09-11-01 never forget
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09-11-01 never forget
Everyone,
I just wanted to say thank you to all the men and women in Law Enforcement, Fire Fighters EMS and our military on this 12'th year of the worst day in our country.
I am sorry this is not corvette related but I wanted to give my thanks.
Thoughts and prayers to those we have lost and to the hero's.
Thank you
I just wanted to say thank you to all the men and women in Law Enforcement, Fire Fighters EMS and our military on this 12'th year of the worst day in our country.
I am sorry this is not corvette related but I wanted to give my thanks.
Thoughts and prayers to those we have lost and to the hero's.
Thank you
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I was sitting on the couch watching the live news feed as everyone was trying to figure out what happened to the first tower. I saw the second plane crash into the second tower and still have a hard time thinking about that day and seeing images of it.
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I remember having to explain to my 10 yr old son what had happend. Then our battle group deployed the next week. It was awful hard to leave my kids, not like I hadn't done it before, but this time my kids were scared for me and old enough to understand some of what it meant.
It still brings tears to my eyes and anger into my heart
It still brings tears to my eyes and anger into my heart
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I think there have been other days that rank right up there with 9/11 as tragedies for this country (Pearl Harbor comes to mind), but the terrorist attack is certainly one that hopefully will not be forgotten. The sacrifices that many people made in response to that attack were incredible and worthy of our gratitude. Will say a prayer for all the victims of 9/11/01 and for the families they left behind. 
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A tragic day indeed.
Well worth remembering who were the players then and how it effects us still. I do more than just vote as a citizen, but I always vote as much as possible against the players that brought us this tragedy. We only have two parties, one party leader flew the ben lauden family out of the country and could never find the main guy, the other party leader had him killed. Makes it simple, unless you are on the oil money train.
Well worth remembering who were the players then and how it effects us still. I do more than just vote as a citizen, but I always vote as much as possible against the players that brought us this tragedy. We only have two parties, one party leader flew the ben lauden family out of the country and could never find the main guy, the other party leader had him killed. Makes it simple, unless you are on the oil money train.
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A tragic day indeed.
Well worth remembering who were the players then and how it effects us still. I do more than just vote as a citizen, but I always vote as much as possible against the players that brought us this tragedy. We only have two parties, one party leader flew the ben lauden family out of the country and could never find the main guy, the other party leader had him killed. Makes it simple, unless you are on the oil money train.
Well worth remembering who were the players then and how it effects us still. I do more than just vote as a citizen, but I always vote as much as possible against the players that brought us this tragedy. We only have two parties, one party leader flew the ben lauden family out of the country and could never find the main guy, the other party leader had him killed. Makes it simple, unless you are on the oil money train.
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From: Big Canoe Ga
9/11
I was on my way into Manhatten from Long Island for a meeting
at the the Waldorf Astoria. Had the radio on Imus in the morning
WFAN 660 when the news came. I continued for another 1/2 hour
got to within 30 miles of the Queens Midtown tunnel and turned
around. At this point almost impossible to use the cell but had
my office cancel the meeting on the land line. NOT A PLEASANT
DAY
at the the Waldorf Astoria. Had the radio on Imus in the morning
WFAN 660 when the news came. I continued for another 1/2 hour
got to within 30 miles of the Queens Midtown tunnel and turned
around. At this point almost impossible to use the cell but had
my office cancel the meeting on the land line. NOT A PLEASANT
DAY
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I remember seeing it come on, and there was some confusion as to what happened. I too, remember watching Sam Donaldson (IIRC), with the live feed behind him of the one tower smoking. I was listening to him talk when I saw a plane come in and BOOM...
At that instant...I remember thinking...this just turned bad. It was that moment you knew, there was no simple aircraft crash, or random incident....something big was taking place.
I still think back and am amazed they didn't have more planes in control that day. The size of the terrorist group...I always thought it was amazing they could only come up with 16 people to do the job. You'd think they could've funded 100 or more to hijack 10 or more planes that day. I'm glad they didn't, but...I remember thinking that morning, as things unfolded..."how many do they have!".
I say, we got off easy...
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At the time I was working the 4 to 12 Shift at the St.Louis VA Hospital Radiology Dept. I had just woke up and turned on the TV to see coverage of the first tower aftermath from the first impact. Not long after tuning in the second impact occurred. I just laid there in bed in disbelief. Those images are imprinted in my memory just as clearly as some incidents in Vietnam and the Challenger disaster. While they do not overshadow my daily life,, they will clearly be there the rest of my life!
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Great thread guys - thanks for posting and paying tribute. I have the 9/11/01 license plate on my 2001.
As most of us do, I recall exactly what I was doing. I was working a business deal while in Palm Coast, Fl with a guy named Dave Hamm in Boca Raton. The business discussion quickly went to the backburner.
As most of us do, I recall exactly what I was doing. I was working a business deal while in Palm Coast, Fl with a guy named Dave Hamm in Boca Raton. The business discussion quickly went to the backburner.