9/11 Remembrance ... 20 years later.

[Sylvain]

Time flies but memories don't fade.

This is a thread to share memories, pictures and stories. Not to talk about current or past politics, or conspiracy theories.
Thank you.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[Sylvain]

 

[jerrob]

Never forget those that were lost.
God bless the first responders and everyone involved looking for survivors.
You'll be in my morning prayers.

 

[Gunmetalgray]

 

[Sylvain]

 

[COOPADUP]

I remember watching it happen live on TV. Then calling a friend that could help me understand the depth of this tragic event.
Numb or stunned is the only way I could explain how it felt that day.

 

[flatlander]

I remember it well. I will never forget. I will never forgive.

 

[Bugzilla]

Remember where I was when the first plane hit. Raiser Ford in Lafayette dropping off my 2000 Superduty for some warranty work. Thought what the heck. Then I heard the second one hit when I was on my way back to work, in front of the fairgrounds. Thought this is not a coincidence. At work that day they had news on the monitors. No work got done that day.

 

[cobber]

I was set to prosecute a case of a bomb threat at Wabash National the next day. Trial was continued…

 

[littletommy]

My oldest son had football practice that evening, the youth league back then had all of the teams practice in one large area, a field behind an elementary school, so there were a couple hundred people there. At one point, a jet, I would assume it was military, since air traffic had been halted, flew over from west to east and every person there, even the kids, stopped whatever they were doing and looked up at it until it was out of sight.

It was very eerie.

 

[femurphy77]

I was reading an interview yesterday of the two pilots ordered to intercept flight 93. Reading their words, knowing what they had to do and the bravery of them deciding amongst themselves to do whatever was necessary filled the room with dust. As they said in the interview, that moment in history; them accepting the challenge and the heroes of flight 93 stepping up is everything that is right about the United States wrapped up in one brief moment in time.

Damn it's getting dusty again.

 

[rhamersley]

I was working at that time for a tiny company up in Carmel. We worked out of the principal’s basement, and there were only three of us. His wife came down and told him that we ought to turn on the little b/w tv he had down there, and we watched it from about the time the second plane hit until about 11:00. Then, oddly enough, we headed on to the glass plant in Lapel to do an energy audit…was really strange driving there and back with no vapor trails in the air.

 

[Mongo59]

I remember the full parking lots at churches everywhere.

I remember that for weeks after, traffic (what there was) would actually stop to let you on to the road and were courteous.

But I can also remember the gas stations all putting up higher prices on my way home from work...

 

[Super Bee]

If you have not been to Ground Zero to see the memorial I highly recommend it.

I have driven by the one in Pennsylvania many times, but never stopped. I need to do that.

 

[JCSR]

I was reading an interview yesterday of the two pilots ordered to intercept flight 93. Reading their words, knowing what they had to do and the bravery of them deciding amongst themselves to do whatever was necessary filled the room with dust. As they said in the interview, that moment in history; them accepting the challenge and the heroes of flight 93 stepping up is everything that is right about the United States wrapped up in one brief moment in time.

Damn it's getting dusty again.

'Our only choice was to ram it': Air Force pilots recall knowing they had launched a SUICIDE mission to bring down United 93 on 9/11 because there was no time to arm their jets before takeoff​

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-suicide-mission-hijacked-Flight-93-9-11.html​

 

[BE Mike]

I've never before or since felt so shocked, helpless, indignant and angry; all in one day. God bless all the heroes that sprang into action on 9/11 without one thought to their individual safety.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Worth a watch. Its rough, but some neat stories from firsthand accounts. And clear (to me at least) moments where God called to some, they listened when their gut said they shouldnt, and ended up surviving when others who didnt follow them perished.

https://www.hulu.com/series/911-one-day-in-america-3f28088f-e73c-420a-b25c-44c0b9e1542a

9/11: One Day in America tells the in-depth story of September 11th through the eyes of the witnesses, heroes and survivors. Made in collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to mark the 20th anniversary, this major new series charts the tragic day in unprecedented detail – from the first...

www.hulu.com

 

[mbills2223]

The whole world changed that day. I remember it well.

 

[Bennettjh]

I was in the 5th grade. Didn't fully understand at the time. Hard to believe it's been 20 years.