Remembering 9/11

[sodascouts]

Before the day is out, I'd like to post a little remembrance of that day that changed so many lives. I'm sending out a prayer for those who lost someone that day.

[DonFan]

I had been retrospective and melancholy all day today, remembering that awful morning six years ago.

That day has become one of the touchstones of our generation--people will always remember where they were and what they were doing when those planes hit the Towers. Our daughters had just gone off to school and I was home getting ready to go to a part-time class that morning. I was watching the TODAY show, as I did every morning, when the first footage was aired. Confused, shaken, and scared, I went on to class, only to have it dismissed an hour later when the attacks continued.

My thoughts & prayers continue to go out to the families who lost loved ones in those attacks. None of our lives will ever be quite the same again.

[SweetHolly]

I've been feeling pretty sad today. My hearts and prayers still go out to the families who lost loved ones.

I was getting ready to go to my college classes and my part-time job on campus which was in the student services building. My mom was the one who told me what happened and then I turned on the tv to see what happened. One of the classes I had that day was an intro to mass communications. Our professor let us watch the news and listen to the radio to follow the coverage and then we discussed it. The student services building was so jam packed with people that day who were watching the tv coverage and listening to the radios in the different offices.

[sodascouts]

I was teaching at Kingwood College at the time. My class didn't start until 11:00 am, so I had time to play on the computer before leaving for work. I opened up AOL around 9:15 am (central time) and saw the photo of the burning towers on their news page with the heading "Planes Crash into World Trade Center," but I thought it was simply a tragic accident and went on checking my e-mail without reading the story. Then, when I got in the car to go to work an hour later, I turned on the radio and there was no music... only news about the attacks. The first thing I heard was "There is no way this was an accident." I finally realized what had happened and my heart was in my throat. When I got to campus, a lady security officer was in the parking lot telling us all to turn around and go back home, that school was closed for the day. And this was in Houston!

You're right, we'll never forget.

[SweetHolly]

I still remember listening to the local sports station in my journalism class that morning. I used to listen to the station quite a bit and they're known for joking around and stuff and I was so proud of them that day for their coverage. I had even emailed the PD telling him that we listened in my class and that I was proud of the way they covered the story.

[Mrs Frey]

My thoughts also go out to the families of the victims of those horrendous attacks. It affected me for a long time after the day of the tragedy - it brought home the fact that life is short, and that anything can happen at any time. We need to cherish our loved ones while we have each other, and savour every moment.

I was coming home from work when an acquaintance who I met up with when we disembarked from the train told me the devastating news (Cape Town is about 6 hours ahead of New York City). When I arrived home, my parents were watching events unfold on CNN News, which went on until late. I couldn't really function that evening - I just watched television continuously, trying to make sense of it all. It was just unreal. I couldn't really comprehend.

[rcknalwys]

My heart also goes out to all those affected by 9/11, the families and friends and the world.

My son's father was on the highway near the towers and actually saw the plane hit. He immediately called me so I was glued to the TV very early on. This made the 3rd disaster he witnessed 1st hand. He was there in New Orleans, delivering supplies (he's a truck driver) and spent almost 2 weeks in the midst of the devastation waiting for fuel, watching the horrors unfold around him. My daughter was in the hospital just a couple of blocks from the Murrah building when Timothy McVeigh blew it up and we were there at the site about 12 hours afterwards, along with so many others coming to try to understand what had happened and help in any way. I can't even begin to tell you how horrible it was. I will never forget the sight of all the debris and bodies and the sense of unreality and horror and shock we were all feeling after being attacked from within, in the heartland of America. But the grief from the bombing pales in comparison to what happened at the twin towers. So many lives were lost and others changed forever. As devastating as that was, over and above the horror felt by all is the sense of our vulnerability as a nation. Our country has been shaken to its very foundation. We have been changed forever. Our own mortality as a country and a people has been attacked as surely as the towers were, but our spirit still lives. I marvel at the tenacity and resilience of our hearts. May we never forget what happened and choing Mrs Frey, cherish your loved ones, and savor every moment we are given.

[DonFan]

That was beautifully written, rcknalwys, and I agree completely.

[Brooke]

My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected by this horrible tragedy too.

I have the Today show on at home every morning while getting ready for work and it hadn't happened yet when I left home at about 7:50. When my boss came in to work a few minutes after 8 he said "turn on the tv, something terrible has happened in NYC." So we did and watched it all unfold. Horrible.

