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62. A virtual hand on the shoulder for all who lost, or were terrified they lost someone. Those....

Reply to flying_wahini (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2023, 01:48 AM

Sep 2023

traumatized by watching it on TV, or from a distance.
Those affected by the needless Iraq War. Etc. 😔

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Passengers and workers packed their bags that they would never open. [View all] flying_wahini Sep 2023 OP

Crandall gay texan Sep 2023 #1

I was walking around the other day. It was beautiful outside. LisaM Sep 2023 #2

That's the one thing that stands out clearly for me about that morning the weather Otto_Harper Sep 2023 #3

Yeah, me too. It was crystal-clear. JHB Sep 2023 #8

I was home from work that morning with a head-splitting migraine and was cursing the sun. catbyte Sep 2023 #14

It was a beautiful, clear sky in GA, too. My husband and I were driving back to NC. We had just japple Sep 2023 #16

It wasn't the start of a Fall day for me in south Texas, Ilsa Sep 2023 #21

The day before, I was pruning my xeriscape. It was 83/69 (San Antonio) LeftInTX Sep 2023 #45

I have the same problem with those days of silent beauty and "not a cloud in the sky" September days Backseat Driver Sep 2023 #57

I wrote part of a poem about that blue sky... electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #60

I remember lying in my bunk on my submarine... Shipwack Sep 2023 #4

California here. My daughter woke me up and ordered me to turn on CNN. There was TV where she worked Hekate Sep 2023 #5

my brother in law was in our ny office in on the 83rd floor moonshinegnomie Sep 2023 #6

My next door neighbor went to work as usual. No trace of her was ever found. Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #7

My nephew is on long term assignment in Kyiv DFW Sep 2023 #47

I was driving across town when I heard that a plane had flown into the WTC. My first thoughts Chainfire Sep 2023 #9

I'm with you Tickle Sep 2023 #29

A college acquaintance was one of the 3000+ TC 1 Sep 2023 #10

09/11 is hard for me Pacifist Patriot Sep 2023 #11

A guy that I knew from the days I worked in the financial industry died in the Twin Towers kimbutgar Sep 2023 #12

I was supposed to fly from Logan that day. cos dem Sep 2023 #13

I remember that I worked for an IT outfit and was getting ready to fly into NJersey for a SWBTATTReg Sep 2023 #15

My wife and I musclecar6 Sep 2023 #17

Those are the people I can't fathom. For the others, it was something that Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #20

I was in London on my way to the airport to return home when the taxi driver asked if I had Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #18

One of my most vivd memories of 9/11 happened the next day in London. momta Sep 2023 #24

Mine was the service at St. Paul's, which was broadcast to the masses of people outside Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #27

My husband was flying for United at that time. He'd gotten home... 3catwoman3 Sep 2023 #19

i was home when this hit the fan. am tolling my church bells 10 times in my mind AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 #22

I called my boys (who were 2nd and 5th grade) the night before calling them from NY airport. flying_wahini Sep 2023 #23

WTH were those educators thinking?!?! summer_in_TX Sep 2023 #39

I picked up my kids from schools in San Antonio. None of them knew anything about it LeftInTX Sep 2023 #46

My 18-year-old son had just joined the Marine Corps prior to 911. mommymarine2003 Sep 2023 #25

I was getting my oldest ready for kindergarten. (Colorado) momta Sep 2023 #26

I had the day off from work. Woke up early for a day off, around 7 am. wnylib Sep 2023 #28

My 18 year old daughter was 5 miles from Ground Zero... Trueblue Texan Sep 2023 #30

I was on a motorcycle trip through the Southwest, my wife was in the 1st trimester with our daughter R Merm Sep 2023 #31

I've heard so many stories from different people, having to do with 9/11 FakeNoose Sep 2023 #32

I like the part that he wasn't speaking to his MIL by then. So funny. flying_wahini Sep 2023 #42

I was at the dentist. She had turned on CNN and I watched that second plane hit the TWC over and over Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #33

I was on my way to the dentist. Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 #40

Yikes! Sounds like we had a similar experience Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #41

And NEVER forget all the bastards who said this was a false flag. Haggis 4 Breakfast Sep 2023 #34

Really, false flag my ass. flying_wahini Sep 2023 #43

Vivek was 16 at the time. He's full of it. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #49

+1 Effete Snob Sep 2023 #55

We used to have those types here on this site. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #56

I was at home with my wife when the news broke, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2023 #35

Other memories. My daughter asked me if I knew whether dear friends & family were safe... Hekate Sep 2023 #36

PBS decided to keep its children's programming exactly the same. Mr Rogers did a PSA, too Hekate Sep 2023 #37

I didn't get that memo. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #50

That's the thing that kept going through my head JI7 Sep 2023 #38

Yes, Bush and Cheney and the PNAC people must have thought their Pearl Harbor attack flying_wahini Sep 2023 #44

I was in an office in downtown Brussels DFW Sep 2023 #48

I had a plane ticket at the time Skittles Sep 2023 #51

Yes, here we are at yet another anniversary... Hugin Sep 2023 #52

I was at work with my husband in Delaware woodsprite Sep 2023 #53

How many of those who died hated their jobs? ECL213 Sep 2023 #54

I repeat my goodbyes to the two friends I lost that FailureToCommunicate Sep 2023 #58

This was such a moving post LeftInTX Sep 2023 #59

(I was writing my loving the Two Tower post so late to this... electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #61

A virtual hand on the shoulder for all who lost, or were terrified they lost someone. Those.... electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #62