In Memory of 9/11 a 11 years pass [Archive]

soopaman2

09-11-12, 06:42 PM

As a born and bred New Yorker (Staten Island) with ties to the city even in my Jersey exile. With friends whos wives I hugged at funerals. Or whos fathers have buried children. I give my utmost respect and rememberance to the 246 people on board the planes, 2606 that died in the WTC and surrounding areas, due to falling debris, and people jumping from windows, and the 125 from the Pentagon.

Props to all the emergency responders who sacrificed their personal lives to help out in the aftermath. (Only to have Congress, not approve a bill to help these people with medical care from all the dust they inhaled, and Yes I mean R's, but wish not to start a partisan pissing contest.)

Our politicians will pay in time, but for now it is about remembering the dead, and the true American unity that the aftermath represented. For at least a few months, Fellow Americans didn't want to kill one another.

u crank

09-11-12, 06:43 PM

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

Yes. It was a clear September day all along the Atlantic coast that day. I was at a construction site and someone told us. I went home and watched in disbelief as the two buildings fell. Hope I never see anything like that again.

Takeda Shingen

09-11-12, 06:49 PM

Yes. It was a clear September day all along the Atlantic coast that day. I was at a construction site and someone told us. I went home and watched in disbelief as the two buildings fell. Hope I never see anything like that again.

I was in my first job out of grad school teaching elemenatry school here in southeastern Pennsylvania. When I heard that the first tower was hit by a plane, I admit that I didn't think much of it; thinking it some guy in a Cessna that was either confused or intoxicated. All that changed when I was between classes and came to the faculty room just in time to see the second plane hit the South Tower on the TV. At that point, I knew that our world had changed irrevocably; a defining watershed moment in history that I had never personally witnessed up until that moment. I don't think that I could quite adequately describe my feelings.

mookiemookie

09-11-12, 07:39 PM

Cooking eggs in my apartment and getting ready for my Tuesday morning english class. I still vividly remember frantically trying to get through the phone lines to reach my parents who were supposed to eat at Windows on the World that day.

soopaman2

09-11-12, 09:46 PM

This is our generations Kennedy assasination.

We were all touched that day.

I remember looking over my then girlfriends shoulder as she read a website.

I saw some banner about the WTC hit by a plane, and honestly thought it was some kinda NBC tv movie, (NBC website)

I made a smart-assed remark,until I was told it was real.

I turned on the TV and 10 minutes later the second plane hit. The reporters didn't know how to report it, they only suggested this had the look of something intentional. (people thought the first plane was an accident, i.e when the plane crashed into the Empire state building.)

Of course I remember, it is the exact momement America lost its balls, and let fear govern us. It is when we turned over our freedoms to the government. And gave rise to child fondling, grandma fiddling TSA agents, and a nice overfunded bloated Department of homeland Security. (fat, just like the officers)

I feel secure. I had my testicles cupped by a man last time through the line. If he wasn't a fat mouthbreather with a badge, surrounded by other fat mouthbreathers with fake cop badges, I would have removed his teeth from his mouth.

He seemed happy though.

(Edit: No I do not hate fat people. I am 160 pounds soaking wet, you don't see me trying to be an offensive lineman in the NFL, so if you're 300 pounds, and get tired walking up stairs, you do not belong in law enforcement.)

1480

09-11-12, 10:43 PM

The day after my 31st birthday. I woke up and the first tower was already hit. I turned on my normal AM radio program when I heard frantic voices of the beloved hosts, the wife was choking back tears as her husband said that a plane hit the WTC. I thought I was stilled buzzed and turned on the the TV, the tower was in flames and the dark smoke was pouring from the buildings. I was stunned, hoping to God it was an accident, after I finished that thought I saw on live tv the second attack. My throat went dry and I felt like puking. I was working on a tactical unit and an hour later I got called into work. It was my day off. We worked 6 straight weeks of twelve hour days at different places that were high valued targets.

kraznyi_oktjabr

09-12-12, 07:26 AM

I had just returned from school and I turned on TV to check what had happened in the world. I was really surprised when there was unscheduled news broadcast with at least North Tower in fire. Then there was plane hitting second tower although I'm not sure whether it was direct broadcast in that point or were they replaying event for new watchers.

Its interesting that I remember those moments despite losing most of childhood memories in 2008 migraine seizure.

Jimbuna

09-12-12, 08:21 AM

IIRC I was at home and saw a news flash on tv, changed channels and saw the second aircraft impact.

The world has never been the same since that terrible day :nope:

Crécy

09-12-12, 10:17 AM

Also 9/11: [Youtube link to a questionable video removed.]

