World Trade Center-Plane Crash

[Spinaroonie]

Gee spin, can we grieve for just one more day, come on, be a guy, just let us have one more day ....please, I promise I will never mention It again.

I didn't say you have to heal now. Everyone heals at their own pace. But eventually you MUST heal. You MUST to grow as a person and to maintain your senses. You are healing right now as time goes on (hopefully).

Morn tomorrow, I'm just saying that if you don't think the pain is getting less, then eventually, you're going to need help.

 

[Devilish1]

I wasnt a member of Lit. this time last year but i remember the day so clearly.

I turned on the tv, saw that the news was on every channel. I called my mom and asked her what was going on. She told me about the planes hitting.
I have a very close and dear friend that lives in NY and at the time i knew he was driving people back and forth to the airports.
I then started to think about my ex-husband and realized he had just flown to NY the week before for his job and i didnt know if he was still there or not.
So im started to panick. I tried to email my friend.. I emailed him all day long. ( couldnt call his wife doesnt know we are friends?!?! ) Finally by late afternoon my friend emailed me to let me know he was ok and that it was crazy. He said there was low flying goverment planes flying over his house.( he lives in the mountains). I finally called my ex and he was ok.
Yes i still care for my ex.. we do share a child between us.
He said he wasnt planning on flying to NY or anywhere else anymore. And so far he hasnt.

Is anyone besides me nervous about what may happen by tomroow?
They said to contiune to do things as you have been, fly, work, but are the serious?How many of you are willing to get on a plane tomroow of all days and especially after the alert went to orange. I not going anywhere tomroow and if i had to fly ANYWHERE i would make sure it was a few days later.

Just my opinion.

 

[Lost Cause]

Where I was...

I went into work at Boeing, my job was putting the right landing gear assembly on the 767! It was ironic that that current plane was an American Airlines. Everyone was pretty quiet, we had meetings, everyone was listening to the radio. One lady I worked with summed it up..she said, "I never thought the work that I do would be used to murder people." The weeks that followed, the plant turned up the security, and we watched passing airplanes with a little more scrutiny!
Anyway, we played this song alot there, it should be our battle song;

"This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisified
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible!"

Pat Benetar

 

[Cheyenne]

*bump*

 

[teddybear4play]

Is anyone besides me nervous about what may happen by tomroow?
They said to contiune to do things as you have been, fly, work, but are the serious?How many of you are willing to get on a plane tomroow of all days and especially after the alert went to orange. I not going anywhere tomroow and if i had to fly ANYWHERE i would make sure it was a few days later.

Just my opinion.

I highly doubt there will be another attack tomorrow (today). We're expecting it. Terrorists only operate when nobody sees them.

I tried to get a free ticket for Spirit Airlines tomorrow, but I was late.

TB4p

 

[Ms_Lilith]

Where I was.

I had just gotten out of the shower in my dorm, and I was wandering to my room when my phone rang. I ran to pick it up, and it was honey on the other end. All he said was "get to a TV". I got. I saw. And I was stunned. I will never forget seeing the planes hit the towers. I went to class numb, and my professor called the day a "day of reckoning". There were many tears in class, but it was still too early to know what was going on.
When I got home from class, I parked myself in front of a TV in a very full lounge, and about 40 of us watched in complete silence, as CNN did their coverage. I think I stayed there for about 4 hours that night. That TV was on 24 hours a day for about 3 weeks.

 

[Freya]

Just wanted to send hugs to all my American friends today. This is a day full of horrible memories, but it's also a day of remembering how most of the world came together with your country as one. It's a day to be proud to be American because you guys banded together in a way I think nobody expected. You showed your strength, your honour and your bravery, and I for one will always respect that about the USA, and its people. Today as we remember those who lost their lives and those who lost friends or family members, we're all right beside you in pain and anguish, just as we were one year ago. Our sense of safety was shaken, our arrogance in our invulnerability was proven to be unfounded, but as all of our countries rose up from the shock and horror, we came together in friendship and solidarity - and that's what I'll take away with me in memory of last year's tragedy - that when it comes down to the crunch, we are not separate nations, but one big nation together, helping each other through disasters, fighting for the same essential freedoms and rights, and joining with you all in your sorrow.

