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Title: 9/11
Post by: ericire12 on September 10, 2008, 11:10:23 PM: (http://bp2.blogger.com/_I0aM76QMbIA/RuaprlQIaCI/AAAAAAAAAIo/x_dariuLAvM/s320/02.jpg)

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God Bless America!
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Dakotaranger on September 10, 2008, 11:41:20 PM: Amen!
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Big Frank on September 11, 2008, 01:58:00 AM: Patriot's Day greetings to all. I was getting ready to go to a CPL/CCW class when I heard about the attacks on the radio. It seemed so unreal like War of the Worlds. It was just so hard to believe it.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Ckott on September 11, 2008, 05:46:10 AM: It seems to me that a lot of folks want to put it behind them as you just don't hear much about 9/11 these days. I for one will never forget.

God Bless America
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: someguy on September 11, 2008, 06:22:36 AM: (http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e286/someguy12341/wtclights.jpg)

I can't ignore those who sacrificed in rural PA and at the Pentagon, but for me, this picture says it all, and says it better than I ever could.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: jaybet on September 11, 2008, 06:41:34 AM: Great photo.
One of my favorite, all time photos is a picture of my wife leaning against a railing in Jersey with the twin towers across the river behind her. We took a trip to Ellis Island and I couldn't pass up the photo. I'm so glad we captured it.

I believe in honoring our lost and the heros that did what they could do, but I have a little bit of difficulty with a "9/11 Day" because even though we celebrate the memories of those lost and the heros, we're also marking a day when we got sucker punched. Too bad we don't have a "Blew up Bin Laden" day.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: shooter32 on September 11, 2008, 07:13:19 AM: Quote from: jaybethel on September 11, 2008, 06:41:34 AM
Great photo.
One of my favorite, all time photos is a picture of my wife leaning against a railing in Jersey with the twin towers across the river behind her. We took a trip to Ellis Island and I couldn't pass up the photo. I'm so glad we captured it.

I believe in honoring our lost and the heros that did what they could do, but I have a little bit of difficulty with a "9/11 Day" because even though we celebrate the memories of those lost and the heros, we're also marking a day when we got sucker punched. Too bad we don't have a "Blew up Bin Laden" day.

jay, Thanks for the post!!
I will never forget that day. Had to listen to hit happen on the radio at work and feeling the shock of it all. But seeing it on tv when I got home was even worse. So many feelings.

Being sucker punched is a good way to put it. >:(
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: twyacht on September 11, 2008, 07:28:59 AM: (http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/Flight93AlterFlagSept16.jpg)
There was a victory that tragic day, and it ended in a small field in Pa. The heroes in true American fashion, let the terrorist's know on Flight 93, they lost.

A day we will all remember where we were, when it started.

God Bless America.

"Let's Roll"
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Hazcat on September 11, 2008, 08:05:41 AM: I work from home and that day I had the TV on. My business partner and I looked up and saw the first tower smoking and turned it up. We were watching as the second one hit and I knew that we had been attacked.

Then the news of the Pentagon and flight 93 came in.

I cannot describe the RAGE I felt. My beloved country was under attack and I was powerless to help. I hit my kness as the least I could do was pray.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: jnevis on September 11, 2008, 08:50:57 AM: I had just left Active Duty in MD and was an unemployed war fighter with an Emergency Medical, LE and Intel background. I have never felt so useless. My friends were headed downrange for the fight we had been training for and I was sitting on the couch watching it on TV. My wife was still AD and headed for work only to be turned around at the gate for a couple days. :'(

I have said many times that if we had been as patriotic as we were Sep 12th on Sep 10th, Sep 11th would have never happened. Now people HAVE forgotten what it felt like and actually get upset when it is mentioned. How sad. ???
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Neon Knight Anubis on September 11, 2008, 09:04:28 AM: I remember sitting in my 12th grade lit class early that morning when all of the sudden another teacher came in the door and said "Turn on the tv, one of the world trade center buildings was bombed!" and so we did. A few minutes later, we saw a brief glimpse of a plane that soon disappeared behind the second tower, only to be replaced by fire and screams. Then reports of more planes falling out of the sky coming in, one hitting the Pentagon and one in a field in Pennsylvania, and I could swear people were talking about more planes than that. When I began thinking about the number of people who died my heart sank into my gut and I thought to myself....

Is this how the world ends?

I was 17 at the time, and it feels like it was only yesterday. When I take the time to think about it, it still hurts, the fear felt by the passengers as they waited for death, visceral anger toward the bastards...the hellspawn freaks who did this, confusion as to why all but one didn't fight back....

The passengers of Flight 93 should be as revered as any and all of our finest warriors who stood tall in time of crises, even when their feet were firmly planted in the deepest pits of Judecca itself.

God bless America, the heroes of that day, and the United States Armed Forces. Never surrender. Never forget.
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Post by: saltydogbk on September 11, 2008, 09:46:28 AM: We were on break that morning, watching the news, when the Towers were struck. My boss at the time actually jumped up and down,and said " This is so f**king cool..." I asked him if he knew how many people had just died, and if he realized how many more would die, because we just went to war. I the called him a f***ing ahole, and left the room.He is now gone and I'm the boss.
We can never forget, never let our guard down, and never let anyone disarm us!
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Ksail101 on September 11, 2008, 10:01:21 AM: I bleed red, white, and blue. I will not sit back and watch democracy, and the republic for which my Grandfathers fought so hard to make, slip away to someone that has the same ideals as the ones that caused this tragedy. I will not allow a socialist, fascist, leader sit in office and ruin all that we have worked so hard to make. It will happen if we let it.

Imagine what our grandfathers would be doing if someone with these ideals was running for President. Is it safe to say he would be in jail?

America must not forget 9\11 while going into this election.

For my brothers in Arms that have lost their lives fighting to keep us safe over here, I respect and truely love you all.

Remember that every insurgent, every taliban terrorist, every Al' Qaeda operative, we take out is one less that can come here and do what happened 7 years ago. Who knows how many of these unholy humans have died, that had plans of coming here and hurting one of us, before 20 year old patriot kicked down their door and F----ed up their plans.

I hope those 343 families of firefighters that lost their loved ones, have been able to food on their tables and shelter over their heads for the last 7 years while they have been mourning their loss. I hope all those childern who will never know their Daddies or Mommies, will grow up and excel like they would have if both their parents were still together. I hope those families are strong and thrive.

Thank you.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: deepwater on September 11, 2008, 01:00:37 PM: New member here, sorry not to have introduced myself before but I say this is as good a place to jump in as any. I live in South America and even here we remember this day. like it was said eariler, it seems that people want to forget that all this happened. I too will always remember, where I was what I was doing. how could anybody forget.
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Post by: ismram on September 11, 2008, 01:14:06 PM: Four of my shooting friends and I, when to a shoot in MD. We made a detour to the flight 93 crash site. We read the bio's of the heros on that flight, also read the acount of the cockpit recordings. They have little angles with the names of the brave people onboard that flight. I was so angry at the cowards, but so proud of the real american heros that stoped them. Not the goverment, not law enforcement just plain old everyday americans. When it was time too leave, no one said a word just five tough guy's with tears in there eyes got in the car and drove off.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Bidah on September 11, 2008, 03:49:47 PM: We never forget, as it was too close for me. I lost several friends that day, one of which was on the flight out of Boston. I was also to be working in the towers that day, but luckily had fixed the problem late the day before, so I did not have to go in. So, I was sitting in my basement in upper CT at the time doing some programming. I was completely oblivious. My wife had left to head off to get some things in town and called me to tell me.

No, we won't forget.

-Bidah
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: CurrieS103 on September 11, 2008, 07:05:38 PM: I was on a Air Force C-9 on the ramp in England getting fuel to head back to Aviano Air Base,Italy. One of the maintenance guys came in and said a plane crashed into one of the towers. I was thinking, being a jet maintenance type myself, that some idiot was sight seeing and smacked the tower or a news chopper bit it. The maintenance guy came back and said an airliner had hit the second tower. I looked at the guy next to me and said, "We're at war".
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: twyacht on September 11, 2008, 07:23:11 PM: Making a service call to Ocean Isle Beach, hour and forty five minutes away, I heard everything on the work truck radio, when the second tower was struck I pulled into the "Jiffy-Mart", and as in days gone by, myself and complete strangers huddled around the radio wondering "What the hell is happening to our country?"

When the first tower fell I was alone on a 45ft. motoryacht watching the TV, CBS was all I could get through the antenna, and I prayed and wept.

My office called, and the "world" just stopped for a while. It was a day I'll never forget....
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: 2HOW on September 11, 2008, 07:27:14 PM: Sad day, we flew at half staff today. Trying to maintain today , Glad I was busy today. TOUJOURS PRET :(
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: DDMac on September 11, 2008, 08:01:41 PM: What I'm hearing, Brothers and Sisters, is "survivors guilt". Common among Sheepdogs.

Tell the truth. How often have you thought..."If only I had been....." , instead of the sheep, who thinks.."Thank God I wasn't...

Thought so.

What was begun by that act on September 11 left us with much work left to be done. The nation as a whole has still to grasp the nature and identity of the enemy, but that day is coming with each new attack on the West. May we have the very best in charge when the real battle begins.
Mac.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: twyacht on September 11, 2008, 08:17:07 PM: What was begun by that act on September 11 left us with much work left to be done. The nation as a whole has still to grasp the nature and identity of the enemy, but that day is coming with each new attack on the West. May we have the very best in charge when the real battle begins.
Mac.

Thank you Mac. Your advice, as usual, is spot on, I appreciate it.

Just a humble quote from the good book,... and another one,...

"Thou shalt not stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour."
Leviticus 19,16.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Thomas Paine...
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Conagher 45 on September 11, 2008, 08:41:03 PM: The passage of time will fade some memeries but the morning of September 11, 2001 and the days that followed will not fade from my mind for a long time to come. I had taken the day off from work at the Sheriffs department to stay home with my father who was recovering from a recent surgery. Whatching the breaking news at his home I just felt hepless as the second tower was hit and was in just as much disbelief as the reporter who was on the street to report the story. After all air traffic was ordered grounded the Sheriff called all the deputies in to the station to reasure the court system employees that we were there and they could try to conduct business as close to normal ascould be expected given the circumstances. This was Indiana and the attacks in NewYork and Washington D.C. was stung us here too. As the hour wore on we learned of the attack on the Pentagon and a couple of hours later the crash of flight 93 in which those heros struck the first blow for freedom and justice. By 9:00 pm volunteer firefighters from some of the surrounding communities here, gathered and started their way to New York to assist in any way they could to relieve crews at the trade center. The next day i was back at work (court security) at the justice building and from the security desk I have a great vantage point on traffic outside of the building. Just over night flags appeared on our fire engines and on the antennas of patrol cars and most of the vehicles of the public. My partner at the time notice one pickup runnig around town that had the stars and stripes and the stars and bars flying. He said that when those two flags fly together as one some body in going to be in for a major world of whoopa$$ and pay back. That remark got me to thinking that when all americans from the north, deep south,east and far west come together as one there is nothing that we can not accomplish.
Now seven years later my eyes still tear up when I hear or sing the star spangled banner, I still snap a salute or place my hand over my heart when the flag passes by and I still pray for our men and women in the armed forces that they can get the job done and come home. And now we had a canidate for the presidency that will not wear the flag on his lapel because he dosen't want to possibly offend some one who dosen't like the USA? Well guess what ? I take offence that! As of 2002 we are not fighting the enemy house to house in our streets, our buildings are not blowing up and the statue of liberty still stands. Let us all remember, and may God Bless Us All.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: twyacht on September 11, 2008, 08:50:53 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3tt8dniJXc

For a time, he was The Mayor Of the United States.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: ericire12 on September 11, 2008, 08:52:48 PM: HELL YEAH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: brosometal on September 11, 2008, 10:53:01 PM: I think what was and is the most frustrating about situations like Septemper 11th is there is nothing you can do but watch it happen. I believe all here would be proactive in a situation where you could, physically, make a difference. It is just the nature of Americans, especially the "gun culture". September 11th wasn't one of those situations. Collectively as a nation we watched as the events of that day unfolded in an era with a 24hr news cycle. There were plenty of images and angles. We were left to our own devices as far as action. There was no sense to be made of the senseless.

At the time I was working in a screen printing shop. We mostly printed vinyl decals for colleges. Everyone in the shop (all three of us) just listened to the radio. As you might imagine, not a lot of production was completed that day. There was no real drive considering the situation. As Conagher 45 refered to earlier, the flag was something that sprouted out everywhere overnight. It gave everyone some comfort an a symbol to rally around. For the next month we printed American Flag decals. All of our retail stores were demanding them. We even printed some smaller flags for football helmets. That shop (and most of my work clothes) were covered in Red, White, and Blue. Talk about therapy, that was the easiest and fastest month of my tenure there. I have seen our flags all over: All the sherriffs and police crusiers and fire trucks here in Gainesville, cars, store fronts, etc. We were even told by one of our retailers in Atlanta that several were put up in Delta cockpits. The only thing better would be to know some of our flags were in a different cockpit over different airspace.

My '90 Jeep Wrangler (YJ but that is a different forum) sported one 'till she left my driveway and her younger sister ('06 Wrangler Unlimited, damn wrong forum again) got one the day she arrived and still proudly wears one today. So, if you have an American Flag that says fantastic statics in the corner, you know one of the people responsible.

I am reminded everytime I get into my vehicle that September 11th is not a day, its a war cry.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: TAB on September 11, 2008, 10:57:00 PM: i remember that day very well... I was stuck at the airport.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: gunman1911 on September 11, 2008, 11:08:20 PM: Quote from: jaybethel on September 11, 2008, 06:41:34 AM
Great photo.
One of my favorite, all time photos is a picture of my wife leaning against a railing in Jersey with the twin towers across the river behind her. We took a trip to Ellis Island and I couldn't pass up the photo. I'm so glad we captured it.

I believe in honoring our lost and the heros that did what they could do, but I have a little bit of difficulty with a "9/11 Day" because even though we celebrate the memories of those lost and the heros, we're also marking a day when we got sucker punched. Too bad we don't have a "Blew up Bin Laden" day.
Rember 12/7 ? the Jap's got their's but good , keep up the hope they will to someday.
Title: Re: 9/11
Post by: Big Frank on September 13, 2008, 02:43:50 AM: I loaded a bunch of AR-15 mags and put them and my rifle in my truck with me when I had to leave the house on 9/11. I didn't know if we were being invaded or not but I wasn't giving up without a fight. I stood ready to fight our enemies, foriegn and domestic, and think everyone should have at least one militia rifle. Not one person I met that day called me a paranoid gun-toting lunatic either. It gave some people a different perspective on gun control.