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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering 9-11 ~ Sept 11, 2006
Interview | 9/10/2006 | StarCMC

Posted on 09/10/2006 4:54:42 PM PDT by StarCMC

 

Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?

 

9-11 Links

Shattered (Time Magazine Photo Essay)

September 11 Archived News Sites

September 11 Timeline of Events

America Attacked - A Tribute

Firehouse.com Tribute

President Bush's address to the nation on September 11, 2001

NYC Tribute

CNN Archives 9/11/01

Mike's 9/11 Memorial Page

(Links below are from Mike's 9/11 Memorial Page)

MOVIES

5000 Heroes (1.7 Mb)

 
9/11/01 Tribute Flash (3.3 Mb)

 
A Special Tribute Flash Card (1.5 Mb)

America (2.6 Mb)

American Attacked 9 1 1 (7 Mb)

American Strikes Back (606 Kb)

American Triumphant (1.3 Mb)

American Will Remember (2.2 /mb)

Can't Cry Hard Enough (1.2 Mb)

 
Club Santuary Tribute (471 Kb)

 
FDNY Tribute (1.9 Mb)

 
God Bless America (553 Kb)
God Bless the USA (1.2 Mb)

 
In Memoriam (512 Kb)

 
God Will Prevail (1.5 Mb)

Link to more Flash Movies

Mike Holt Tribute (1.4 Mb)

Never Forget (224 Kb)

Prayer for the Children (4.1 Mb)

Remember 9/11 (1.5 Mb)

Remember Those Lost 9/11 (273 Kb)

The Last Walk Home (191 Kb)

The World Mourns 9/11 (1.5 Mb)

Tribute (2.9 Mb)

Tribute To The Fallen (3.5 Mb)

Tribute to the Victims (2.3 Mb)

Wall of Americans (2.3 Mb)

World Trade Center Tribute (1.2 Mb)

World Trade Center Tribute 9.11.01 (656 Kb)

More pictures at New York Lab

Terror Strikes At American Hearts

The World Coming Together

The World Mourns the Tragedy of 9-11

The World Reacts

The World Reacts 2

United We Stand

U.S.A. Always United - Forever Free!

Slide Shows

Slide Show of 9-11

The 9/11 Tragedy Slide Show

The World Stops to Remember 9-11

Then and Now Slide Show

 

Interview of my friend, a 9/11 Survivor

   1.  Where were you on 9-11?

Outside, a few blocks east of the WTC. Being on the east side actually prevented me from seeing the very worst of that day, although what I did see what hideous enough.
 

   
2.  What is your most vivid memory of that day?

There are so many, it's hard to say. The disbelief and uncertainty right after the North Tower was hit, before we even knew that it was a plane. It just seemed too "furious" and hot to be a regular fire, so I felt that it was something extraordinary, but I didn't know what.


           I remember calling my father to let him know that there was a big explosion at the WTC, but that I was OK -- and then him hearing on the radio that it was an airplane. While we were talking, there were secondary explosions inside the North Tower and then little bits and slivers of glass fell on us. I also vividly remember watching people falling/jumping and just refusing to believe that it was happening.

Another strong memory is of running for my life when I was told that the South Tower was coming down (not realizing that it had collapsed into itself, I assumed that it either toppled or exploded and took out everything for blocks in every direction). The awful noise, the abject horror on so many faces and then trying to outrun that debris cloud. I remember wondering if I was about to die.

And when I heard that awful, familiar rumbling again, I stopped to watch the North Tower just pancake downward, realizing that thousands of people were inside -- including people I knew.

Sometime shortly after that, as I was walking uptown along South Street/East River Drive, I somehow got to talking with a shell-shocked guy who worked on the 9th floor of the North Tower and he wound up telling me every gory detail of what he saw on the way out. He also kept trying to walk back there, because he wanted to take the ferry back to New Jersey, so I had to keep pulling him back by his arm.
 


 
   3.  How did your life change as a result of what you saw or experienced?


PTSD. I didn't sleep for more than a year afterward (never more than a few hours a night). I feel as if I've lost a certain innocence and now realize that my neighborhood could really be blown up again, and maybe me with it next time. When I see footage on TV of terrorist attacks, I feel as if I know what it's like there -- the confusion, the horror, the mental disconnect as you don't want to believe that it's really happening, the fear, the smells, etc.

I guess it feels like my life is divided into pre-9/11 and post-9/11, in terms of experiences, perspectives, etc.
 


 
   4.  When someone tells you that you need to "move on" how does that make  you feel?


Angry! Very few have said that to me, but the few who have been stupid and insensitive enough have felt my wrath.
 

 

5.  Do you believe that most of America remembers?  Why or why not?


Hard to say. I think it goes along political lines -- those who remember are those who tend to support the war against islamofascism and understand why we're doing it, and there are those who are stuck in the Clintonian mindset of "tit for tat," in that we wait until the terrorists hit us, and *then* we strike back...proportionately, of course (like bombing empty buildings in the middle of the night, to "make a statement")...and then call it even.
 

 
6.  Is there anything that you, as someone who experienced the horrors of that day first hand, would like to say to the rest of us?


Thank you to everyone who remembers and has prayed for us.
 

Please keep the survivors of the 9/11 attacks in your prayers. 
It is not easy for them.


Thank you to the troops who have put themselves in harms way to ensure that this does not happen again on American soil.  The men and women of the US Armed Forces are the best in the world, bar none.  God bless you all!

