September 11

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Anonymous wrote:A block from the Capital...

Same.

[Anonymous]

Freshman year at GW in my dorm where I felt the impact of the pentagon being hit. It was the second week of classes. One of my floor mates lost both parents who worked at PWC.

My dad had been scheduled for a meeting at one of the executive office buildings that morning and it was canceled so he drove a couple of colleagues to the New Carrollton station because the metro was shut down. He didn’t think to check in with my mom or me until much later and we were pretty concerned because he had driven right by the Pentagon on his way to the meeting. He ended up driving back to my dorm and taking me and my roommate to dinner at La Chaumiere where everyone sat in eerie silence.

He was originally supposed to be on that flight 77 - from Dulles to LAX but changed his plans to attend the meeting.

My dad died 4 years ago today, I’m so grateful I had 19 more years with him, he got to see me grow up, marry and have a family. I miss him so much but I’m so grateful he changed his plans that day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Working at a local Maryland hospital. We assumed we would be flooded with overflow patients...and nothing.

I can still remember the sky when driving home on 495 by Tysons on that day.

I was supposed to take my kid to Arlington Hospital for some follow-up stitch removal at the ER. They'd told us to come Tuesday morning when it wouldn't be busy. Instead, the whole hospital was in emergency mode waiting for the Pentagon injured.

I took my kid to the pediatrician that afternoon instead. We were the only ones there, and the doctor was hyperventilating having grown up in a warzone.

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Anonymous wrote:Over it. Moved on. Yes - I remember it like D-day but I'm not dwelling on it. I "remember" it each time it takes me an hour to get thru security at the airport.

Just move on then. There are family members that are being mourned. You can always skip a topic that you have 'moved' on from.

Yep like every other single war - even the Iraq, Iran, Palestine, etc etc etc etc since 9/11

Move on

Does this also include the Civil War or will you keep harping about that one?

Yes, we are still fighting the Civil War

Can you show me declaration of war issued by Congress?

[Anonymous]

Do you remember the military planes flying high above the area for many days afterwards? You couldn't see them but you could hear them.

Then we had the anthrax scare.

The following year we had the DC sniper, and gas stations put up big tarps to protect people pumping gas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you remember the military planes flying high above the area for many days afterwards? You couldn't see them but you could hear them.

Then we had the anthrax scare.

The following year we had the DC sniper, and gas stations put up big tarps to protect people pumping gas.

What the F is wrong with some humans??!

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Anonymous wrote:Over it. Moved on. Yes - I remember it like D-day but I'm not dwelling on it. I "remember" it each time it takes me an hour to get thru security at the airport.

Unamerican
Maga garbage

I lost many friends that day shut up

I guarantee this person voted for Biden, idiot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It was an absolutely beautiful day in Northern Virginia, clear blue skies, low humidity, fall around the corner. The teacher had just turned off the TV for the school morning announcements and we were working on some activity when we heard and felt a really strong BOOM. Some kids went to the window to look out at the road in front of school because it was just so loud, but we didn't see anything and went back to our seats.

Then a teacher poked her head into the classroom and told our teacher to turn the TV back on, right now.

Lots of kids had parents who worked at the pentagon and in NYC. and we truly thought we might be next, because we absolutely didn't know.

Only a few kids had cellphones and they were allowed to go to their lockers and retrieve their phones. Back then kids had to lock up their phones during school hours.

Whenever we have clear blue sky, sunny, warm, but low humidity days, I think - ah, Sept 11

You are not alone. Lots of us do. Memory is a weird thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you remember the military planes flying high above the area for many days afterwards? You couldn't see them but you could hear them.

Then we had the anthrax scare.

The following year we had the DC sniper, and gas stations put up big tarps to protect people pumping gas.

That was my neighbor Dan. He flew "nightwatch" for the first two weeks with 3 others. Humble, kind, decent, decent, decent man. Notre Dame alum.

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Anonymous wrote:It was an absolutely beautiful day in Northern Virginia, clear blue skies, low humidity, fall around the corner. The teacher had just turned off the TV for the school morning announcements and we were working on some activity when we heard and felt a really strong BOOM. Some kids went to the window to look out at the road in front of school because it was just so loud, but we didn't see anything and went back to our seats.

Then a teacher poked her head into the classroom and told our teacher to turn the TV back on, right now.

Lots of kids had parents who worked at the pentagon and in NYC. and we truly thought we might be next, because we absolutely didn't know.

Only a few kids had cellphones and they were allowed to go to their lockers and retrieve their phones. Back then kids had to lock up their phones during school hours.

Whenever we have clear blue sky, sunny, warm, but low humidity days, I think - ah, Sept 11

You are not alone. Lots of us do. Memory is a weird thing.

I definitely do this. I'm in the NYC suburbs and the weather today was almost identical to the day of the attacks.

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I was sitting at my desk in the BBC in London. We had a tv in the office, so we put it on, but were also following live updates online.

I had spent my MS and HS years on the East coast where my dad had commuted into that part of Manhattan. And I still had / have friends who live on the LES.

It was devastating to watch. A revelation when the second plane hit. I had a moronic co-worker say "its like an American disaster movie" to which I replied " no it is an actual disaster"

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Anonymous wrote:In Skyline Tower that morning. A friend with a window office literally watched the plane hit the Pentagon in horror.

I have zero tolerance for the conspiracy nutjobs who try to claim “it was a missile” or an inside job.

Same! It pisses me off to hear all the conspiracy theories, as well. I was on Washington Blvd close to where the helipad was, next to the Pentagon. Traffic was at a standstill. Plane went into the building right behind me. People were getting out of their cars and turning around to look, and some were walking away from their cars. It was scary as hell. By the time I made it to my office in Rosslyn, everyone was leaving. I was afraid to get back on the road.

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The beginning of the end of our Repunlic.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was an absolutely beautiful day in Northern Virginia, clear blue skies, low humidity, fall around the corner. The teacher had just turned off the TV for the school morning announcements and we were working on some activity when we heard and felt a really strong BOOM. Some kids went to the window to look out at the road in front of school because it was just so loud, but we didn't see anything and went back to our seats.

Then a teacher poked her head into the classroom and told our teacher to turn the TV back on, right now.

Lots of kids had parents who worked at the pentagon and in NYC. and we truly thought we might be next, because we absolutely didn't know.

Only a few kids had cellphones and they were allowed to go to their lockers and retrieve their phones. Back then kids had to lock up their phones during school hours.

Whenever we have clear blue sky, sunny, warm, but low humidity days, I think - ah, Sept 11

You are not alone. Lots of us do. Memory is a weird thing.

I definitely do this. I'm in the NYC suburbs and the weather today was almost identical to the day of the attacks.

I feel like it has been almost every year. I was in DC then and in nyc since 2005 and I cannot remember a rainy anniversary.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here we are on this day.

60 Minutes streamed a good story about some surviving fire fighters and the children of those killed in the towers who then joined the fire service on continued their careers. It is a different mindset than what we see in this entitled area and worth watching for that reason alone.

Today, I remember my friend who was the co-pilot of the AA flight that went into the Pentagon and his father who until his death wrote condolence letters to parents whose children were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thank you for posting this. I'm sorry for your friend and his family.

Wanted to post the 60 Minutes piece about FDNY for anyone who would like to see it.

I knew Chief Peter Ganci personally. Everything said of him here is true. I can only add, that in good times, he had an infectious sense of fun. Everyone loved him, you couldn't help it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj6s4WULw64