A-Jay

♥ For the husband who told his wife I love you one last time before his plane went down in a field ♥ For the wife who stopped in the stairs to call her husband to say I'll love you forever ♥ For mothers and fathers who kissed their kids goodbye the morning they died ♥ For policemen who rushed in with firemen to help get others out only to die themselves ♥ For soldiers who were sent to try and get justice and democracy and lost their lives. ♥ today, tomorrow, 10 years from now, we will remember ♥

Good post A-Jay. Yes, we should never forget this date. The lives that were lost, and the many sacrifices that were made. 

Today is, and will always be a very sad day for me. A day of remembering the terrorist attacks and the many, many good lives that have been lost fighting back.

 

?? NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET ??

Personally speaking, I remember America in terms of pre 9/11 and post 9/11.   Everything changed on that day, those who were too young can't imagine a pre 9/11 America.   Very sad day for America, and those who love it.   

I'm very fascinated by the intelligence and details of the terrorist attacks that occurred.  It was obviously a very horrific day in our country's history, but the National Geographic channel plays a documentary series called Inside 9/11 every year around this time.  It goes into great detail about what led up to this, all the way back years in advance when Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden starting planning it.  There are interviews with people who were in the buildings that were attacked too.  First hand knowledge from these survivors and anti-terrorism intrigues me.

Some here might be too young to remember, a pair of French brothers were embedded with the FDNY that day shooting a documentary, this resulted in them capturing the most chilling and accurate account of what happened at the Towers.

 

  

 

I was a sophomore in high school, a bunch of buddies signed up for the military after watching those towers go down. Lots of them went to Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are forever grateful for their bravery 

 

Can't help but I have to say it. I don't and won't watch those videos of the Scum that flew that aircraft into the twin towers, it just ticks me off to no end.

RIP to all of those that perished in that event, and a huge Thanks to all of the first responders.

29 minutes ago, Hammer 4 said:

Can't help but I have to say it. I don't and won't watch those videos of the Scum that flew that aircraft into the twin towers, it just ticks me off to no end.

RIP to all of those that perished in that event, and a huge Thanks to all of the first responders.

I posted the video because there is an entire generation of folks that were not even born when we were attacked. I was born in 70 at the end of the 'Nam era. I grew up watching WWII, Korea, and 'Nam shows/footage. I was fighting age during Desert Storm. Had I not had a son on the way, I would have enlisted. 

 

Sadly, the last time this country was United was on September 12th of 2001.

 

The death toll of the first responders and other rescue worker has just surpassed that of those that were murdered on September 11th 2001

 

 

 

3 hours ago, slonezp said:

 

I thank you and @AlabamaSpothunter for posting the videos. I don't like watching them, but I do just to remind myself of what those "people" did to us then and, with our extremely porous borders, could easily do again. Probably worse. I was on duty that day, I remember exactly where is was and what I was doing when it all went down. I remember how helpless I felt, like something should immediately be done but there was nothing I could do except follow the commands of my superior's. Like I said in my original post, I'll never forget and I will never, ever forgive.

4 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

I thank you and @AlabamaSpothunter for posting the videos. I don't like watching them, but I do just to remind myself of what those did to us then, and, with our open borders, could easily do again. Probably worse. I was on duty that day, I remember exactly where is was and what I was doing when it all went down. Like I said in my original post, I'll never forget and I will never, ever forgive.

And our current administration just handed over $6B to our enemies. 

@slonezp, That too brother, that too. When I read that today of all days, I just shook my head in disbelief.

4 minutes ago, volzfan59 said:

@slonezp, That too brother, that too. When I read that today of all days, I just shook my head in disbelief.

We couldn't live in any more mixed up times. I would post more but I'm on Glenn's watch list. No disrespect to you Glenn, you have to make a living. I understand the game. 

9 minutes ago, slonezp said:

We couldn't live in any more mixed up times. I would post more but I'm on Glenn's watch list. No disrespect to you Glenn, you have to make a living. I understand the game. 

Same, I don't want on Glenn's watch list.

They say thirty percent of people in America weren’t born yet. That leaves the rest to educate those two young to remember what this country was. Such was the one who willingly died to save the many. 

I think this day was a huge eye opener for all of us. I imagine people felt the same in 1941, when Pearl Harbour was attacked. It was horrible. But like others have said, never forget this day, and always honor the fallen.

I will never forgive, I will never forget.  

My HR manager brought up about a 9/11. He said I am not going to normally use this in my normal presentation. It was about a retired deputy firefighter who followed another firefighter into the tower. When they asked other firefighters why a retired firefighter would follow that guy (who was a high ranking firefighter) in they replied because that is the guy you want to follow. I told him that is something he should keep in. That is the leadership everyone should strive for. 

A sobering moment for me on Monday. As a 31 year old in college, I am the only one in my class that was even alive for 9/11/2001. Hard to believe. I can remember the day like it was yesterday.