on 9/11/01? just thinking about the events of this day and i went thru some old pics. i was salmon fishing on the west branch of the penobscott and camping at prey's big eddy. seems that the generator on my coleman crapped out and i took the 45 minute drive to millinocket and that's when i first heard the news. i called my son and fiancee' and then went back in the woods for a while...
Interestingly enough, I was in a classified facility that made spy satellites! Or at least in a part of the building where they would actually let me in. They shut the place down right quick...
We did our work the next morning on the basis that it was even more important considering...and I drove home the next day.
I was at a meeting at work and someone walked in "a plane just hit one of the towers." I didn't believe him. Then I went home and watched TV for a few hours.
I was at home watching TV before I left for work in Boston..I was glued to the TV..I remember driving in to Boston,tuned to WBZ and looking at the sky,s and seeing no planes..Very erie..
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I was in the westbound toll plaza of the Ma pike in Allston heading to Watertown for apin job when Dale Arnold anounced te first plane (he reported a cessna) hit the first tower.
When I arrived at the house the little old lady whose house I was almost done painting had a radio on the porch as she know we had to listen. She lived through D-day, Pearl Harbor and the Kenedy Asassanation and knew before most that this was a day to pay attention. Her wisdom that day will forever be with me. All our lives changed. I stuck to the tv for a week and then left for a very somber MV Derby.
"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
At work, opening up, my cell rang, wife told me to turn on TV..
could not believe it...
left tube on all day...people at the counter would either get mesmerized, or some would just look away...and hurry on..
remember a sick feeling and a sense of dis-belief all day..
the other thing I remember was the weather, it was a 5 star day on the cape that day... I also remember fishing that night for a while after work.... and the few of us, that usually gave each other wide berths, at the inlet, kind of bunched up that evening....and you could tell none of us were really into it... we all sort of left early too....
I was at my moms house sleeping and she woke me up after the first plane hit. I didnt budge then after the second hit i was up for the duration. Where i grew up in NYC i could see the towers from the end of the street.
RI family court waiting room.Supporting the wife in her battle vs her kids father for any help he could offer his children.I was a SGT in the RI National Guard and I knew as soon as I saw the news I'd get the call.Sad affairs in RI and corrupt officials stole millions instead of replacing our ancient equipment kept me stateside.8 years later and I still feel like justice was never served.Every year on this date I see the videos and the people celebrating the event on that day and look at the soldiers lives lost at war and the people who lost their lives that day trying to help others.September 11th is a sad day in my life every year and will be for the rest of my miserable existence.
Driving past Newport Vineyards in Middletown, RI on my way to work at the SWE back when it was on Thames Street in Newport, heard the news over the radio.
Only other moment so distinctly etched is the start of the Operation Desert Storm; I was in 7th grade, doing math homework with my Mom at home in the evening.
Oncoming watch commander for base security dept NAVSTA Everett, Washington. Started hearing it on the radio on the way in, as I passed the gate, told them to start 100% searches and start preparing for Threatcon Delta. Had 6 guys in my section at start of shift, by lunch I had over 60 (Axillary Security Force members) that we split into 2 shifts, I kept section 1 and an MA1 took over section 2. Had 2 MA1s in my section that I put in charge of the main gate and the NEX/Commissary (5 miles from base). Was pretty crazy,, all the ships bugged out fast to sit off the coast ready to shoot down possible threats to the Seattle area. I closed off about 1 square mile of public property and closed 2 public roads, to secure the NEX/Commissary, posted armed guards at the 2 blocked off roads redirecting civilian vehicles a few miles out of the way on a detour around the NEX. LOL,, My Security Officer ended up answering to the city on that,, but we left it closed to civilians for over a month.. I had 2 K-9 units patrolling the base perimeter, with the third K-9 unit dispatched to Jim Creek facility about 40 miles form Everett with 3 of my armed guards... We had 1/2 dozen articulated 72 passenger busses on base that I knew how to drive, so I placed them in a semi circle around the command building with space to walk between them but not allow any vehicles through. We towed all vehicles withing 80 feet of any building using a small tow dolly and my pick up truck. That day ended up being 38 hours for me before I grabbed a cot in the office and took a nap.. I ended up going almost 4 weeks without a single day off, pulling 16 hour days. By then we were able to move to a rotation 5 days on with everyone getting different 2 days off. I still remember everytime a "lifeflight" helo had to fly over the base, they would call on the cell and radio to warn us they were going to fly over. It was months before that changed.. people today dont seem to remember how bad it was. An airplane flying overheard, made everyone feel uneasy for a long time after that. I remember when the plane hit the pentagon, with a sick feeling that I would never see a good friend of mine that worked there. ....... never did see him again... missed the funeral as I was on call on the base... ... May we never see a day like that again......
