Lest We Forget – 9/11
Tomorrow marks the 8th anniversary of September 11th. This tragic day has a very personal meaning to us, the writers at etablog.com.
I was on a flight from the U.K. on September 10th, 2001 that arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on the morning of September 11th. In all the confusion surrounding the attack and the disruption of telecommunications, my family in the U.K. was distraught until I phoned in that all was well…
I watched the attack at work on T.V. as I was employed at a stockbroker firm and they always had CNN on every screen. It was surreal to say the least and something I don’t believe that I will ever forget.
Mark, the other writer on this site and my partner, was equally distraught. He had friends who tragically died in the catastrophe. He was working in NYC at the time and witnessed the mass hysteria that ensued.
On the third anniversary of the attack, we went back to the site of the Twin Towers. It was a very emotional event and to see the devastation, first hand was incredibly poignant.
It seems as if so much time has elapsed and many may have forgotten. In light of this we would like to dedicate our first “On the Radar” post to those who were taken away so cruelly and heartlessly. We would also like to pay tribute to those other passengers who tried to overthrow the hijackers on the plane that crashed into the pentagon, the same day.
To All those killed in the September 11th, 2001 attacks, may your souls continue to rest in peace.
Thanks for sharing your story. We all have one from that horrible day that we will never forget, that we should NEVER forget. It is our duty to remember and pass it along so those events may never happen again. God Bless.
Thank you for mentioning this with a touch of elegance.
Thanks for writing about 9/11. We live in such a world now where it makes it easier for us not only for our opinions to be heard, but also for the most important stuff to be not forgotten. This story will be told for many decades to come.
I like to think that the same would of happen with Perl Harbor had the internet been around then.
With out hijacking Hyacinth B post here, I would like to mention two things. First is that my girlfriend and I just spent this evening celebrating a good friends 29th birthday. Which puts his 21st birthday on 9/11.
Here in Chicago, in my neighborhood, was German fest. Good times and lots of beers and brats.
It’s funny how I celebrated my friends birthday. We went to German fest where we drank from mugs that said…United German American Societies of Greater Chicago….and we all took a pause to remember those who are no longer with us. While we may never be friends with the Taliban, and rightfully so. We have come so far with the Germans and Japan.
Not to get off the subject. This was a great day of sorrow and joy for me.
I’m a little bit of superstitious person. From early on right after 9/11…when ever I happen to look at a clock and it says 9:11am/pm I always take a moment and say a prayer for the children of the parents who lost theirs lives that day. I ask God to not let these kids grow up hateful and mad…as this is what the evil people who committed these acts would have wanted.
I pray these children will one day grow strong and realize the support they have in there fellow country men and women.
I was putting a new roof on a high rise in Chicago that day. I remember getting called off the roof in time, to come down and watch the second plane crash into the other tower on a t.v. in the engineers office. Picture 12 guys sitting on a roof 2 hours later sitting around and not working. All of with so many questions.
Thanks again to Hyacinth B and all at etablog.com for this post and for remembering.
I would like to last say for Hyacinth B to please give my deepest sorrow to your beloved Mark for his friends he lost that day.
May their souls rest and may their children grow without wickedness in their hearts.
Jason
aka
F.T.
Thank you for such a well thought out response. It was very moving.
Thanks for all the comments. I am glad to read that although this event has really touched peoples’ lives, we still remain hopeful that those who carried out this terror attack will not pass on this type of hatred. It seems like an insurmountable task but I am a believer. Once we can convince the current and next generations of the fact that we are all one human race that can co-exist in peace then there will be change. It can happen but will just take time and a lot of effort.
Peace everyone.