FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > 9/11 Remembrance day.
9/11 Remembrance day.
Jump to: Newest in thread
 |
By (user no longer on site) 20 weeks ago
|
Wow, hard to believe it was so long ago now. It still feels relatively close.
I was up north somewhere working, sat in the hotel dining room when I saw the news on the TV above the bar.
It was unbelievably shocking and overwhelming. It almost didn't seem real at the time. Everyone was just stood in silence for ages, taking in everything that was unfolding.
RIP those who lost their lives and a huge thank you to those who risked their lives to help. An incredible show of bravery and solidarity, from the initial event and beyond. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
To all that has suffered and still living with it.
I remember watching it live on tv. Watched the 2nd plane hit and thought fuck!
The tv was on all day. Glued to the news.
9/11 and 7/7 really changed the World we live in and started so many wars.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) 20 weeks ago
|
Never forget. I shed a tear every time I visit the ground zero memorial museum in New York. Such a tragic day that can never be forgotten. To anyone in the services - stay safe |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I saw this this morning
On this day, 23 years ago, 246 people went to bed, preparing for their morning flights.
2,606 individuals rested, ready for another day of work.
343 firefighters slept, prepared for their morning shifts.
60 police officers laid down, ready for their morning patrol.
8 paramedics rested before their morning shift.
None of them would see past 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2001.
In a single moment, life can change forever. As you go about your day and prepare for tomorrow, cherish every breath, hold your loved ones a little closer, and never take a single moment for granted. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"I saw this this morning
On this day, 23 years ago, 246 people went to bed, preparing for their morning flights.
2,606 individuals rested, ready for another day of work.
343 firefighters slept, prepared for their morning shifts.
60 police officers laid down, ready for their morning patrol.
8 paramedics rested before their morning shift.
None of them would see past 10:00 a.m. on September 11, 2001.
In a single moment, life can change forever. As you go about your day and prepare for tomorrow, cherish every breath, hold your loved ones a little closer, and never take a single moment for granted."
Saw the same thing on FB this morning
Complete shock and disbelief watching the events unfold that awful, heartbreaking day.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I think it's a day where everyone old enough will remember where they were.
I was working, my boss was off sick and rang up to tell us to put the TV on In the staff room.
Horrifying still, all those poor people and their families,plus all the emergency workers who worked so hard that day and all the time afterwards  . |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hagTonight OP Man 20 weeks ago
From the land of haribos. |
"Today it is the 9/11 remembrance day, where we will mark 22 years since the attack, let us never forget 
2001 so 23 years, I remember the day well."
Hi pablo, yes, 23, years, same here. I remember the day well too. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I was off school that day as was sick, so watched the first images of the attacks on Sky News. Just crazy.
You know what is else weird. I was also off sick when US/UK were bombing Baghdad 2 years later. Remember watching that on the news also. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
How about remembering the millions killed in Iraq due to the false claim of weapons of mass destruction and how ‘troops’ were invading another country with absolutely no international justification. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"How about remembering the millions killed in Iraq due to the false claim of weapons of mass destruction and how ‘troops’ were invading another country with absolutely no international justification. "
Valid point but why not just start a separate thread?
Rather than seek to derail this one..
And I'm speaking as someone who was on the stop the war march..
 |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *abioMan 20 weeks ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"How about remembering the millions killed in Iraq due to the false claim of weapons of mass destruction and how ‘troops’ were invading another country with absolutely no international justification. "
Time and a place……..
Think….. is this venue for both at the moment?
My story is very personal…. Those who have been here a long time know mine.. if not then take a listen
I am a New Yorker… I had back there on holiday … I left New York on the 9th
The 11th was my very first day with my new employer, American Express
So at just before 2…. There is a tannoy announcement asking anyone with American relatives to come to a certain place
We get told some sort of plane had gone into 1, we would be kept informed…
Then 10 minutes later we get an announcement saying go back to this point, it’s at that point we hear about plane 2!
We are given the option… we can stay in our office, or we can go home! .. I choose home
Get home in time to see the second go down first.. and then 1
I lost 6 damn good friends that morning…. 3 who worked for Morgan Stanley, 3 who worked for cantor Fitzgerald
I also have family working all over manhattan… I would never wish anyone to have to be the point person to make sure everyone was okay (because all the communication for New York City were on top of WTC 1… they had no radio or TV!)… I had a better idea being 3000 miles away listening into nyc radio and directing people!!!
I’ve been to church.. a lot a few candles and made my peace as I do every 9/11 |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Fabio,
Condolences.
There is no doubt 9/11 was a pivotal moment, where like the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, the course of history changed direction.
We are still living with the consequences. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"Fabio,
Condolences.
There is no doubt 9/11 was a pivotal moment, where like the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, the course of history changed direction.
We are still living with the consequences. "
We will be living with them all our lives to be honest. The War that followed 9/11 is often called the War on Terror and it has never ended. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I was panicking about my then-husband as he sometimes worked in the Pentagon and I couldn't get through to him on the phone. Luckily he was fine but getting home was very difficult. He ended up in the back of a pickup truck with several others who drove him home. A couple of kids at my kids school lost a parent in the Pentagon.
Definitely a day that will live forever in my memory. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
One of those days where you remember exactly where you were.
Normal day at work, someone mentioned there had been some sort of plane incident in America as we were going out to grab some lunch late.
Came back to see it being shown on TV half an hour later with everyone crowded round the telly for a good chunk of the afternoon in near silence. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
On a side note, if you're interested in the whole 9/11 story, as someone who likes a good documentary- The falling man and The man who predicted 9/11 are both worth a watch...albeit not exactly easy or jolly viewing at times  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Where I am is the airport where a large number of the Trans Atlantic flights were diverted. There is a whole story about the thousands of passengers that were put up in people's homes in that community and surrounding ones. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I was working for BBC News that day and it is a day I will never forget. My colleague Steve Evans was in WTC1 and narrowly missed being trapped. I remember speaking to him later that day - he was traumatised. We then had to monitor these awful agency video feeds of people jumping from the burning towers and decide if they could be broadcast. This was before YouTube etc and very few people had video cameras on their phones. Probably just as well - it was truly horrendous. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *a LunaWoman 20 weeks ago
South Wales |
I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing. I’d gotten home from work and was sat on my sofa, alone, in tears, watching the broadcast of the twin towers.
I dread September 11th nowadays, the graphic reminders of the horror of it all, and I wasn’t even there, just watching from afar.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) 20 weeks ago
|
Anyone who suffered or witnessed 9/11 will know a smidgen of how the Japanese felt when 2 atomic bombs were dropped by the americans on all those innocent people.
People who were taking their kids to school, going to the park, on their first dates, first day on new jobs... not just a few friends or families lost, but entire families and communities evaporated.
War is trash. All violence is trash. And 99.99% of it is just down to the ego of a couple of people. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"Anyone who suffered or witnessed 9/11 will know a smidgen of how the Japanese felt when 2 atomic bombs were dropped by the americans on all those innocent people.
People who were taking their kids to school, going to the park, on their first dates, first day on new jobs... not just a few friends or families lost, but entire families and communities evaporated.
War is trash. All violence is trash. And 99.99% of it is just down to the ego of a couple of people. "
Just watched a documentary about the atom bomb droppings on Hiroshimo and Nagasaki. It painted quote a euphoric atmosphere in America following the bombs. People on the streets celebrating. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
