9-11, where were you?

[Hypoid]

Rant off..................atriot:

OK, my turn: If you are reading and posting in this thread, it is likely that you also have Old Glory out for public display. There is one other flag out on my street, three on the next, and three on the street after. I had to look for them.

Seven years ago you could turn any corner and see stars and stripes. We were polarized by the fact that as the world is dangerous, our home is endangered.

It does seem like people have forgotten.

Seven years ago I was getting ready to leave for work, my wife called me in to see the second aircraft slam into the WTC. I arrived at work and told my supervisor. The first words from his mouth: "Osama Bin Laden!" It took a moment for the name to register. I remember thinking: "That guy! He's tried this before." We were pretty smug then, nothing horrific like that could happen here in America...

Ever since, when we see a movie with the twin towers in the skyline, it really stands out.

 

[snwy_mnt_jeep]

I was in Baumholder, GE got called in will all gear, they loaded us up and we began dismounted patrols of our post.

 

[GI-John]

I was in Ft. Lewis, WA. We just finished an all night mission in a mock city against OPFOR and were chilling out on our tanks. Our XO started freaking out and running through our assembly area screaming that the towers were hit.

Post was locked down, etc.

 

[ManBearPig]

I was a sophomore in high school and was about to leave my 1st Period gym class. I saw a coach watching it in one of the offices. At first I thought it was a movie until everyone started talking about it. My dad was in Burbank Ca. ,I believe, he had some sort of naturalization appt. When he got to the Federal Bldg it was closed. He didnt know what the deal was until he got home that afternoon.

 

[Frank Z]

A few blocks from home in my van heading to a service call when I heard the news about the first plane on the radio. Flipped a u-turn and headed home. I sat and watched the news and wept tears of sorrow and tears of hate. As I told my daughter this evening, my heart is scarred and it will never heal.

God Bless those we lost.

 

[jeepdude25]

I was a frehman in college on my way to school when I noticed the military base by my college. There was a 5 mile line to get into the base. A cop told me to turn around and go home. I went home and called my parents to tell them I wasnt going to school when my dad told me to turn the tv on. I sat threre for two days and just wayched tv......gives me chills still. RIP 9/11 victims.

 

[cgmrdc]

i was sitting in 2nd period english class... all we did was watch the news all day... i watched the second tower get hit in math and the towers fall in history... gives me the chills everytime i think about it... 7 years later...

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!

 

[ColoradoRaptor]

:gonnablow I was stationed at Naval Air Station Meridian in Mississippi attached to the Aircraft Fire Rescue team. At the very moment the towers were hit I was topping off my MFFV after testing the agents! My buddy came running out of the Station yelling "the towers have been hit by a plane" I was like WTF are you talking about......thats when I went inside and stood in front of the TV in shock as the second plane hit!!!! The base went into FPC Delta that morning!! Very sad day for our great Nation and a heavy loss for the Fireservice!!!!! May they all rest in peace!!

 

[1m4j2t]

I was a student pilot holding short of runway 9. That day was supposed to be my second solo cross country flight, but the FAA closed all domestic airspace before I took off. I taxied back and watched the second plane hit, and then the towers fall, on a small television at the flight training center.

5.5 years later my brother was killed on his third tour in Baghdad.

My brother was a Jeep builder, and his wife still has his V-8, lifted, locked, 35" CJ. He's the reason I just bought my first jeep project.

93 XJ, 5.5 RE, 33", Rigid bumpers/rockers on order.

Fallen Soldier License Plates, bronze star and purple heart mounted in the headliner above the mirror, Dog Tags from his truck hanging on the mirror.

His desert camo boonie hat, from one of two tours in Afganistan, that has his last name embrodered in Arabic on it hangs on the headrest of an empty passenger seat...

Fallen Never Forgotten

 

[xj-grin]

I'll tell ya what, fellas, I watched the "Today Show's" original coverage from 9/11/01 last night on MSNBC, and cried my eyes out again -- the shock and feeling of impotence does not go away, and the wounds reopen too easily. I think we all should watch it "live" now and then, becasue, as already stated several times in this thread, it is something that our subconsciouses really would like to forget -- and we cannot.

 

[philip_g]

I was in college, I woke up and clicked on the news just after the first one hit, I went to my aviation meterology class (that I went to a total of like 5 times all semester...) and the prof sent us all home because it was a historic day.

 

[David B.]

I was out in the field reading power meters and had no idea until late in the day. Once I found out I went to my mom's house to try to get a hold of my sister who worked at WTC at the time. Unable to get a hold of her for 18 hours, we feared for the worst. Finally we got through to her and found out that she just happened to have a sales meeting in Jersey that particular morning. Needless to say we thank God for that meeting.

 

[ManBearPig]

I was a student pilot holding short of runway 9. That day was supposed to be my second solo cross country flight, but the FAA closed all domestic airspace before I took off. I taxied back and watched the second plane hit, and then the towers fall, on a small television at the flight training center.

5.5 years later my brother was killed on his third tour in Baghdad.

My brother was a Jeep builder, and his wife still has his V-8, lifted, locked, 35" CJ. He's the reason I just bought my first jeep project.

93 XJ, 5.5 RE, 33", Rigid bumpers/rockers on order.

Fallen Soldier License Plates, bronze star and purple heart mounted in the headliner above the mirror, Dog Tags from his truck hanging on the mirror.

His desert camo boonie hat, from one of two tours in Afganistan, that has his last name embrodered in Arabic on it hangs on the headrest of an empty passenger seat...

Fallen Never Forgotten

atriot: Im sorry that dont have anything to say, but that left me speechless.

 

[Hammered]

I was at work (in PA)... but my sister lived & worked in Manhattan. she was on a train headed to work when the second plane hit. they shut down everything & she walked home.

It is still very unbelievable. Ant surely messed up alot of people's heads that live / lived there, My sister moved to Philly.


Why didnt we find Osama Bin Laden yet?

 

[Skully]

Why didn't we find Osama Bin Laden yet?

I hate to get off subject with politics, specially in a thread that has some beautiful remarks and a true testament of were we are all from and the lives this day has touched.

I truly believe if we wanted him we would have already retrieved him. I also believe we would make even more enemies by doing so..............I think politics have played a huge hand in this scenario. .....if we can spot a candy wrapper on the ground from an earth orbit satellite we can find Bin Laden. We have the best of the best in military and our hands are being tied and not given full access to what we can do..............


Now back to a wonderful testament of this day and the impact it has made on all of us. I have been working in human services working with adults with Developmental Disabilities for 5 years now. I had an older gentleman I worked with 3 years ago. On 9-11 he had watched all the news of the event and the stories about Osama Bin Laden and after that refused to leave his house through the front door to go to his Day Program because Osama was hiding in his bushes and would hurt him. I had to make special arrangements to have him picked up in his alley behind his house because of this. Now this might sound funny but working with him I found he was truly afraid that Osama was hiding in bushes, in cars with dark tinted windows. This is how much visual impact watching all the events that day did to him...........