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Sad day in history. I remember it vividly. I know I’ll never forget.
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Sad day in history. I remember it vividly. I know I’ll never forget.
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Certainly is a powerful imageQuote:
Originally Posted by Slab
my 9 year old studied last week about 9/11 ,made some of the children cry .
I explained to her that in the USA we often forget how desperate and low some other countries and people will go .
I told her about pearl harbor and how we got hit in a similar fashion when we least expected it .
stay vigilant my friends ,there is an evil in this world that wants to destroy us on a daily level .
Amen!
What a sad day that I’m afraid most the country has forgotten!
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I remember it well
I doubt anyone alive will forget that day. I hope with current situation we don’t experience another.
We certainly do become complacent with the safety we enjoy here. It is very startling when we come face to face with the terrorism that is pretty commonplace throught the rest of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
There are so many things I have forgotten in my life but I will never forget my 5th grade teacher crying when the news that JFK had passed was announced over the PA system.
9/11 was a day that I remember as clearly as if it were yesterday, such a sad day for Americans but also a time that made me proud to be an American!
Alan
Good post and reminder to us all.
Bob
What was it the Charlie Daniel's band sang
The day the world stopped turning?
That kind of summed it up
Will never forget.
i believe it was Alan Jackson’s “Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning” unless Charle did one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
:pray:prayUSA FLAG
See. I remember the day but not who sang the song:Rofl:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
I was home on leave painting my mothers front porch ceiling and the next morning waiting in line for hours at the COSCOM gate to get to work at Ft. Bragg. Within a year I was living in a bombed out mud building on Bagram Airbase. The events of 9/11 led to serving 61 months in Afghanistan and Iraq through 2011. I lost many Soldiers there and attended even more memorials and hundreds of plane side transfers of remains. I would do it all again if called upon and hope and pray the youth of these young generations will answer the call as so many did after 9/11/2001.
May God Bless America Always
USA FLAG
I Remember the day well...that night I got to deliver freight to the Post Exchange, (on base dept. store), at Ft Bragg, NC. TOOK 3 hours for a normal 5 minute check...Everything changed in the US after. Seems many have forgotten, many are in positions now, and unfortunately don't seem to care...
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Thank you for your service and sacrificeQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie
Never, this is what got my son to join the Army back then at 32 or 33 years of age! I would have never thought he would end up being a Green Beret at 37 years old! He still is out busting his tail doing something all the time. Now it's bike riding and of course not easy kind, lol!
Skip
Tell your son we said thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
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Thanks guys for you or your family members service.
No way we can forgot that day. USA FLAG Thanks & prayers to all that have served before & after.
Ask a Veteran
Thank you for the recognition, and Your welcome...Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
I pray for the fallen and those who stand between us and evil.
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NEVER EVER FORGET USA FLAG
Never forget.
Todd: Hello… Operator…listen to me…I can’t speak very loud. – This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco.. We have a situation here….Our plane has been hijacked…..can you understand me?
Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand… Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?
Todd: No
Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?
Todd: There are three that we know of.
Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?
Todd: Yes…. they don’t have guns….they have knives – they took over the plane with knives.
Lisa: Do you mean…like steak knives?
Todd: No, these are razor knives…like box cutters.
Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?
Todd: No…..I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.
Lisa: Have they said what they want?
Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.
He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport… It was very broken English, and… I’m telling you…it sounded fake!
Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.
Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.
Lisa: Ok Todd….my name is Lisa…Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket.
Todd: It’s United Flight 93.
Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?
Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up. front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.
Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?
Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.
Lisa: Has anyone been injured?
Todd: Yes, ..they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.
Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?
Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane……….oh Jesus.. Help!
Lisa: Todd….are you ok? Tell me what’s happening!
Todd: Hello…..We’re going down….I think we’re going to crash……Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off….we’re ok. I think we may be turning around…..That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me….we’re flying east again.
Lisa: Ok Todd…. What’s going on with the other passengers?
Todd: Everyone is… really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center……Lisa is that true??
Lisa: Todd…..I have to tell you the truth…..it’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.
Todd: Oh God —help us!
Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack….and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God…….Lisa, will you do something for me?
Lisa: I’ll try….if I can….Yes.
Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call..
Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.
Todd: Our home number is 201 353-1073…….You have the same name as my wife…Lisa….We’ve been married for 10 years. She’s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her…….(choking up)..I’ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys.. David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1…..Tell them……(choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th…..I saw an ultra sound…..it was great….we still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy………Lisa?
Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.
Todd: I’m going back to the group—if I can get back I will…
Lisa: Todd, leave this line open…are you still there?……
Lisa: (dials the phone..) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93….Yes I’ll hold.
Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin.. I understand you have a hijacking situation?
Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.
Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?
Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course – it is now flying east.
Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson…I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?
Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call…hold a mo…..
Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?
Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.
Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.
Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.
Todd: I understand…hold on……I’ll…….I’ll be back..
Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?
Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.
Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic….We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me….I want you to hear this….I have talked with the others….we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.
Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?
Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them….and we’ll take them out. Lisa, …..will you do one last thing for me?
Lisa: Yes…What is it?
Todd: Would you pray with me?
They pray: Our father which art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive our trespassers,
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory
Forever…..Amen
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…
He makes me to lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside the still waters
He restores my soul
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for thou art with me…..
Todd: (softer) God help me…Jesus help me….(clears throat and louder)
Are you guys ready?……..
Let’s Roll……………………
The most unsettled day of my life. Thoughts of the way of life that we’ve all known and loved our entire lives was about to change. It just doesn’t happen on our shores. I’ll never forget where I was and who I was with. A friend and I were at a TV shop and watched the second plane go into the second tower on the TVs that were all tuned to it in the store. I’ll contain my political opinions of the way things have been handled since, especially in recent days. God bless all of our people that have been lost from the events of that day and response in days since. I thank God every day for our way of life and those that stand in harms way to protect it.
Todd Beamers last words are ingrained in my mind now. I never hear someone say “let’s roll” without that day coming to mind. The bravery shown all over our country that day was outstanding and should be a reminder to all of what we stand for.
God Bless those who lost loved ones and so many heroic first responders... on another day in our history that will forever live in infamy. I'll just leave it at that.
Some events are so egregious and the evidence so overwhelming that they just can not be forgotten. Those events you will never forget. History will not forget.
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom. We checked on a neighbor, a friend, a family member. We donated to causes instead of buying for ourselves. We held a door open for a stranger. We were lifted. We didn’t crumble after 9/11. We didn’t falter after the Boston Marathon. We are America. Americans will never, ever stand down. We endure. We overcome.
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