teaching in worcseter. saw a news flash on the computer during class that an airplane had hit the trade center and it was on fire. mentioned it to my buddy in passing and said I bet it was terrorists. Little did we know at that point. I was thinking today about the first night after that that I went fishing and I was standing east of the sagamore thinking how weird it was without airplanes in the sky and and I also had a bit of anxiety about what I would do if they blew up the bridges while I was on the cape side. Seems like yesterday and a lifetime ago.
I was working with a friend of mine putting an addition on a house.....we had just stripped the forms off the foundation the day before so I showed up that morning to work alone for the day. I was raking peastone around the foundation when my (then girlfriend) Angie called to say that a plane had crashed into one of the towers.......it sounded strange to me and I was puzzled so, living close by, I ran home to turn on the television in time to see the second plane hit!!! I continued to watch in horror as the first tower collapsed......most horrible thing I have ever seen......my gut doubles over even now when I see the footage of it!! The thought of all of those poor people that were still inside the buildings!!!! Needless to say with all that was going on that day I stayed home.....unsure of what the rest of the day may have in store????? My buddy was dismayed that I left the jobsite.....what a tool!!! I hope I never see anything like that again!
I was home that day with wifey and my 10 month old son cradled in my arm. I was praying that the 50,000 people working that location could get out. The majority of them did.
sleeping next to my 11 month old daughter when my mom called and woke me up and never left the tube for the rest of the day as I watched in disbelief. Just watched a show on it with my now almost 9 year old and it feels like yesterday. Still hard to watch
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
Rome, Italy. Just got back from a tour of the vatican, turned on the tube, only English station was CNN, this was just after the first plane hit. We have friends who worked in the WTC and that was my first thought, were they ok? I said to my wife, we're at war and stuck in another country. We were scheduled to fly 9/12 home and it took a close to another week to finally get back. It really hit us when we were back in the states, suddenly there were American flags everywhere, suddenly it all became real.
On 9-10-01, I returned to Orlando after a weekend of fishing at the Canal. Once home, I realized that I had left a Rapala fillet knife in my carry-on bag, which went through screening at Logan with no issues.
On 9-11-01, I was back at work at the Kennedy Space Center on a Tiger Team, trouble shooting mechanical problems on a new payload canister transporter.
All of the best were in a meeting, when we were interrupted that a plane had hit one of the WTC towers. Initially we all thought that it had been a small plane inflicting minimal damage, so we kept working.
Our meeting was broken up when the second plane hit, and we were ordered back to our stations, at the same time the KSC was in a complete lock-down.
The mere fact that the "box-cutters" have been targeted as the weapon of choice shows the pure audacity of the perpetrators of the greatest crime in our nation's history, especially due to the fact that on the day preceding the event, I inadvertently passed through Logan airport screening with a razor sharp fillet knife.
Today, I can not carry a barroom pizza, let alone a drink of water, through the TSA screeners.
P.S. I feel so much safer after removing my worn shoes / sneakers.
Driving to work along the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. I could see the skyline most of the way. Saw the second plane hit from a bridge over Gerritsen Creek in Sheepshead Bay. My eyes were way ahead of my brain at the time--I kept telling myself that I really didn't see what I just saw
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
On 9-10-01, I returned to Orlando after a weekend of fishing at the Canal. Once home, I realized that I had left a Rapala fillet knife in my carry-on bag, which went through screening at Logan with no issues.
On 9-11-01, I was back at work at the Kennedy Space Center on a Tiger Team, trouble shooting mechanical problems on a new payload canister transporter.
All of the best were in a meeting, when we were interrupted that a plane had hit one of the WTC towers. Initially we all thought that it had been a small plane inflicting minimal damage, so we kept working.
Our meeting was broken up when the second plane hit, and we were ordered back to our stations, at the same time the KSC was in a complete lock-down.
The mere fact that the "box-cutters" have been targeted as the weapon of choice shows the pure audacity of the perpetrators of the greatest crime in our nation's history, especially due to the fact that on the day preceding the event, I inadvertently passed through Logan airport screening with a razor sharp fillet knife.
