September 11th.... thoughts, memories and wishes

[wellard]

This is a thread to post your thoughts, memories and condolences to those tragic events in New York that seems like yesterday. This is NOT a political discussion, maybe that will be discussed on the currant events forum. This a chance to express our concern and solidarity to those in the USA, and indeed the world who suffered at the hands of evil.

[Link]

It's two years now, and I really don't think about it that often anymore.. I do feel sorry for the people that had to die in that attack. But the memory fades away quicker and quicker nowadays...

[Nachtrafe]

Awesome thread Wellard! Thanks for posting it!

My clearest memory is of Cloudy. She was all I could think of as I sat in my living room, staring in blank shock at the tv. The very first thing I did, once I could tear myself away, was to get online and contact her. We spent the whole day 'together', talking and watching, and worrying. We both eventually made our way here to IW, to check in with friends. Yeah, things got a bit heated, but, what I'll always remember best is the sense of community, and shoulder-to-cry-on offering that the folks here did. It was a time of great pain, and everyone pulled together with, and for, everyone else.

I dont know Link...maybe it's because you're not American, but, for me, and for many people I know, we still remember, and part of us still rages, and part of us still weeps.

I think that, for the rest of my life, September 11th will be a day of anger and pain and sadness. I know that our society is pretty disposable nowadays, and that includes emotional issues...but some thing you just *cant* forget, or forgive!

Peace out to all those that died, as well as all those that survived the horror of 9/11. My thoughts will be with and on you!

[ 09-10-2003, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: Nachtrafe ]

[Melusine]

Why would it be because Link is not American? Let's not make any of those assumptions, because as Wellard said let's leave the debates out of here.
I for one, as a non-American, do have a thought to spare for the victims of those attacks, same as I did last year.
It was a completely stupid and senseless loss of lives, of people of all kinds of nationalities dying for no reason, and I'm sorry for all their deaths.

[Jorath Calar]

Only day in my life when I was sure it was the end of the world...

[Davros]

Two years ago today, and I sat waiting on an airstrip at Aberdeen airport for 2 late passengers to arrive. Finally the two were located and took their seats next to me on the plane. The elderly American guy leaned over and said "A plane has flown into the world trade centre".

I relayed this news to my good friend Roy, who lives in Princeton and who's wife works in Manhattan. When we got into Gatwick we learned that both towers were alight. We sat and watched the coverage and Roy tried desperately to phone his wife. As we sat and watched we were stunned along with everyone else as the first tower collapsed.

Our tour party had just the day before said goodbye to "American Bob". He and two other guys from the US had joined our group of interpid Aussie golfers for the previous 2 weeks. We called him American Bob because we also had an Aussie Bob in the tour party. We knew that American Bob was due to go to work in the north tower that day. We found out 24 hours later that AB had been lucky in that his flight was delayed and that he had been on one of the planes that was refused permission to land. He joined the tour again 2 days later in Ireland - he was rudderless - he couldn't yet go back to Manhattan, or even the States at that stage. We spent the next 2 weeks trying to help him through a difficult period when he was deperately trying to find out what was happening to his friends down at ground zero.

[Faceman]

I came home and my brother told me: "They've blown up WTC" I didn't believe him and just replied: "Get out"
After having confirmed over the web and TV news I was stunned. I still think that this was a tragically important moment in history and may be my generations equivalent to events as: "Where have you been during the moon landing?" or "What did you do when the Berlin wall came down"
My kids will one day ask me: "What did you do when the WTC was blown up?" and I'm sad that there's not good milestones I can think of right now

[Stormymystic]

I remember...I was still pregnant, and having problems, my mom called me crying, telling me to turn on the tv, I saw that, and freaked out, my husband was asleep at the time, and I woke him in a panic, see Arkansas is not a good place to live in an attack either, we are surrounded bye chemical weapons, and biological warfare that is still in the process of being "distroyed". the first thing we tought was that we would be next, if anyone who knows military, this is one of the most "active" states around. and we also have the TCBY building, which house alot of goverment officials, and it has had alot of bomb threats in the past, ,so everyone here was worried aout New York, as well as us, and we had recived some un offical threats in the mail about it, so yeah, we are still worried, until all the chemical and biological stuff is removed, we are concerened, ten we still have the nuclear plant to contend with

[Bardan the Slayer]

I was asleep, and my dad woke me up to say that a plane has flown into the WTC. I thought it was a freak accident, but he advised me to turn on the TV and watch the replays. It was right about the time that I realised that there was *no* chance this was an accident (it takes me a while to wake up), that I saw the second plane hit.

Horrific. I remember the way the death toll just kept going up and up ... and then they collapsed.

If *anything* good could come out of sucha thing, it was the collective and individual acts of heroism of the normal guys and gals trapped inside helping each other out, and the actions of the emergency services who willingly went into conditions akin to a warzone to do their jobs and save lives.

Those are the aspects I prefer to remember.

[ 09-10-2003, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Bardan the Slayer ]

[skywalker]

For those who were not here at Ironworks or those who want to revisit the original threads, look here:

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...;f=24;t=002855

And here:

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cg...;f=24;t=002869

I can remember calling my Mom and a just about crying over it. A very sad day, indeed.


Mark

[EDIT] Just reading through these thread fills me with such grief, I'd almost forgotten how horrible it was almost 2 years ago. These threads were a snapshot of the tragedy as it happened. They are so hard to read through again.

[ 09-10-2003, 06:48 PM: Message edited by: skywalker ]