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I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

9- 11 Monday, starting early

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

There are a few events in history that live in our memories forever. 9/11 is one.

I couldn't watch the programs about it until last year, and I sobbed for days.

I pray for the survivors.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

This 9/11 isn't shaping up to be a great one, either.

Lindley · Guru

Hard to believe it has been 16yrs! May we never forget.

burns07 · Guru

so many acts of heroism, so many selfless sacrifices--may god bless those who lost their lives in the event itself and those who gave their lives in countless efforts to save our countrymen

chef · Guru

My heart aches for everyone who experienced that day. I have yet to forget what I was doing when I heard the news. I don't think I'll ever forget.

Forever Sunshine · Guru

It was / is a powerful day in our history and one that changed us, and continues to change us, individually and collectively, both for the better and worse.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Sad day.

TrudyML · Guru

So sad.

Tinydancer · Guru

Man it's been 16 years??? It feels like yesterday and is always very somber around here.

FNW · Guru

It seems like only yesterday I watched my co-workers freeze in their offices staring at the cloud of smoke that emanated from the Pentagon, emailing my friend who worked there to see if he made it out (he did, it took him 10 hours to walk home). I still sob if I allow myself to re-live that day. The world changed that day.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I still clearly remember watching that 2nd plane hit.

FNW · Guru

Me, too. I had access to a TV and watched it with a colleague.

chef · Guru

If I remember correctly, one of Ed's sons either worked in or had an interview in one of the towers that day but for some reason didn't go. I remember him mentioning his personal story but not sure if I'm remembering the details correctly.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

chef wrote:
If I remember correctly, one of Ed's sons either worked in or had an interview in one of the towers that day but for some reason didn't go. I remember him mentioning his personal story but not sure if I'm remembering the details correctly.

I think his son worked in the city at the time and occasionally hato go the towers.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

16 years is a long time. All of our grandchildren were born after the terror attack. For them, this is ancient history and that concept seems so odd to me.

In two short years, the first high school graduation class's, all across the nation, will have lived their entire lives with only images of the Twin Towers. Their world is different from ours. I'm not sure we, as the witness's, can understand their perspective of these events. :(

Lindley · Guru

Czech I think our parents had the same thoughts about us, born after ww2, holocaust, bombing of pearl harbor and the depression. My dd couldn't understand why we weren't thrilled with her going to Vietnam for a vacation. It is strange that their are kids who are graduating has that hasn't either been born or just a baby when 911 happened.

Divine Geek · Guru

I have so many memories from that time.

One of the humorous ones: my roommate called me "unamerican" for rooting for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the World Series because they were playing the Yankees. I called her an idiot.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

This is a 9/11 in photos. A visual remembrance:

www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/09/11/images-911-visual-remembrance/

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Thank you for sharing the video, LGS.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Lindley wrote:
Czech I think our parents had the same thoughts about us, born after ww2, holocaust, bombing of pearl harbor and the depression. My dd couldn't understand why we weren't thrilled with her going to Vietnam for a vacation. It is strange that their are kids who are graduating has that hasn't either been born or just a baby when 911 happened.

Lindley, you are right.

DH's father fought in the Pacific during WWII, and hated the thought of his son dating a woman of Oriental descent. DFIL never lost that hatred.

Perspective and experience are important to each generation.

FNW · Guru

My father served in the Cuban Missile Crisis and to this day, claims he doesn't like Cuban food. I make it for him but don't tell him it's Cuban, or he won't eat it.