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Posted on 09/06/2003 1:45:49 AM PDT by jriemer
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To: jriemer; 1Mike; 3catsanadog; ~Vor~; ~Kim4VRWC's~; A CA Guy; A Citizen Reporter; abner; Aeronaut; ...
Memory Ping for the Live Thread Ping list!
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posted on
09/06/2003 10:36:35 AM PDT
by
Howlin
To: DoctorZIn
Thank you Doctor Zin for the ping. I will never forget what happened that day, nor do I want to. To think of the precious lives lost that day just makes tears well up in my eyes. To now see the photos of those who jumped from those towers to escape the flames and heat, knowing that either way they went they were going to loose their life that day causes me such sorrow. The evil that was unleashed on our soil that day is still a shock to me. Thursday will mark the 2nd anniversary of this horrendous act of terrorism, and I truly hope everyone will take a moment to pray for those families and friends who lost loved ones in the towers, at the pentagon, and also in that field in Pennsylvania. We changed as a nation and as individuals that awful day, we came together as one and we united ourselves in the resolve that we would over come this tragedy and that we would support our country in the fight to make sure that those we perpetrated this outrage would know who we were and what we stood for. I WILL NEVER FORGET SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
To: Libertina
Amen,Libertina.
143
posted on
09/06/2003 10:43:38 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: Howlin
144
posted on
09/06/2003 10:49:38 AM PDT
by
swheats
To: Howlin
Bttt
To: 2Jedismom; 300winmag; Alkhin; Alouette; Anitius Severinus Boethius; artios; AUsome Joy; ...
I hope you will forgive me this ring-ping, but I'm getting pretty weepy remembering all the individual lives suddenly and tragically snuffed out by murderous hate that fateful day, and those lost in the battles that have followed.
Let's never forget.
146
posted on
09/06/2003 10:54:48 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
(17 days to go..... And whither then? I cannot say)
To: Peach; MEG33
I am so sorry for your loss. I had not known you lost someone on that day. We all did. Every one of us, every one of them.
-archy-/-
147
posted on
09/06/2003 11:04:01 AM PDT
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: archy
This is such a moving thread, most appreciated.
My husband was having heart surgery on 9-11, and it was eerie to walk the hospital halls and watch doctors and nurses, in every room and at every nursing station, watch in horror at what had just happened.
148
posted on
09/06/2003 11:07:31 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@I'm very glad the President is speaking to the nation tomorrow night. com)
To: backhoe
This is an e-mail from an Ensign stationed aboard the ship during the UK deployment...
Dear Dad, Well, we are still out to sea, with little direction as to what our next priority is. The remainder of our port visits, which were to be centered around max liberty and goodwill to the United Kingdom, have all but been cancelled. We have spent every day since the attacks going back and forth within imaginary boxes drawn in the ocean, standing high-security watches, and trying to make the best of our time. It hasn't been that fun I must confess, and to be even more honest, a lot of people are frustrated at the fact that they either can't be home, or we don't have more direction right now. We have seen the articles and the photographs, and they are sickening. Being isolated as we are, I don't think we appreciate the full scope of what is happening back home, be we are defintely feeling the effects.
About two hours ago the junior officers were called up to the bridge to conduct shiphandling drills. We were about to do a man overboard when we got a call from the Lutjens(D185), a German warship that was moored ahead of us on the pier in Plymouth, England. While in port, the Winston S. Churchill and Lutjens got together for a sports day/ cookout on our fantail, and we made some pretty good friends. Now at sea they called over on bridge-to-bridge, requesting to pass us close up on our port side, to say good-bye. We prepared to render them honors on the bridgewing, and the Captain told the crew to come topside to wish them farewell.
As they were making their approach, our Conning Officer announced through her binoculars that they were flying an American flag. As they came even closer, we saw that it was flying at half-mast. The bridgewing was crowded with people as the Boatswain's Mate blew two whistles- Attention to Port- the ship came up alongside and we saw that the entire crew of the German ship were manning the rails, in their dress blues. They had made up a sign that was displayed on the side that read "We Stand By you." Needless to say there was not a dry eye on the bridge as they stayed alongside us for a few minutes and we cut our salutes.
It was probably the most powerful thing I have seen in my entire life and more than a few of us fought to retain our composure. It was a beautiful day outside today. We are no longer at liberty to divulge over unsecure e-mail our location, but we could not have asked for a finer day at sea. The German Navy did an incredible thing for this crew, and it has been truly the highest point in the days since the attacks. It's amazing to think that only a half-century ago things were quite different, and to see the unity that is being demonstrated throughout Europe and the world makes us all feel proud to be out here doing our job.
After the ship pulled away and we were prepared to begin our man overboard drills the Officer of the Deck turned to me and said "I'm staying Navy."
I'll write you when I know more about when I'll be home, but for now, this is probably the best news that I could send you. Love you guys.
149
posted on
09/06/2003 11:07:55 AM PDT
by
condi2008
(Pro Libertate)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Lest we forget!
150
posted on
09/06/2003 11:10:01 AM PDT
by
blackie
To: jriemer
Never give up, never surrender.
151
posted on
09/06/2003 11:10:36 AM PDT
by
Liberal Classic
(Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.)
To: archy
We all became New Yorkers that day.It happened to our neighbors...though I live in Texas.Someone attacked the family.Never Forget.
152
posted on
09/06/2003 11:10:43 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: McLynnan
153
posted on
09/06/2003 11:12:37 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(God uses ordinary people to carry out his extraordinary plan. I am willing Lord, use me!)
To: MeeknMing
Thank you for the ping; an excellent rememberance thread indeed.
I will never forget.
154
posted on
09/06/2003 11:16:22 AM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(Things that make you go Hmmmmm......)
To: MeeknMing
155
posted on
09/06/2003 11:21:16 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
(Saved by grace)
To: sultan88
Glenn Davis Kirwin, 40, Scarsdale, N.Y., USA
senior vice president of eSpeed, Cantor Fitzgerald
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Glenn was Pro-Consul (aka vice prez) of my fraternity when I was a sophomore at UVA...he left a wife and two children.
Never forget...MUD
156
posted on
09/06/2003 11:22:10 AM PDT
by
Mudboy Slim
(RE-IMPEACH Osama bil Clinton!!)
To: MeeknMing; Texas
Thank you for the ping. And thank all of you for your endurance and constancy. The Smithsonian 9/11 exhibit is at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History opening September 11th, 2003 and running thru December. If you're in North Texas, please visit, I understand it is quite profound.
http://www.fwmuseum.org/sept11.html Texas remembers!
157
posted on
09/06/2003 11:22:27 AM PDT
by
timpad
("We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail" - Texan)
A view towards the river.
A view looking at the tower next door.
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