[Glennsallnighter]

It was lunchtime in Dublin when it happened. My daughter was only a few months old and we were having some lunch in a place which functions as a training centre for people with disabilities. It trains them in a catering job and then prepares them to integrate successfully into the general workforce. Anyway the manager came out to us and told us that a plane had crashed into the twin towers. At the time we assumed it was an accident, but then when the second plane hit, and we heard the news from the pentagon we realised that this was no accident. We spent the rest of the day, like many other people following events on the TV and trying to come to terms with the tragedy.
A few years later I saw a programme where a fire fighter with a daughter the same age as ours (3 and a half months when it happened) was killed that day, and it really brought it home to me how unfair it was that she had to grow up without her daddy. Life is fragile and precious and we should do all we can to protect and preserve it.

As with the rest of you my thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their lives, or who otherwise had their lives ruined on that fateful day.

Interestingly, yesterday morning my daughter asked me to put on 'Hole in the World'. How appropriate!

[rcknalwys]

Thank you DonFan.

The terrible feelings of despair that gripped us all in the wake of the twin towers has been shared by people around the world. One of the saddest aspects to me is that there are millions of people living with the threat of attacks every day. My son-in-law is from Pakistan and although he is here, his family is still in Pakistan and they live in fear. Attacks similar to the the twin towers and Murrah building happen on a daily basis for so many, and I can't imagine the sheer terror they live with. ''Hole In The World" couldn't be more apt.

[Freypower]

In Australia it was September 12. It was about 5.30 am when my husband called to me 'you'd better come and look at the TV'. I went downstairs and saw the carnage. My heart started pounding in a way it had not since 1987 when I knew my father had just died (I knew it even though it wasn't confirmed until a couple of hours later). At first I was confused when I saw one of the Twin Towers still standing. 'Well at least this one hasn't fallen' and then - wham - down it went.

My daughter was only three at the time and I took her round to my mother's place (I was on leave from work) and we watched the coverage all day. Rosalind didn't seem to mind that we weren't watching children's programs - it was like she sensed this was big. I had tears running down my face.

[sodascouts]

It really is moving reading everyone's thoughts. Thanks for contributing.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

The impacts of that day are still far reaching and intense. It really did change us forever. I know this as evidenced by the fact that I couldn't even bring myself to read this thread when I first saw it on Tuesday. And as I sit here this morning reading through everyone's experiences and emotions, I literally have tears running down my face. On my drive to work on Tuesday, which was just about the same time of the first attack six years ago, I put Hole In the World in the CD player as well. I guess that's a common reaction for diehard Eagles fans like us. ;) I must be a creature of habit because I was also driving to work six years ago when the first attack occurred. Like everyone else, when I arrived at work, everyone was glued to CNN. We did very little work that day. The company I worked for at the time was headquartered on Long Island so we were confirming the safety of employees throughout the day. Almost as soon as I got home that evening and turned on the television, Building 5 that was attached to the towers collapsed - the last building to fall on a horrible day. When we arrived at work on Wednesday morning our entire computer system in our office in Virginia was dead. After several phone calls, it was ascertained that the computer server for our office had been located in Building 5 of the WTC. Since, of course, there was no way our computer system would be recovered, we spent the next several weeks reconstructing our computers. Of course, this pales in comparison to what others went through. Like everyone else, my thoughts and prayers continuously remain with all those impacted by the events of that tragic day.

[Perfect Little Sister]

Reading this has brought back into focus that terrible time. I was not directly affected by the tragedy as some were. My son and daughter in law were married two months after it happened and she was an EMT at the time, which kinda freaked me out. I hadn't thought before of her job being dangerous. What was hardest for me personally was two weeks later when my best friend's husband was called up to active duty. The day before he left, the school our kids attended was having its annual fall festival and the priest was acting as auctioneer. We went to the side of the tent to ask the priest to take a moment to ask a blessing for him and his family. Instead of doing this outside the tent as we thought, he brought the family into the tent and asked everyone present to extend a hand and join him as he prayed. I stood at the back of the gathering with tears pouring down. A few minutes later when we were saying goodbye in the parking lot, I hugged him and I couldn't let go. As long as he was in my arms, I knew he was safe. I knew once I let go I might never see him again. His daughter was 8 years old...she woke up screaming at night for months, afraid her dad had been killed. I think it was the longest year of their lives.