Tribesman

09-12-12, 11:15 AM

I cannot believe that you linked to some bloody white supremacist crap in this topic Crecy, you are despicable take Sturms nazi apologist rubbish back to stormfront.

Sorry to everyone else for the venting.

kraznyi_oktjabr

09-12-12, 11:21 AM

Ducimus

09-12-12, 11:23 AM

Also 9/11: ( Insert Stormfront (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_%28website%29) propaganda here )

Hey look everybody, its a closet Nazi with an agenda! Im half surprised he isn't proudly sporting a swaztika in his sig like some others ive seen around here.

Betonov

09-12-12, 11:43 AM

That escalated quickly.

I remember I was preparing my books for my first year in high school when a friend of mine called and since my phone had a busted speaker I understood something in the lines: third world war just started. Considering it all I wasn't far from the truth.

A tragedy for those involved and a disaster for the western world.
Did anyone notice the more extreme muslim imigrants became a lot more agressive after 9/11, or did the media started focusing more on them.

Kpt. Lehmann

09-12-12, 12:47 PM

When the attacks began on September 11th 2001, I was in a cubicle working as a credit analyst for Cingular Wireless.

I remember watching the first fire burning at the world trade center in the breakroom with a crowd of co-workers... thinking it was some horrible accident... when the second plane hit.

I remember the sounds in that breakroom after the second plane hit.

As another poster said earlier... I felt like puking.

...then the Pentagon... and Shanksville...

I remember watching TV for days... hour after hour... hoping that just one more survivor would be pulled out of the mess... somehow.

I remember the fires at the WTC site burned for more than a MONTH!

I remember an ache that I've never had before or since... and a longing... to be there to help... If I could only shift one beam... or remove one block of concrete...

... if I could only make sandwiches and give water, or a place to rest... to just one person coming out... or going in.

I remember that it felt like I held my breath for ages.

I remember... and am not ashamed to say that I cried my eyes out... when our national anthem was played at Buckingham Palace. I think I let it all out of me right then.

I remember that I never again wanted to work at a job... where I couldn't help someone...

So I went back to school and took up a new profession far more useful to the human race... and where it really mattered that I get up and go to work every day.

Whatever I have done since, only amounts to a drop in the ocean, but in that small way... hate and intolerance were kicked in the face.

yubba

09-12-12, 12:55 PM

and we apologize before it happens and then take it back after Abassador of Lybia is killed in attack 9/11/2012.:doh::doh::doh::doh::doh: I know it wasn't worthy of makeing it onto the front page.

Dowly

09-12-12, 12:59 PM

Think I was at mate's place when it happened. His mother came into the room
and told about a plane hitting the first tower. Little while later she came in again
and told about the second plane, at which point I headed home to watch the news
for the rest of the day.

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As for Crécy's link, in all fairness, the raid on Darmstadt is documented in
RAF Bomber Command's own diaries (http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/sep44.html). Don't see how it makes him a white supremacist. :hmmm:

Carry on.

Hottentot

09-12-12, 01:05 PM

I was happily oblivious to the whole thing and heard it only next day at school. The intellectual and deep thinking folks back then were half literally soiling their pants, convinced it was the Russians and this is the start of WW3. Some of them even seemed to be hoping so. :doh:

eddie

09-12-12, 01:25 PM

I had just gotten home from working on the night shift, turned on the TV to see the whole horrible event unfold. Tired as I was, couldn't stop watching the events as they happened during the rest of the day.

I still can't understand what the families were going through who had loved ones on the planes, who were still in contact with them by phone, just before the planes went in, no matter where they were. How could a person go on, knowing that their family members were about to die.

Oberon

09-12-12, 01:54 PM

Let's not derail this thread into pointless political diarrhoea? Ok?

Penguin

09-12-12, 02:35 PM

I already wrote down my memories a year ago, in this thread (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=187142) which was about where we were on 9/11. If anyone is interested, post 53.

Let's not derail this thread into pointless political diarrhoea? Ok?

aye! :salute:

Crécy

09-12-12, 03:18 PM

Let's not derail this thread into pointless political diarrhoea? Ok?

Let's not.

First of all, I'm completely clueless what kind of a mind can draw a conclusion from my post that it's some kind of nazi propaganda. Why did I post it then? Well, to be honest I'm somewhat puzzled why every year people cherish this horrible event and speak of it like it's the most horrendous event in the history of mankind. I'm not saying it should be forgotten or downplayed either. There just are other horrific events in the human history, many of them more destructive and more terrible than 9/11 (for example the mass murders during the Nazi, Stalin and Mao régimes). Even though in my opinion death of a one person is as great tragedy as death of thousands and tragedies shouldn't be compared or rated which is more horrible than other.

