Posted on 09/11/2019 6:47:01 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
Where were you on 9/11/2001?
Context is king. Now there’s context having seen the speaker.
Hi.
I was on FR. Saw the thread. Went and turned on the TV.
When the second plane went into Tower two, I called most of the family and told them we are now at war.
Sucks still.
5.56mm
Not too controversial for me if the person was pointing out the rank evil of Omar.
The majority are not here to be converted to Christianity nor will they be, their purpose is broadly otherwise.....and missionaries do not replace soldiers in wars, were that the case God would have never raised up armies/soldiers to fight against His enemies.
The majority are not here to be converted to Christianity nor will they be, their purpose is broadly otherwise.....and missionaries do not replace soldiers in wars, were that the case God would have never raised up armies/soldiers to fight against His enemies.
I also live in the Seattle area and I do remember that the weather that day was wonderful. I had just woken up and turned on the t.v. Hubby was getting ready to leave for work, I told him that a plane had hit a building in NYC. He stopped to look for a minute, and then left for work.
I got up to start getting breakfast for my youngest daughter, then took her to school. I remember that I did watch as the second plane went into a second building.
I was shocked by the video; but, the real shock came when I heard a loud noise, and then a lot of dust and debris. When it cleared, no building. By this time on was on my couch and I remember just repeating, "where is the building, where is the building?".
I realized that with the time difference, a lot of people were in that building, having just arrived for work, and were settling down at their desks. I knew a lot of people had died.
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I think we all agree.
Yes, I live near Sea-Tac Airport, and the flight path for incoming jets passes over the neightborhood across the street. Having no airplane traffic for a couple of days was strange.
Which is exactly what they will always do and are taught when in foreign countries and or practice islam....It's a evil ideology that operates in the shadows and behind masks of deception even among themselves.
Which is exactly what they will always do and are taught when in foreign countries and or practice islam....It's a evil ideology that operates in the shadows and behind masks of deception even among themselves.
Helping to launch the alert fighters that escorted Bush from Florida to Barksdale.
Amen.
Doctors office watching the TV.
I was working in my office on a beautiful, sunny autumn New England morning. I heard about it from a co-worker and immediately went online. (others were gathered around televisions, but for some reason, I just didn’t want to be there with them)
I had work to do, and put my head down and did it.
The place where I work is in the flight path of Hanscom AFB, and at one point, I heard the unmistakable approach of military aircraft (after you work around them long enough, the sound is distinctive)
I went outside, and there were about 20 people watching as a flight of F-15s went over. They were at low altitude, probably 500-1000 feet, and there were somewhere between 8-15 of them by memory.
They were all flying very slowly, in single file, slowly rocking their wings back and forth as if they were trying to see things on the ground. It was an impressive sight.
One of the women watching, a known moonbat to me, said agitatedly “Look what Bush did to us-he caused this!”
I had always had a cordial relationship with her, but I bit her head off when she said that.
I found out later my former boss’s ex-husband had been killed on American Flight 11.
The person in charge of my department, a retired Army Colonel, asked me to come see her. She was very distracted, and said she had been trying to find out about a friend of hers who was stationed at the Pentagon. Before I left, she opened her desk drawer and gave me a pair of Bird Colonel eagles that had belonged to her.
She wanted me to have them. The gesture touched me. Later I guessed she gave them to me because I was the only person she knew in the building at that time who might understand what she was thinking, being a former Navy veteran...a status I knew she valued.
I got back to my office and couldn’t work anymore. I wrote an email to myself that I still have (but not here) that explained what I was feeling that day. I felt that we had crossed a rubicon, and that tomorrow and the days after were not going to be anything like yesterday and the days before.
I really did feel we were at war, and that war was going to change many things for the rest of my life.
Today, I still do feel we are at war, but that isn’t the feeling I get from many of my countrymen. That is disconcerting.
I was driving to a clients house, I owned a business in Michigan at that time. While listening to the morning show of the local rock station it seemed like a skit they were doing, although a serious one. I knew the one host was a private pilot but didnt seem like a breaking news commentary.
I knocked on the door of my customers home in Grosse Pointe Michigan and she was shocked that I’d even come on a day like today. She said don’t you know what’s happening? I said no. She invited me in and showed me the TV with WTC1 engulfed in flames. She said a big plane hit the tower and she either had family working there or close by. It was as that moment the second plane hit and it became real at that point.
I completed the measure I needed to do and gave her a hug. I told her we need to pray for the dead and for our country because we had been attacked.
I got in my truck to go home and heard the sonic booms from what turned out to be an f-14 or 16 coming from Selfridge ANG base. They were screaming to either NYC or DC I guess going over Lake St. Clair.
I went back to my shop, which by the time I got there the Pentagon had been hit, and sent all my employees home to be with their families. I went home to be with my wife. We stayed closed for 2 business days.
On the 12th however I was scheduled for a hernia repair operation that was still going to happen. I went to the hospital and of course it was the only thing on TV in the waiting room and the only thing people were talking about.
We came together as a nation during this time and I saw American flags everywhere following the terrorist attacks of Sept 11th. What happened? We’re no longer a country of true Americans. In fact I think we’re a country of people who want an end to America. Not me or any of the Freepers on this forum but many who are complacent to what is happening in this country. The desecration of the Constitution, disrespect of our elected officials and indoctrination of our children into a warped reality. Something has to give! I want our country back.
I was right near the USS Constitution.
A beautiful, sunny day right in Boston (actually, Charlestown). We had a giant American Flag hung from two fire trucks, and the "Singing Trooper" (A Massachusetts State Trooper who...er...sings) singing the national anthem.
We all became aware, being that close to Logan Airport which is extremely busy, that...there was not a single airplane anywhere, anytime in that cloudless, blue sky.
Much like today.
It was unsettling. One of the busiest airports in the world...and no airplanes.
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I have to ask you then, why did he receive a relatively loud round of applause after his 1 min. 35 sec. speech?
I was at 17 wing on the LAV 3 Gunner pilot course. Pilot course meaning we were the first to get the course in Canada. At any rate, planes started coming in, one after another. Anyone not on course or in the field was brought in, and people were brought off the plane one by one. Everyone was searchex, went into holding areas. I remember feeling bad for the people trapped on the planes and one 747 in particular. People were on it for over 16 hrs and all they could see was soldiers in uniform crawling over LAV3s. Who knows what they were thinking.
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