[glenneaglesfan]

I'm sorry it's taken me a couple of days to get to this thread. It has been very moving reading all of your contributions. It was lunchtime when my son called down to me to say a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers, and for the rest of the day we watched with increasing shock and horror as the tragedy developed. Some time later, there was a memorial service on the radio, culminating with Samuel Barber's Adagio. D and I sat with our arms around each other, tears streaming down our faces, and I've never been able to listen to that piece since without being reminded of the senseless loss and grief that so many people experienced.

[Brooke]

My husband and I were supposed to fly to Florida for a vacation 4 days after 9/11. We canceled our trip. We just didn't feel like going somewhere for a good time when so many people were hurting. It was a very sad and bewildering time for our country as a whole.

[Perfect Little Sister]

My aunt sent me this ice sculpture. Sorry it's so small, but that's the size I got it.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/eaglesaddict05/tn.jpg

[glenneaglesfan]

That's beautiful, PLS.

I googled a few words and came up with this version.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c96/Glenneaglesfan/0223-2lg.jpg

http://www.firehouse.com/news/2002/2/23_Pice.html

[Perfect Little Sister]

Oooo thank you GEF! I thought it was great when it was small. No doubt the angels were very busy that day cradling the departed in their wings.

[Marco]

Well, It's too late for talking about six years after 9/11. My dad knew that from a friend that worked in one of the Twin Towers, and that he escaped in time from the Tower and from death.

[sodascouts]

I'm reviving this old thread because today, again, it's the anniversary of 9/11. While we'll never forget that day, it's amazing to me to think that it's been eight years. Wow.

[MikeA]

Believe me, I thought about it ALL DAY today. We boarded a plane in Las Vegas this morning and flew home to Wichita. Actually, it was one of the easiest adventures we've had at McCarren Airport in Vegas. They had more security lines opened up and it went really was "fast" getting through even though they had announced "Elevated Security" because of the anniversary.

There was one moment as we were backed away from the gate. We sat for 20 minutes on the tarmac while other planes went around us. I guess there was just a backup in late flights and they wanted to get the really late ones off by making a few who were ready on time or early wait and let the other "heavies" get in front. There was no problem.

[glenneaglesfan]

I was thinking about this today. My thoughts go out to everyone affected by this atrocity.

[cynd1231]

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing -- and I'll never forget it as long as I live. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was impacted, my gratitude and appreciation to the police, firemen and volunteers who came to serve, and to our entire nation that we were ever subjected to such an unspeakable event.

[lynnzop]

Funny. It seems like yesterday, yet seems like it happened 20 years ago.

I was facilitating a meeting for about 250 folks, and people started getting cell phone calls and texts...we had to tell the group what was happening and it was impossible. How do you make that announcement to your work collegues without breaking down in tears???

I was most worried about my (then) 7 year old and college student. I never felt so separated from them as that day.

The world has changed, and I don't ever forget what happened. My thoughts go out to those we lost, those who were heroes that day, and those who have fought and continue to fight for us.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

It really has been a day of reflection. This is another one of those days in American history that will live in infamy, for sure.

[Koala]

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing --

The same here! I will never forget this day!

[Brooke]

I'll never forget it either. My prayers go out to everyone who lost someone in that terrible tragedy. And to our service men and women who are still fighting and working to keep our country safe.

[DonFan]

I know Hole in the World is the Eagles song that most of us immediately associate with the 9/11 tragedy, but for me, the song that I choose to play in memory of the lives that were lost that day is Don's haunting and beautiful New York Minute. That song is so evocative--so expressive--in the way he writes about love and loss, and his gorgeous, world-weary vocals are perfect.

[Prettymaid]

Hubby and I were on vacation at Disney World on 9/11. Specifically, we were at Epcot waiting for the league of nations or whatever it's called to open. We overheard people getting calls and when we asked what was going on were told that a plane had crashed into the WTC. Initially thinking it was a tragic accident, we stopped for some lunch, still in Epcot. When we came out of the restaurant everyone was being herded to the front gates. The park was closed for the rest of the day and reopened the next day. We continued our vacation (what else do you do?) and drove home a couple of days later. I specifically remember on the ride home, even so soon after, many of the vehicles were waving the flag. Shortly after, of course, flags were manufactured specifically for vehicles. May we all join together to strive for an end to this kind of hatred throughout the world.

[Troubadour]

It gives me tingles just reading these posts. I can't believe it was eight years ago either. Amen to your last sentence, PM. The victims of 9/11 will never be forgotten.

