I don't know if this is allowed in this message forum or not, since it is not directly associated with the football team... But since it is now 9/11/2008, I thought it might be a good time to memorialize our friends, fallen heroes and loved ones on this most important day. It would be wonderful if, for this one day, people on this message board would stop posting crap about football and would remember our lost ones... My good friend, John Heffernan, was lost on this day, on this horrible day, in 2001: His band will be appearing at a memorial concert on September 19 at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn. This is an annual event, and has been going on since the tragic events of 2001. John was a firefighter who worked at 9/11, and his life was lost while he was attempting to save lives. My thoughts go out to all of you who lost loved ones on 9/11. This is always a tough day to get through, especially if you live in the New York City area... I hope that even my sworn enemies will give me a break on this day.
(Can a mod change the title to corect the typo?) Obviously today is a sad day, I can't believe it's been 7 years already. I think I'll be saying that for the rest of my life as the # goes up. I wish the best for anyone who lost loved ones during the attacks, it's very difficult to get through these anniversaries as we will always see the footage over and over again on the anniversaries. Bosko: I am sorry for the loss of your friend and all those on the board who lost friends and family.
I'm sure most of us remember that day vividly and how naive our world was prior to that. When the first plane hit, I thought it was an accident. So did my daughter-in-law, who is a "9/11 Survivor." She had just disembarked the PATH train into Manhatten at 8:45 and gone up to her floor in Morgan, Stanley, Dean Whitter, the skyscraper with the big red umbrella on the side, the one you probably saw in the background in all the news reports. The building had a direct lateral view of the Twin Towers, especially from the floor she was on that morning. She later told me, "Dad, when the first plane hit, I could look right through the building. I knew right then it could never stand. I couldn't see what was holding it up!" She is not an engineer or at all familiar with construction. But when the first plane hit, from the perspective they had, they couldn't believe the building could still stand. As the second plane hit the other building, they all knew it was no accident. She ran from the building and hitchhiked north with some guy in a Mercedes... never did get his name and never got to thank him. But he dropped her off in Jersey and we finally knew she was okay at about 4PM that day. None of the cell phones were working because of the towers. Next month, my daughter-in-law, JoAnne, willl be giving birth to my first grandchild. I just think it's great that she survived that day and that life will go on. As a Vietnam Veteran and soon-to-be grandfather of this baby, I'm sure you know where I stand on national security. And I'm sure many of you feel the same way too. Her survival and the birth of my grandaughter flies in the face of what those animals tried to accomplish that day.
I can't believe it's been 7 years already also. I have United 93 on DVD (well, I bought it for my girlfriend)... I actually bought it a year ago today, and I didn't realise it was September 11... I realised a couple of days later when I looked on the receipt... I was like, oh yeah... :\ I can't believe I didn't think of it, I was buying a movie about it! >_< I just didn't know what day it was. My thoughts go out to all that lost a friend or family on this day.
It is one of those few moments in our lives when we all remember where we were when we heard the news. Sorry about your friend Bosco. Just terrible.
Having worked in the WTC & being a fire warden on the 99th floor of 1 WTC I will always remember where I was when I heard just like I do when I heard JFK was assininated. Certainly this event changed life in America as we knew it
Exactly. I was asleep and had a sports radio channel on in the background and when I heard the report woke up. My thoughts and prayers are with those families who lost love ones and to those who gave their lives since to protect the freedoms us North Americans so take for granted.
Amazing that its been 7 years since. I remember being in class and first hearing about it. Then seeing it live, it was surreal. It felt like i was watching a movie, thats how unbelievable it was to me. Its amazing how the world changed since then.
They are opening the memorial at the Pentagon today. Besides being a sad day and a time for reflection, I'm a little sad that we haven't started to rebuild the WTC site yet. It seems like yesterday...
My thoughts go out to the families of all the lost souls who unselfishly sacrificed themselves in an attempt to save others.
God Bless neighbours to the south... by extension, my cousin is now serving his 3rd tour of duty in Afganistan for the Canadian Military. Good Luck Steve, get home safely.
My family is one of those very fortunate families from that day, as my younger brother was able to escape w/his life from the 89th floor of Tower 2. I will be forever grateful to the extremely brave rescue workers from that day, particularly those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the many strangers they saved. My heart & prayers go out to the families of his deceased colleagues from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods,....as well as all who perished on 9/11.
My heart goes out to all those who suffered on this day. New York will always bear the mark of sorrow for what happened. We were all affected, in different ways, across the country. I had a friend who lost his wife that day, and his children lost a mother. As a consequence, I have since lost a friend in Afghanistan. God Bless America and especially all the men and women in service to our nation.
My thoughts go out to everyone who lost someone or had any involvement. I didn't lose anyone on 9/11 however, my cousin, her husband, and a few friends are currently in the U.S. Army. {stationed in El Paso, Tx} My company used to do a moment of silence at (I believe) 9:06 every year when we were at our other location but unfortunately this year it was not done. Sad
it was a real terrible day in america...i remember being in school a few blocks away from it and could see the people running for their lives
I was in a junior in HS in Brooklyn at the time. I remember everything about the day: the fact that it was a beautiful morning, a seemingly perfect september day. They had like 500 kids crowded into the lower levels of the school, I was in the dance studio, and we listened to the towers fall on 1010 wins. I swear there must have been 200 kids in that room, and it was dead silent. 7 years ago it feels like yesterday.
