Hard to believe it has been seven years......

[MUCSteelers5xSuperChamp]

Tomorrow will mark the seventh anniversary of the worst tragedy on U.S. soil. The September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.

I was a freshman at Mount Union College getting out of my first class (Problems of Developing Nations) when I witnessed the first plane crashing into the first building. Later on, I saw the second one and was completely aghast as I saw both buildings collapse and smoke flowing from the Pentagon.

It was a terrible day that saw numerous lives lost. What can you remember/recall from that terrible day and how has your life changed in the seven years since 9/11/2001?

[Tiger77]

I was working at Lorin Andrews as a monitor. I watched the coverage on TV before I went in at 10 AM. Mr. Hose had the school on lockdown with no TV's on and no one knew what was going on. I had been watching it so a bunch of the teachers huddled in a room with me so I could tell them what was happening. I remember the gasps and the emotion. It was awful. They had to return to their classrooms and act like everything was OK in front of the kids. The kids of course knew something was going on though. One kid asked me if the world was ending. I'll never forget that.

[ChronicTiger]

I was on my honeymoon in Hawaii...........I recall Bob Hope was in poor health at the time. I was in the lobby of my hotel and saw a crowd around a big screen TV....my first thought was Bob Hope must have died. I was shocked when I saw what was really going on.

[Marie]

I was working at Franklin School, and I walked into the library and there were no kids in the library so the news was on and it was so horrible!

Remember those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Let's hope we never forget!!!

[02teleprograd]

I was in all places cooking class at WHS & we had the TV on. The teacher said to me it looks like the sear tower. (had a close up of the tower) & I said to her its prob bin laden (sp).

Teachers were all told to turn off TV's but we went to Mr Mathews for english & watched it in there.

[CarlE]

Ironically, I was just at Ground Zero yesterday. It is STILL a somber sight and quite the place to reminisce.

I had flown that day from Tampa to Ft. Lauderdale early. I was actually in the Delta Crown Room waiting on my partner from Atlanta to fly in. Unbelievable rest of the day trying to get him a rental car and me keeping mine to drive back to Tampa. I remember it like it was yesterday.

[savage4president]

This is a great website dealing with everything that happened on the horrible morning. This has every news broadcast from the major networks including the BBC. I think it should be watched every year in order for people to better understand the enormous effect that day has had on us.

http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

[TigerLily]

I know I’ve told this before…but, here it is for September 11, 2008…

September 11, 2001 started out like an ordinary day. I was at work when another gal received a phone call from her daughter telling her that a plane had crashed into a World Trade Center building. Then other phone calls and people saying that another plane had crashed into the other building. The crash of Flight 93. The Pentagon. We knew that horrible things were happening.

Immediately, my mind and my tears went to my son who was in the Marines and on deployment. They were stopped in Australia. I just knew that he would be sent somewhere. I called my daughter-in-law at Camp Pendelton -- and as you can imagine things got really chaotic there.

My son was sent immediately to Afghanistan. His unit was the first to land there.
I would always check the TV news programs and record things throughout the day -- just trying to see him or find out what was going on. There was not much communication from him until right before Christmas. It was all a very tense and terrible time. He returned safe through the grace of God and many prayers uplifted.

Those same prayers are still going up for those serving in harms way in Iraq and Afghanistan and those all over the world protecting us.

It changed our lives and the world around us.

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~np22/images/911candle.gif

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[02teleprograd]

This is a great website dealing with everything that happened on the horrible morning. This has every news broadcast from the major networks including the BBC. I think it should be watched every year in order for people to better understand the enormous effect that day has had on us.

http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

IV SEEN shows on this & every time it makes me want to cry... Then really angry... Thanks for posting it, good to see some one has record of it.

[DAWGH8R]

I was actually in New York when the attacks happened. I drove over to NY to help former Tiger baseball pitcher, BJ BUdd get acclimated at his new college. That was on the 9th. Stayed in town for a few days, had never been to NYC before.

Went and saw the twin towers, times square , central park, and other tourist attractions during the day, and scored Yankees vs Red Sox tix for Monday night the 10th of Sept.

