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    #16
    Where were you?

    I was heading to work to the corporate grind, listening to tunes ... a good song ended and I surfed stations while pulling into parking lot of the monolithic corporation ... and briefly heard: plane slammed into World Trade Center! I imagined the least (not the most) ... imagined just a little tiny airplane, like the little gnat bi-plane that had hit USA White House (president's residence) years before).

    Arrived at work early, bought cup of coffee, and saw so many people huddled around the T.V. in cafeteria, and I said, "WTF?". They told me about the jet plane (what...whoa - a JET!?) had crashed, then that a 2nd jet had crashed into 2nd tower (what .. a 2nd JET!) O.K., now that's clearly an attack - no accident, .... and then we watched on as 1st tower fell. Didn't get much work done that day...

    Personal? It's all personal to any American. Near misses?

    * one cousin was/is a United Airlines stewardess on Flight 93 (the one that crashed in Pennsylvania farm field, famous for the businessmen who fought back the hijackers) - she (my cousin) had been on board Flight 93 the day before - and ended up stranded in California for a few days.

    * another cousin works at CDC - Centers for Disease Control -- an alleged target. CDC sent everyone home before noon; plane didn't hit CDC because all planes were grounded.

    * Co-worker at adv agency in New York that day -- hotel 3 blocks away ... she was OK.

    * One year later, a new co-worker shared that he had been in South Tower (2nd tower to be hit) on 9/11/01. At the time he worked for a Temporary Employment Agency, pretty much by himself, filing or alphabetizing this or that. Adam vividly described what was playing over the loud-speaker at the time, something to the effect of: "Don't worry. Please return to your desks. The situation has been contained to the North Tower." ...Adam just WALKED OFF!! Good for him ... walked all the way over the bridge to New Jersey, well ahead of the pack.

    That's my story.

    Horrible loss of life. "Six degrees of separation" came in clear focus. Couldn't help but feel horrible about all the poor souls that died for no reason at all, and all the close calls, and connections.

    I'll admit that the event didn't totally "shake my soul". (Uh, many Americans were shattered by the event) I was not. I'm pretty much already shattered by life anyway. Also, I follow international news way more closely than most Americans (on alternative new stations - not mainstream) and personally feel so many horrible genocides and massacres and horror.

    That's where I was -- YIKES! another lighthearted post by Puddy... NOT!
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      #17
      Where were you?

      Puddy, there are so many stories. We who didn't lose are the lucky ones, but our close call will forever haunt.
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        #18
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        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdvOTR2-at0&feature=related[/video]]YouTube - The Eagles-Hole in the world

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          #19
          Where were you?

          I was working in portugal,and just coming up from the beach,and in the beach bar tv. seen the first plane hitting the tower,thought that was a terrible accident,then the second o shit.. what a horrible day,rip to all the victims.


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            #20
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            Even though it's like ripping open an old wound, we have to remember the tragedies of the world. Like puddy said, there are atrocities around us every day. It's only by having the strength to look at them, and hold the perpetrators accountable, that we might sleep in peace. My Daddy served three tours in the Korean 'conflict', suffered terrible frostbite that stayed with him throughout his life, but he attended every memorial event to his country's fallen. There are heroes and angels out there among us, and we owe them a huge debt.
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              #21
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              BTW, we have become so complacent about our space travel that the safe landing of the Discovery went largely unheralded. I'm so thankful that despite landing challenges they arrived home safely. We should all applaud our modern-day pioneers.
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                #22
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                Ruby, you are right. Every modern-day pioneer deserves a salute. I was impacted by another world wide event that often is overlooked - the space shuttle Columbia. I heard that explosion from my home as I was watching the news coverage of the pending landing. So surreal, eerie. I turned my work phone on (it was a Saturday) and within an hour the company I worked for was involved in the recovery efforts. By Monday morning our office was a command center. So much of what we take for granted here on earth has come from international space science. As world, we are blessed.
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                  #23
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                  I have not had time to read this whole thread. I was teaching high school on September 11, 2001. My 1st period class, nothing had happened yet. By 2nd period, my prep period, the 2nd plane had crashed and the Pentagon was on fire. Oh, and that 3rd plane, that crashed in PA, was in Cleveland air space (about 20 minutes from my house) and then it turned around. I remember what I was wearing (in fact almost wore the same outfit yesterday).

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                    #24
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                    I think 9/11 affected everyone in the "Free World". I am Canadian, but my best friend's half brother is American. He was in one of the towers when the planes hit. He (safely) walked down over 100 flights of stairs, but had just reached the lobby when the other tower collapsed, sending shards of glass, etc, into the lobby. They went into his body, including his eyes. Somehow, he managed to walk (bleeding heavily) by himself to a hospital. No one knew where he was, or if he was even alive, until 10 pm. Although he is now OK physically, he lost many of his friends and co workers at the Port Authority. My prayers to everyone affected.
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                      #25
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                      I remember it well. I was watching TV - I had moved out of the house with a girlfriend and this was before any alcohol problem reared its ugly head. There was a special interruption and we were like WTF? A plane didn't see the world trade centre?. I think I called my parents to see if they knew or not, then started wondering what a plane was doing that low - I thought it may have been near an airport not having been to the states before but a 110 story building near an airport landing strip didn't really make sense. We here in OZ saw the second plane hit live then the pentagon etc. Very very sad.

                      Then in '03 I was in Manhattan when the power just shut down all over new York, all over the states. I remember being stuck way down town when I was staying in Spanish Harlem up on 103rd and Lexington. No cab would stop and if they did stop they'd want $100 for a 5 minute trip. Subways down - everything down. We thought it was terrorists for sure. I remember being very scared that first night and feeling a long long way from home.

                      3 days later the power came back on with some explanation about an accident - cutting a line or something. To this day I still do not believe that story. I think it was some sort of a foiled plot at terrorism. What kind of line do you cut for most of the power in the country to go down all at once?

                      Even though I am in OZ I have friends who are still traumatized by both events.
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                      Fully AF since 16/4/11

                      It's been one hell of a ride.

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                        #26
                        Where were you?

                        I would be terrified if I was stuck in a big city when the power went off. With my luck I'd be in an elevator.
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                          #27
                          Where were you?

                          I was in ninth grade in my keyboarding class. All of a sudden my teacher got up, and walked to the tv and turned it on. I saw what was on and back then they thought that it might of been an accident, but deep down I knew it was no accident. I ended up going home early because my brother got scared. I was a little scared too.

                          This happened three days after we got Ashes our cat.
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                            #28
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                            It is my bad but I really did not pay a lot of attn to the anniversary this year. And I avoided reading threads about it until now. Although I was not impacted personally, it is just to awful to believe such evil exists. I am glad I read your posts. Brought it all home again and we really must not forget. 9-11 changed the world forever. I have slept with CNN on ever since. Not good. What a horrific tragedy. My bff called me and I turned on the news. I was shocked. I had a huge mtg that day with a customer responsible for national transportation and disaster recovery. It was canceled. I remember sitting on the couch all day glued to tv in disbelief.

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