Everytime I see footage or hear anything I get terrible terrible flashbacks of that day. I didnt know anyone personally that lost their lives but it hurts just the same.
Those were my brothers and sisters. My fellow Americans. Those were innocent people going to their jobs to earn money for their families to feed them and clothe them. I will never forget it. I will never forget the shock, the discussion all over every inch of this country on September 12th.
I feel the same about the bombings of the metro system in Spain and England. I feel the same for all of the innocent citizens of Iraq and Iran and Afganistahn.
I watched the movie "Red Eye" and when the missile went into the hotel I flinched and shook and cried uncontrollably and thought, this must be what post traumatic stress disorder feels like.
I havent fully recovered from the events of 9/11. I wish I could say the same about all of the horrible terrorist acts before and after that (and Bush's dumba$$ attacks too) but this one (9/11) was really close to home and although I feel sick to my stomach and ache all over about the other attacks, this one was the doozie for me, the one that broke the camels back of emotion. I will forever break when I see the past new coverage of it (as well asthe others).
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DG, what a lovely special lady you are. :-4
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DesignerGal wrote: Everytime I see footage or hear anything I get terrible terrible flashbacks of that day. I didnt know anyone personally that lost their lives but it hurts just the same.
Those were my brothers and sisters. My fellow Americans. Those were innocent people going to their jobs to earn money for their families to feed them and clothe them. I will never forget it. I will never forget the shock, the discussion all over every inch of this country on September 12th.
I feel the same about the bombings of the metro system in Spain and England. I feel the same for all of the innocent citizens of Iraq and Iran and Afganistahn.
I watched the movie "Red Eye" and when the missile went into the hotel I flinched and shook and cried uncontrollably and thought, this must be what post traumatic stress disorder feels like.
I havent fully recovered from the events of 9/11. I wish I could say the same about all of the horrible terrorist acts before and after that (and Bush's dumba$$ attacks too) but this one (9/11) was really close to home and although I feel sick to my stomach and ache all over about the other attacks, this one was the doozie for me, the one that broke the camels back of emotion. I will forever break when I see the past new coverage of it (as well asthe others).
LadyCop: THANKS! Jives, THANKS! FarRider, THANKS!
We all cried that day. We all were in shock and when we made our way home we sat motionless in front of our tv's, and we cried.
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Those were my brothers and sisters. My fellow Americans. Those were innocent people going to their jobs to earn money for their families to feed them and clothe them. I will never forget it. I will never forget the shock, the discussion all over every inch of this country on September 12th.
I feel the same about the bombings of the metro system in Spain and England. I feel the same for all of the innocent citizens of Iraq and Iran and Afganistahn.
I watched the movie "Red Eye" and when the missile went into the hotel I flinched and shook and cried uncontrollably and thought, this must be what post traumatic stress disorder feels like.
I havent fully recovered from the events of 9/11. I wish I could say the same about all of the horrible terrorist acts before and after that (and Bush's dumba$$ attacks too) but this one (9/11) was really close to home and although I feel sick to my stomach and ache all over about the other attacks, this one was the doozie for me, the one that broke the camels back of emotion. I will forever break when I see the past new coverage of it (as well asthe others).
LadyCop: THANKS! Jives, THANKS! FarRider, THANKS!
We all cried that day. We all were in shock and when we made our way home we sat motionless in front of our tv's, and we cried.
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Nomad wrote: We all cried that day. We all were in shock and when we made our way home we sat motionless in front of our tv's, and we cried.
We cried too, Nomad...
and the picture of the eagle and the tears is so, so moving.
We cried too, Nomad...
and the picture of the eagle and the tears is so, so moving.
Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answers...Rainer Maria Rilke
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DG quote.."LadyCop: THANKS! Jives, THANKS! FarRider, THANKS! "...i didn't do anything , but my brothers and sisters sure did. --------i was out at the academy that morning, and the LT came in from his office and said 'come look at this thing happening on my computer', he wasn't even sure it was real. i watched for a moment and said "this is pearl harbor". we were never the same again as far as our dept. security was concerned. it was total lockdown. we had israeli fighters (scary guys!) secretly at our academy training SWAT in urban warfare. it was all so surreal.
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Zakk had just turned a year old, and had a cold. I was sitting there in the floor trying to get him to calm down when the phone rang. It was my husband telling me to turn on the tv, that a plane had just crashed into a building. I turned on the tv in time to see the second plane hit. I was in total shock, crying. I didn't personally know anyone, but the thought of all the innocent lives that were taken just shook me to the core. Made me realize that living in America didn't mean immunity to horrors of terrorism, they could/can still hurt us on our own turf.
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I was unable to bring up the link, but I think I know what you are talking about and it made me angry. I hope my coming comments do not upset you guys, but. . .
