[Abigail Adams]

Thank you for sharing your memories!

[biggredd1]

terror attack !!!
http://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2011/09/10/was-the-deadly-shooting-at-bus-station-on-eve-of-9-11-anniversary-a-terror-attack/

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for posting your story tonight.

[ken5050]

Thanks for reminding us...

good friend of mine, at that time was a nurse at NYU Medical Center. NYU, and another hospital, in lower Manhattan ( whose name escapes me as I type this ) were immediately mobilized, just as you described at Columbia. They had hardly any casualties, though they were somewhat busy treating first responders. But the emotional let-downs were drastic..across all staff...as she described it to me later on....your're all amped up, psyched up..ready to go..this is what you've trained for..then...nothing...and soon afte , it starts to hit you..why there are no arriving patients. At NYU..one lady walked into the ER with chest pains..she's wasn't at ground zero..but when she saw the images on her TV...she thought she was having a hart attack. Later on, she described to the papers how some 20 or so doctors and nurses descended on her...all looking for something, anything..to do...

[pyx]

A major trauma center, in no time we were on emergency alert ... We waited. We waited some more. And then, about three hours later, we began to realize that we, at the northern tip of Manhattan, would not be needed.

You know Doc, a lot of people were ready on September 11, 2001 and were not actually called into service but did their jobs. None-the-less, they were ready. They did their jobs with professional detachment and earnestness.

One of those people who likewise did not actually engage the enemy on September 11, 2001 was Maj. Heather Penney USAF - Lucky Penney.

Under Video Playlist, click on the Complete File on the Right.

Just like you, on September 11, 2001 Maj. Penney was prepared. She did her job with professional detachment; much like yourself. She was earnest about doing what she is trained to do and do it right.

Thanks Doc. Like many Americans, your efforts were and are sincerely appreciated.

[JoeProBono]

[randita]

You must have felt so helpless and hopeless.

I was in Ontario on vacation with my husband. We were staying in a cottage with no TV. There was a radio and I tuned into get the weather before we headed out for the day’s activities. It was around 9-9:30 AM and the radio announcer kept saying, “This is an unprecedented catastrophe...” but didn’t say what the catastrophe was. By then, I guess it was assumed that everyone knew.

We called our son in the states and he told us what had occurred.

Our first instinct was to pack up and go home, but the borders were closed so we had to stay put another five days. When we finally did cross the border on the trip home, every nook and cranny of our SUV was searched.

It was frustrating being so far away and out of touch, but then again perhaps it was a blessing.

To all those who lost friends and loved ones, may the Lord’s comfort envelop you during this time of sorrow.

[NavyCanDo]

My wife was expecting our first baby by the end of the September 2001. Soon after arriving at work I heard the news, and watch the events through the web broadcast. Just before the second plane hit, I called my wife who was still sleeping and carefully and without alarm in my voice, so as not to disturb too much this expecting mother, told her to get up and turn on the news, a plane had crashed into the WTC.

10 Years later my son is in his room at this very moment is building the WTC out of his Legos

[jocon307]

Thanks for your post. I remember feeling very bad for all the Medical people that day. I know everyone was immediately ready to assist, but there were almost no injured, just survivors or dead.

I don’t know if that is good or bad, but it is strange.

I guess it is good, considering the scale of destruction very few people died and very few were injured.

However, it seems there are some on going health issues for those people who continued to work at the site.