Ten Years

[DRKWNG]

To all my brothers and sisters who have fallen, rest in peace.

[Monsterlover]

[The Bacon Junkie]

To all my brothers and sisters who have fallen, rest in peace.

This...

1 of my friends was in Tower 4.
1 of my friends was in the Wintergarden Atrium directly below the Towers.
1 of my friend's grandfather was trapped in a stairwell of the Mariott when it collapsed.
1 of my friends was late to work and was pushing the button to get on the elevator in the lobby when the first plane hit.

They all miraculously made it out okay.

I was about 30 miles north in Cos Cob, CT teaching gymnastics classes.

11 of my kids lost their fathers that morning.

I will never forget

[mojo]

I've heard people say they remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when JFK was killed.  I always thought it was weird that people would remember all the little details of something that happened all those years ago.  Now, I've witnessed something on a similar scale, and I also remember that Tuesday morning 10 years ago, and I too will never forget. 
RIP to all that gave the ultimate sacrifice.

[LA]

We had a TV in our copy room.  I asked a co-worker what I was looking at, I answered, "no, that was no accident."

A short time later the 2nd plane struck.

[spolic]

I'm sad because to many this has become just another day.

My 12 year old asked me if I was going to fly the flag at half staff on the 11th,  I assured him that I would.

[zooom]

I'm sad because to many this has become just another day.

 

I was watching a thing on History channel about the reactions and decisions during that 2 hours on 9/11/01 and Condoleezza Rice said " every day since is just Sept 12th "....

[MendoDave]

I remember That morning as well.

One of my friends almost used my United Airlines Buddy pass to fly back to SFO that morning. He flew Jet Blue instead. Said he watched it happen on the plane. His plane was grounded at Kansas city. Took him an extra 3 days to get back but at least he didn't end up in a field.

My Job at United went away about 4 weeks later.

I can't get the images of that day out of my mind.

[ducatiz]

I remember where I was when I heard a plane struck tower 1.  We put a TV up and watched the rest. 

I remember where I was when the Federal bldg in Oklahoma City was bombed..

I remember where I was when the Shuttle blew up.  both of them.

I remember where I was when Reagan was shot.

I also remember where I was when my son was born.

...when my wife graduated medical school..

...when my daughter was born...

...when i got my first car...

...when i got my first speeding ticket..

...and a bunch of other significant things for me.

It was a shared tragedy of national proportions. 

[dolci]

I remember that morning vividly - knowing my college friends worked at Cantor Fitz and later finding out that a good friend had been on the plane that hit the Pentagon and her son had now lost his only parent.  I will never forget.

[akmnstr]

I had my radio alarm clock set to National Public Radio, so the very first thing I heard that day was the news of the first tower.  After that I made a hard and fast rule and I have never woken up to the news since then.  

As the son of a big city fireman what I remember most is that as people were coming out the fire fighters were going in.  Something first responders do everyday.  They all died.  

[Scotzman]

I was in Darwin, Australia on my first Navy deployment. Left to Karachi, Pakistan shortly after.