posted on September 10, 2006 06:06:50 PM new
Thanks! Exactly what I've been looking for to use in class tomorrow.
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posted on September 10, 2006 06:31:41 PM new
None of us should forget what happened on that terrible day, but I don't think I could bear too look at it all again, it was so hard to watch at the time. One of my buyers lost her husband in the World Trade Center, and I will be remembering, and praying for all of the many people in many countries who lost loved ones.
I still remember the shock when my daughter called and told me to turn on CNN because a plane had hit the WTC, and we were talking trying to decide how it could have happened, I could hear my new baby granddaughter snuffling in the background when we watched in horror as the second plane hit, and we realized it was no accident. It was a terrifying moment I will never forget.
posted on September 10, 2006 08:06:44 PM new
I take this moment, to Remember. May those who perished rest in eternal peace. Those who's lives were forever changed, rebuild. Stronger. A Salute to those who gave their lives to save others. There can be No greater love than those who sacrifice their own lives to Save others from certain death.
posted on September 10, 2006 08:09:31 PM new
I was watching CNN when the news broke and watched for several hours before my 6 year old woke up and joined me. I explained to him what was happening and later went downstairs to get him breakfast. When I returned, he told me the Pentagon was hit. No, no - the World Trade Center - in NY not DC - then I watched in horror as they described the third plane - have rarely been that scared for my country in my life!
They HATE everything about the USA, so they want to set-up a separate "colony" within MY COUNTRY so they ain't gonna be "tainted" by such quaint American customs as: RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE or RESPECT FOR THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN!
Hey LOSERS! There's an EASIER SOLUTION: YOU DON'T LIKE THE USA?Then just crawl back to whatever cesspool country ya slimed out of!
posted on September 11, 2006 06:28:38 AM new
I (hopefully we) will never forget those that simply went to work one Tuesday morning
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This is a quote made - which I found so very true - not a bias political statement ... simply the truth ---
"We have inscribed a new memory alongside others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew. ”
posted on September 11, 2006 11:15:26 AM new
God Bless America.
I agree with Tom:
Hey LOSERS! There's an EASIER SOLUTION: YOU DON'T LIKE THE USA?Then just crawl back to whatever cesspool country ya slimed out of!
I read in that article 5 pages long that one person said where are they going to go? I have a suggestion: but it is not nice. But short and sweet of it is 7734 just rotate that 180. LOL
posted on September 11, 2006 06:51:43 PM new
Just received this poem in a e-mail
> TWO THOUSAND ONE, NINE ELEVEN (2001-911)
>
> Two thousand one, nine eleven
> Three thousand plus arrive in heaven
> As they pass through the gate,
> Thousands more appear in wait
> A bearded man with stovepipe hat
> Steps forward saying, "Lets sit, lets chat"
>
> They settle down in seats of clouds
> A man named Martin shouts out proud
> "I have a dream!" and once he did
> The Newcomer said, "Your dream still lives."
>
> Groups of soldi ers in blue and gray
> Others in khaki, and green then say
> "We're from Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine"
> The Newcomer said, "You died not in vain."
>
> From a man on sticks one could hear
> "The only thing we have to fear.
> The Newcomer said, "We know the rest,
> Trust us sir, we've passed that test."
>
> "Courage doesn't hide in caves
> You can't bury freedom, in a grave,"
> The Newcomers had heard this voice before
> A distinct Yankees twang from Hyannisport shores
>
> A silence fell within the mist
> Somehow the Newcomer knew that this
> Meant time had come for her to say
> What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus that day
>
> "Back on Earth, we wrote reports,
> Watched our children play in sports
> Worked our gardens, sang our songs
> Went to church and clipped coupons
> We smiled, we laughed, we cried, we fought
> Unlike you, great we're not"
>
> The tall man in the stovepipe hat
> Stood and said, "Don't talk like that!
> Look at your country, look and see
> You died for freedom, just like me"
>
> Then, before them all appeared a scene
> Of rubbled streets and twisted beams
> Death, destruction, smoke and dust
> And people working just 'cause they must
>
> Hauling ash, lifting stones,
> Knee deep in hell, but not alone
> "Look! Blackman, Whiteman, Brownman, Yellowman
> Side by side helping their fellow man!"
>
> So said Martin, as he watched the scene
> "Even from nightmares, can be born a dream."
>
> Down below three firemen raised
> The colors high into ashen haze
> The soldiers above had seen it before
> On Iwo Jima back in '45
>
>
> The man on sticks studied everything closely
> The n shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly
> "I see pain, I see tears,
> I see sorrow -- but I don't see fear."
>
> "You left behind husbands and wives
> Daughters and sons and so many lives
> Are suffering now because of this wrong
> But look very closely. You're not really gone.
>
> All of those people, even those who've never met you
> All of their lives, they'll never forget you
> Don't you see what has happened?
> Don't you see what you've done?
> You've brought them together, together as one.
>
> With that the man in the stovepipe hat said
> "Take my hand," and from there he led
> Three thousand plus heroes, Newcomers to heaven
> On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven
>
> Author UNKNOWN
posted on September 11, 2006 11:04:30 PM new
This Canadian - and I'm sure most - will never forget that day of tragedy. In some form, it will remain an unerasable pain for our remaining days, reminding us to be ever vigilant of the freedom those before us have earned.
Support your soldiers, they willingly do what we dare not.
posted on September 12, 2006 01:52:15 PM new
I was sure that I was going to die on that day, and except for having taken the ferry rather than the Path, I probably would have (as it was, I had vertigo for 6 weeks and coughed up dreck).
My dear wife, had she not been taking our son to kindergarten (thank you, first day of school), would quite probably have perished. Her office was demolished, but luckily not a single person who reported to her died, although some of them are still not quite "right."
We were lucky, but I can't count how many friends, colleagues, family members of colleagues, etc. died that day; it makes you realize that it (at least the financial services industry) is a small world.
Yesterday was the first time I went to the city on the anniversary, but I did it for personal reasons. I think you'll find that many people who were there don't watch movies, documentaries, etc. about the tragedy; it still hurts, and my eyes are welling up right now.