[sodascouts]

Once again reviving this thread in memory of that day.

Warning: This includes 911 calls that are hard to listen to. I cried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dum6fzNc

[MikeA]

Appreciate your SIG Soda. I will not Forget!

[Glennsallnighter]

I don't think anybody who lived through the events of this day 9 years ago ever will.

[GlennLover]

Today, when we were in Detroit airport getting ready to board our plane, there were a few soldiers among the passengers, one in combat uniform. The airline agent announced that the soldiers would board first. She then asked that we give a round of applause for those in the military. It was quite moving.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Well - I'm a day late in posting this, but not a day late in remembering this day and how it changed our lives. Soda, that video that you posted is hard to watch, but still, I watched it anyway. You can't help but get all choked up.

And GL, they did almost the same thing in the airport last weekend when we had some service men and woman on one of my flights out to Colorado. Then, once airborne, we gave them another round of applause.

[Koala]

I can not believe that's the tragedy was 9 years ago!
At that time I came from the work and turned on the tv, I could not believe and understand what I saw there.

[Prettymaid]

I watched a lot of the memorials and documentaries yesterday. Last year I worked all day on 9/11 and didn't get the chance to think about it too much. At least yesterday I felt like it was front and center in my mind most of the day.

[EagleLady]

Thought I'd bring this thread back up to remember all the victims and heroes of that awful day. As we remember the 10th Anniversary.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

I was on my way to work in Reston, VA when it came on the radio about the first plane. The DJs on the radio were wondering if it was a traffic plane. I went in, late for a 9am meeting and told my officemate, his uncle worked in the WTC. We went to our meeting and the folks from Israel hadn't called in and we learned the phones were down. We left the conference room to hear about the second WTC plane and the Pentagon. Rumors were flying about building in Roslyn, VA. The internet didn't work, phones and cell phones not working. We went to our cars to listen to WTOP, a news radio station in DC. The DJs were frantic and near tears. Absolute traffic gridlock, their reporters couldn't get anywhere and once they did get somewhere, they couldn't call in their stories.

Through illegal use of AIM at the office, I heard a plane went down in Pittsburgh and my sister sometimes went to the corporate building for Alcoa there. So I tried to contact her. Through email I found out that the plane went down in Somerset, PA. Where the entire rest of my family lives. No one knew where my brother was, his job had him driving all over the county. They were frantic to hear where I was in DC since I sometimes went to the Pentagon area for work.

Around 10:30 we were told to leave, along with everyone else in the entire area. Traffic was horrendous and it took me 30 minutes just to get out of the parking lot. There were rumors of a rogue airplane (turns out it was the one that had already gone down in PA) and that it was headed for DC. Everyone that worked in my building walked out, looking at the sky in fear. It was freaky, like watching War of the Worlds or something. The country music station I listened to had gone off the air and were broadcasting a local TV station. The 6pm/11pm anchors had been called in and were on the air. Familiar voices that made me feel less alone sitting in my truck and trying to get home.

They said the plane in Somerset went down in a field (hello...the whole county is rural) By the time I got home, it was established at the plane in PA went down in a field, and around 2pm my brother's cell phone finally worked and he could call family and let us know he was OK. Being near DC was scary enough, but knowing later that where the plane in PA went down was random freaked me out. My whole family was less than 20 miles from that field, mere seconds to an airplane.

It was easily the worst day of my life and all my family came through OK. I can't imagine how much worse it would have been otherwise. Although, my officemate's uncle was on the floor that the first plane hit dead center and of course, he didn't live through it. We weren't allowed to go to work the next day, we were contractors and suddenly no one trusted anyone.

[sodascouts]

Thanks for sharing that. Thank goodness everyone in your family at least was OK, but how terrifying!

[Koala]

Thanks for telling us your story, VAisForEagleLovers!

Can't believe it's been 10 years since this tragedy!

[Glennsallnighter]

I could sense the awful tension and fear that you must have felt on that day VA4EL. I think we all felt it wherever we were. It was just after 2pm here in Ireland when these awful events started to unfold. Laura was just a babe in arms at the time. I think we all felt sick with revulsion at what happened that day.

I'm so glad youre family were all ok, but of course we all think of and pray for those who died and those whose lives were changed forever by this atrocity. :-(

[AzEaglesFan]

On the front page of the Arizona Republic this morning.