Clemons was going for 20th or 21st win, I believe. Made it to the ball park, and it started raining cats & dogs.

Game was cancelled, so we went to the Yankees sports bar, across the street from the stadium and partied with the Yankee fans, being very careful not to let slip that we were HUGE Tribe fans.

Went to Mickey Mantle's restaurant very late, and had a phenominal steak. Left downtown around 1AM for our hotel room. Awoke in the morning hours and turned the TV on. First plane had already hit, and we watched live on TV , as the 2nd plane hit.

Luckily, we drove to NY, so we were able to flee New York by car, and hole up at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.

A very somber environment. I guess we were lucky to get out.

[DragonTigerNemesis]

This is a great website dealing with everything that happened on the horrible morning. This has every news broadcast from the major networks including the BBC. I think it should be watched every year in order for people to better understand the enormous effect that day has had on us.

http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

Great link.
I just played all the ABC videos at my desk while I worked. I listened most of the time, and watched the videos occasionally.

Besides re-living the horror, I find myself furious with the lame-ass, stupid, chicken shit that we have for a president.
We have spent billions in Iraq and the war has cost many lives, yet Bin Laden lives on.

He sure talked a good game in 2001.
Too bad our clown Commander in Chief was as ineffective in this area as he has been in every other area.

:wall:

[Kamd50]

Great link.
I just played all the ABC videos at my desk while I worked. I listened most of the time, and watched the videos occasionally.

Besides re-living the horror, I find myself furious with the lame-ass, stupid, chicken shit that we have for a president.
We have spent billions in Iraq and the war has cost many lives, yet Bin Laden lives on.

He sure talked a good game in 2001.
Too bad our clown Commander in Chief was as ineffective in this area as he has been in every other area.

:wall:


Yep, Bush sure is one heck of a Commander In Chief:wall: Oh the memories:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/14/barnes-osama/

What a gem:from Meet The Press
March 13, 2002

So I don’t know where he is. You know, I just don’t spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. I’m more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well-supplied; that the strategy is clear; that the coalition is strong; that when we find enemy bunched up like we did in Shahikot Mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.

Q But don’t you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won’t truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, as I say, we haven’t heard much from him. And I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don’t know where he is. I — I’ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run. I was concerned about him, when he had taken over a country. I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban. (h/t Joe)

"We're going to get [Bin Laden] Dead or alive, it doesn't matter to me." 12/14/2001 [18] Bush's words elsewhere was that he is "determined" to capture Bin Laden dead or alive, and is confident about succeeding [19]

[obiecam723]

I was at work and was listening to the radio when the song was stopped and they broke the news of a plane crashing into one of the twin towers, I got up from my desk and immediately told everyone in the office and we all went out into the lobby to turn on the TV and we were all standing there in amazement when all of a sudden we saw a plane coming and than it crashed into the second tower! We all looked at each other and started crying. We all could not believe what we just saw. I will never forget that as long as I live. I few days after that we were playing St Ig's up in Parma and the band members wore black bands around their arms to remember those people that died on 09/11/01.

[TigerDL71]

IV SEEN shows on this & every time it makes me want to cry... Then really angry... Thanks for posting it, good to see some one has record of it.

The most angry I have ever gotten watching anything about 9/11 was United 93. After I saw that movie I left the theater wanting to kick the crap out of the people responsible. I don't know how anyone who is an American can not watch that movie and have their blood boil. After watching that, I had all of the justification I needed for us to still be at war.

[Indiana95]

Great link.
I just played all the ABC videos at my desk while I worked. I listened most of the time, and watched the videos occasionally.

Besides re-living the horror, I find myself furious with the lame-ass, stupid, chicken shit that we have for a president.
We have spent billions in Iraq and the war has cost many lives, yet Bin Laden lives on.

He sure talked a good game in 2001.
Too bad our clown Commander in Chief was as ineffective in this area as he has been in every other area.

