9/11 Remembrance 2021

[Thanera]

First and foremost, a moment of remembrance of all the people who died that day and those who died later from the 9/11 attacks. I hope the future brings peaceful times that senseless murdering of innocent people for differences in race, religion, or creed, will never have to happen.

There is a new documentary on Netflix that was released recently and even 20 years past I cannot bring myself to watch anything detailing all the things about that day. The fear and pain that so many people felt is just so overwhelming. It really hit me hard tonight how much the 9/11 attacks have affected me emotionally. I was only 9 years old at the time in 4th grade, living in Colorado, and on the way to school over the radio in the car, news started playing about an attack. Being so young you don't really grasp what was happening. I remember coming back to the classroom during lunch because I forgot something and my teacher left the TV on. The towers were collapsing and people were jumping to their deaths on screen and that made a deep impact on me. It was so horrible. I remember all the kids chipped in money to send to the Red Cross, I gave up my lunch money for a week to help. This is just something I wanted to get off my chest.

 

[FeatherTay]

 

[Ruffled Feathers]

It was definitely a once in a generation moment where everyone remembers where they were, what they saw, and how it made them feel. I was a Soldier then and was glued to the tv like everyone else. I know the instant the second plane hit that I was going to war. What I didn’t know was my son would enlist and also deploy. 20 years & multiple deployments later and I’m not sure just how I will feel when I watch it. It will include sadness over friends and unit members killed and anger. My wife will be out of town so it will be time to drink good bourbon and remember bad times.

 

[B-Goock]

I think ruffled has the plan and many former soldiers will likely have a similar approach.

I was in basic training during desert storm. By the time I got to my unit it was over.
911 we waited to be deployed. Nothing. We just kept training. I had a chance to get into the power industry or reup. No resign bonus so it came down to financial and I got out.
A month later my unit got activated. Tried to get back in to go with my guys but they wouldn't let me. I would have to pretty much start over and be placed in a fill in platoon for who knows where with who knows who. Family? That was my guys. I did get to see my guys off. Alot tougher than it sounds.

It will be emotional for everyone for alot of different reasons.

 

[AntiqueB]

I live in the NYC suburbs. I remember being at work, and hearing that a plane hit one of the towers. We all thought it was some Cessna-type plane that just had an accident. Then the second hit.

My husband was working on 32nd St at the time. He said it was incredibly hard to get home; people were all rushing to leave, and then the police blocked the bridges and tunnels in fear of more attacks. He managed to get a ferry before they closed those down, too, but a lot of people were trapped in the city.

The pictures were so heartbreaking. While few people loved the Twin Towers (while they were being built, the consensus was that they were ugly, and that it was somehow wrong to topple the Empire State Building as the city's tallest), the useless loss of life was overwhelming.

Pretty much everyone here knows someone who died that day. For me, a high school classmate died. He was a funny, charismatic guy who was the life of the party.

 

[cheepteach]

we here in America had been lucky to not know what war feels like at home for over 100 yrs. 9/11 changed that.
God Bess us all

 

[BullChick]

I almost lost two of my brothers-in-law that day. I did lose so many classmates. I’ve listened to some of the firefighters try to talk about it just to try to make some sense of what they had seen and done. One in particular ended his life because he just couldn’t cope.
I saw the second tower get hit, but I didn’t know what I’d seen. I thought it was coverage in some other country, and I only found out eight whole hours later when someone asked if my family was safe. I almost fainted. All of the bomb threats we had received that day made sense, and I saw that plane over and over in my mind.
One of the b-i-laws was there afterwards, bringing in people like Toby Keith to do their thing. In the following weeks, there were authorities crawling all over the nearby 400 acre property he lived at and was the caretaker of. It was the perfect cover for anyone wanting to hide.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Generally I don't say or write much on 9-11, but I feel everything.
I remember everything.