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NEVER FORGET

Those who cleaned up this tragedy should receive life-time healthcare sponsored by the government.

911 was horrible and I will never forget watching those towers come down or how we all felt so lost in the days immediately after.

I was at work, and while making rounds I came upon a bunch of people glued to the TV just as they showed the Pentagon burning. It hit me then that my brother was working in that building. I must have looked strange because a coworker said, "what's wrong?". I told him my brother was in that building". He said, "Oh my God, so is mine". It was really bizarre, because both of our brothers were officers of the same rank in different branches of the service. We did not find out until that night that our bro's were ok. All cell service was out, my brother's wife and young kids were a mess. My brother was dismissed late that afternoon and had to find his way home. He was able to hitchhike to a train terminal and take the long way to Fairfax VA. where he lived. His family didn't know he was ok until he walked thru the door. Many prayers were answered that day.

I pay we never have to go through that kind of thing again. I pray that instead of hate and rage, that people will be able to find better ways to deal with problems with other people.

Amazing, jfan. That must have been a rough few hours.

My mom told me about a book that, imo, would be a really therapeutic read right now.

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

You ever see the documentary ‘Come From Away”?

Really good view. They made a musical out of it - hundreds of airline passengers were stranded for five or six days in Gander. Two of them were strangers and ended up getting married.

I heard the story of this town on an NPR report years ago.

It had all the story points of a great read or movie.
Great story of people stepping up for strangers in a time of crisis.

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It pains me to think that we have to actually work to find stories like these, while stories that promote The Opposite are so readily abundant.

We make ourselves be ourselves.

Late on this .. but ill never forget that day and that feeling. RIP to the victims

When I was in grade school our teachers asked us to go home and ask our parents if they recognize a particular date and what they were doing at the time so I did. My parents knew what it was and exactly what they were doing on that day. It was the day JFK was shot. The point being there are events that stick with you like that. As a young kid I found it I interesting that my parents could remember something from so many years before.

I don’t think I truly understood that until 9/11. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing (and I have a terrible memory). I was driving to work in California listening to Howard Stern. He was reporting on it live. I'll never forget that or the feeling that we were being taken over and images of Red Dawn (the original) flashing through my head.

Thanks for sharing. It indeed was a vivid memory (for just about everyone I’ve ever talked to). A life defining moment.

I was in middle school in English class ... really not knowing the extent, but knowing it was serious

9/11 was possibly the worst day in our countries history

9/12 was possibly the best.

We need to become the country that we were all rallied to be on that day.

I think I was in 7th grade and remember just staring blankly at the screen with my mouth open not knowing what to do. I looked at the adults to try and figure out how I should react but they didn't know either.

I remember wanting to help the people in the buildings but there was nothing I could do...I also think back to when we went to lunch period next. It was the most silent I'd ever heard it and you could hear a pin drop. No one knew what to do and I remember thinking we should go home early. I remember it was only the news on every channel and I complained about it. You turned it to ABC, NBC, CBS, Nickelodeon, TNT, AMC, it was all about 9/11.

I remember watching Bush's speech later that evening and not knowing what to think. I feel I didn't fully grasp the gravity of the situation. I think that's the day a lot of people's innocence was taken away from them..