Never Forget

[Matt Garcia]

Never Forget

[ragboy]

Agree.

[chpthril]

Amen

And lets not forget how it came to happen

[Timmy!]

Salute!

That's a cool image! You get the Pentagon and the towers and date all in one thing! Nice!

[jwanck11]

I can't... this is my birthday.

Terrorism is not new in the world nor to the US - remember the USS Cole? On that day, it was just on a grand scale - horrific it was!

There are people with massive differences of philosophy in this world. The use of force begets force - and at the same time, we must defend ourselves.

Perhaps diplomacy, in time, will help the populations of philosophies of the world co-exist, perhaps not.

The remembrance, to me, is about understanding that people die due to differences; fighting based on them and against them. It is also about understanding that there are people in this world who rise up to assist when great tragedy strikes - and to me, the fallen as well as the rescuers are the heroes.

[dingleberry]

Well said, J.

[Fit to be Tige]

I can't... this is my birthday.

Terrorism is not new in the world nor to the US - remember the USS Cole? On that day, it was just on a grand scale - horrific it was!

There are people with massive differences of philosophy in this world. The use of force begets force - and at the same time, we must defend ourselves.

Perhaps diplomacy, in time, will help the populations of philosophies of the world co-exist, perhaps not.

The remembrance, to me, is about understanding that people die due to differences; fighting based on them and against them. It is also about understanding that there are people in this world who rise up to assist when great tragedy strikes - and to me, the fallen as well as the rescuers are the heroes.

J - - you are kidding me?!?! My birthday is also on 9/11. Wow. Now that is just a wierd coincidence...

[Matt Garcia]

Never forget.

[Fit to be Tige]

Every year I approach this day with hope, optimism, and with a very real and clear image of how life can change in an instant. We are blessed with each day, this daily bread not tomorrow's daily bread. And happy birthday JC.

[Fast1911]

Never forget.

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and happy birthday J and Fit

[Timmy!]

x2

and happy birthday J and Fit

x3

[thtrog]

Never forget.

[Original Wing Nut]

I will never forget, here is what my sis wrote on her blog and explains why my family will never forget.


Eight years ago the world changed. I think we all remember where we were and what we were doing on that day. For me the attack on the World Trade Center hit too close. On September 11, 2001, I woke up and was getting ready for law school at BYU. I was a new transfer student and didn't really know anyone. I turned on the TV as I did every morning because I hate the sound of silence and I saw what the rest of the country was seeing, airplanes flying into the World Trade Center. As I recall my mom called and asked me if I was watching TV. I said "yes" and that I couldn't believe it was happening. I probably also said some smartass remark like "ya and its on every channel so I can't watch anything else." Then came the words that made my heart freeze. "Em, we can't find John, he was in New York." What? My brother, John? The brother that used to pick me up from ballet class in our grandma's old clunker car and make the other girls swoon at how handsome he was; the brother that used to take me on date nights when I was a kid; the brother that taught me how to water ski on the front of his skis; the brother that was my rock when my dad died; the brother that made my ex-husband go away; the brother that made law school a possibility? That John? I got off the phone and just sat there mesmerized by what I had heard and what I was seeing on TV. It probably was only 15 or 20 minutes later that I got a call from my sister, Kristen, saying "they've found John, he was on a plane to Boston. He's in Boston and he's fine." When all of the madness was going on in New York, my brother was on his way to the site of where it all started.





According to other sources, this is what went on with the rest of the family that day. My mom was watching TV and saw that terrible tragedy. Being a bit of an alarmist and kind of a drama queen, she immediately called my sister-in-law, Wendy. My brother frequently traveled to New York and so she wanted to find out where he was. The phone call went something like this:





Mom: Wendy, where's my son?


Wendy: He's in New York, why?


Mom: You'd better turn on the TV.





Wendy immediately started calling John's cell phone. As soon as John's plane landed in Boston, he called his wife to confirm that he was okay. The bigger problem was going to be how was he going to get home. It ended up being a few days before my brother finally made it home and supposedly it involved an associate and my brother keeping a rental car that they were supposed to return and driving to another airport so they could fly home.





Here's what happened with me the rest of that day. I went to school. I was still in a daze. My classes were, fortunately all cancelled. I wandered around the library for a while and the devastation in New York and D.C. was broadcast on all the televisions in the library, like the rest of America I couldn't believe it. Since classes were cancelled I decided I would go to my sister's house in Provo. Somehow I felt like I just needed to be with family. As I walked in my sister's back door, I saw my 3 year old niece sitting at the counter in the kitchen eating cereal and watching cartoons blissfully unaware of what had happened. I asked her where her mommy was. She said, "She's downstairs in her room. She's crying. She said something very sad happened today." I said, "something sad did happen today" and I went downstairs. My sister, who was pregnant at the time, was in her room, still in her pajamas, watching TV and crying. We sat together a while and watched TV. I once again probably made some snarky comment like "I guess you're not going to D.C. tomorrow?" (my sister and her husband had a trip planned to D.C.) I then heard the rest of the story about my brother's narrow escape. Apparently he was in New York on business and was in the World Trade Center just the day before. As he was riding the escalator in one of the towers on September 10, 2001, he actually said "if anything ever happened here, it would be catastrophic." It was an eery omen of what was to come. I believe my brother lost 4 people that worked for his parent company that day. He forwarded us all an e-mail from one of his co-workers who had gotten out of the buildings before they collapsed. While I didn't know anyone personally who died on September 11, now, every September 11, I think of just how close I came to losing my brother. I know he doesn't read the blog, but if he does, I just want him to know I love him and I want to thank him for being my brother and always protecting and loving me. Love you, Bro.

[sparky216]

Well said everyone......I watched a video of the planes hitting the towers today and it still is unbelieveable...the suffering and needless death. Perhaps, as JWank stated, diplomacy is the answer, I just fail to see how we can overcome the religious aspect. The people I fear, are those who look forward to death. I would fight again for this country, but I wouldn't strap C4 to my chest or fly a plane into a building for ANYTHING or ANYONE!

I still cannot believe that Bin Laden is walking the earth, and the towers have yet to be rebuilt.

[NICKYPOO]

I still cannot believe that Bin Laden is walking the earth, and the towers have yet to be rebuilt.

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