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Remember, today's business is ONLY about 9/11 stories.
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Thank you.
posted by Sinner @ 12:01 AM
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25 Comments:
I'm having trouble finding words.
Thank you all.
Thank you, Sinner, for this forum, and for the rules of this day.
I've spent the last few days writing memorials for the folks that died that day as part of the 2,996 project. If you are interestedin reading some of them, the list is here- http://www.dcroe.com/2996/?page_id=2
I'll add my story in the thread above in a bit too.
Kyrie
Note to dv8.
You are not the only one that found humor in the pundits constantly saying that "who don't know who did this" that day.
I did as did my wife. When they stopped saying that is when we got very depressed because the comic relief was no longer there.
Thanks for sharing!
Powerful stories of ordinary people on an extraordinary day.
Thank you all for sharing them.
Thank you for listening to mine.
This really is a very special place, Sinner.
Thank you rabbit!
This place is special, and it is because of all of you.
Thanks go out to everyone that submitted.
BTW: Ace just linked the story thread. Thanks to him as well!
dv8:
"I remember that some newscaster was talking about how “no one had any idea what or who” was behind the disaster. That’s when I started laughing. It was so obvious to me, that every time I heard a jet plane roar overhead I started yelling “Aaaahhhlaaahhalalalalalllaaaahhhhh!!!!!!”
Y'know bud, you should in no way apologize for having Asperger's Autism.
If that condition is the ability to grasp the truth when it stares one in the face, I wouldn't necessarily call that an "afliction".
More like a "gift".
Just my own asshole opinion.
I wonder if anyone suspected for a minute or two that the airliners were being piloted by the Michigan Militia?
Doesn't that sound ridiculous?
Regards;
It's a wonderful thing to know that there are some mighty fine people with whom I can stand shoulder-to-shoulder.
The fact that we do so "virtually" today is a triviality; the simple fact that you're all actually out there is anything but.
All of these stories are just incredible. It is a shame that there is a faction of people in this country...including the person this website is dedicated to, that cannot see the truth of the world we live in and exactly how it changed that day. Can't see the everyday heros that only try to live their lives in a way that causes insane people to commit such purly Satan driven acts upon the human race.
God Bless every single one of you, friend and foe alike. It is all of you together that make this country what it is, and something that is hated by the forces of evil disguised as religion.
What amazes me a lot about all of
the stories:
...is how *ordinary* all of
our lives were that morning.
...is how, immediately, we all
realized that our lives wouldn't
be so "ordinary" ever again.
I'm reminded of an anecdote I
heard, about a catastrophe which
occurred in the generation before
mine: The columnist Mary McGrory
and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
were consoling each other at a
gathering, shortly after the
assassination of JFK.
"I'll never laugh again," McGrory
wept.
"Oh," Moynihan realized. "We'll
laugh again. We'll just never
be *young* again."
On 9/11, I came to learn what
Moynihan meant.
U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A...!!!
Thanks. No anger today-reading these accounts leaves me feeling only one thing-humble.
Thank you guys, so much, for telling your stories.
The wife never talks about her feelings about that day, or about my career. I guess it is better that way, you know, not dwelling on that. Alot of what she wrote over there was the first time I had heard it.
Just sayin...
fatwa:
"It's a wonderful thing to know that there are some mighty fine people with whom I can stand shoulder-to-shoulder.
The fact that we do so "virtually" today is a triviality; the simple fact that you're all actually out there is anything but."
When all is said and done, all we really have is each other in this lifeboat.
So we gotta do what we can...pull the oars, read the stars, man the compass, catch fish, or bail the sea back out of the boat.
And have a little faith.
Sometimes its' a bloody miracle that we get anywhere at all.
And sometimes, it would be a miracle if we didn't.
"We The People"...have a few hours before the sun sets to the West of Midway Island, and this day passes into history.
If it sets uneventfully, and I believe it will, it will be another victory.
You KNOW that they'd nail us if they could, today of all days.
But they can't.
Every day that those pig-fuckers who would rob us of our freedom and bend us to their will do not and can not strike us is another victory.
And every minute, every hour, every day...all those little victories add up.
Regards;
This is turning out better than I had hoped.
Thank you all so very much for sharing. Again I am humbled at the talent contained in this little gerbil cage.
sinner:
I'm wondering...where is Frisch's story?
She's apparently abandoned SWPaw, it's been a derelict for days.
I haven't seen HER story.
Surely she HAS a story.
Can you contact her with an invitation?
They were aiming to kill her, also, it mattered not who she was or what she did, she was in America.
And that was all they cared about.
We have that much in common, don't we?
Regards;
I have read and reread our stories all day long. With each reread, I have gotten something new out of them.
I am still getting "gooseflesh" chills.
Amazing day. This anniversary has been the most meaningful of them all for me.
Hawk:
I was very glad to read your story, since I have not had the opportunity to hear firsthand what it was like for someone in our military to relive that day. I can only imagine the feelings of the Air Force guys sent out to patrol the major cities after the fact, knowing that shoot-down orders might be issued on commercial jets.
This was such a good idea, Sinner.
Your stories are so moving. I feel both better and steadier for having read them.
I feel much less alone today than I did that day. So, thank you each and every one.
I could not be more impressed.
Hose:
Thank you for your contribution about the alarms on the firefighters. I had thought that the alarms were coming from the emergency power systems throughout the site, but now the memory of that sound resonates more deeply and movingly.
Sinner - Thank you for giving us a forum to share our remembrances of 9/11. Truthfully, I had not thought of that day in any detail, and had shied from any introspection about it, until you provided for us this protected space to do so. Last night and today, I remembered events from my own mundane existance that I had thought had made me feel small and alone. But my voice here alongside so many others remind me that this day, I was not alone in my fear, my fear for my family, fear for my country, and yes, my fear for myself. Many of us, diverse though our backgrounds are, here felt the same apprehension and uncertainty that I did, and also our resolve not to forget, and to be strong, for our loved ones, and for our country.
Thank you, Hose, for providing us a perspective from the first-responders. Thank you, Hawk, for your memories that let us know what our members of the armed forces were feeling. Thank you, Rabbit, for describing to us the confusion and palpable fear at our airports that day when over 5000 planes had to find somewhere, anywhere, to land. And thank you, all the officeworkers, the stay-at-home moms, and those who were at home for so many different reasons. Even my own little brother, a luminous being who spends almost his entire time away from the distractions of this mortal life, was able to feel the connection to the rest of us.
Thank you all.
Ottava's not the only person who derived a measure of hope from DHD today.
It's been a reminder to me that there are many decent (even by my admittedly stringent definition) people out there.
While we may personally disagree on some important issues, when it really counts, they'll do the right thing. Probably without even thinking about it.
I'd like to think that I would do the same.
As Ottava said:
you have given me hope. and that is no small thing.
Hose,
I was doing OK until that last line of your last post over at Sinner's blog.
Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say,'I am strong.'
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together."
I wanted to come back this morning and say Thank You again to everyone, especially the folks who commented for the first time. I hope it won't be the last.
I wish I had more graceful words with which to acknowledge how special this has been.
Thank you Deep Thought for sharing your story.
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