It's 9/11/2011 I Remember

[BGIF]

George Strauch went to work and never came home. 9/11/01

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

George Strauch went to work and never came home. 9/11/01

+1

 

[BeauBenken]

I remember being in a confused mass with my fellow 4th graders unsure of what was going on as our teachers panicked.

 

[BGIF]

And to all of you that have put yourself in harm's way, so we can remember and still say so, thank you. Be safe out there.

 

[Riddickulous]

I was 9 years old and had no idea what was going on.

 

[D-BOE34]

....should bring us all back to "home" ...



My condolences to all involved in any way with 9/11...

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

My son was born 19 days later....my wife is a teacher in the Cleveland Municipal School District....and I couldn't get ahold of her in her classroom due to the crisis All I could wish for was that my son wasn't born with all of the chaos going on.

 

[NDPhilly]

I was 5 and was just happy to be sent home early

 

[HereComeTheIrish]

You guys are making me feel old.... I was 27 years old... lol

 

[Irish4Life09]

I was 16,a junior in HS in Knoxville,TN.I was sitting in my music appreciation class when we turned on the tv and the first plane hit...i was in shock,but calm....in my next class right after we were all glued to the tv as the 2nd plane hit.I automatically knew it was terrorism,and unfortunately I was the only one at that point that really realized that,including teachers.
I will never forget a single moment of that day.Being in Knoxville,we were literally only 15 miles from Oak Ridge Natl.Labs and their nuclear reactor,so due to that we all left school at about 11 and from then on just couldnt leave the tv.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALL OF THE SOULS LOST ON 9/11

 

[irishff1014]

Just remember even though we looked like SH!T no national tv last night. We are still alive and free. 10 years ago this country was rocked and we stood up and took the blows like a champ. Football or anything else is nothing we our fellow americans went through. FDNY 343 never forget

 

[Irish Insanity]

I was 21. Brad Hoorn, a highschool classmate and teammate went to work that morning only to never return home. 9/11/01 Never Forget

In their own words: Richland family who lost son in 9/11 attacks expresses thanks for community's continued remembrance | MLive.com

 

[AKRowdy]

Just remember even though we looked like SH!T no national tv last night. We are still alive and free. 10 years ago this country was rocked and we stood up and took the blows like a champ. Football or anything else is nothing we our fellow americans went through. FDNY 343 never forget

^^^This
I'm a Notre Dame fan to the bone and live and die with the university, but we have to remember last night was just a game. We should all be thankful for the Nation that we live in and for all of the people who have and are fighting for our freedom and protection.
God Bless America and Never Forget 9-11-01.

 

[BeauBenken]

I'm ashamed that there's 12 posts on this topic and hundreds on post-game subjects.

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

9/11 ...makes Football seem inconsequential.

 

[BGIF]

9/11/2015

9/11/2015

14 years.

I still remember, George.

 

[mgriff]

Mrs. Burns' math class, junior year.

 

[IrishLax]

I was in middle school. The #1 thing I remember is a lack of information thanks to a school-imposed blackout on airing the news on classroom TVs... and classmates getting called down 1 by 1 to the principal's office to get word on their parent that worked at the Pentagon.

 

[Cali_domer]

23 yrs old and remember I was leaving for work when I stopped and saw the news i listened to talk radio all the way.

 

[RallySonsOfND]

I was in fifth grade and truly didn't learn about it until I got home from school. They didn't tell us anything at school that day, but I do remember a friend who came to school late that day and told all of us what happened and no one believed him, and some of us got pretty mad at him for trying to convince us something like that happened.

Got home from school and my dad was home from work already and right then I knew something was up.

 

[scUM Hater]

25, working in a Pfizer building remodeling it. A guy I was working with had a "pager" that would scroll news reports. At first we thought it might be a "tourist" plane that accidently flew into it. Such a tragedy. Never will forget.

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[GoldenDomer]

Saw it from the golf course. Wife was in the city. Took her all day to get back across the river on a ferry. Cant believe it's been 14 years.

 

[Irish Insanity]

My now freshman son was 6 mths at the time. I worked 3rd. Woke up to see it on TV. Had no real grasp of what it was at the time. I lost a school mate that day.....Brad may you rest in peace.

 

[Grahambo]

Sophomore year of high school, computer graphics class, home was around the corner from school, walked home, watched the 2nd plane hit then watched the towers collapsed. I was frozen.

 

[wizards8507]

Anyone else catch the 30 for 30?

 

[Cackalacky]

Just graduated college and was working on the opening shift for a kitchen job. Manager came back and got us all to come and see. One servers dad worked at the Pentagon but was stuck in traffic. Another servers brother worked in the north tower but was likewise late though she did not find out till the following day.

 

[TDHeysus]

I found out while driving to work and listening to Howard Stern....

 

[Fbolt]

I sadly remember that day. To vividly.

 

[ulukinatme]

I remember sleeping in at college, missed my first class. Came out to the living room and my roommates were all huddled around the TV, I had no idea what was going on. Nobody went to class that day, and a lot of people were trying to get out of Dayton because there was a panic that the air force base could be another target. It was surreal.

 

[T Town Tommy]

I was working night shift and had went to bed. My wife called me from her work and told me to turn on the television. I set there all day in shock at what I was seeing unfold.

The whole ordeal became very real to me a few years later when I was in lower Manhattan at the WTC site and could see the devastation first hand. Walking into the small church across the street that served as the initial site of the recovery efforts made 9/11 real for me. The church done a tremendous job of capturing the history of the events and the memorials they have on display is incredible. Seeing original flyers of missing people that family members had passed out that day was surreal.

God bless the families of those who passed that day and God bless the firemen and policemen who gave up their personal security in order to try and save people. Lastly, we should also remember those at the Pentagon and those brave passengers of United Flight 93 that crashed in Penn. All heroes.

True heroes... all of them. For one brief moment in our recent history we were all New Yorkers, all Americans, and all family members. This country would be tremendous if we could ever find a way to hold on to that.