It's 9/11... Who else forgot?

[Shawlerbrook]

I will never forget ! Yes, I was mad then at the terrorists and 19 years later mad at the idiots that think disrespecting the flag is an appropriate way to vent their frustrations especially on days like this. Unlike East Germany, anyone that thinks this country is so bad is free(and welcome) to go elsewhere.

[dangitgriff]

I will never forget ! Yes, I was mad then at the terrorists and 19 years later mad at the idiots that think disrespecting the flag is an appropriate way to vent their frustrations especially on days like this. Unlike East Germany, anyone that thinks this country is so bad is free(and welcome) to go elsewhere.

Actually, it’s not free. The U.S. government charges an un-Constitutional exit tax.
I remember reading about how the Jews disrespected the Nazi flag of Germany in the late 1930’s & early 1940’s of the last century, so yeah, better not disrespect “our” flag. Or else!
R/Griff

[Harter66]

It's a shame some will honor the dead with politics . Thanks . Go fight about politics in the Pit it doesn't belong here .

[bedbugbilly]

I was siding the garage end of my house - had started t reside the house the week before. I took a break and went inside to grab a cup of coffee and the phone was ringing. It was the aide taking care of my mother asking me if I had had the TV on. I quickly put it on and watched a few minutes when my wife called from school - she was in the middle of teaching her class when they were notified and said that all the TVs were on in the building and except for the TVs, you could hear a pin drop. They all had their hands full trying to explain things to the kids and keeping them from panic.

I forgot about my siding and continued to watch. I remember that when they announced that a plane had hit the Pentagon, I felt my heart sink. I had an old high school classmate who worked at the Pentagon. I waited until later in the afternoon and then I called her sister to see if she had heard from her - she hadn't. She called me later in the evening to let me know that her sister had called and that she was safe. Things are in such a turmoil that it had taken a number of hours before my old classmate had been able to call her sister to let her know that she was O.K.

I don't think that any of us who remember that day will ever forget. Nor will we forget how this country came together. Today, when I was watching the memorial service held in PA, I'm not ashamed to say that tears came again for those that were lost, their families and all those who sacrificed to help them all in rescue efforts.

And then I also got mad. I think about all of these Socialist wannabes who have no concept of what they are doing or what this country means and has to offer to everyone - regardless of color, creed or whatever. Last night, they put up the mugshots of some of these entitled young spoiled rotten privileged white kids who call themselves the "New Black Panthers" - nothing more than thugs who want to tear this country down - and most were babies or maybe not even a twinkle at the time of 9/11. They haven't a clue about what this country is about nor the sacrifices of generation to keep us and others free. And I doubt that any of them give a thought to what the date of September 11 means.

I have one small flag pole on the end of my garage here that has the American flag flying on it everyday. I chose to let my neighbor fly his American flag today and I switched and have my Fire Department flag flying at half mast. I mean no disrespect to our National Colors - but as a former Firefighter - for some reason this year - I felt the need to fly it in remembrance of those first responders - Police, Medical and Fire who lost their lives as a result of 9/11.

No one should forget.

[dangitgriff]

It's a shame some will honor the dead with politics . Thanks . Go fight about politics in the Pit it doesn't belong here .

The real shame is America’s collective stupidity in sending thousands more Americans to the Middle East to die after 9/11.
What about them? Are they forgotten? They must be, because we keep sending them over there to die.
R/Griff

[salpal48]

To Me the Saudis are directly responsible for the bombing. The US should have bombed that country off the face of the earth. Then let the chips fall the way they may

[Idaho45guy]

I was one of the few people that was in a media dead zone during the event.

I was on my grandparent's farm near Rupert, Idaho helping to get it ready for sale as they were just put into hospice care. My dad and I were out in one of the machine shops loading up a truck and trailer with tools and mementos when my wife called me on my flip-phone and told me what was happening.

We had no access to a TV and had to finish up our work and headed West for Boise on I-84. Our truck overheated and we were stuck on the side of the hwy, listening to the radio, as it unfolded.

The first images I saw were about 11 am when we went into a Walmart in Boise to grab water.

One of the items I grabbed from Grandpa's shop was a 40's era Pontiac hubcap that still sits on the wall of my little shop. Every time I see it, I am reminded of that horrible day.

[Harter66]

No Griff they aren't forgotten . My oldest boy got his gold spurs 3 yrs ago and my youngest boy spent 2-1/2 of his 6 yr over there and will probably be on some sort meds the rest of his life . The little town I called home for 22 yr buried with full honors under threat of protesters a young man that went to school with my kids . Another died 5 times getting home and lost both legs at the hips from an IED . 4 more served over there as well that were around the house often . My Son Inlaw wrecked his back over there in the Corps too . So until you know a man from a little desert town of 2800 with a median age of 46 that's seen all the obvious and many of the hidden scars on
10 men andd the immediate affects on family and a town that is more family than just friends or spent just over 3 years of your life dreading answering every call from a government number or family I would suppose one might want to reign it in a little .

[dangitgriff]

I’ve lost family, too. War fighters go back generations in my family. I say back, because someone with half a brain has got to stand up and declare the obvious, that illegal wars of choice started by the highest levels of government in our society has got to come to an end—and refuse to encourage their children to join the military. I say illegal because Congress has not authorized a single war by declaration since WWII, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. Congress passing a bill does not automatically mean it is Constitutional. You would think that smart Americans would protest a Congressional abdication of their duties relating to warfare. Smart Americans would recognize the real threat to their liberties does not lie in the direction of the Middle East or Asia, but right here in the homeland in Washington, D.C..
Keep supporting them, and, by doing so, keep watching the needless casualties pile up. At least be smart enough to know when you’ve been had.
R/Griff

[Omega]

I’ve lost family, too. War fighters go back generations in my family. I say back, because someone with half a brain has got to stand up and declare the obvious, that illegal wars of choice started by the highest levels of government in our society has got to come to an end—and refuse to encourage their children to join the military. I say illegal because Congress has not authorized a single war by declaration since WWII, as mandated by the U.S. Constitution. Congress passing a bill does not automatically mean it is Constitutional. You would think that smart Americans would protest a Congressional abdication of their duties relating to warfare. Smart Americans would recognize the real threat to their liberties does not lie in the direction of the Middle East or Asia, but right here in the homeland in Washington, D.C..
Keep supporting them, and, by doing so, keep watching the needless casualties pile up. At least be smart enough to know when you’ve been had.
R/Griff

I take it by your statement that you are the one with half a brain that has decided not to serve and have taught your children to refuse as well. That's ok, we will take care of that responsibility for you.

[dangitgriff]

Wrong... but expected.
The business of America is war, after all.
Americans are in for quite an adjustment to our new place in history. Our exceptionalism will be our undoing.
R/Griff

[Snow ninja]

I was a senior in high school. My mom always watched those early morning news shows like Good Morning America before work. I was putting my favorite band’s TShirt on when She yelled through the house that an airplane had crashed into the Twin Towers in New York. I didn’t think anything of it, just figuring it was a Cessna or something. Not many people remember, but just a week or 10 days before, a small airplane like that had hit a building in another town like Boston or something. I said something to the effect of, “Wow, that sucks!” And walked out the door. I was pulling into the school parking lot when my mom called my cell phone. I figured it was important at that time of day so I answered, and that’s when she told me, with tears in her voice that a second plane had hit. Both of them were 747’s (Don’t know if that’s true, but mom isn’t a plane person...) That’s when it drove it home. I walked into school that was in complete silence. Every room had the news on all day. All we did was watch it during the whole school day, we kept schedule and just went from class to class like normal.. My dad called me right after school and told me to go fill my Gas tank up. There’s a picture in my yearbook of me and 3 friends walking out of one of the classes and we all had just, dead, dazed looks on our faces, it was a lot for a 17 year old kid to process.

[john.k]

I certainly remember it ,how it all seemed to happen in slow motion,live on TV ,and how powerless the authorities seemd to be ....how it couldnt be stopped ,despite seeming to take hours ...... ,how the security forces with thousands of agents could possibly have been asleep at the wheel for so long...........I also couldnt figure out the Bin Laden business ......if they hadnt tipped the guy off ,they could have tracked him in A/stan and demolished the whole shibang with him in it, just one cruise missile .

[Alstep]

It sure affected a lot of families I know here. I live about 120 miles from NYC.
A friend's son's first day of work in the NYFD was 9-11. He was assigned to a company near the towers, and since he was a probie, was told to stay back in the firehouse. A lot of guys he met for the first time that morning never returned. He recently got promoted to battalion commander.
A guy that lived down the road from us had 3 nephews in the FD. One had the day off, the other two were killed, one never recovered.
Another good friend lost his son.
A Marine I met was the flight instructor of one of the pilots that flew into the towers. He was devastated by the news.
Another friend worked construction up high in a near by building and saw the whole event happening. The plane flew so close to where he was working that they could see the people through the windows of the plane just before it hit. He said they all dropped their tools and got the hell out of there just as the buildings collapsed.
Those are just a few of the stories from people I know personally.

[farmbif]

something I'll never forget, still a whole lot of unanswered questions about it all and a whole lot of good people still suffering the consequences from what happened.

[skeettx]

I put out the FLAG this morning
Went to the rifle range and shot 30-06, 22-250, 556, and 22 LR
Then to the pistol pit and shot S&W 29 with light 44 Mag reloads.
Came home for lunch and did honey dos till 4PM when I went dove hunting.
then Burger King and then cleaned the birds.

Put the Flag up and am getting ready to put on a Church shotgun shoot
scheduled to 10AM tomorrow. Dove hunting tomorrow afternoon.
Mike

P.S. was working at Pantex on that fateful day and we locked the place down.
https://pantex.energy.gov/about

[45workhorse]

My wife and I were sitting on our couch at Camp Pendleton, had left my BN in Hawaii. Flew home early to PCS, to Parris Island! All I wanted to do was get back on ship, and be with my fellow Marines.

[samari46]

We had moved to Louisiana after I retired. My wife woke me up and told me a plane had crashed into one of the twin towers. I used to see them from our place at work. I sat mesmerized watching those two building which were a New York landmark topple to the ground. Picked up the kids from school and there was absolute panic in that parking lot. Figured I'd top off the tank on the truck only to find the local station closed. When I asked one of the attendants what's going on she said we don't know what to do. Had to drive and find one that was open. That got taken care of and while the wife was making supper we again watched the replays. A sense of rage at to how this could happen in our country?. So we started calling relatives in New York. Phone lines were jammed with people doing the same thing. Never got one call to any of them. Frank

[Chad5005]

i was on the road in nc buying automotive cores and pulled into a dealership to buy parts and it came on their tv in the break room.we made a mad dash to fl to check on our families

[oneofsix]

I was working at a local school system as a computer tech and had just pulled up at an elementary school my kids had attended.
Checked in and went to the library to see what they needed done when I found out that the first building was hit. Stayed in the librarian's office watching TV until after both fell.

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