5 Years Today

[Fisherwoman]

Was such a sad day in our history, hard to beleive it was 5 years ago.

Prayers to all the families and friends that lost, the men and women and all personell that keep us safe every freakin day so we can sleep well at night while they watch over us.

AMEN!!!!!!!

[Flaptail]

And the bastards that pulled it off are still out there, there will be no rest for the souls of 9/11 until they are caught, killed and brought to justice. It makes me sick on one hand that when they are finally caught we will afford them the courtesy of our justice system where they afforded no one the same in return and they do it in the name of God. On the other hand this is what makes us truly great.

Thank God and all those in the world who hold love, peace and caring for each other as the eternal doctrine of righteousness.

I was just thinking back that night I went to Old Harbor in Sandwich with my fly rod to cast for sunset school fish. I met Mike Figlioli there, an old friend from flyfishing days. It was quiet, eriely quiet, no planes in the sky, no cars or people. Mike saw me coming and instead of saying hello he said, "It will never be the same again, Steve", "but I had to come here to help me think through what I saw today". I just nodded and we silently waded in and started casting. I don't remember if we caught anything or even saying goodbye.

A week later I was on Balston Beach and a gentleman approached me as I was casting into a gentle wash. He asked if I had had any luck. I replied that I was just starting. He looked nervous or maybe anxious would be a better word. He had no boots or waders on just shorts and a sweatshirt and carried a small bag over his shoulder and a small tin hung from his leader off of his rod. I noticed he had a thick New York city accent. I asked if he was from there, he looked up at me and I could see his eyes welling up with tears, "Yes he said, I live in the city". I aksed if he worked in town and was he close when it happened. "With tears now rolling down his cheeks he told me, " I was on the 12th floor of the north tower when it hit" he started to sob and then quickly turned away and started walking to the north along the beach and casting as he went, sobbing all the time I watched him. I silently asked God to help him get through it as he disappeared over the point to the north of me. And I cried for him and all the others for the first time that day, on that beach, alone as the sun set behind the dunes.

God bless them all and keep us all in this new age.

[justplugit]

Well said John. So many sacrafices by so many ,to keep us safe and free.

[Krispy]

Thanks to the FDNY & NYPD

[Fish_Eye]

It's hard to believe that five years have already passed since those cowards took all those innocent lives.

Our world is now a different place and we owe so much to the brave men and women who serve to protect our freedom and way of life.

Soon after the tragedy of 9/11 I found myself on the shoreline seeking some sense of peace in a world that had seemingly gone mad. I was with a friend and I had just commented on how eerily quiet it was; no planes overhead, no sounds of traffic, and then a siren went off. Any other day, it would have blended into the sounds of day-to-day living; on September 12th it was cause for a whole lot of concern. We both looked at each other with eyes wide open wondering what had happened now. I think that’s when I realized there would never be any going back to life as it existed two days earlier.

Since 9-11 I’m sure many of you have stories of how you’ve been inconvenienced at airports and by other security measures. I was on a plane that was redirected into making an emergency landing for security reasons. That message was delivered by the captain of the plane and you could tell from his nervous tone that this was no routine situation. His voice cracked as he described the fact that we would see ambulances, fire trucks and rescue workers on the secluded runway that we would be landing on and that the FBI and Airport Security would be boarding the plane with bomb sniffing dogs once on the ground. Needless to say a lot goes through your mind, especially after 9-11, when you find yourself in this kind of situation. Are all planes being grounded? Have there been another number of planes hijacked? It turns out a very suspicious piece of luggage had made it onto the plane and they didn’t want to take any chances. We had to wait in buses for over two hours in the cold, to find out that there was no threat.

A couple of days after the towers fell I posted this picture with the message: I hope you can find solace in the surf. The ocean has always been my altar and a place where I feel close to God. Let’s hope the family members of the victims have found some sense of peace after their terrible loss.

[wheresmy50]

Flight 93 crashed a few miles from where I grew up.

I get choked up every time I think about the ordinary people on that plane who, facing impossible odds, made the decision to take the fight to the terrorists. As long as I'm alive they won't be forgotten.

-Ty

[Skip N]

Of all the members here on SB.com, only seven took the time to post on this topic and remember that tragic day 5 years ago. I guess people are forgetting