AMERICA ATTACKED 911 »
Posted By pc25 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsDedicated to the men, women and children
who lost their lives; those brave people who gave their lives
And the Heroes that responded to the emergency
11 September 2001 LEST WE FORGET
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Spinward1 year, 2 months ago
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Breathtaking video.
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Every emotion in the world comes racing back through me as I watch it.
Thank you, Mayor Guiliani.
Thank you, Governor Pataki.
Thank you, President Bush.
You were there to lead us through our darkest hours and you showed strength and resolve when many of us couldn't find it within ourselves.
You defined us as a people who could not be defeated by cowards who would not show their faces.
You took the fight to the enemy and showed the world that NOBODY messes with the United States of America without paying for it with everything they have.
We may argue and disagree on many points, but at the end of the day, we're brothers and sisters UNITED and we will not ever be defeated by the likes of the low-lifes that brought so many tears to the innocent just a few years ago.
May we never forget. -
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bigurn1 year, 2 months ago
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I've told this story before, but I'll do it again.
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I was managing a business on the New Jersey side in 2001. I was inspecting the roof with my Maintenance Manager, Jim. He said "Hey, that plane's kinda low." We watched as the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Jim was horrified at such an accident. I immediately replied "that's no accident".
I immediately scrambled to the front office and made sure everyone stayed at their work stations and stayed in the building. I assumed the worst, and wouldn't let anyone leave. I supplied all available radios to the front office and employee break rooms. I authorized outside internet access for the employee break room TV, and for the front offices.
I then had the Plant Engineer call his Commanding Officer (Army Reserve). I called my CO (Navy Reserve). The Plant Engineer was activated within 3 days, guarding George Washington bridge from what we thought were surely more attacks to come. I was not initially activated, but they requested any and all volunteers to help.
I kept the business running, turned it over to my Ops Manager, and made plans to help out. When I arrived for the ferry ride across the river to the World Trade Center, there were already too many volunteers. I refused to leave, and demanded to help out (it was an emotional time). The only job left was ferrying bodies and body parts. For five days I ferried body parts for identification. The first 72 hours was without sleep. No one wanted to leave, in case we found someone alive. We had a few successes, but were mostly disappointed.
The most ironic thing in all of this was that one of the dropoff points for bodies was the Statue of Liberty. Not for long, and not without forethought, but I have a mental picture of rows of body bags neatly lined up under one of the most notable symbols of freedom in the world.
When the local Islamic school let out on 9/11, the Imams had the children circle around and sing "Praise to Allah", "God is great", and other incendiary songs. The police had to forcably hold people back.
A van crashed the gate at the Earle, NJ, Naval Weapons Depot on 9/11. The CO of Earle had gone on full alert, and the driver was fired upon and killed. The van was loaded with explosives. Weapons Depot Earle is near a large residential area. It would have killed thousands.
Never forget. Never let your guard down. But relish the idea that you live in the freest, safest, and wealthiest land in mankind's history.-
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krazymama20081 year, 2 months ago
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i was in the 5th grade when 9/11 happenend i remember the teachers making us get ready for a transport incase the army depo was attacked we were so scared and the principle said not to turn on the t.v. put my teacher did any ways all we could do was sit and cry we were so afraid my best friend found out two hours later that his dad had been in the first tower hit and alol he could do was scream omg over and over im not sure if he or i was ready to take on the thoght his dad had been killed he finally found out like 3 or 4 weeks after that his dad had been killed and never made it out in time i am a high school graduate now and he has been dead now since 2004 because he could handle his dad being gone so all i have to say god had a plan for the towers to be hit even though it destroyed the lives and nation forever there was some reason god allowed that to happen and we will never forget but just know god will be there even when you dont know he is so just call on him no matter what god will help you i miss my friend but god will be therew when its my time to go and im totally sure with all the lives taken by 9/11 that god had his angels right there to take sll his children home to glory land
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god bless
may god be with you always
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Goppy1 year, 2 months ago
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Thanks for inviting me to this story pc.
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September eleven made me - in turns - angry and inconsolable.
Perhaps in retrospect, my response was somewhat reckless, but the very first opportunity after 9/11, I flew with my son to Philadelphia. We walked through the room where the Constitution was voted upon.
Little did I realize at the time that just a couple years later, Conservative Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and others would voice very real concern and horror that George W. Bush's sad, single-minded ideological bent would permit hims to callously use that very real tragedy to undermine the document approved of on that day.
I often wonder if George W. hadn't disregarded Bill Clinton's admonishment that 'Osama bin Laden' will be your biggest concern' ... and instead smugly proclaimed he was busy 'washing the walls of the Oval Office' .... maybe this tragedy could have been mitigated.
But I try to augment the sadness of 9/11 with memories of my son and I walking around Philadelphia and the greatness that was unleashed on that day in 1787.
May we never forget 9/11, and may we never forget the concepts and freedoms that our founders created on that day in 1787. We need to always protect both from those who seek to minimize their impact. -
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Wolfie20071 year, 2 months ago
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It's a wonderful video Spin and it had me crying before it was over for all the good souls we lost that day. Please, remember their loved ones in your prayers. Thank you for posting it.
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Thank you too bigurn for your story and for being you.
No! We can never forget. Nobody does this to my country without paying in spades! -
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GLee1 year, 2 months ago
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Powerful video. Moving to say the least. We cannot rest until terrorism is stamped out. It will be a long war for Freedom.
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Thanks for the video. It does nothing but strengthen my resolve for my Country and Countrymen. I am a Patriot! -
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protoham1 year, 2 months ago
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Thank you, brings back many memories.
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What they did not show is what happened to 7.5 Tons of the steel from the World Trade Center:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.a...
Commissioned in March 2008, a year before it was due. They have turned out plows in to swords. -
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canadianrancher571 year, 2 months ago
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Throughout my life there have been a few events that have really sshocked me and 9/11 was one of them and it seems that most of them have happened in the US. I think that the saddest part of it was the loss of all those who's job it is to try and help. The one thing that impressed me in the days following 9/11 was how everyone pulled together and there was none of this bs like we are having now with the election . I find it sad to think that the only time that Americans what to pull together is when there is a crisis.
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We should not forget those who died on that day and maybe it would be nice if people just thought about what it meant to be an American in the days following 9/11. In those days I was reminded why th US is such a great country, and even as a Canadian I will say God Bless America.
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