9/11 claimed 3000 people. Every day around 16,000 children dies from hunger. There's not much talk of that, albeit the amount of dead is five times the amount of dead on 9/11 and it happens every day and that's just the children.

Darmstadt was just an example of what else horrible has happened on the same date.

And yes, my post was very tactless. Perhaps shouldn't have posted it. Or this one for that matter. I just felt to point out what I explained (badly) above. I meant no disrespect whatsoever. On 9/11/01 I was as horror-struck as the rest of you.

Now excuse me, I have a Kristallnacht re-enactment occasion to attend to and after that I have to continue building my Auschwitz-Birkenau replica

Takeda Shingen

09-12-12, 03:43 PM

First of all, I'm completely clueless what kind of a mind can draw a conclusion from my post that it's some kind of nazi propaganda. Why did I post it then? Well, to be honest I'm somewhat puzzled why every year people cherish this horrible event and speak of it like it's the most horrendous event in the history of mankind. I'm not saying it should be forgotten or downplayed either. There just are other horrific events in the human history, many of them more destructive and more terrible than 9/11 (for example the mass murders during the Nazi, Stalin and Mao régimes). Even though in my opinion death of a one person is as great tragedy as death of thousands and tragedies shouldn't be compared or rated which is more horrible than other.

Then make another thread for it. Don't tack on in the attempt to piss in the cereal of those that mourn. What you did was in very poor taste.

Jimbuna

09-12-12, 03:46 PM

I appreciate this is GT but people need to be aware that whilst a little leeway is given in this section the threads are continually monitored....so please be advised 'one and all' and stay within the forum rules.

Crécy

09-12-12, 04:02 PM

Then make another thread for it.

I see no point.

Don't tack on in the attempt to piss in the cereal of those that mourn.

Yes, that was exactly what I was doing. My only motive was to make people who mourn feel even worse... Wasn't it obvious?

What you did was in very poor taste.

Indeed it was as I already pointed it out. It was a moment's impulse and I unfortunately acted on it.

Oberon

09-12-12, 04:03 PM

Takeda Shingen

09-12-12, 04:06 PM

I understand where you're coming from Crecy and to some extent I do agree with you, however you went wrong in two regards, 1) you chose your link poorly, and 2) you posted it in the wrong type of thread.

No lie: In my greatest moments of frustration on SubSim, I fequently ask why people cannot see the things that Oberon can observe plain as day. No, instead people would rather argue in circles to try and save their poor rationale.

Let's not screw this thread up, people.

I see no point.

I suppose that you wouldn't.

Oberon

09-12-12, 04:07 PM

No lie: In my greatest moments of frustration on SubSim, I fequently ask why people cannot see the things that Oberon can observe plain as day. No, instead people would rather argue in circles to try and save their poor rationale.

Let's not screw this thread up, people.

:oops::oops::oops: :shucks: You flatter me, sir.

Crécy

09-12-12, 04:08 PM

1) you chose your link poorly

Yes, I just realized that the video was uploaded by some neo-nazi... Was wondering what that SturmFMJ people talked about was. Had I known, I wouldn't have never posted it. Deleted the link as well.

Platapus

09-12-12, 04:12 PM

I will repost about what I was doing that morning

That Tuesday, I was a contractor at a TLA facility. I was supporting the wargaming and simulation division. Tuesday mornings, I was on my way to the team staff meeting. I passed one of the monitors in the hallway and saw one of the towers on fire.

"Man, that must suck, I hope they can get the fire out" I thought to myself as I hurried to my meeting.

Shortly after the meeting started, we heard the "rumour" that an airplane had crashed in the first tower. Shortly after that, we got word that a second had crashed so this was no accident.

Now the weirdness started.

On 11 Sep 2001, the TLA facility was having an exercise. During such exercises, selected people are given scripts to use. For example at 10:05, a participant needs to call into the exercise desk that they "smell smoke in stairwell 14". That type of stuff. It helps the people running and evaluating the exercise.

It is only natural to involve the people who work exercises such as the exercise and simulations division. One such person was in our staff meeting. After the second plane hit he got real quiet. In his hand was an index card with his script. At 0945 he was supposed to report "seeing an airplane crash into one of the towers" of the TLA facility.

Needless to say, the staff meeting and the exercise was canceled.

Creepy to say the least. I think he still keeps that index card script.

u crank

09-12-12, 06:25 PM

It is only natural to involve the people who work exercises such as the exercise and simulations division. One such person was in our staff meeting. After the second plane hit he got real quiet. In his hand was an index card with his script. At 0945 he was supposed to report "seeing an airplane crash into one of the towers" of the TLA facility.

Now that is remarkable, and yes very creepy. You wonder what was going through his mind. Good post.:up: