Thursday, September 11, 2014

Think It Thursday: Never Forget

• 8:46 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 11 with 81 passengers & 11 crew members on board, crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

• 9:03 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 175 with 56 passengers & 9 crew members on board, crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

• 9:37 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 77 with 58 passengers & 6 crew members on board, crashes into the Pentagon. 125 personnel were lost.

• 10:03 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 93 with 37 passengers & 7 crew members on board, crashes in a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  


Just like everyone else, I remember that day vividly. I was on my way to work from a meeting when news of the first plane hitting the North Tower came over the radio. 

I worked at a kiosk, located in the electronics department of Sears. There was a bunch of us, keeping close to the TV's, so we could find out what the reports were saying, while still looking like we were working. When the second plane came into sight, everyone stopped. We watched it crash into the South Tower on about 50 TV's at once. It made the moment more surreal. 

After the South Tower was struck, it's a bit of a haze as to what happened next. I'm not sure if we were sent home before or after the third plane struck the Pentagon. But since I worked for a cellular company at the time & towers everywhere were being jammed, there was no reason for me to be there. 

When I heard about the fourth plane, I was instantly worried. The reports were just all saying near Johnstown, Pennsylvania & I have family there. Luckily, they weren't harmed.

So many people lost their lives that day, both in the sky & on the ground. They are all strangers to me, but I can promise them this.... I will never forget you! 

29 comments:

  1. What an incredibly sad day for our country. No one will ever forget that day, unfortunately. I feel blessed I didn't lose anyone close to me. Thanks for posting this.

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  2. I remember that day and even though I am in the UK it was so hard to watch the news and see all the hurt and pain going on over there.Thanks for sharing.

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  3. what a sad day for this entire nation. no one could ever forget.

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  4. That was such a sad day and like just about everyone else who lived though it - I will never forget.

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  5. I can never forget that day. As someone who lived on the East Coast and had friends and family directly impacted, it is pretty seared into my brain.

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  6. No, we must never forget any of them. They paid too great a price.

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  7. Sad day indeed. These memories never fade away.

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  8. I remember 9/11 like yesterday. I was on my first day home from ER gallbladder surgery. I had rolled (literally) out of bed to turn on the PC and sort through some emails. I had been in a hospital bed for days and wanted some form of communication. I was on a weight loss forum when they were talking about a plane crashing in to the Twin Towers. I turned on the news. I don't think I left my desk chair for the entire day.

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  9. We must never forget. All of the victims and their families are in my heart. All of the emergency responders and bystanders that helped are in my thoughts.

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  10. I relive that day every day around 9/11. My hope and dream is for our kids to understand how that day impacted our country.

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  11. It was a really tragic day! I was in Finland and even there I watched live how the second plane hit the second tower. It made a lot of people feel insecure and changed the way to see the world.

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  12. I did visit a couple years ago. Got a tour of the area first hand from friends who live there. I will never forget.

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  13. This day always makes me sad. I remember sitting in the high school library all day watching video after video on the news. I pray for all affected and hope eventually they have peace

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  14. I can remember every single detail about that tragic day. New York City has never been the same since then.

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  15. I remember this day as it was yesterday. It was a horrible horrible day in US History. It amazes me the evil that took place.

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  16. This was an incredibly sad day for our country. I was a teenager but I still remember.

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  17. This is a day that we will always remember. I am from Oklahoma and we had the Bombing here that hit us really hard too.

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  18. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and the victims. We will never forget them or that day.

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  19. I remember every detail of that day and I live so far away. One of my brothers was about 20 miles from the third plane and he wasn't in any danger, but that day...that week, changed everything

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  20. Such a sad sad day - I remember where I was and what was happening so vividly even from here in the UK.

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  21. How could anyone forget, I still have my reserves about the whole situation and how we skipped a lot of the processes that make it legal to even go to war but I will never forget where I was when I saw the news that day. So sad, what brave men and women we have in this country. I am reminded of all the good people who went to help that day, amazing how we can band together in unity over a tragedy like this.

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  22. Such a horrible day for everyone in the country. In the world, really. I think it affected people all over the place.

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  23. I will always remember where I was at that day. A friend called me and told me about it because I didn't have TV on at the time. Sad day

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  24. I lived in Toronto Canada growing up and I was in my 12 grade music theater class our teachers let us watch the news one of the girls had a parent who traveled back n forth to work and her mom got stranded at a air port coming from Nyc to Toronto/ It was like watching a movie it was very unreal but Canada had shut down it's planes and no planes were aloud in the sky that week it took a while for people to feel safe traveling to the usa. Everyone was glued to their tvs. I live in Michigan now and

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  25. I try and forget about that day since I was at the World Trade and saw the horrible events first hand so I really don't like reading about it and would just rather forget.

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  26. I think 9/11 is a day that no one will forget. It was definitely a day that changed our country.

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  27. I would be surprised if anyone of adult age will ever forget that day. It's imprinted strongly.

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  28. I too will always remember where I was and what I was doing as I watched our country change forever. Never forget.

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  29. I was only 14 when 9/11 happened, but it has touched my life in so many ways. I don't know any survivors, but for some reason it shook me to my core. It was the first time I really realized how much evil there is in the world.

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