it was a crystal blue morning....

[joycenalex]

this is from an internet article, care2.com...... The only dog to lose his life in the disaster was a Yellow Labrador Retriever named Sirius. He worked for the Port Authority as a bomb-detection dog alongside his partner Sergeant David Lim. Lim and Sirius were in the basement of the South Tower when the North Tower was attacked. He put the 4-year-old dog in his kennel and left to check on the situation.
“I told him, I think we’re in a lot of trouble right now,” said Lim, who assumed he and Sirius had somehow failed to detect an explosive. “I said, I’ll be back for you.”
But before Lim could return, the South Tower collapsed followed by the North Tower. Lim was trapped on the fourth floor with six firefighters and an injured woman. They were all safely rescued five hours later.
Lim came back for Sirius as he promised, but it was too late. He continued to look for his partner until eventually – on Jan. 22, 2002 the dog’s remains were uncovered.
The Port Authority held a memorial service in his honor and have since built a memorial at Battery Park with a dog run.
a line of duty death....faithful dog

[Marigold2]

I was at work and my co-worker had the radio on. Once the second plane hit I looked at Sharon and said we are under attack. She looked at me and no sound came out of her mouth.
I ran to the computer, my son was on an Air Craft Carrier headed for the Middle East I know I had only moments to e-mail him before all communcation would be shut down.
I remember my words.
"I know where you are, I know where you are going, be careful, I love you so much"
His ship was the first one there, trying to keep peace. I was so scared for him.
My other son was in boot camp in Texas. I prayed and said "please God don't send them both there" my prayers were answersed. They were both there but at seperate times.
As a mom I had no idea how long or to what extent this would be and I was so afraid for my boys, my country and all that I loved and all living beings man and beast.
Sept 11 is also the day my mom had her car accident 9/11/94, she died on the 22th. Never waking from the coma, I could only hold her hand and talk to her, not knowing if she heard me. Her neck was broken, we had no idea if she would be able to move at all if she awoke. It was hell on earth. The worst time of my life by far. I have always dreaded 9/11.

[Marigold2]

May you never been forgotten Sirius.

this is from an internet article, care2.com...... The only dog to lose his life in the disaster was a Yellow Labrador Retriever named Sirius. He worked for the Port Authority as a bomb-detection dog alongside his partner Sergeant David Lim. Lim and Sirius were in the basement of the South Tower when the North Tower was attacked. He put the 4-year-old dog in his kennel and left to check on the situation.
“I told him, I think we’re in a lot of trouble right now,” said Lim, who assumed he and Sirius had somehow failed to detect an explosive. “I said, I’ll be back for you.”
But before Lim could return, the South Tower collapsed followed by the North Tower. Lim was trapped on the fourth floor with six firefighters and an injured woman. They were all safely rescued five hours later.
Lim came back for Sirius as he promised, but it was too late. He continued to look for his partner until eventually – on Jan. 22, 2002 the dog’s remains were uncovered.
The Port Authority held a memorial service in his honor and have since built a memorial at Battery Park with a dog run.
a line of duty death....faithful dog

[Taz_Zoee]

Every year on this day I should remember to wear waterproof mascara. I always end up in tears just thinking back to that horrible day.
Being on the left coast it was very early in the morning and I was getting ready for work and always had my stereo on. I heard it on the radio and turned the TV on to see.
I worked at a day care center at that time so we were all told what we should say to the children. Well, I was working in the infant room at the time. But my co-teacher at the time was from Afghanistan and we did not get along even before this event. That day there was an usual silence between us. She was not as bitter and snippy with me as she usually was. It was nice while it lasted.
As the DJ on my radio station this morning stated, it was nice how American's came together even just for a brief time. It seemed like everyone was just genuinely nice to each other. We really did unite through this difficult time.

I have a friend who celebrates his birthday today. For the past 8 years he has not been able to celebrate it like he used to. In fact, he sometimes prefers to not even acknowledge it.

I know I will be thinking of this all day (as I did yesterday and will tomorrow) and wish everyone affected by this the best.

[gini]

It was a crystal blue morning but it was also one of the darkest days for mankind.

For all who lost their lives that day we pray..........and for all of us who remain, we pray we can make our earth a peaceful place to live.

[RICHARD]

I was in bed and hit the button to get a few minutes of radio time.

I usually listened to Howard Stern and he was going on about about a plane and the WTC.

I jumped out of bed to go to my mom's house and watched one of the towers fall.

After I spoke to my mom, I went to work, looking for airplanes all the way there.

[catland]

We were having breakfast at a small restaurant north of Crater Lake. Being after Labor Day, we were the only two customers in the place. The day before, September 10th, we had taken the hike down the trail at Crater Lake to go on the boat tour on the lake from inside the extinct volcano. One of the boat tour guides mentioned that the walls of the caldera were taller than the tallest buildings in New York City.

The waiter at the restaurant told us - he said that a plane had hit the building. We both thought that some idiot in a 2-seater Cessna was to blame, so we kept eating our breakfast. We had to fetch our own coffee refill because he was in the other room. It was only when we paid our bill and looked at the TV that the horrible reality started to sink in. We went back to our motel room to pack, and that was when the first tower fell. I remember the newscaster saying "the building is gone", and the other newsperson asked for clarification - "do you mean the side of the building?" - and the first person said - "no, the building" - and that is when I realized that I had just watched thousands of people die.

It was a beautiful September day - just like today.

[Karen]

I was at work, and my boss had a small TV in his office. One of my coworkers came in the room, and told me a plane had hit the World Trade Tower in NYC, and to come see the TV, then we were watching, stunned, as the second plane hit, live. Not long afterwards, we heard about the other planes, and suddenly there were screams of anguish from the business below ours: the proprietor's boyfriend was on one of the flights from Boston that hit the WTC.

As LH has said, I called him, they hadn't had the news on.

The rest of the day was odd, and the skies overhead were utterly silent, for once, only broken by the occasional scream of fighter jets patrolling the airspace.

And that evening had already been scheduled the calling hours for a dear woman from our church who had succumbed to breast cancer, at far too young an age.