:wall:


Don't tell Warren1st and his GOP buddies that. They are BUSH fanatics. They continue to link Iraq to Bin Laden. You know, if Bush would have went after Bin Laden and not let Cheny and Rummy convince him to go get the Iraq oil, we would have caught and/or killed Bin Laden by now and he may have gone down as one of the best presidents in our history. But, noooooo.....he had other plans, so here we are today.

[Indiana95]

The most angry I have ever gotten watching anything about 9/11 was United 93. After I saw that movie I left the theater wanting to kick the crap out of the people responsible. I don't know how anyone who is an American can not watch that movie and have their blood boil. After watching that, I had all of the justification I needed for us to still be at war.

Im still angry as hell too, but who are you saying we should still be at war with?

[Joyau]

Sorry if i don 't post this right, but what i'm trying to say is: I would like to see the American Flags (along the street post downtown) on 9/11 THIS year. I could be wrong, but last year no flags. I just think the city should put them up as they do for any other holiday and game flags.:usflag:

[DE#53]

I was working at Lorin Andrews as a monitor. I watched the coverage on TV before I went in at 10 AM. Mr. Hose had the school on lockdown with no TV's on and no one knew what was going on. I had been watching it so a bunch of the teachers huddled in a room with me so I could tell them what was happening. I remember the gasps and the emotion. It was awful. They had to return to their classrooms and act like everything was OK in front of the kids. The kids of course knew something was going on though. One kid asked me if the world was ending. I'll never forget that.

They turned th T.V.'s off at the high school too. I think the kids should of been allowed to watch that. It was a huge piece of history and would of been an education in itself to let some young americans see how some of the world hates us.

[DE#53]

I had just got put on afternoon shift and picked up some Lieberman's and stopped at my mom's house to visit. The phone rang and it was my mom's husband and he said put the t.v. on. She asked what channel and he said any channel. At first the news broadcast was speculating it was a private jet that hit the 1st tower. Then moments later we saw the second plane hit. What a terrible feeling watching that plane hit! We actually witness our country get attacked with our own people on those planes. Of course we had no idea who was responsible at the time. Later in the day they were interviewing some experts and they mentioned it was probably Bin Ladin. I never heard of him before that. The most ironic part of that day was my wife had an ultra sound that same day and we found out we were having a baby girl for our first child. It was such a twist of emotions being excited about the baby but angry about what happened that morning. The most terrible part was they showed a few people who jumped. That still bothers me. How horrible was it up there that jumping was a better choice. God rest their souls.

[savage4president]

They turned th T.V.'s off at the high school too. I think the kids should of been allowed to watch that. It was a huge piece of history and would of been an education in itself to let some young americans see how some of the world hates us.

I was teaching US Government at the time up in Cleveland. We were told to turn all TV's off also. I refused and later had a letter placed in my file for the refusal. I was a freaking HISTORY/GOVERNMENT teacher...I can't think of anything more important my students should have been doing other than watching the events unfold. I later took the letter to a level 3 grievance and won. Administrators sometimes are some of the dumbest people on earth.

[CarlE]

I was teaching US Government at the time up in Cleveland. We were told to turn all TV's off also. I refused and later had a letter placed in my file for the refusal. I was a freaking HISTORY/GOVERNMENT teacher...I can't think of anything more important my students should have been doing other than watching the events unfold. I later took the letter to a level 3 grievance and won. Administrators sometimes are some of the dumbest people on earth.


Thanks for standing your ground. Those students in your class are better off, and much more well-informed because of people like you.

[Kamd50]

I was teaching US Government at the time up in Cleveland. We were told to turn all TV's off also. I refused and later had a letter placed in my file for the refusal. I was a freaking HISTORY/GOVERNMENT teacher...I can't think of anything more important my students should have been doing other than watching the events unfold. I later took the letter to a level 3 grievance and won. Administrators sometimes are some of the dumbest people on earth.

Good for you!

Had you been under a contract with certain stipulations such as the one the BOE and Superintendent here in Massillon have tried to force upon our teachers, you would not have had the right to any such recourse and would have had a suspension on your record.