Today, I can not carry a barroom pizza, let alone a drink of water, through the TSA screeners.
P.S. I feel so much safer after removing my worn shoes / sneakers.
It's our country, we need to open some eyes that it is being taken over by the criminal bankers, politicians, and judicial.
Taxation without representation is tyranny.
I am not sure what you are trying to say buy posting this clip. But if you are hinting towards a conspiricy theory, please go peddle your bull s#$% somewhere else. Have some respect for the people who lost there life on 9/11.
I was in NYC... At ground zero 4 hours after the collapse treating the firefighters and rescuers...no words will ever describe what it was like to be there... Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
Was at home sitting at my home office desk with the TV on and suddenly the news alert shows an amatures camera showing a plane heading for and crashing into one of the towers, I could not believe it at first, I immediately cell phoned the wife.
In the midst of a break up with GF at the time, packing and moving. Got a call from my sister and brother in law, who asked me to use my contacts to check passenger manifests. Just before AA shut their system down, I got the confirmation that their business partner was indeed onboard Flight 11. It was an awful, eerie period of my life as four people close to me were lost that day.
Wow, doc. Never knew...
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
I was in that limbo time between graduating and starting grad school, working on a tour boat in Newport, a pretty idyllic fall. I walked through the lobby of the gym I was working out at around the time the first plane hit. Walked by with tunes on my earphones and thought, wow, fire in the world trade tower... showered and left and walked by it on my way out and saw both towers on fire, and I remember trying to process how the fire jumped from one to the other tower. got out to my truck and heard the real story, I think they were simulcasting the today show live, cause I remember Katie Couric on the radio...
Spent the day on Goat Island, listening, watching quick bursts of TV at the Doubletree Hotel Lobby between tours, feeling very silly doing tours for tourists all day. I do specifically remember immediately putting the boats flag at half mast...
%$%$%$%$ed up day. end of the innocence for a lot of my generation I think... our Kennedy/Pearl Harbor type of day...
Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
I was on a roof of a house I was working on in Milton with my helper Anthony. We were listening to Howard Stern, it was a picture perfect day. One of those days that the air, temp and mood was perfect for exterior painting. When Howard announced the first hit I thought it was a sick joke.....then it sounded serious and yelled to Anthony to change the station to WBZ....listened for a bit more then went up to the local bar and watched the horror. We returned to the job, packed up and left.
I will never forget 9/11 or the days right after.
I had walked to the cafeteria for a coffee. They had a TV on and the first building was smoking. Watched the second plane hit then stayed there until the second tower fell. Sad day!
I also remember exactly , exactly where I was when JFK was shot when I heard Salty had died and when we walked on the moon.
I was working on a house. Most of the guys with my were Arabs who had come here for a better life. These guys were all in tears, They came here to get away from this stuff. One of them was beatenby a customer that night as he pumped gas as a second job. I went home and waited with my wife for the kids to come home from school. I wanted to go get them as I was afraid that our town might get hit too and I wanted us to be together. There are tears in my eyes as I remember this stuff.
i was at work in cambridge when i heard. spent the next 5 hours trying to get my girlfriend at the time, who was a flight attendent and working that day, on the phone to make sure she was ok. they evacuated our 15 story office building in cambridge thinking that there might be a threat (because really, when you think about it, a 15 story building in Cambridge is the next logical target after then ones they hit).
"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
That morning around 7:30 i was walking up the stairs to take a shower
and had a sudden urge to pray for my son-in-law,
a 767 pilot leaving Kennedy at 8:00 AM that morning nonstop to LA.
While i pray for my family and friends every night, that's about it.
My wife had the TV on and as we watched the fire and smoke my daughter called
crying not knowing if Tim would be one of the planes involved..
I told my wife how i had the urge to pray as i went up stairs and she looked at me in amazement
as she had the same feeling and had prayed at the same time.
We didn't know he was safe until 11:30 when he called to say he had asked for
permission to land in ST. Louis as soon as the tower controllers had warned about
what was happening. He had to stay there for 6 days with his plane until he
could fly it home.
There is no doubt in my mind that the terrorists had looked at his flight
as a possible plane as it had the same MO as the others,
767, nonstop to the coast with a full tank, and leaving at 8:00 AM.
I hope I never see anything like that again!
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