you sorted them by address (with the floor being the difference).

Never forget

[Hound]

I was buried in a thick walled building supporting our response trying to figure out what was going on. It was chaos, we did not know when it would end.

[Ronin13]

13 years already? Wow... considering I can remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001 like it was yesterday. I was 16 at the time, in High School, awoke to my radio alarm and the news talking about a plane that had hit one of the towers. I figured it was a small Cessna or Beechcraft. While drinking a glass of OJ in the kitchen, I saw, live, the second plane hit and immediately knew we were under attack. We didn't do anything in classes that day except watch the news. Watched the towers fall and started to cry as my father was a fire fighter and I immediately knew both towers were packed full of FDNY and NYPD (FD is really one massive family, including wives and children). One girl asked why I was so upset and my friend intervened and said that my dad was a firefighter, when one is lost the entire family grieves, and 343 lost is the worst day in the fire service. About 8 months later I met 4 FDNY firefighters who were among 6 surviving members of their station. They'll never admit it, but they are all the true heroes. I know I'll never forget.

5 years later I joined the Army and was fortunate enough to help in Operation Enduring Freedom. As has been said before, this war is far from over.

[OneGuy67]

I was heading to the DMV office off of Colfax for a DUI revocation hearing and the morning show DJ's were discussing the first strike. When the second plane hit, it was real to me and to everyone else around me.

It affected me deeply and caused me to make big decisions in my life. I had been out of the military and I reenlisted. I went to Iraq for a year and am about to deploy again overseas for another year.

[rockhound]

I was in my financial planner's office stroking a big check for my retirement plan, turned 15K into $2300 over night. woo hoo. watched the second plane take out the towers, too late to get the order cancelled, and at the time i don't think it even crossed my mind what it would mean to the financial world, too busy thinking about those that were being harmed

I remember the day and the people that were lost, i remember the people who did this and harbor a deep hatred that i am sure many of you can fathom. call it racism, call me intolerant i do not care. am not racist, I do not think i ever have been, but i cannot bring myself to believe even for a minute that islam is anything but a poison to the world and everything that is humane. They do not intend anything, but harm, anyone in this country that tells me to be tolerant of those that would destroy us can shove it

we are being destroyed from within, political correctness over the treatment of muslims, and the scum that we allow to pour over our southern border will be the death of this great country...

if you have a coexist sticker on your car you are the problem, they have no intention of doing anything but destroying you, you cannot coexist with evil

I have not forgotten, I will never forgive.....