World remembers time of horror (8:46 EST)

BBC ^ | Tuesday, 11 December, 2001, 11:20 GMT | BBC

[mdittmar]

[anniegetyourgun]

NEVER FORGET

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks Annie

[RedBloodedAmerican]

3 months to the day. How many have already pushed the images out of their minds, trying to forget? Never forget.

[b4its2late]

8:46 bump

[Chemnitz]

Star Spangled Banner, The Neglected Verses

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out of their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave'
From the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

[McGruff]

Let's Roll!

[shezza]

I still break down every time I see those pictures. I haven't been able to make it through the commemorative issues of Newsweek and Time I bought a few months ago...still too fresh.

The kids and I prayed at 8:46 for our nation: may God bless, protect, and defend us against the forces of evil. We prayed for our President, that he would follow the course God desires for our country and that He would bless him with strength, wisdom, integrity, honor, courage, and fortitude as the Leader of the Free World. As a military family, we also prayed for the fighting men in the lion's den on the other side of the world and for those (our neighbors, possibly my own husband) who are preparing to leave their families in the days ahead to continue the mission. God bless the United States of America.

[Huck]

I still break down every time I see those pictures. I haven't been able to make it through the commemorative issues of Newsweek and Time I bought a few months ago...still too fresh.

I picked up that Time issue on the newsstand this weekend, and quickly put it back. I don't ever want to see those pictures again. This morning at 8:46, I was walking to work just like I did on that day, except whereas on that day I walked right through the Trade Center, today I was in Battery Park, south of what is now "ground zero". A church bell started ringing, and I took off my cap and said a silent prayer for the families of the ones we lost. I still shake my head just thinking about it.

[maica]

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I just learned this week that one of my ancestors was a Defender of our country in the War of 1812. What makes this relevant is that he was a 44 year old shopkeeper whose daily language was German. When the British invaded Baltimore and started shelling Fort McHenry, the future of our country was vividly on the line. Ordinary people like my ancestor were expected to leave their homes and join the Militia. Over 3000 men from the Baltimore area marched toward the British who had landed and the rest is history. (To coin a Phrase!)

[GretchenEE]

Thanks for the post, and especially, the repost of the photos. We must never forget.

[freeperfromnj]

I was walking through Times Square just as they played the Star Spangled Banner and commenced the rememberance ceremony. It was truly moving to see people just stop in their tracks and look up at the big screen and watch our President. He truly has impacted this country in a big way.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Powell and Blair Mark Attack Anniversary Together   (6:20 a.m. PST Dec. 11)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the United States stood shoulder to shoulder Tuesday to mark the exact moment three months ago when the first hijacked airliner crashed into the World Trade Center.

Bush Leads Trade Center Memorial   (6:19 a.m. PST Dec. 11)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Precisely three months after the first jetliner slammed into the World Trade Center, the American national anthem played Tuesday at the White House, across the country and throughout the globe as President Bush vowed to "right this huge wrong."

[mdittmar]

Go here for more tributes to those who have lost their lives.

[OldFriend]

Thanks for the picture reminder and thanks too to those on this thread who related their personal experiences this morning when the remembrance ceremonies began. Bless America and those who are fighting to protect us.

[WIright]

Well almost everyone participated. Katie Curic was interviewing Tom Cruise on the Today Show. Guess even though they're in New York, they don't think its appropriate to play the NATIONAL anthem on the NATIONAL Broadcasting Company. Go figure!

[GretchenEE]

Good on the memory of your ancestor.

A history lesson hit me yesterday. The WH was first inhabited during John Adams' presidency, which occurred from 1796 to 1800. The Brits burned the WH in the War of 1812. We didn't have our symbolic seat of government sitting pretty for very long before the Brits were back to hack it up. I'm sure the former colonists' memories were pretty long on the subject of what a war with Britain could signify, if lost. It had to be a big incentive to bear arms against them less than two decades later. I'm glad your ancestor was there to stand up for the fledgling USA.

All things considered, it's kind of amazing that Bush was right in saying, "America has no truer friend than Great Britain," on September 20. I love the way America has turned some of her worst enemies into some of her best allies (e.g., Japan, Germany, Great Britain).

[TLBSHOW]

We will never forget this day!

[Hank Rearden]

The Weep Industry is going to make a fortune. 24 Hours. One Day. One Week. Two Weeks. One month. Two months. Three months. Rinse and Repeat. Trot out the big guns on One Year.

Then, do Thirteen Months, Fourteen Months. Rinse and Repeat. And Sept. 11th, of course, becomes a Kleenex Holiday.

Are we supposed to stop for a Weepathon on the 11th of every month, forever? If they want to conduct some kind of ceremony every month, here's what I suggest: at 8:46am, bring a terrorist to the steps of the Pentagon and strangle him slowly on live TV.

That would be meaningful and productive.