"Can six words summarize 9/11? To mark the 10th anniversary, we asked readers to summarize--in exactly six words--their feelings about that day"
The headline for the article.

"There's a hole in the world."

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thanks for sharing your experiences, VAisFEL. And how appropriate is that headline, AEF!

This weekend, MSNBC is rebroading the live coverage of the Today show that was airing at the time this happened. I watched it last night, and it still was very hard to watch as the events of that day unfolded. Watching the footage as those towers collapsed brought tears to my eyes even 10 years later. This event was so much more than just two buildings collapsing and the loss of lives of the almost 3,000 souls that perished that day. Everyone of us in the free world are victims of those attacks to some extent. My heart goes out those families and friends who lost loved ones that day as they have to relive these events once again. But, IMO, as painful as it is, this is a day that we should never forget. There definitely is a hole in the world.

[VAisForEagleLovers]

You said it very well, Dreamer.

[Brooke]

VA, thanks for sharing your story with us. What a terrible day that was and it's hard to believe it's been 10 years.

My heart goes out to all those that lost loved ones. I watched some of the memorial service on tv before we went to church and many times tears came to my eyes. Hubby and I listened to Neil Young's song Let's Roll last night and talked about how awesome those people on that plane were.

We will never forget.

[Windeagle]

I'm finding myself today thinking a lot about the people on those planes. The two WTC planes took off from Boston's Logan Airport, which is the nearest major airport to me. There were dozens of people from around here who never suspected a thing when they boarded for business trips, family vacations or wherever they were headed.

I remember reading some of the specifics:

- An entire family off to visit relatives in California

- The Massachusetts sales team of a department store chain off to a West Coast sales convention

- The pilot of AA11 being from my home town.

And so many more. My thoughts are with all of them today.

[GlennLover]

The events of that day have had far reaching effects. They changed the world forever. I watched 60 Minutes a little while ago. Various people who were at the scene that day were interviewed, including police men & women& medical personnel. Some had been trapped in the buildings. They were all very emotional as they told of their experiences. All have health problems, Many have lung diseases. They all suffered mentally & many have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Here in Canada the events hit us very hard, as well. I remember vividly being in the cafeteria at work during my break. There was a lounge with a television off the cafeteria. Someone came out of the lounge & announced that a plane had hit the WTC. I entered the lounge just in time to see the second plane hit. Horrifying! I pray for the families of those lost & for the survivors who are still experiencing their own personal hell.

[sodascouts]

Here's something I've been working on all day - I'm still not completely happy with it, but I wanted to post it before the day is up. I took footage I found on YouTube of 9/11 and cobbled it together, underlaying it with "Hole in the World."

http://www.myspace.com/video/eaglesonlinecentral/911-hole-in-the-world/108181358

[Topkat]

As a New Yorker, I watched this unfold from my rooftop. The smoke just covering the downtown area. I think of all those lost that day....
The song by Don Henley,New York Minute, though written well before this happened, is haunting me today. Words never so true.

[Prettymaid]

Soda, I just watched your video and it brought tears to my eyes. You did a wonderful job compiling newscasts from that fateful morning. I especially love the end, showing the American people come together as we always do during difficult times. Never forget? I wish we would never forget that the American people - dare I say the whole world - could come together not just in times of sorrow, but always.

[Koala]

Soda, loved your video!It is very much empathetically!

[Henley Honey]

Beautifully done video, Soda. Haunting. Disturbing.
The ending says it all: "Never Forget".
Well Done.

[TimothyBFan]

This weekend, MSNBC is rebroading the live coverage of the Today show that was airing at the time this happened.

That is exactly what I was watching the day it happened. Since I work from home, I had it on like I did every morning and remember that they were talking about it being such a beautiful sunny morning as it was here in Indiana also. I remember watching Matt Lauer & Katie Couric and the others and watching their reactions as it all unfolded on live TV. It all seemed so unbelievable.

The other thing I remember most of all about that day, I watched several kids after school and my own kids were only 10 & 8 also. I remember thinking how many questions I would have as they came home from school and had touched base several times during the day with all the parents on how they wanted me to handle it. The bus stop was only on the corner, 1/2 a block away and usually I stood out in front of the house as they got off but that day I walked to the corner to meet them as they got off. Those kids were all excited, scared and confused and talking a mile a minute. We all went home and talked about it till all their parents showed up to pick them up. I can honestly say, I've never had a talk with a child like I did that day before or since. In all the years of watching children, that had to be one of the hardest days I've ever had with them. I realized, as I listened to all of them, that this would change everything for them and their futures. It would define their lives unlike any other American tragedy has ever defined a child's life before. KWIM?

