9/11 - Less We Forget

[fordson]

Saw no post, so this is just a reminder guys. A prayer and a moment of silence.

 

[woodsltc]

Thanks for the post......Prayers sent for those lost on 9/11 and for all those that sacrificed so much since then..... & are still fighting for us all.

Don

 

[Ozark Marine]

A lot of folks still too giddy over the Sunday & Monday night "sport" game to remember.
What a shame.

 

[Golddollar]

I was coming from Waverly Elementary School where I had just voted in the Maryland primary when I heard about the first plane hitting the Twin Towers. I thought that was an accident. When I heard about the second plane hitting the Twin Towers I realized this was not an accident and something bad was happening. I won't forget that day.

 

[loknload]

I have retrieved this from elsewhere posted by a brother firefighter from the FDNY. He too was there that day.

Barely noticeable in the bottom of this photo is FDNY's Ladder 118 on their way to the Twin Towers. Every single man on that Truck died trying to rescue people that day. They were literally heading towards their own deaths when this photo was taken. They knew this job was a big one. I believe they knew firefighters would die. Yet, they answered the call. If that isn't the definition of courage then I don't know what is.

The remains of Ladder 118

 

[Onomea]

An article that I have posted before on 9/11, about Rick Rescorla, one of the great heroes of that awful day:

The Real Heroes Are Dead | The New Yorker

 

[rags]

A lot of folks still too giddy over the Sunday & Monday night "sport" game to remember.
What a shame.

We don't forget....

17 years later, the death toll mounts

 

[loknload]

Onomea that was a very good article! Thank you for sharing that!

 

[SteveA]

I don't think anyone alive will forget that day. As for myself, I wish this nation was like it was on September 12, 2001, united and with resolve, not what we have now.

 

[Ozark Marine]

I don't think anyone alive will forget that day. As for myself, I wish this nation was like it was on September 12, 2001, united and with resolve, not what we have now.

Sept 12th 2001 to January 20th 2017 terrorist attacks and threat's were the lead stories on the news networks.

January 21st the terrorist finally found out about the United States resolve.

No, I like the past 19 months a heck of a lot more than 9/12/01.

 

[hsguy]

As a retired firefighter I found this very moving. My wife was a United flight attendant and lost friends that day. The last trip she took before she passed away was to visit the 911 Memorial and Museum in NYC. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXYJxB1GbU[/ame]