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SunLover
11-09-2009, 05:41
Let none of us forget the terrible tragedy of so many innocent lives needlessly lost on this, the anniversary of 9/11.
Paula D-S
11-09-2009, 09:37
I have watched a few tv programmes about 9/11 in the past few weeks and it is shocking seeing what unfolded now as it was 7 years ago.
Originally posted by Paula D-S
I have watched a few tv programmes about 9/11 in the past few weeks and it is shocking seeing what unfolded now as it was 7 years ago.
8 years and still fresh after watching some of the footage shown recently.
E. Cosgrove
11-09-2009, 12:46
first thing I thought about when I realised the date today.
I hope we never forget but that things get easier for the families of those who lost their lives.
luckylady
11-09-2009, 13:11
I visited Ground Zero in 2006 I will never forget the overwhelming feeling of sadness surrounding the area
I will never forget where I was when the news broke that day. I hope the world never forgets what hate and world domination can do to innocent human beings.
I have watched a few of the programmes too recently - something I never thought I would do. I still remember the day vividly, my husband was working in Washington D.C. - we were all worried as we couldn't contact him and watching TV for any news about other planes etc was both nerve wracking and vital.
We will never forget. So many people were affected, we hope and pray their lives are getting easier.
A recent visit to Ground Zero, where we had the great honour of being escorted round by a lady who had been in the second tower when it was hit, and a gentleman whose wife unfortunately had a business meeting in the first tower and did not survive, brought home to us in shocking detail the terrible waste of life, but also the immense courage shown by those brave people who with no thought for their own safety rushed to the scene to help.
The greatest sadness to us is that so much hatred for all things American (or British for that matter!) still exists, and often from those who are happy to enjoy all the benefits of living in our free society - something they could not do in their own countries.
It is certainly a day we shall never forget as we were in our villa in Florida and stood in utter bemusement as we watched CNN and saw not one, but two planes smashing into the twin towers.
Our thoughts today are for those who lost mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and work colleagues, and we also remember those who showed such courage and fortitude. May we also remember the very courageous passengers on board United Flight 93, whose last terrifying moments ensured that no further loss of life took place on the ground.
mfairhurst
11-09-2009, 20:35
We were at home when it came on the news aand at first though it was a film being made ,It was just like when Diana died we could not believe it and it is sad seeing people this week talking about the people they lost that day .
Lets hope they never get the chance to do anything again .And they keep catching them and take them away from any good things about living in the world .
We are going to a wedding in Turkey on the 27 SEPTEMBER who we have known since he was 12 years old and he is 28 years old now he was working in New York when it happened and said it was not a thing he would like to see ever again .I bet he was sad today about the people he knew .
MAUREEN
I remember I was at work and someone came into the office and told use what she had just seen on the news, and we all thought she must have got it wrong but went on the internet to check. What shock and horror we all felt when we realised it was true. I still find it hard to understand how human beings beings can do this to other totally innocent human beings.
davy woods
12-09-2009, 00:20
I dont know if anyone seen the program phone calls from the tower this week but it really did make me sad. The last moments of loved ones calling their parents, husbands or wives just before the towers collapsed was played on the program.
I actually feel like I must visit ground zero to pay my respects and one day I will.
Dave, there is a wonderful museum there, now, and they have tours of the area at various times in the day which are taken by people who had something to do with that terrible day. It makes it all the more poignant. On our particular tour we had plenty of time for quiet reflection. We had no idea what to expect but it was very poignant.
LiesaAnna
12-09-2009, 02:47
[grouphug]never forgotten xxx
It will remain in our minds forever.
My husband was on a United flight travelling to Washington DC and I was in Florida. I saw it early in the morning on TV and I don't normally put the TV on in the morning. It was an extremely worrying day as there was no news as to where he was and it was the first time ever that I did not have the flight number.
After several hours United phoned me to say the plane had been turned round and was back in the UK and the passengers were all herded into a room until hotels could be sorted out. With a name like 'Jones' it made it more difficult as I had no flight number. However, at least my husband lived to tell the tale, but for many others, this was not to be. We will always remember 911 and all the families who were effected by this dreadful event.
CERICROWLEY
12-09-2009, 17:18
Its very hard to believe that 8 years have now passed it only seems a few years.
I remember the day very well indeed. Like many people over the decades that can remember where they were when Kennedy died, Elvis, and sort of recently Princess Diana. We were looking forward to our visit trip to Disney that Christmas and was researching quite a bit on the US etc. I had just come home from work at Lunchtime, heated up some soup and sat down to watch the lunchtime news.
Hubby thought I was joking when I called him. and then watching it all unfold live on TV as the first bit of news broke. Can remember the rest of the day at all, just kept watching the news, as the tragedy kept unfolding.
Again yesterday switched on the tv lunchtime to see the memorial tributes, such a different day to that eventful day, which had the sun shining, it was raining in New York and dispite this the people still came out to show their respect to all those that lost their lives that day.
We visited New York last year and gave our respects, the museum has been done with dignity and pride to those that perished that day. I only hope that the monument they are still working on is finished very soon as the recession has hit the budgets pretty hard.
I was also very touched by some of the programmes that were put on tv yesterday, I am glad to see that some of the survivors have come forward with their own stories of what happened that day. So many people that were total strangers working in the same building before this helping each other.