World Trade Center-Plane Crash

[Cheyenne]

I think those of us that gathered here together that day will always return to Lit on 9/11

Another year, another gathering to remember.

 

[Lancecastor]

Ishmael's Banning has received more posts in a few days than this 14 year old 9/11 thread.

Some say Mossad agents were seen cheering on rooftops around the LitBunker after his plug was pulled.

 

[Cherry]

Hard to believe it has been 14 years already.

 

[barefootgirl69]

It just doesn't get easier for some people, while to others it's no big deal

Proud Army Mom of 2...deployed 5 times between them.

 

[Cheyenne]

It just doesn't get easier for some people, while to others it's no big deal

Proud Army Mom of 2...deployed 5 times between them.

Thank you for your service. Your chidren for serving and you for worrying about them while they were away.

 

[1Browneyedguy]

It just doesn't get easier for some people, while to others it's no big deal

Proud Army Mom of 2...deployed 5 times between them.

Thank you for saying that.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

Reading the start of this thread took me back to that day more than anything else I've read. I held my baby the entire day and watched the painful news unfold.

 

[neakman]

I will never forget....or forgive till there is repentance from those who acted as cowardly terrorists.

 

[JohnnySavage]

At the time, my office was at 17th and I - one block North of the White House.

 

[hashtag45]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QFFa8QlLBrk

 

[Mischka]

I just read a friend's poignant piece about how Americans were kinder to each other in the aftermath of 9/11, about how we discovered that the space between our similarities was infinitely smaller than the space between our differences. But then another friend recalled how 9/11 marked a different transformation for him and his family. How his mosque was vandalized, how a classmate told him he deserved to die (that classmate was later arrested as an adult for beating an unarmed minority teenager). We all divide into "us" versus "them", it's just a matter of perspective. May today's remembrance allow us to question a few of those barriers.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

Well stated and on point, Mischka.

 

[hashtag45]

I just read a friend's poignant piece about how Americans were kinder to each other in the aftermath of 9/11, about how we discovered that the space between our similarities was infinitely smaller than the space between our differences. But then another friend recalled how 9/11 marked a different transformation for him and his family. How his mosque was vandalized, how a classmate told him he deserved to die (that classmate was later arrested as an adult for beating an unarmed minority teenager). We all divide into "us" versus "them", it's just a matter of perspective. May today's remembrance allow us to question a few of those barriers.

not nearly the same situation, but also:
I noted something similar about my own compatriots: their tolerance of other people seemed to decrease lately, following some ISIS attacks in Eu and in the context of the economic depression.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

One thing I do remember after having living here for so long and living directly through that and seeing it all come down in real time, is having the sense of not feeling any future whatsoever.

And then, the years pass from that moment and you see the future developing, in myriad ways. Amazing and fortunate, to still be here in the now a decade and some change later, when I couldn't see or even believe in this now back then.

Still remembering.

Sentiment still holds. Still can't believe it's been 14 years, but still eternally grateful to be here in the now.

 

[Misshotndeep]

Sentiment still holds. Still can't believe it's been 14 years, but still eternally grateful to be here in the now.

I remember that as the worst week of my life. I have lived through a lot of horrible shit in my time. That week was by far the worst of it. I look back and wonder how I made it on to the next one. It's amazing how strong we are when we really have to be.

 

[Sandman63]

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/images/cache/cache_6/cache_2/cache_1/WTC-800x533-f35e4126.jpeg?ver=1441404596&aspectratio=1.5009784735812

In Remembrance of the Fallen!

 

[barefootgirl69]

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/images/cache/cache_6/cache_2/cache_1/WTC-800x533-f35e4126.jpeg?ver=1441404596&aspectratio=1.5009784735812

In Remembrance of the Fallen!

Where's my LIKE button? !

 

[italiansexylady]

I was still living in that area back then. My neighbor escaped from the south tower. To hear his recount of the events and how one quick decision allowed him to get out is nothing short of a miracle . I will never forget that day for as long as I live. Sad for the people that perished and their loved ones left behind. Grateful for the ones that survived.

 

[LouCfer]

http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2011/09/08/richard-drew-s-the-falling-man-ap-photographer-on-his-iconic-9-11-photo/jcr:content/image.crop.800.500.jpg/44910507.cached.jpg

 

[Sandman63]

LouCfer,

Please remove that pic.
There could be someone here in Lit that might wonder.
Was that my son, my husband, my father, my brother, or maybe my friend.
For many it is still so fresh in their minds.
I know you had a good intention with it.
If you don't want to I understand.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

IMHO, the best tribute to the innocent victims of 9/11 and their families is that the following murderers on this list of major Al Qaeda leaders, and many other rank and file terrorists not on this list, are now either dead or in prison.

We must never forget that we remain engaged in BOTH an ongoing war AND an ongoing criminal investigation hopefully leading to successful prosecutions.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131006/top-al-qaeda-figures-killed-or-arrested-911

 

[JohnnySavage]

The attack was a graphic example of violence. But to put it in perspective, in 2001 17.448 people were killed on American roads because of drunk driving - five times as many as died from the attacks. We would have gotten a bigger bang for our buck had we spent $1.7 trillion on a "war on drunks" instead of a "war on terror"

 

[Colonel Hogan]

LouCfer,

Please remove that pic.
There could be someone here in Lit that might wonder.
Was that my son, my husband, my father, my brother, or maybe my friend.
For many it is still so fresh in their minds.
I know you had a good intention with it.
If you don't want to I understand.

I don't have the link immediately handy, but there was a national story some years ago about the likely identity of "falling man." The family interviewed in the article is virtually certain the picture is of their son. I think there is sufficient clarity in the photo to make such an identification of someone if it was a person you knew particularly well.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I don't have the link immediately handy, but there was a national story some years ago about the likely identity of "falling man." The family interviewed in the article is virtually certain the picture is of their son. I think there is sufficient clarity in the photo to make such an identification of someone if it was a person you knew particularly well.

There's a documentary on Netflix called "Falling Man" that identifies the victim.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

The attack was a graphic example of violence. But to put it in perspective, in 2001 17.448 people were killed on American roads because of drunk driving - five times as many as died from the attacks. We would have gotten a bigger bang for our buck had we spent $1.7 trillion on a "war on drunks" instead of a "war on terror"

That is a wholly specious argument. The outrage is not about sheer numbers or dollars. The outrage IS and should always BE about criminal INTENT and bringing murders to justice, one way or another. THAT is the "perspective" that matters most.