[Mass6]

I know I’ve told this before…but, here it is for September 11, 2008…

September 11, 2001 started out like an ordinary day. I was at work when another gal received a phone call from her daughter telling her that a plane had crashed into a World Trade Center building. Then other phone calls and people saying that another plane had crashed into the other building. The crash of Flight 93. The Pentagon. We knew that horrible things were happening.

Immediately, my mind and my tears went to my son who was in the Marines and on deployment. They were stopped in Australia. I just knew that he would be sent somewhere. I called my daughter-in-law at Camp Pendelton -- and as you can imagine things got really chaotic there.

My son was sent immediately to Afghanistan. His unit was the first to land there.
I would always check the TV news programs and record things throughout the day -- just trying to see him or find out what was going on. There was not much communication from him until right before Christmas. It was all a very tense and terrible time. He returned safe through the grace of God and many prayers uplifted.

Those same prayers are still going up for those serving in harms way in Iraq and Afghanistan and those all over the world protecting us.

It changed our lives and the world around us.

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~np22/images/911candle.gif

GOD BLESS AMERICA


I too remeber this like yesterday. Trying to get ahold of your daughter -in-law to see if she had heard anything and letting her know if she needed to talk to call. Kept Trevor in my prayers everynight, and God really looked out for him! He is a hero and should be recognized as one. Those that arrived first did all the dirty work without knowing what was coming at them. They protected all of us without us even seeing, and ask nothing in return. God bless them all, it's great having friends that put their life on the line for you and those that they have never met. His son's should be, and one day when they can take it all in will realize what a hero their Dad is. You and Jim should also be very proud!

By the way, if you don't recognize the name, remember who was at the TT ESPN rally with him!Whooo!

[man2man]

The liberal Dem wisecracks aren't as funny when you know people who lost their lives that day.

I was getting ready to speak at a conference and was still at home. I only turned on the TV to get the weather for the day. I stood in shock at what I saw.

My first emotional impusle was to go get my children (who were in school) and make sure they were OK. My second thought was I wish I could re-enlist (I was injured in Desert Storm).

Having kept friendships over the years with people working in Intel, I had no doubt who was behind the attacks.

A huge THANK YOU to President Bush; the diligent people in the Pentagon, FBI and CIA; and our men and women in uniform (boots on the ground) for keeping us safe from another attack on our homeland.

[Kamd50]

Sorry if i don 't post this right, but what i'm trying to say is: I would like to see the American Flags (along the street post downtown) on 9/11 THIS year. I could be wrong, but last year no flags. I just think the city should put them up as they do for any other holiday and game flags.:usflag:

The flags are flying downtown along with a black POW one.

[CarlE]

My flag is flying. I've not left the house today to see if others are in the neighborhood. Too dang busy.

[man2man]

Flags should be at half-staff today.

[3bros]

Was home with two youngest when mom called and asked me to turn on the news, I laughingly suggested that I didn't have time for her "almost news" as I liked to refer to her daily reports to me from CNNnews. Unfortunately this wasn't "almost news". This was almost impossible to even comprehend. I immediately left my house and drove to my oldest sons middle school, so as to have all my chicks in the nest, uncertain of what was to come.
A definate mark made in time for all to reflect. I know for me, this was the first real wake up call in my generation. I remember my parents talking of
WW11 and having Nuclear bomb drills and how scary some of those times were. We had been fortunate not to truly understand the threat that became real on 9/11. We all know too well now. My thoughts and prayers are with all who lost someone and those who are or have someone serving. God Bless America.

[MTigers006]

The liberal Dem wisecracks aren't as funny when you know people who lost their lives that day.

I was getting ready to speak at a conference and was still at home. I only turned on the TV to get the weather for the day. I stood in shock at what I saw.

My first emotional impusle was to go get my children (who were in school) and make sure they were OK. My second thought was I wish I could re-enlist (I was injured in Desert Storm).

Having kept friendships over the years with people working in Intel, I had no doubt who was behind the attacks.

A huge THANK YOU to President Bush; the diligent people in the Pentagon, FBI and CIA; and our men and women in uniform (boots on the ground) for keeping us safe from another attack on our homeland.

Post of The Year!!!

Man2Man, Thankyou SO VERY MUCH for your service to our country.