I was angry when, after everything calmed down a bit, nothing was said of the dispatchers who took those calls. How they felt when they realized their friends and co workers had been killed during the rescue attempts. Impotent to do anything but listen to their officers asking for help and the people in the buildings calling and begging for help.
And now, people are looking for someone else to sue. One news announcer stated that the victims families were appalled that the dispatcher or call takers did not instruct the civilians to leave the building. I understand that some operators told the people to stay where they were but I think that was early on in the confusion of what actually happened. What really ticks me off are those that do that "Monday morning quarterbacking" thing. Sitting in a quiet room, listening to one person on one call with no distractions. I raise Cain whenever they try to do that at my office.
Do you really have to be told to leave a burning building? Or a building with smoke in it? Or a building where an explosion took place? Is the first thing you do is turn on your cell phone and call someone? I'm going to be sure I'm out of danger before I call anyone. I'm sure mistakes were made by everyone, from the mayor all the way down to the call takers. It's hard not to make a mistake when you come across a situation you have never been in before.
I could say more but I think that's enough. We just happened to have the TV on the Today show when the planes hit and we thought it was an explosion inside the building until they showed the second plane. It was shocking and sad but we thought it was an accident. So much runs through your mind when you see something like that. But never did that scenario run through my mind.
I was angry when, after everything calmed down a bit, nothing was said of the dispatchers who took those calls. How they felt when they realized their friends and co workers had been killed during the rescue attempts. Impotent to do anything but listen to their officers asking for help and the people in the buildings calling and begging for help.
And now, people are looking for someone else to sue. One news announcer stated that the victims families were appalled that the dispatcher or call takers did not instruct the civilians to leave the building. I understand that some operators told the people to stay where they were but I think that was early on in the confusion of what actually happened. What really ticks me off are those that do that "Monday morning quarterbacking" thing. Sitting in a quiet room, listening to one person on one call with no distractions. I raise Cain whenever they try to do that at my office.
Do you really have to be told to leave a burning building? Or a building with smoke in it? Or a building where an explosion took place? Is the first thing you do is turn on your cell phone and call someone? I'm going to be sure I'm out of danger before I call anyone. I'm sure mistakes were made by everyone, from the mayor all the way down to the call takers. It's hard not to make a mistake when you come across a situation you have never been in before.
I could say more but I think that's enough. We just happened to have the TV on the Today show when the planes hit and we thought it was an explosion inside the building until they showed the second plane. It was shocking and sad but we thought it was an accident. So much runs through your mind when you see something like that. But never did that scenario run through my mind.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
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Mae West
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What annoys me about all these articles at the moment, is there's almost a connotation that the 911 operators were at fault or somehow did not do their jobs. Unbelievable! I'd like to see any of these reporters do a better job under such extreme, terrifying, and helpless conditions!! :-5
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I was at work when this happened. I was in a small workshop with another guy working on a panel. We had the radio on and we were astonished when the newsflash came through about the first plane hitting the tower. Of course, the horror of it was not entirely clear as we did not have a visual of it. But I felt a strange feeling in my soul.
Then, not quite half an hour later, the second newsflash was broadcast on the radio, and instinctively, I knew then that it was no accident. My associate went grey. But still, the full horror of it was not revealed over the radio.
A massive shudder went through the ether before the next news report. When I finally saw the events on TV in the evening, I also cried.
I don't think the public has a right to demand to hear the tapes, this is up to the families of those who perished on that day. As I read this article, I am reminded of the morbid fascination of drivers who slow down on the motorway to peer at the horrible aftermath of an accident in the opposite carriageway. I have never had a need to satisfy such a curiousity I am thankful to say, but I do develop an enormous anger at this degrading act of human nature.
Still, I have to concede that those loved ones left behind by the events of that terrible day have never been able to grieve in the normal way. It is only natural that they should seek someone or something tangible at which they can direct the full weight of their grief and anger. God bless them. it still feels like yesterday that it happened.
Then, not quite half an hour later, the second newsflash was broadcast on the radio, and instinctively, I knew then that it was no accident. My associate went grey. But still, the full horror of it was not revealed over the radio.
A massive shudder went through the ether before the next news report. When I finally saw the events on TV in the evening, I also cried.
I don't think the public has a right to demand to hear the tapes, this is up to the families of those who perished on that day. As I read this article, I am reminded of the morbid fascination of drivers who slow down on the motorway to peer at the horrible aftermath of an accident in the opposite carriageway. I have never had a need to satisfy such a curiousity I am thankful to say, but I do develop an enormous anger at this degrading act of human nature.
Still, I have to concede that those loved ones left behind by the events of that terrible day have never been able to grieve in the normal way. It is only natural that they should seek someone or something tangible at which they can direct the full weight of their grief and anger. God bless them. it still feels like yesterday that it happened.