September 11th - Remembering

CelticShadow · 09-04-2002, 04:45 PM

Ok, I'd like to ask everyone on September 11th to do something. Drive with your headlights on.....Say hello to a complete stranger.....be polite to those around you.....and just about anything else you can think of. Fly the flag that day......wear something patriotic. Talk to those around you, wherever you may be to have a moment of silence.

SC2_GT · 09-04-2002, 04:51 PM

You can count me in on that.

URtalking2CRASH · 09-04-2002, 04:52 PM

I've also seen the thing where they are asking people to light a candle sept. 11th morning. If you have to work in the morning I'd encourage you all to take the candle to work and light it, if work premits.

CelticShadow · 09-04-2002, 04:55 PM

That's a good idea Em.....I'll be lighting a candle on that day on the front desk here so everyone can see it when they come in.

SC2_GT · 09-04-2002, 04:56 PM

I can't even bring a lighter in to the building. But, I will remember everyone that died.

I work in a Hydrogen Testing Facillity for NASA.

URtalking2CRASH · 09-04-2002, 05:06 PM

Brandon make yourself a paper candle and sit it on your desk. I'm sure it would mean the same.

CelticShadow · 09-04-2002, 05:07 PM

One more thing.....if u have a website.....put a flag on it somewhere.

URtalking2CRASH · 09-04-2002, 05:09 PM

oh my word, i just realized sept. 11th is exactly 1 week from now. Do you remember exactly what you were doing when you heard? I do. I was sitting at my desk and a fellow employee walked in and said "a plane hit one of the twin towers." i thought he was joking, then 2 minutes later we heard on the radio the second one hit. Immediately my boss ran home grab the TV and came back. the work day was SHOT. we all sat in front of the TV for about 3 hours in total shock and awe. I think we all went back to the TV every 30 minutes to see if anything else happened.

Wintermute · 09-04-2002, 05:19 PM

Mike,
It doesn't seem like it was a year ago when it happened... The sting from it is still felt.

I was still in bed when the first plane hit. Now, when I'm sleeping, there's not going to be much to wake me up, but when my former room-mate barged in and said the World Trade Center was hit by a plane, I honestly thought it was a sick joke, so I rolled back over and dozed for a few more minutes. I couldn't sleep after that, so I got up and took my shower, got dressed, and got ready for work... I walked out into the living room to see, on live national television, the first tower collapse, and the second one burning from the second airliner hitting it. I stood there, in total shock as it happened. When I got to work, the entire shop was at a standstill because everyone was glued to the TV's... Myself, I was even more of a wreck when I remembered that a friend of mine worked in Tower 1. For close to 3 hours, I tried, without sucess, to get a hold of him. By the end of that third hour, I was frantic... Thankfully, I did hear from him sooonafter. Apparently, he had the day off, so he was nowhere near work, but from where he lived, he had a good view. Even after that, I couldn't help but cry for what had happened... That night, as I drove to my fiancee's house, I kept the news on the stereo, and cried the entire way to her house. When I got there, all of our friends were there, and all were crying. That day affected everyone. Mike, when 9/11/02 comes, I'll be thanking the good Lord for what we all have, and I'll be remembering the brave Officers and men of the NYPD and FDNY, who gave their lives in the defense of human life. I'll remember the lives lost in the towers, and their innocence lost in those swooping blows. I'll remember the innocent lives lost on the liners, hijacked by cowards, and used to plunge this country of ours into the war we are in now. I'll remember the spirit of America, long thought to have been lost in the decades, rush back to life and show the world, and each of us, that this great nation of ours can rise from the ashes and carry on.

But, through all of this, I'll always remember 9/11 as the day of death, the day of new life, and the day that the United States of America sharpened her talons, once again, to insure us the ultimate victory over terror.

To those who wish to harn us and this country; we WILL find you, and when we do, it's my hope that whatever God you believe in has mercy on your souls because no one else on Earth will.

Joshua L. Maerker
Citizen of the United States of America

- Respectfully dedicated to the brave men and women who gave their lives in the defense of this country, be them Armed Forces or Civil Service, in the past, present, and future... We love you all.

CelticShadow · 09-04-2002, 05:25 PM

I was sitting here in my office reading the newspaper. The phone rang, it was my stepfather just calling to say a plane accidentally ran into one of the world trade centers. Shortly after, several lines started ringing with friends and family of my co-workers and myself calling to say about the Pentagon being hit, and the second tower being hit, and the plane going down in PA. Then people started calling in asking if they were to still report for work, and just everything seemed 2 dimentional for a while. Everywhere I went that day people just seemed to be zombies, including myself. That day is forever imprinted into my memory.