Soda-- what a stirring video.

[sodascouts]

Thanks for the feedback, guys. HH, since you are New Yorker, your approval is especially meaningful.

TBF - I can't imagine having to explain that to all those kids. How could they understand?

[TimothyBFan]

TBF - I can't imagine having to explain that to all those kids. How could they understand?

That was actually the problem, Soda. They really couldn't (as most of adults couldn't either). They had been watching coverage on TV at school of planes flying into buildings, etc. and knew something was definitely not right and scary but didn't comprehend exactly what was going on or why everyone seemed so "on edge", teachers, sitters, parents, everyone. I answered questions the best I could with answers that would not scare them more and let the parents take it from there. I think I listened more than anything else too. Definitely not something I would want to ever have to do again.

[Annabel]

10 years ago on September 11th 2001, my eldest daughter started school. Aged 4 years and 4 months. A parent had to go in with the kids first week on their day, (Hannah had just 2 days that first week), and I was that parent in our case. Andy stayed home to look after Rachel, who was 2 years and 4 months. Hannah and I had a good morning and came home at the end of her first day at lunch time 12 o'clock.

About an hour later my Mum rang to see a) how Hannah had got on and b) to ask us if we were watching the news. We weren't but I put it on and once we saw what was unfolding, we sat glued to the TV and couldn't believe our eyes. The poor girls played for nicely quite a while then when they got bored and wanted the TV, we put the TV on in our bedroom to the kids programmes for them. It was an effort to remember to cook any dinner that day and I'm sure that if it hadn't been for the girls we might well have gone without.

My first trip to NY was in 1991 and a friend and I stayed in the Vista International hotel, the hotel in between the twin towers. We had made the trip up to the observation deck on floor 107 to see out over NY early one morning during our stay in NY. The height scared the living daylights out of both of us, but I went round all four sides ...... twice. Once taking photos for both of us as my friend Sally couldn't move. I came back round to her and the second time I went round with my video camera. I wasn't brave enough to go up to the roof though.

Watching that video brings that day back so well. Such a dreadful thing to happen. :-(

[Henley Honey]

I didn't think I would post anything here, cause it's still too raw -- even after 10 years, but in the spirit of "Never Forget" it's important to share.

I was home on 9/11/01 enjoying a beautiful Indian-summer morning when all hell broke loose. I immediately called my brother-in-law who was a Captain in the FDNY. I told him they'd announced an "All Hands" (All Fire Fighters go) and wished him luck. He made it home safely -- eventually, but 343 of his "brothers" did not.

Within a half-hour of the second tower being hit all transit into & out of NYC was shut down -- everthing. The only aircraft left in the sky were fighter jets. That was surreal but somehow comforting. Then began the waiting. Who made it out? Who didn't? Has anyone heard from Florence? How about Eddie, Bernie, Kevin, and on and on and on. Some made it out. Some didn't. Everytime the phone rang you'd get a burst of hope. Sometimes the news was good. Most times not.

In the midst of all the sorrow, though, there was a growing sense of community that I later learned extended all over the globe. So in that sense, "they" didn't win.

In watching yesterday's memorials on television and attending several as well, I was struck again at the ages of of the victims. One was 3-years old and one was 89-years old, but it seems most were in their 20's and 30's with so much of life still ahead of them. Sad. Very sad.

Even though it's hard to do, I think it's important to watch the rebroadcasts and documentaries and to remember.

Never Forget.

[Brooke]

I watched the rebroadcasts on MSNBC yesterday evening. Unbelievable it's been 10 years. I can't imagine how it would have been to have been living in NYC then. Thanks for your story HH.

After watching the part about the FAA and how they handled it all, it looks like they really dropped the ball and might have been able to have prevented at least part of it. Hopefully, they've gotten their act together by now.

ETA: Soda, your video was awesome.

[Topkat]

HH: I too was alarmed at how young most of those who died that day were. The company Cantor Fitzgerald, where the entire company perished, was a group of very young traders, most in their 20's & early 30's, and the firefighters were also mostly such young guys, with small children & some had pregnant wives. It really struck a nerve, that these people were in the prime of their lives, with so much ahead of them, all taken away so quickly. I was so heart broken for their families. We will never forget that day. Even 10 years later, the pain doesn't go away.