Sleep well my friends.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

Just wanted to send hugs to all my American friends today. This is a day full of horrible memories, but it's also a day of remembering how most of the world came together with your country as one. It's a day to be proud to be American because you guys banded together in a way I think nobody expected. You showed your strength, your honour and your bravery, and I for one will always respect that about the USA, and its people. Today as we remember those who lost their lives and those who lost friends or family members, we're all right beside you in pain and anguish, just as we were one year ago. Our sense of safety was shaken, our arrogance in our invulnerability was proven to be unfounded, but as all of our countries rose up from the shock and horror, we came together in friendship and solidarity - and that's what I'll take away with me in memory of last year's tragedy - that when it comes down to the crunch, we are not separate nations, but one big nation together, helping each other through disasters, fighting for the same essential freedoms and rights, and joining with you all in your sorrow.

Sleep well my friends.

Freya, you are quite a woman. Well said. I wish I had the eloquence to speak like you, but as I don't, I will simply add a 'ditto' to what you've written.

Ditto, all.

 

[thumbs2_ca]

Hmmm

This thread sure brings back alot of memories for me, not that I for a moment forgot that day.
September 11 will always be as vivid as yesterday.
I love having you for neighbors. My prayers are with you all.
Bill

 

[Draco]

One year on, and the pain still bites deep. I walked out my driveway this morning, and a neighbour had hung the "Stars & Stripes" from their front fence. It choked me up to see "Old Glory" waving in the New Zealand breeze. I put my hand on my heart, and said a silent prayer, to all those that lost their lives so tragically on that fateful day.

"May you rest in peace, may your family see you through their tears and may God guide you through your dark days into his light."

LEST WE FORGET

11-09-2001

Draco, proud to be a friend to so many Americans, my thoughts and love go with you on this day.

 

[Draco]

The sight that greeted me this morning...does my heart proud.

 

[Route66Girl]

One of the many things about that day that made me cry (and still does) is the incredible support we got from people in other nations.

It seems like such a paltry word, but it's very moving to see Old Glory hanging proud on the shores of a country on the other end of the world, telling us that those who live there didn't forget.

Another meager phrase... but it's all I can say...

Thank you. Thank you, Draco. And thank your neighbors, so much.

 

[sarahuk4]

My heart goes out to the relatives , friends and people who knew the victims of the tradedy ...

I actually knew 2 men in the W.T.C. who were killed in it , my way of dealing with it is to send a red rose to the site , via New York Florist , which I found on net ....granted they were online friends , but still friends ...

Wonderful thing the telephone and credit card ...

 

[Cheyenne]

Today is harder than I thought it would be.

Memories are back.

Never forget.

 

[QuickDuck]

I am not going to post my thoughts and opinions, purely because I know they do not conform to the expected norm, and may be (incorrectly) taken as me being "uncaring" or "insensitive.

This is NOT at all the case.

I sat infront of the TV tonight, reliving all the images i had previously seen, but wished i had forgotten.

Parts I had forgotten and in a way, I wish they had stayed that way.

I cried.

I cried for the first time since probably the same date, 365 days ago.

What i want to say however, is what so many people have tried to say, when no words can express their feelings inside, so instead, i will tell a story.

In February last year, two very dear friends of mine (S and B), moved from Sydney to New York where B had just gotten a promotion to.

Over the next few months, they settled in, got an appartment and both ended up working in the city.

S's company was a firm that had an office on Wall Street and clients in the World Trade Centre, which S had described as a place he loved to visit.

To be honest, i do not know where B's office was.

S had told me that of a morning, he would leave his appartment, go downstairs to the Starbucks, then walk across the road to the ferry that he got into the city.

This was all I knew.

On September 12, 2001 I was getting ready for work (remember we are ahead of the US) and i noticed i had a text message on my phone, that a friend had sent the night before.

I did not have a radio on yet, and looking out the window, it was a warm, sunny, spring morning.

The text message said simply "are you watching this?" and had been sent about 11:00 the night before.

I shrugged, but turned on the TV (thinking back, i had no idea what channel or anything..... it didn;t matter in the end) just in time to catch a replay of the second aircraft.

I grabbed my flatmate and dragged her to the TV and together, we sat in stunned silence and watched.

