Never forget!

[badrose]

18 years ago today...

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[jazyd]

EVER

[jazyd]

some have unfortunately

[Darrell KSR]

Thanks, badrose.

I'm worried about people I know in Florida right now having homes to go back to, including my nephew and his family in Tampa; my daughter in south Georgia(ish) with Tropical Storm Irma and her away from home for the first time (on her own, at least), and some other issues like that. But we'll never forget 9/11; nor should we.

[kingcat]

I remember exactly what we were discussing and doing when it happened. I also recall yelling at those covering the story on TV that the first building had fallen.

And then a few days after, while listening to our leadership say citizens would have to sacrifice some liberties to fight this often unseen foe, for the sake of homeland security. My older cousin then looked solemnly at me and said..."we lost"

Both are seared into my memory.

[Doc]

some have unfortunately

Not those who were alive

[KSRBEvans]

Not those who were alive

I saw a stat yesterday that 69,000,000 Americans were born after 9/11. Time really does march on.

[Darrell KSR]

I saw a stat yesterday that 69,000,000 Americans were born after 9/11. Time really does march on.
Wow. That's startling.

[dan_bgblue]

The live image of the 2nd plane smashing into the WTC is burned into my memory. I was working in my home office on that morning and I got a call from my wife asking me if I was watching the news. She told me that a plane had crashed into one of the towers and I should turn on the TV to get the news. I did turn it on and a minute or two later the 2nd "bombing" took place.

[KSRBEvans]

The live image of the 2nd plane smashing into the WTC is burned into my memory. I was working in my home office on that morning and I got a call from my wife asking me if I was watching the news. She told me that a plane had crashed into one of the towers and I should turn on the TV to get the news. I did turn it on and a minute or two later the 2nd "bombing" took place.

Yes--I was working (at a military installation, ironically) when a co-worker came by and told me about the first plane hitting the WTC. I kind of wrote that off mentally as an unfortunate accident, but walked out to look at the TV when I saw the 2nd one hit. I knew at that point these were not accidents and our world had changed.