 



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1 posted on 09/10/2006 4:54:43 PM PDT by StarCMC
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To: trussell; GummyIII; LaDivaLoca; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska; Fawnn; MoJo2001; ...
Good Evening Canteen FReepers!


2 posted on 09/10/2006 4:58:44 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; 359Henrie; acad1228; AirForceMom; ...
Click here
to go to a page listing the names of all who died with links to their stories. I could not post it -- I think it might be too large for FR. In the words of Mr. Silverback, "we did not lose almost 3000 people, we lost 1 person almost 3000 times." Each one was a real person with a real story and deserves to be remembered.

3 posted on 09/10/2006 5:00:29 PM PDT by StarCMC ("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
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To: darkwing104

First!


4 posted on 09/10/2006 5:00:53 PM PDT by StarCMC ("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
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To: StarCMC
I was on Duty at Eglin AFB at the time. The world changed.


5 posted on 09/10/2006 5:02:04 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: StarCMC

First??
My wife & I were at home & I was going to the the store when I heard of the first crash on WJR 760 AM out of Detroit. I hollared to my wife about this & she told me to go get the kids out of the schools which I did. Then we sat in horror in front of the tv for the rest of the day[s]. And we cried with the rest of the country too!!


6 posted on 09/10/2006 5:04:45 PM PDT by TMSuchman (2nd Generation U.S. MARINE, 3rd Generation American & PROUD OF IT!)
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To: StarCMC

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~


7 posted on 09/10/2006 5:05:02 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (Support the Troops...they support us!)
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8 posted on 09/10/2006 5:05:14 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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To: darkwing104

It surely did. *HUGS!*


9 posted on 09/10/2006 5:05:44 PM PDT by StarCMC ("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
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To: StarCMC

I was teaching a class of adults who run digital libraries. We were just starting the class.


10 posted on 09/10/2006 5:07:31 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: StarCMC

Star....this thread is truly outstanding, thank you very much!


11 posted on 09/10/2006 5:07:43 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (Support the Troops...they support us!)
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To: TMSuchman; darkwing104; All

My friend Michelle called and told me to turn on the TV after the first plane crashed. I saw the second. I was glued to the TV for the next few days. We were having some work done in our back yard. I took a radio outside tuned to KMOX for our landscaper to listen to while he worked. Neither of us could believe it was true.


12 posted on 09/10/2006 5:08:48 PM PDT by StarCMC ("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
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To: StarCMC
Thank You for this 9-11-01 tribute.

Thank You to ALL every service man and woman
who have served during and after 9-11-01.

It is the reason we gather here every day.
13 posted on 09/10/2006 5:10:59 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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To: StarCMC

September 11, 2006

Flying Backwards

READ: Psalm 139:7-16

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. —Psalm 139:14

I had read that hummingbirds can fly backwards, but the cynic in me doubted it. So when my wife mounted a hummingbird feeder by the kitchen window and filled it with sugar water, I sat down with a cup of coffee to see if it was true.

Before long, hummingbirds began to appear—a ruby-throated male and several females. I soon gave up trying to watch their wings as they flew. All I could see was a blur. I was captivated by the feisty little creatures as they darted up and down, away and back, vying for an open spot at the feeder and chasing one another away.

After a while, only one bird was left—her long, thin beak sucking up the liquid. Then, when she was finished, she flew straight backwards, then up, and finally darted out of sight among the trees.

How did she do it? God knows. Sometime on the fifth day of creation, while He was forming whales, sharks, orioles, and loons, God created the hummingbird with its amazing ability to fly backwards—a miracle of His power.

I didn’t need that awesome illustration to prove the existence and brilliance of God. But it did remind me once again that I have every reason to worship God, for I too am “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps. 139:14). David C. Egner -->

This is my Father’s world—
The birds their carols raise;
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker’s praise.  —Babcock

All creation points to the almighty Creator.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Proverbs 10-12; 2 Corinthians 4


14 posted on 09/10/2006 5:12:56 PM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Rom 16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.


15 posted on 09/10/2006 5:18:47 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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16 posted on 09/10/2006 5:19:43 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: StarCMC

17 posted on 09/10/2006 5:20:53 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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They came chasing after trouble
And their trouble's have just began
So the sun will soon be setting
For the Taliban in Afghanistan.
While their mouths talked of friendship
While they harbored therroris
Al-Queda and bin Ladan

September eleventh two thousand and one
Our land of freedom was defied
September eleventh two thousand and one
Uncle Sam replied.
We did it before and we can do it again
And we are doing it again
We've got a heck of a job to do
But you can bet we'll see it thru...


18 posted on 09/10/2006 5:22:17 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: StarCMC
I was driving home from daily Mass, listening to Imus, when the 2nd plane hit.

Sped home, watched TV, tears rolling down my face...........called my mom,called my hubby, called my kids.....two of them were attending college away from home, including Ev. He was asleep, hadn't heard a thing................I told him to turn on the TV.........

I remember so many details from that day.....the long lines at the gas station.....taking my daughter to an appointment and sitting in the waiting room, where they had the radio on, and hearing about the Pentagon........my choir director calling to cancel practice because everybody was too much in shock..........instead, the church scheduled a prayer service for the following evening....the sadness on the faces of the few children who came for their piano lessons.......the American flags which by that evening were already going up all over town, including at our house.........

It was in large part due to the events of that day that Ev decided to enlist. He'd knew going in that he'd end up being deployed overseas. He planned on it from day one.

My heart goes out to the families of the victims on this sad anniversary.

19 posted on 09/10/2006 5:24:24 PM PDT by MozartLover ( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
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20 posted on 09/10/2006 5:28:55 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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