My flatmate spent the next 90 minutes, trying to phone S and B just wanting to hear something...anything.

Driving to work, people had their headlights on as a sign of respect... it was all we could do.

At a set of traffic lights, i looked to the car next to me to see the woman driver crying... i remember that more clearly than i remember so many other things about that day.

When we got to work, i pulled up a map of the New York area, and tried looking for landmarks so i could try and work out where my friends might have been.

From what i could tell they were close, VERY close, but not close enough.

I spent the day, emailing or sending ICQ messages to EVERY friend i had in the US (and even one in Canada... its funny how the mind works at times like that), asking if they were ok, no matter where they lived.

Looking at the maps i had found, i came to firmly believe that our friends were not near the buildings, unless S had been there on business, but we could still not contact them.

Four days later, at 1:30 in the morning, i was woken by the phone and S's voice.

They were both ok, but extremely shaken.

I have never asked either of them about it, and I never will.

I do not know how close or how far away they were and unless they decide to tell me, I will not ask.

For about a week afterwards, cars drove with their headlights on, but gradually, i noticed fewer and fewer, and when i finally turned mine off, it felt like i was betraying people, that i was a bastard for not continuing, and yet I knew I had to stop sometime.

I cannot imagine what it was like in New York, and will not pretend to try.

Recently, my friends moved back to Australia, and yet they felt they needed to return to New York for today and so they did.

I can understand that, despite personally thinking i would rather be anywhere else but there.

Every person needs to greive in their own way.

America is not alone in its greiving and the world greives with you.

I know i do.

Good night America.... see you all, in the morning.

/wave
Dane
(QuickDuck)


p.s. this is the only thing i am going to post on the subject today, and i will not be reading back here or any other threads on the subject.

I will never forget, but there are some things that i don't want to remember.

I hope you can all respect that.

 

[Chuckus]

Today is harder than I thought it would be.

Memories are back.

Never forget.

I concur.

They held a ceremony in downtown Charlotte, had flyovers from some military planes...........they flew over my office whilst I was standing outside (taking a few moments to reflect on all the things that have happened in the last year and what happened 1 year ago).........and I have to be honest ~ I got chills and my hair on the back of my neck stood straight up again. I shed some tears, not because I was "sad" but out of remembrance of what happened in 2001...........and because I honestly felt like it.

Sad day.........very sad.

I will never forget, ever.

 

[morninggirl5]

I was disheartened by the reaction of the other teachers and administration at my school today. The lack of remembrance really bothered me.


I heard this song on the radio again and i'm reminded once again that there are always those prepared to die so that we can remain free.

"The Last Fallen Hero"
by Charlie Daniels


Oh the cowards came by morning and attacked without a warning
Leaving flames and death and chaos in our streets
In the middle of this fiery hell brave heroes fell

In the skies of Pennsylvania on a plane bound for destruction
With the devil and his angels at the wheel
They never reached their target on the ground
Brave heroes brought it down

Chorus:
This is a righteous cause so without doubt or pause
I will do what my country asks of me
Make any sacrifice
We’ll pay whatever price
So the children of tomorrow can be free
Lead on red, white and blue
And we will follow you until we win the final victory
God help us do our best we will not slack or rest
Till the last fallen hero rests in peace

Now the winds of war are blowing and there’s no way of knowing
Where this bloody path we’re traveling will lead
We must follow till the end
Or face it all again

And make no mistake about it, write it, preach it, talk it, shout it
Across the mountains and the deserts and the seas
The blood of innocence and shame
Will not be shed in vain

Chorus:
This is a righteous cause so without doubt or pause
I will do what my country asks of me
Make any sacrifice
We’ll pay whatever price
So the children of tomorrow can be free
Lead on red, white and blue
And we will follow you until we win the final victory
God help us do our best we will not slack or rest
Till the last fallen hero rests in peace

God help us do our best we will not slack nor rest
Till the last fallen hero rests in peace

 

[deliciously_naughty]

Today in NYC

I'm now a new yorker...I wasn't a year ago. I was in Boston, and I lived through the horror of 9/11 mostly via my television and radio. I was just as shaken, perhaps most shaken by two things...the first of how I'd forgone a trip to the WTC 6 months prior as something I could do always do "next time" and secondly of a picture I'd taken from the ferry to the statue of liberty...the WTC is perfectly framed in the middle (it's practically a postcard image of what nyc's skyline used to look like).

