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5 years have flown past but I can remember seeing live footage here as well
posted by
littlemspickles
on September 17, 2006 at 3:29 AM
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Tanga
The world will never be the same.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:56 AM
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Corbin
I saw a part of it on TV today, I thought about you.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:50 AM
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Symphony
That is one event that touched the entire world. As horrible as the day was it did have one good thing that happened. For a little while the world stood together as one.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:43 AM
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Julia
It's odd as it doesn't feel like it's been five years and then on the otherhand it feels as if it's been a factor all of our lives.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:40 AM
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Blonde
I doubt any of us will ever forget that.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:33 AM
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BlackPearl
one would think that even the tabloids have a limit. Obviously they do not.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:29 AM
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Maggie
That was the first time in my life I was afraid to step outside of my home.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:26 AM
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Taps
I hadn't planned to watch it, but like you I couldn't walk away.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:24 AM
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Strick
It's scary how one second can change how we live our lives forever.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:21 AM
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Avant
Good for you!!!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:18 AM
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Spitfire
I agree with you.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 11, 2006 at 8:15 AM
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I'll remember it, too, and also
more appreciate what the air traffic controllers did that day and every day. IMO, they are hero's that belong on the list of the many co-workers, flight attendants, firefighters, policeman, and other civilians.
posted by
SpitFire70
on September 11, 2006 at 4:22 AM
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bel
I was scared, too, until I realized that terrorism had achieved its objective within me. Then I steeled myself and hung my flag. I went about my life as normal, as a way of showing my determination to not let some fanatical cause rule my life.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 11, 2006 at 3:13 AM
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It was a surreal day
I do remember what I was doing.. Getting ready for work when my husband called to tell me to turn on the news. I had an appointment that day that I remember well because I did not know this potential buyer and he had a middle east accent and I was really nervous where I wouldn't have been in the past. Then I stayed glued to the TV for days.
posted by
StrickGold
on September 10, 2006 at 9:07 PM
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Bel, I saw the TV program that you mention here. It was horrifying, mesmerizing and so terribly sad. I hadn't intended to watch it but coming upon it while flipping channels I could not turn it off.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 10, 2006 at 11:27 AM
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I'll never forget it, bel, and I remember exactly what I was doing. I was at my kitchen table watching the Today Show. All of a sudden, it came on and the more I watched, the more horror came on. It was pretty awful.
Nice post, bel.
posted by
MaggieMae
on September 10, 2006 at 11:08 AM
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Hi, bel,
I'm with you on this. The pain is still really raw. I cry if I think about it for too long. I consider September 11, 2001 the December 7, 1941 of our generation. And yet, I see people still out there trying to exploit our grief and fears. I saw a tabloid cover yesterday that said something really distasteful and disrespectful on this eve of the September 11th annivesary. I was sickened by it, but I don't read many tabloid papers anyway.
posted by
BlackPearl1
on September 10, 2006 at 10:27 AM
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Bel
I will never forget either.
posted by
BlondeAmbition007
on September 10, 2006 at 9:41 AM
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hi bel--
I didn't watch it and not sure I ever want to see those images again, of the planes hitting the towers etc.--I remember that morning as if it were yesterday, I hadn't gone to work yet since I was on West Coast. I watched the tv all day and those images are just burned into my brain. hard to believe this many years have already gone by since then.
posted by
Julia.
on September 10, 2006 at 8:27 AM
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So emotionally sad...and tragic.
They had the documentory on here a few days ago....watching it...well, what can I say other than what I just did (emotinally sad, tragic)
I remember when it happened, me and my cousin was watching it on news TV...crying with you all....it was awful. many people we knew lost loved ones that day....
a lady I had worked with..lost her husband...she was in pieces...never came back to work..
I wish I could say more...but I really want to say something bitter about these awful people who kill innocent people....
- anything I said would not make any difference anyway!
posted by
_Symphony_
on September 10, 2006 at 7:32 AM
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Bel......
I know tomorrow is going to ba a very emotional experience. I will be showing the group the A & E documentary about Flight 93 when we leave the hotel......we will arrive in Shanksville, PA as the movie ends and we will be there for the ceremony at the Memorial site.......
My take is that we shouldn't avoid what happened....but instead,face it head on.....we must remember not just the "hows"....but the "whys" involved in the event.
As to our current level of safety.....yes, the system still has it's flaws......but the most significant improvement is in the way our enemy may look at the US as far as it's determination to respond to those that would perpitrate such a deed upon us.......That strengthened deterrant, for me, is a much more important tool than frisking down little old ladies with blue hair........
