Remembering 9/11

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I just wanted to take a few moments out to remember the people who were affected by 9/11. I can't believe it has been 5 years since this tragic incident. I still remember the sickening feeling I had while watching all the events in real time as I was in the gym that morning. It was a huge gym with many members and we were all huddled together watching this horrible incident in the cardio area where all of the TV's were. I can remember it like it was yesterday.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of the families who were affected and are still affected by this horrible tragedy.
 
I was out running. A friend txt me and i didn't belive him till I got home and saw the news.

Was a very sad day.
 
Very odd that its been so long yet does seem like yesturday. My condolences to anyone who lost a family or friend in the tragedy. My prayers go out to everyone affected by the tragedy.
 
I was in 7th grade, the school took an entire week just to watch the news and do no work.
I remember being completely terrified, who attacked us? Koreans? Cubans?
God bless all those who were lost.
 
I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was in 5th grade history class. They just came over the loudspeaker and said prayers for a long time, none of us students knew why. Riding home, my brother told me and I was stunned. When I got home, I did nothing but watch the news from about 3 until 7:30 when my parents made me stop. I even collected every newspaper from that day until about a month later, all with the info about it, and I even listened to the radio and took notes on everything I heard for hours. I still have every newspaper, and about 5-10 tribute videos made by news networks...

Before 9/11 I had dreams of being a fireman. Since then it has always been the Marines.

God bless all those who were lost, and all the families that lost loved ones on that day, our hearts and prayers are with them.
 
For those we lost, rest in peace.

For those left behind, peace of mind.
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I third that.

I was at work when it happened. I had just went on break and sat down to smoke couple cigs. Everybody was coming into the breakrooms and was in shock. Nobody believed it was happening.
 
I was a junior in high school, and I was in French class. Someone came running in to tell us about it and my French teacher wouldn't let her because she wouldn't say it in French. Finally the girl just blurted it out and we all ran out on class to get to the Social Studies wing where they had a TV. We spent the rest of the day wandering around in shock, they didn't cancel classes so we just went from class to class watching the news.
 
I was asleep when it happened, since it occured at about 6AM my time (Pacific). I was in 8th grade, and when I arrived at school, my friends notified me of what had happened. The incident was the main subject matter of all my classes that day.....I remember being completely confused of what exactly had taken place; until I came home and turned on the news. I wondered who would do such a thing, how the victims and their families were doing, etc.

When I visited Washington D.C. this past June, I wanted to see the Pentagon...but unfortunately it was closed to the public. I have yet to visit ground zero in New York.

Last night they aired the two-part movie The Path to 9/11, where it shows events of the years prior to 9/11 up until that very day, and then the aftermath. The parts of the movie that freightened me the most was when a Middle-Eastern man was arrested at the Vancouver, CA and WA border, and the cops raid his apartment to search it. One of the things they found was a map in which Los Angeles was circled, with "LAX" written next to it...indicating that the LAX International Airport was a target. The other part that made me sweat was on the day of September 11th, when the two Middle-Eastern men board the aircraft, unbuckle their seatbelts, pull out their weapons, and begin walking to the cockpit. That's where the movie cuts off, and continues next Saturday.

It's so scary to see that these kinds of things really do take place.

My prayers go out to anyone and everyone affected by this tragedy.
 
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that was a good idea lee, one of my profs did the same today we had a moment of silence, at the point of one of the attacks today...its nice to take time out, because we say that we will never forget, but i think wether its just easier or we simply didnt do it on purpose, we do forget. this helps thnx...
i rem i was a senior in highschool when it occured and someone told me to go the library because there were tvs there showing what happend, we spent most of the day there, until the let everyone go home earlier...i was in shock, i still remember that very clearly.
 
The kids I coach soccer to had a minutes silence prior to the game on Saturday - not a big event but a show of respect.

RIP all those who died that day(aside of the 19 who hijacked the planes, they can rot and burn in hell)
 
The really scary thing is that there are literally millions of people out there who have been indoctrinated (brainwashed) from birth to believe that randomly killing people (Americans, Westerners, or any random person who is avaialble) is the right way to bring about something good in the world.
Unfortunately, neither the terrorists nor the Westerners seem to understand each other's culture and we seem to be deadlocked in escalating violence, terrorists beleiving Western govenernments will cave into acts of terror and Western governments believing they can democraticize away terrorists, while the innocent continue to suffer.
 
My Cousin was in the train below the world trade center, The man that was my Best man at my wedding was late for work (overslept from playing Hockey the night before)and worked ont he 110 floor of the world trade center he was also in the train below the world trade center...

Both made it out alive and had to walk the GW bridge from NYC to NJ, but both lead very different lives now.
 
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