9/11

[twyacht]

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...

[Conagher 45]

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.

[twyacht]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3tt8dniJXc

For a time, he was The Mayor Of the United States.

[ericire12]

HELL YEAH!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E

[brosometal]

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. 

[Sponsor]

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i remember that day very well... I was stuck at the airport.

[gunman1911]

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.

[Big Frank]

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.