Reflections of September 11th, 2001

[Joe]

Hello Gene,

Thanks for sharing these photos from your visit to lower Manhattan! Looks like work on the WTC site is progressing nicely.

I think your mystery photo is a building facade...I can see clouds at the top-right corner. It's a very unusual point of view

Thanks again sir!
Joe

[Gene]

joe said:

Hello Gene,
I think your mystery photo is a building facade...I can see clouds at the top-right corner. It's a very unusual point of view
Thanks again sir!
Joe

Hi Joe, I hope all is well with you.
You are absolutely correct on the building facade. The clouds were intentional. If no one guessed what it was, I was going to point out the clouds that you noticed to verify to all that it's a building. That's why I left the clouds in the picture.
Take care and thanks again,
Gene

[Richard]

This post has been moved from a duplicate thread, now deleted.

Sept 11, 2008 18:06:07 GMT Gene said:

Hello everyone. Hope all of you are well and in excellent health.
I was not able to locate the September 11 thread that I know was set up, so perhaps the administrators could transfer this post to that location.

This is a day that I will never forget, nor will any other American who experienced those tragic events. I can only hope that one day a time will come when all races, creeds and colors will live in harmony.

[fusilier23]

No one will ever forget that day. As for the dream, I'll settle for reaching a day when fanatics don't murder those they don't agree with, but, if wishes were horses...

[I-H-F]

Yes, nobody will ever forget 9/11.

As for that dream, I don't think that will ever happen!

There were many nationalities lost that day, not just Americans. Something we shouldn't forget.

Lets hope those still suffering will get the help they require, and those who seek answers will find them.

[Joe]

Hi all,

Like many Americans, September 11th is a very emotional day. A day to reflect on not what was lost, but what was gained. In addition to several documentaries on TV, I watched a portion of the videotape I recorded seven years ago containing hours of news coverage.

I'm not certain whether this photo was taken inside the World Trade Center or the Empire State Building, but this is a photo of my brother and me (I'm on the left). We were on a school trip to New York City in 1985.

[Caitlin]

September 11th scared me. I remember hearing about it in my math class and then having to go to social studies and sit next to a big window. I remember talking with my friend Katie (who was also freaking out) - we didn't want to sit next to the window. Katie and I and our two other tablemates, Karmen and Dana, were discussing what was near us that planes could be crashed into. It scared us having to think like that and think what we would do.

Two years afterwards I wanted to do something special. I was looking at a stuffed animal I bought who's name was Peace simply because 'Peace' was sewn into the bottom of one of his feet. I decided that I would send Peace on a mission to help people. I wrote a letter explaining that I would like people to give Peace a hug and in doing so they must do a good deed for someone else and then pass Peace along. It's been five years since I started The Peace Project , but I haven't given up hope that he's still out there somewhere making a difference in at least one person's life in any way every day.

<3 Caitlin

[grant]

Hi Caitlin

I think 9/11 scared everyone, but I think it also made us feel the need to stick together.

Love your 'Peace' story. I'm sure Peace is still out there and, I hope, still getting lots of hugs!

Love
Grant

[Gene]

Nice picture, Joe. By the looks of the building in the background, I'd say it's the WTC, looking South. Next time I'm up in NYC, I'll check out both the Empire State and the WTC site and see if I can make a better guess.

Caitlin, a very touching story. Should I ever come across "Peace", I'll make certain that I pass it on.

Cheers,
Gene

[martindn]

Yes, I remember it well. I was at work, when a colleague told me what had happened. At first I didn't believe it. How could anyone do anything so evil? But I forgot about work, went onto the Internet, and found out that it was true! First the pain hit, then the anger! Then the prayers. The temptation is to hate all muslims. But then I remember that I have quite a few muslim friends, and they are decent moral people who would never support something like that. I live in a city with a large muslim population.
And hate corrodes the soul. "Vengeance is mine" says the Lord. So we must trust Him to exact it. 9/11 is something we can never forget.

Martin

[fusilier23]

I'll go you one better, I actually saw it happen from the Newark courthouse. What is more, I was supposed to be at the WTC going through docs, and was only steered elsewhere by a phone call at 10 PM the night before. Yes, I know folks from 90 countries perished that day, but the majority of the civilians, and all 343 firemen amd 60 cops who perished that day were US citizens, attacked in their own country, at their desks, not because of anything they did, but because 19 well-to-do haters followed the orders of a millionaire fanatic to whom killing was an end in itself. To think I might have been the victim of this makes me physically sick.

The answer, I am convinced, isn't in talk, there is but one language the wrongdoers know, and here are our ambassadors:





And this is where it needs to end:



God rest the fallen, and bless their avengers.

[Joe]

Hello Steven,

Your 9/11 experience was in my mind when I watched my news videotape.

That tragic morning was put in perspective this summer when I went to a local high school's football stadium. Nearly 3000 empty seats.

[Nordly]

I was too young at the time to understand it, and therefore it did not affect me very much. That day, I was excited that, for the first time in my life, I saw TV, but upset at George Bush's looks.

Now, I understand this terrible tragedy. Who in their right mingd would have done such a thing? KIlling innocent people is not right, in my mind. I hope that something like this never happens again.

~NL

[scoobedoo]

Hi everyone,on my travels around our City of Christchurch NZ,I often wondered what this 'structure' represented. So, when I struck a day off and the weather was clear and sunny I made a point of finding out what this 'structure' was all about.I was amazed at what I found,alongside of the central city Fire brigade headquarters is a memorial gardens deadecated to the fire personnel who lost their lives during the call of duty. I am not sure if our fire personnel were sent over to assist in the cleanup operations or not,but the material was sent by the US Govt so that a memorial could be erected in memory of 9/11.








You can see the 'spear' in this next photo that is mentioned above.




The spear is the piece suspended on chains between the uprights

Two more views from across the Avon River.





I hope you enjoy these photo's for what they represent in that terrible day of September 9th 2001.

God bless from the City of Christchurch New Zealand


Rodders

[I-H-F]

I remember seeing those girders in Christchurch while watching Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand DVD.

Personally, I don't really like the idea of having to drive around everyday looking at them, like the people of Christchurch have to do. It is a constant reminder of the destruction and carnage of what happened on that day.

Perhaps a memorial garden or a monument would be more appropriate, to remember those who lost their lives that day?