Thread: How well do you remember that DAY?

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i was watching the morning news. it was right after the first tower was hit. i could not believe my eyes when i saw the second plane. i woke up my husband who was at the time working the night shift. he got up and watched it with me until time for him to go to work. because some of the attacks occured here in virginia we went into immediate state of emergency. our local bases jets were all in the air and the national guard 1/2 mile right up the road block the main road with barbed wire and armed guards. I went to school and got both of my children out and brought them home. we were terrrified. it was not until late that afternoon that we could take a breath. by then the jets had returned to base. the silence was deafning. I went outside and sat on my steps to just comtinplate what had occured. Then the elementary school age kids in the neighborhood got a small baseball game going in my neighbors yard. As i sat watching them i realized that even though i knew that nothing would be the same after what had happened I also knew that we would be fine and come out of this. You can do what you want to us but it will not change us. That is america to me.

I was taking my son to school & was listening to the radio.
He asked me what was going on & I thought they were talking about the 1st time they tried to bomb the towers. Then I went home & turned the TV on, my jaw hit the floor.
When I picked Joe up he told me wished he was 18 so he could join up & go over & kill the SOB's that did that to all those people.
Well as many of you know Joe is now 5yrs into the Marines, is a Sergent & is now training in Force Recon.
That day replays & lives w/in not only his heart & mind everyday but mine also....joe

11SEP01 was a Tuesday. I was taking the wife to work on Wednesday (I believe), and, as we were exiting the Overland Parkway onto 95th street, the traffic was stopped, and a column of tanks, HUMVEES, Jeeps and APCs rumbled by with flags flying. People got out of their cars and cheered, horns were honking, and everyone was waving.

Unfortunately, we have lost the momentum.

On the other side of the coin, we're still here and most of "them" are living in caves with dirt floors, not knowing when a Hellfire might drop in their teacup.

well said jack. well said

Ken just sent this to me, seems to fit the day:

I'll tell you what, Bob, if that don't wet yer peepers and lump up your swallower then something is definitely "wrong" !

Fox News Channel has been showing lots of footage from that Day and some of it is hard to watch.

I remember welding on a customer's car and having the tv on in the shop..............disbelief of what was happening would be an understatement!!.
I remember that night looking at the sky and not seeing any air traffic flying over,that was really eerie, because at large amount of Europe-US traffic travel's over us.

I had just delievered a load of fuel down in Seabring Florida.
I got in my truck and when I started it up the news was on.
I am thinking it was on the weekend because there was no
traffic on the road, so it must have been Saturday.
I started listening as I drove up the road. Anyway the
anouncer then stated that a second plane just hit the
other tower,Right away I knew we were under attack.
I called my dispatcher and asked if they were listening
to the news. They said yes that they were watching it on TV.
They rest of the day was like a bad dream after that.
I spent the next week trying to get in touch with my
little brother who was a hospital administrator in Los Alamos,
New Mexico. He got pulled in to big some meetings with the
government and millitary in case of more attacks.
I am sure we all know what was invented there.
E nuff said.
Kurt

Hey Bob, thanks for posting. Teared me up! Believe it or not. I have never seen that commercial. Don't watch much T.V.

Keith

I got the call from my wife as I was over in Malaysia working. What a heart felt moment after hearing the devastating news. Old GLORY flies at my place 24-7. What a beautiful sight it is under the lights at night.

I remember it well, along with a few others; some things ya' just don't forget.

That brings up a point, Buzz, I wonder if it is ok to leave Old Glory out at night NOT illuminated?

Originally Posted by MelloYello

That brings up a point, Buzz, I wonder if it is ok to leave Old Glory out at night NOT illuminated?

MY - These are the rules of how I display the Flag:

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

Sorry for the late response but thought this was worth posting anyway.

I used to work for a large financial company that has headquarters across west 7th street from WFC in NY. I was to be on a flight to NY on that morning, but the week prior it was decided that I did not need to go. On 091101, I was working in my Minneapolis office when a co-worker ran into the office to tell me that there was a problem in NY. I happened to have a TV in my truck that day so I went to the parking ramp to get it. At one point, I had over a dozen people in my office watching updates. My NY co-workers were trying to get home. They used every form of transportation possible (walking, running, Boat, Subway, Train, Taxi).... Some co-workers finally made it home 8 hours after they left the office. Some had called me as they were escaping, they couldn't call home as the network was backed up, but they could call out. I collected their home information and called for them telling spouses that everything was fine and they were on their way. The weeks and months following 09/11, I was a point person in the organization as they were trying to work remote and I was in my Minneapolis office. In December of 01, I went to NY for the first time since September. I saw the hole and was awstruck. While the company I worked for did lose some people, I didn't personally know any of them.

Yes, I fly my flag proudly every day both before and since that date.

Mello Yellow the flag needs to be illuminated at night. IC2 thanks for sharing the rules. The flag deserves the respect that are laid out in the rules.