Remembering Sept. 11

[cyber-sibes]

I watched some of the memorial services on tv this morning. So sad, looking at all those faces, knowing many of them are there because they lost a loved one on Sept. 11th. Truly a defining moment for our whole generation of people. Do you remember where you were? what you were doing? I do, and when I saw it happening on tv, it was beyond belief - I kept thinking that this could not really be happening...but it did. I had just sat down in front of the TV with a toast & a cup of coffee before going to my journalism class. The second plane was about to hit. I wanted to call my sons and tell them how much I love them. I wanted to gather everyone I love into my arms and keep them safe.

God Bless all whose lives were touched by tragedy that day.

[Karen]

My thoughts are with everyone who lost loved ones that day, which includes our own beloved Sandra tatsxxx11 and the man who owned the florist business below where I used to work.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Yes it's a sad day to remember, especially for people who lost family or friends. I remember I was at home, and my mom called me from work to let me know. The strangest thing is that I saw a dog get hit right outside our house that day, and it just felt as if the whole world was turned upside down.

[Kirsten]

On a day like this, and with all the reports on tv, the memories come back, even though they were never really gone... Can't believe that it's already five years ago, all these memories are still so alive. I guess this is one of the days I will never foget as long as I live, the shock, and the disbelief, and thinking about it still brings tears to my eyes...

Kirsten

[lizbud]

I remember it like it was yesterday. I had called in a sick day at work
early that morning as I had a bad cold & felt lousy. I was laying down on the
sofa watching morning TV when they interrupted to make the news announcement. I quickly changed the channel because I couldn't believe
it was happening. All channels carried news coverage of the planes hitting
the towers.I just sat there in disbelief & it took hours to really sink in.Such
a sad day in history.I didn't personally know anyone that was inside the
buildings but my children both knew friends who they had to check on.

[Dorothy39]

I can remember that Day, as though it happened , yesterday!!!


I was making a Gift for a friend, had all the stuff out on the dining room table,~~~~~ Wow, I turned off the TV 15 minutes before the first plane struck the North Tower.

My phone rang at 8:50 A.M., of course, it was my MOTHER!!!!!

Sooo, I turned the Televison back on, and, you all know what happened after that!!!!!

[JenBKR]

It's still so fresh in my mind....I remember everything about that day...I was working at a real estate company, and in college, but I was at work that morning and a coworker came in and said that a plane had hit the WTC. We still thought that it was some kind of freak accident. We turned a radio on and when we heard that a second plane hit, we knew it was no accident. I think I can remember every second of that day, but I don't want to forget. I don't want to live my life as if it never happened, as if things like that don't happen everyday in other countries. I want to remember how lucky I am that I don't have to live through that every day of my life. I want to remember those who lost their lives. I want to remember the heros - firemen, policemen, the passengers on flight 93.

[Miss Z]

I was 9 when that happened, and I remember coming out of school and hearing my mum talking about this 'great disaster' that had happened in America. On the way home, she tried to describe it to me, but being only 9, I didn't even know of the twin towers and certainly couldn't grasp the scale of the disaster. The first thing I did when I got home wa turn on the television, and there were th pictures of those huge great buildings plummeting to the ground. Even today, I have a horrid feeling in the pit of my stomach just thinking about it.

My thoughts are with everyone who was killed or affected by those attacks. Terrorism will never beat us, no matter how much they try to scare and force us into submission, and all the brave people, firemen, police, and others, who saved lives on that day, have shown that.