I'll say a pray tomorrow in Shanksville with your love for this country in mind,Bel.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 10, 2006 at 2:56 AM
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Many lives were
shattered and changed forever, within and out of the American boundries. My heart aches when such senseless actions are taken against innocent civilians.
posted by
Tanga
on September 9, 2006 at 11:43 PM
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Bel, DO not get me started on how little air cargo is searched.
It'll only make both of us feel worse. I hate to think how much is simply in God's hands. That's all I hang onto. I don't want to seem cold, but it's unlikely I or anyone will be affected (don't let me jinx myself), if there is another attack Monday. I don't mean that I don't care, but I guess it's human nature to care about your family and friends first.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 9, 2006 at 9:29 PM
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food4thought
I honestly believe the security in this country is still way to lax. I remember being stunned that the air over hte Pentagon was not constantly monitored and protected. I wonder if it is now?
posted by
bel_1965
on September 9, 2006 at 9:25 PM
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Blanche
Sadly they do seem to like anniversaries.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 9, 2006 at 9:23 PM
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Bel, we'll all have to stay online Monday, just to keep each other company
I wasn't even thinking of another attack, but now that you mention it, anything is possible, and terrorists do like anniversaries, it adds to the effect. I hope not, but that's always the fear.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 9, 2006 at 9:09 PM
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An anniversary attack...
I one of my fears as well. I just hope they realize if they do that, the gloves will come off. Once again we would be galvanized and I would not want to be a terrorist or anyone that looked like one. Come to think of it, why should it take another attack to make us want to prevent one? I only wish I knew the answer, but I don't think there is one, and that is ultimately sad.
posted by
food4thought
on September 9, 2006 at 9:07 PM
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Passion
I have had a screwy feeling about Monday for about a week now. I am hoping it's just me being paranoid. I am hoping the ones they caught in London were the only one's making any plans. Carl thinks I am crazy, but I am postive they were aiming for an anniversary attack.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 9, 2006 at 9:00 PM
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Bel, I just can't do that, see and hear all of it. I think it would leave
me completely unable to function, as it is, even now 5 years later, I get a pain in my heart just thinking about it, the people in the Towers, in the planes and their families as well as the firemen and other rescue workers and the people on the streets. It's why I won't go see either of the movies out.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 9, 2006 at 9:00 PM
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I asked Richard today if he thought the terrorists were planning
any kind of attack for tomorrow....he just shrugged. Do you think they are???
posted by
Passionflower
on September 9, 2006 at 8:58 PM
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Blanche
The video was to awful bad, certainly not the worst of what we saw on our TV's that day. But listening to these people relive that day and the hell they went through just let me sobbing.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 9, 2006 at 8:58 PM
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I'll never forget that morning...what I was doing...where we lived.
I wrote somethng a few weeks later about how it felt.... like we'd all been robbed of ever feeling safe again.
posted by
Passionflower
on September 9, 2006 at 8:57 PM
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Bel, I didn't watch the Dateline special, I didn't realize it was on, but I
probably wouldn't have watched if I had known. I am leery of the way the information is sometimes presented. I know this is the 5th anniversary so it's a very sensitive time, I can't always handle seeing the footage. I do remember clearly where I was the morning of 9/11/01. I was at work, in the Washington Mutual; Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Seattle, at the law firm where I was a paralegal assisant at the time.
I walked into my boss's office and she was watching the footage, I'm not sure of which plane on CNN on her computer. I heard the news, and I was so stunned, I couldn't take it in. Our building was evacuated for fear there might be bomb threats against other skyscrapers here. I went to the beach, and could not listen to any of it. I was so stunned and appalled at what human beings are capable of. Nothing will ever be the same again.
posted by
Blanche.
on September 9, 2006 at 8:55 PM
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Thanks bel, I needed to hear that.
posted by
shelly_b
on September 9, 2006 at 8:52 PM
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Shelly
I don't think it's wrong, I think that it is human.
posted by
bel_1965
on September 9, 2006 at 8:50 PM
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I know it's wrong but I try to not to remember...yes, I feel bad
for the people that lost their lives and their families but, I don't watch any tributes, or read any books or mags about that tragic event. I do remember being at the school on that day, and after the towers fell we had parents lined up at the door to take their kids home.
posted by
shelly_b
on September 9, 2006 at 8:44 PM
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