Remember 9/11/2001

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I come on this site to put my mind to rest...to enjoy things that make me happy. But I'd be remiss if I didn't take a minute to reflect on the victims of 9/11/2001. I lost many friends that day. An EMS partner NY Presbyterian Hospital Paramedic Keith Fairben and 2 members of my volunteer Fire Department LT. Ronnie Gies Squad 288, and FF Brian Sweeney Rescue Co 1. & members of the Merrick Fire Department. Rest in peace my brothers. The days, weeks, months, and years later my brothers are still dying from cancer, ptsd, and to our military members overseas fighting the global war on terror we thank you for your service.

Being on that pile, helpless, unable to move the metal because it was so heavy, I'll never forget. Neither should you.

Rest easy fallen brothers, we got it from here.

Let's keep this thread at #1 on the top all day today, so no one forgets 9/11/01
 
I know three fallen soldiers/fathers who died in the fight to bring peace and an improved infrastructure to Afghanistan. SFC HERRERA, SGT HOWARD, AND SGT CLARK. All three are with our heavenly father
 
Amen to this. This is exactly how we keep their memory alive.
 
Gosh seems like yesterday.I pray for all the people who lost their lives,and those who didn't are fighting diseases such as cancer.God bless the firefighters medics and cops that were courageous enough to put there lives at risk for such a horrible tragedy.And pray for the families who lost loved ones on that day.
 
medicscott said:
I come on this site to put my mind to rest...to enjoy things that make me happy. But I'd be remiss if I didn't take a minute to reflect on the victims of 9/11/2001. I lost many friends that day. An EMS partner NY Presbyterian Hospital Paramedic Keith Fairben and 2 members of my volunteer Fire Department LT. Ronnie Gies Squad 288, and FF Brian Sweeney Rescue Co 1. & members of the Merrick Fire Department. Rest in peace my brothers. The days, weeks, months, and years later my brothers are still dying from cancer, ptsd, and to our military members overseas fighting the global war on terror we thank you for your service.

Being on that pile, helpless, unable to move the metal because it was so heavy, I'll never forget. Neither should you.

Rest easy fallen brothers, we got it from here.

Let's keep this thread at #1 on the top all day today, so no one forgets 9/11/01
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Nobody will ever forget that day.Im sorry to hear about your close friends.I pray for everyone.
 
Amen. Sorry to hear about your friends.

I was in 6th grade (12 years old) when that happened. And I remember everything about that day more clearly than what I ate for dinner last night. What a horrendous day that was. The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

RIP to all of those who lost their lives that day and to all of their loved ones, I hope they found peace, until they're reunited again.
 
Was at Boston Medical Center that morning, and I was prepping a patient for surgery. As I was starting the procedure on this patient, the senior surgeon came in and said "A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center!" I never knew him to be melodramatic, but nothing could prevent me from thinking that the guy was being dramatic about it all. One by one, people were leaving the OR. Before long, it was the anesthesiologist and me in the room, and I was thinking to myself, "It's probably just some Cessna and a guy committed suicide or had electrical problems." After the procedure was over, I went out to the preop holding area where there was a TV on, and I remember being shocked by the pictures of flames and smoke coming out of the North Tower. Seeing the size of the hole and the extent of damage, my first words out of my mouth were "That tower's coming down." Someone's immediate response was "No way." And then it happened to the South Tower. It was unbelievable. The OR just halted at that moment, and nothing got done. I remember hearing all the beeps and alarms of IV poles and cardiac monitors because nurses and doctors were just glued to the TV and the alarms prompted mad rushes back to patients (no one got injured).

I had trouble getting through to my girlfriend, who was in DC at the time. She had been backed up in traffic because the attack on the Pentagon. Crazy.

That night I was glued to the TV into the early hours of the morning.

13 years later I finally visited the memorial when I was in NYC for an interview at Columbia University. I felt jittery and uneasy walking around the monuments. Hands feeling the etchings. Being discussed by the teens taking selfies with duck faces and sunglasses.

The museum was impressive and sobering all in one. I was overwhelmed by a sense of need to honor people -- the Jumpers -- in their final moments. As if to say to them: "I see you; you're not alone." One of the most powerful displays I have ever seen.

Most past days blur into one. This one doesn't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ZXiRj7SGs
 
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Amen to that. I live on LI as well. Met a guy out here in 2002. Was in the FDNY on that day. He was very shaken by that day and retired soon after. He developed health problems over the years from being at the site, and in the search & rescue in the days after. He and his wife were great people, but she told me that he was never the same guy after that day.

He finally succumbed to these problems back on August 22nd.

RIP Steve.
 
Family was in the building doing work and went to one of the lower floors minutes before the plane hit. They were on the Naudet brothers video eventually too. Sad that some didnt make it out that day.
 
I was too young when it happened to remember it(3 years old), but understand the gravity of it. I got the chance to go to the memorial about 3.5 years ago when Freedom 1 and the museum were still under construction, but just seeing where the towers stood was a profound experience.

Thanks to all our first responders and military personnel.
 
I was directly across the street that day at the World Financial Center. My boss, having been there at the 1993 WTC attack, yelled, kicked and screamed for us to evacuate, which we did to Jersey City across the way. Total time to make the trip was about an hour after the first plane hit. I vividly remember seeing the hole in the building the first, and I am just looking confused thinking that wasn't a small plane, and why does it look like no effort was made to evade the building. It never dawned on me that it was a terrorist attack until I heard a very large sound and then saw the explosion off the second tower. I figure I was a few hundred yards from that explosion.

After 10-15 hours of fits and starts traveling, I wound up staying in central Jersey that night at an AT&T convention center.

The next morning I made my way back to NYC. Took the ferry over from Harbor Side and walked to Penn Station. The walk was maybe 25 to 30 min. if I recall properly and I ran into TWO people the whole time, one of which was a national guardsmen. Nothing else was moving besides myself and those two other humans.

The next week or two as I helped American Express with their business continuity and disaster recovery, everyone was nice to each other for certain and everyone was quiet. Picture, if you can, in NYC, 45 or so ppl on a train car and no noise beyond the train making it's way. It was surreal.

Speaking of surreal. I was able to visit the WTC site to help get some equipment from the WFC data center on the 4th floor and the CEO's office on the 51st floor. A fine blanket of light grey dust on EVERYTHING. Walking on Vesey street towards the WFC was as if I was in a movie. Godzilla and King Kong had just left. I still have my badges that gave me access to the site.

My experience was nothing compared to 99.9% of the other's who have stories.

I certainly won't forget.
 
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