I moved to nyc several months ago...although my heart's belonged to new york longer than I can remember. I had thought that the day I almost left nyc to go back to boston because I was so homesick was the hardest day that I would live through in nyc. In some ways it was. In others, today was.

I usually wake up to a soft rock station...much less jarring than a beeping alarm or rock n roll. Today I was woken up by the recitation of names of people who had been killed in the attacks in the WTC. It took me a few moments to realize what it was and to be awake enough for it to really hit that today was 9/11/02. I lay in bed, unable to turn it off or go back to sleep or get up and take a shower for at least a half hour.

After my shower, I automatically turned on our local news station, the way I've done every day since I moved here. They were broadcasting the memorial live...and the names were still being read.

I drove to the subway station and parked where I usually do. It's across the street from a Greek Orthodox Church. As I was getting my stuff out of the car, the bells began to ring to signal the moment tower 2 fell.

On the subway here in Queens I turned on my radio, and listened to more of the broadcast.

I got off the train at 49th street as usual, and when I walked into Times Square, the real impact of the anniversary hit me. It was practically empty. No bumper to bumper traffic just cars driving...no annoying line of tourists at TKTS waiting to buy cheap broadway tickets...and the giant television was still broadcasting the names. People were either walking around shell shocked or grouped at the corners of 42nd and broadway or 42nd and 7th watching the giant tv. I had walked almost 8 blocks before I heard someone blow their horn. And if you've ever been to times square you'll understand how eerie that is. This was when I began to tear up.

I made it to work (I'm near Times Square) and the day was a strange mix of normal (teasing my boss about the lack of merit of a show he'd seen the previous night) and the abnormal (I heard a lot of sirens at one moment and immediately pulled up cnn.com worried that something had happened).

I made it through work, and I made it through today. And as I told my friends on the nyc thread...that's more than I would've given myself credit for doing. I didn't stay home and hide, I went into the city and lived...and that's more of a victory than we give ourselves credit for. We do it every day...and that's a sign that they didn't win.

We live on, but we do not forget.

 

[Cheyenne]

Almost another year...

In a couple hours, it will be 9/11 again.

I don't think of it as often as I did a year ago. That's a good thing, I think.

But I do still remember that morning, opening this thread, and all the emotions of the next couple hours.

 

[SubChristy]

Re: Almost another year...

In a couple hours, it will be 9/11 again.

I don't think of it as often as I did a year ago. That's a good thing, I think.

But I do still remember that morning, opening this thread, and all the emotions of the next couple hours.

i know what you mean...i remember it like it was yesterday....it struck the hearts of us all, and at the same time made us stronger as a nation. i am proud of the people whom protect this nation, and the unsung hero's that died that day. let us never forget them.

 

[Dillinger]

Tomorrow will obviously be a day of mourning and reflection.

Part of that, for me, is to re-read this thread and some of the others. That was a day that many of us shared here at Lit (and for days afterwards too, of course) and I think being here for many, myself included, helped us cope. Not to say that those around us "in real life" weren't of help and comfort as well but, this community being so geographicaly diverse - the interaction with others all experiencing these terrible events from various places and perspectives was a source of comfort in a sense, not the least being the realization of how this was affecting everyone everywhere...

 

[Angel]

I'll be on a plane, trying not to think about it.

 

[Lancecastor]

There's a new OBL video out, isn't there?

I've not heard the details, but I'll bet he'd love to hit something big in the USA on the Anniversary.

How come he and Saddam Hussein are still out there being rich international wierdos, anyway?

 

[DreamWeaver]

Re: Almost another year...

In a couple hours, it will be 9/11 again.

I don't think of it as often as I did a year ago. That's a good thing, I think.

But I do still remember that morning, opening this thread, and all the emotions of the next couple hours.

Just just finished going through this thread.
It has brough all the memories back
I remember flipping through the channels and saw the one tower on fire then about 5 minutes later the 2nd plane crashed into the 2nd tower

 

[Lasz]

wow this thread is a good historical record of people talking about the events as they happened. Tomarrow will be a day of rememberance.

Laz