We can’t let the memory die.
Reminder
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We can’t let the memory die.
I was driving to work site in Effingham Illinois. I was listening to the radio and the program I was listening to announced the first tower had been hit. On my way back home, the interstate was eerily empty of traffic.
And that twatt Omar said "Some people did something."
Hard to believe it's been 25 years since this happened. My daughter was getting ready to go out the door to high school and woke my wife and I up saying turn on the TV.
Sader still, this will never end.
Sader still, this will never end.
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No Go Zone
this past spring, I went to NYC for the first time. We saw the Statue of Liberty and then went to the 9/11 Museum.
when we got to the fountain memorial, you could feel the heaviness in the air. I paused for a moment to reflect on that day. I'd just gotten to my job's parking lot and received a text from my wife - "We're under attack!"
"WTF? we're under attack? what?" I texted back
"Turn on the news."
When I got to my desk, everyone on my floor was glued to their screens. Watching what had just happened - then I saw the plane hit the tower. Then the second one.
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Going into the museum - as hard and difficult as it was - they set this up perfectly. Its something every American should go to at least once. We saw the towers, saw the planes hit, saw the stills of people jumping to their fate... the rubble, the wreckage, all of it preserved for now and forever as a reminder of what happened.
Everyone I saw on the way in was quiet, each likely remembering where they were on that day. People huddled around exhibits or screens replaying either newscasts or amateur video taken. The calm and quiet was everywhere. People were politely making their way through, touching exhibits that they could - maybe as a way to connect their memory to a physical aspect of that. Or maybe they'd known someone lost. Going through there is very solemn and you find yourself reliving it as you go through.
Towards the end, there's a part of how the country began to come together. Y'all remember that? School children sent hand drawn pics to the firefighters, thanking them for what they did. Many of these are showcased on a wall. Beneath them is a brief caption telling where the picture came from and who drew it. I believe it also has their age, but cannot recall precisely.
As we were looking at these, there was someone behind me trying to get a better view of one particular picture. We moved down and as I looked over, this was a muslim woman in full getup. Well, mostly. She had her face showing. She pointed to a picture that had a lone person drawn and that person had a rifle in hand. down the right side of the picture were the words "bang bang bang" in red letters. The caption stated "after 9/11, Muslims experienced increased anger and violence towards their community" or some such like that.
This Muslim woman was gleeful. Smiling. She pulled her mother over to also look at this. Both were just beaming with joy.
pfuck them.
when we got to the fountain memorial, you could feel the heaviness in the air. I paused for a moment to reflect on that day. I'd just gotten to my job's parking lot and received a text from my wife - "We're under attack!"
"WTF? we're under attack? what?" I texted back
"Turn on the news."
When I got to my desk, everyone on my floor was glued to their screens. Watching what had just happened - then I saw the plane hit the tower. Then the second one.
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Going into the museum - as hard and difficult as it was - they set this up perfectly. Its something every American should go to at least once. We saw the towers, saw the planes hit, saw the stills of people jumping to their fate... the rubble, the wreckage, all of it preserved for now and forever as a reminder of what happened.
Everyone I saw on the way in was quiet, each likely remembering where they were on that day. People huddled around exhibits or screens replaying either newscasts or amateur video taken. The calm and quiet was everywhere. People were politely making their way through, touching exhibits that they could - maybe as a way to connect their memory to a physical aspect of that. Or maybe they'd known someone lost. Going through there is very solemn and you find yourself reliving it as you go through.
Towards the end, there's a part of how the country began to come together. Y'all remember that? School children sent hand drawn pics to the firefighters, thanking them for what they did. Many of these are showcased on a wall. Beneath them is a brief caption telling where the picture came from and who drew it. I believe it also has their age, but cannot recall precisely.
As we were looking at these, there was someone behind me trying to get a better view of one particular picture. We moved down and as I looked over, this was a muslim woman in full getup. Well, mostly. She had her face showing. She pointed to a picture that had a lone person drawn and that person had a rifle in hand. down the right side of the picture were the words "bang bang bang" in red letters. The caption stated "after 9/11, Muslims experienced increased anger and violence towards their community" or some such like that.
This Muslim woman was gleeful. Smiling. She pulled her mother over to also look at this. Both were just beaming with joy.
pfuck them.
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Never forget the American Heroes on Flight 93. God Bless those courageous, badass souls.
My wife was pregnant with my one-and-only child. She came into the bedroom and said "somebody flew a plane into the Pentagon". I stirred.
Moments later she came back in and told me they hit one of the WTC towers with a plane. I jumped out of bed, only to witness the second tower get hit.
I went to work and immediately logged on to Steeler Nation...we all were going nuts with the rumors and theories. What a terrible day.
My wife was pregnant with my one-and-only child. She came into the bedroom and said "somebody flew a plane into the Pentagon". I stirred.
Moments later she came back in and told me they hit one of the WTC towers with a plane. I jumped out of bed, only to witness the second tower get hit.
I went to work and immediately logged on to Steeler Nation...we all were going nuts with the rumors and theories. What a terrible day.
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The rumors were crazy. Turned out 90% not true. But just didn't know anything that day
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And what are you thought on they guy? Good for NY?