9/11

[no.1IrishFan]

It's hard to beleive it's been 13 years. It's such a simple song, yet such a hard concept for people to grasp.

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[dshans]

It's hard to beleive it's been 13 years. It's such a simple song, yet such a hard concept for people to grasp.

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Thanks for this, no.1IrishFan. This has been my "go to" song since John recorded it.

 

[tko]

Never forget. I pray to God none of these ISIS fuks attempt anything over here today.

 

[A Pac]

I was a freshman in high school in fourth period math class. I remember when someone told me that a plane hit the WTC that I thought "how could someone screw up that bad?" When someone else told me a couple minutes later that the other building was hit, I knew it no accident. The rest of that day is still vivid in my mind. God bless the brave 343 firefighters and over 100 cops who gave there lives that day. Prayers with the families of those who didn't make it out.

 

[Catholics_Rule]

Awful day. I remember like it was yesterday. Just in shock that entire day and week. It's definitely a different world since that day now.

 

[ulukinatme]

I remember I was a Sophomore at UD. I had unfortunately slept in through a class that morning. When I woke up I found all my roommates huddled around a TV in our living room. That set me off that something was immediately wrong since they weren't at class too. I remember there was a lot of fear that something might happen at nearby Wright Pat Airforce Base, a lot of parents were pulling kids off campus for that reason. I also remember the first home game at ND we had after the attacks, remembering those that were lost. Such a sad time...prayers for those that were affected and the hope that we never have to go through something like that again.

 

[GoldenDomer]

I saw it from the golf course. My wife was working in the city, had to wait hours to get on the ferry to get across the river to her sister's house. Did not get home till the next day. I'll never forget that day.

 

[notredomer23]

Weird to think that it was already 13 years ago today. I was barely 8 years old at the time, and that single event has literally dictated most of the world news in one way or another for my entire life. Never forget.

 

[IrishLax]

I was in middle school when it happened. Living in the DC area, many of my classmates had parents working at the Pentagon. They tried to put a school wide blackout on the news... and I'll never forget one of my teachers going "We've been told to keep the TVs off and continue as normal. That's absolute horsecrap." Then he turned on the TV and we didn't do anything else the rest of the period.

The worst part -- as this was before cell phones were mainstay for every kid -- was the students getting called down to the principal's office one by one to find out if their parents were alive. Cannot even imagine what that waiting game was like.

 

[Emcee77]

I was in middle school when it happened. Living in the DC area, many of my classmates had parents working at the Pentagon. They tried to put a school wide blackout on the news... and I'll never forget one of my teachers going "We've been told to keep the TVs off and continue as normal. That's absolute horsecrap." Then he turned on the TV and we didn't do anything else the rest of the period.

The worst part -- as this was before cell phones were mainstay for every kid -- was the students getting called down to the principal's office one by one to find out if their parents were alive. Cannot even imagine what that waiting game was like.

Good God that's awful. I can't imagine either.

 

[IrishLax]

Good God that's awful. I can't imagine either.

Yeah I want to say that there were about a dozen kids with relatives working at the Pentagon in my school. So just imagine once every 5-20 minutes someone coming across the PA saying "Will John Smith please report to the principal's office... John Smith, to the principal's office... thank you."

So then that kid has to get up and make a long walk of solitude down the hallway to the office... having no clue what kind of news is waiting for them at the end... rough stuff for an 11-12 year old. One of my best friends at the time had a Navy office father at the Pentagon and the waiting game was painful just from my side of things... can't even fathom the other side. I think everyone at our school got good news, but there were 100+ families who didn't.

Today, you'd have a text within 5-10 minutes saying "I'm OK", etc.

 

[GoldenDomer]

I am a Bruce nut, so here is my favorite song off his 9/11 album, "The Rising"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylt1ZqPZYOc

 

[In Lou I Trust]

Senior in high school... 1st period math. It was announced over the PA that the first tower had been hit. My teacher turned the TV on in time to catch the second plane hit. All day long, in each class, all we did was watch the news coverage. There's not a thing I don't remember from that day.

 

[palinurus]

I'm not a first responder or policeman, so while I appreciate and am grateful for their risks and sacrifices, I can identify better, personally, with the people on Flight 93. They were not trained for emergencies, and did not live with the recognition or acceptance of the risk that they might die in the line of duty. They just climbed on a plane for trip, like we all do, with a pretty certain expectation that they'd arrive on the other end.

Yet, some not insignificant number of those passengers gathered the courage to resist those bastards, and they knowingly and literally sacrificed their own lives for others and for their country. I honor them and their memories, and always will.