Where were you on 9/11, what do you remember

[Artevelde]

no its not....9/12 we were all together....americans....

the free world stood with the us.....

we wasted all that good will.....by attacking iraq.....

You are 100% correct Bones.

Even in Iran they held a solem candle light vigil for the U.S. victims.

And thousands of Iranian citizens showed up to participate in down town Tehran.

I remember the pictures of Palestinians celebrating in the streets.

 

[strollingbones]

no i am stating a fact about 9/12 that you cant understand apparently

one other thing i remember about 9/11 ....canada moved in to help....with what little forces they have but they moved in to protect nyc and they donated blood...in record numbers and in the days following ..opened their homes to stranded flyers

I am not referring to what you say about 9/12, although I must say that if you think the whole world stood with the US then you really are naive. Some people were celebrating the attacks in the streets - remember?

I am referring to your opinion that the US lost support because of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
First of all, many other countries joined the US in its resumption of hostilities against Iraq.
Second, the overthrow of saddam Hussein was very popular in Iraq (really) and would not have come about in any other way.
Third, in the wake of this invasion many things started to shift in the Middle East and in a positive way.

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

 

[Artevelde]

no i am stating a fact about 9/12 that you cant understand apparently

one other thing i remember about 9/11 ....canada moved in to help....with what little forces they have but they moved in to protect nyc and they donated blood...in record numbers and in the days following ..opened their homes to stranded flyers

I am not referring to what you say about 9/12, although I must say that if you think the whole world stood with the US then you really are naive. Some people were celebrating the attacks in the streets - remember?

I am referring to your opinion that the US lost support because of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
First of all, many other countries joined the US in its resumption of hostilities against Iraq.
Second, the overthrow of saddam Hussein was very popular in Iraq (really) and would not have come about in any other way.
Third, in the wake of this invasion many things started to shift in the Middle East and in a positive way.

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

Iraq violated the cease-fire agreement of 1991.

 

[Avatar4321]

and on 9/12 we stood as one.......

but we wasted it....we wasted the support of the world by attacking iraq

Dems started attacking the President when Afghanistan started. The unity was a ruse until it became politically acceptible to oppose Bush again. Then back to the status quo.

 

[Sunni Man]

I remember the pictures of Palestinians celebrating in the streets.

That is what the American media focused on.

The rest of the muslim world was sickened by what had happened and denounced it.

But that fact was generally ignored.

When you acknowledge who basically owns and controls the American media.

It all makes sense.

 

[Sunni Man]

Oh, Bones! You really proved your point. You got a Muslim extremist who once said we women will eventually be forced to wear Burkahs, to agree with you.

I never said any such thing.

But telling the "truth" never has been one of your strong points.

 

[teapartysamurai]

o yes i force people to agree with me.....the magic powers of a message board

when you go loon you go full loon dont ya?

Nice try, but that's not what I said.

You are demanding, everyone agree with you, for YOU to be united with them.

But keep lying about that. It won't help you much.

 

[Middleoftheroad]

no i am stating a fact about 9/12 that you cant understand apparently

one other thing i remember about 9/11 ....canada moved in to help....with what little forces they have but they moved in to protect nyc and they donated blood...in record numbers and in the days following ..opened their homes to stranded flyers

I am not referring to what you say about 9/12, although I must say that if you think the whole world stood with the US then you really are naive. Some people were celebrating the attacks in the streets - remember?

I am referring to your opinion that the US lost support because of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
First of all, many other countries joined the US in its resumption of hostilities against Iraq.
Second, the overthrow of saddam Hussein was very popular in Iraq (really) and would not have come about in any other way.
Third, in the wake of this invasion many things started to shift in the Middle East and in a positive way.

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

Bones, I will say you might have a point, but seriously, you didn't need to derail this thread. There is a time and a place for everything, you chose the wrong time and place.

 

[Lovebears65]

I was at home. Hubby was in Bahrain. I had just taken my older boys to school . And just walked in the door when my brother called and said did you see that a plane hit the world trade center. My first thought it was an accident and turned on the TV to watch the second plane hit.. Then fear came to me knowing my husband was in the middle east and was 99 percent sure Bin Ladin was involved. A bunch of military wives came by knowing hubby was over there asking if I was ok. They stayed with me for support and watch the horror of the day.

When they said a plane crashed near Pittsburgh my heart sank because I am from there but then it said it was south from where my family is from.. My husband was only on a 2 week trip there. I thought for sure it would be a month or more before he could come back . When they finally opened up the air space it was the exact day he was scheduled home. Knowing the airlines would be crazy coming to the US I never thought he would make it that day but to my surprise every airport put the American military priority coming over so he was bumped up in every one.. He got home the same day and time he was originally scheduled. I was very blessed to have my family complete this day..

My husband when he was over there knew the base would be locked down .. He had bought jewelry for me so he ran over to the person he bought it from to pick it up before he went to the base. There is when he ran into his friend ( the former Seal team 6 guy) He was on his way out of the country because he knew he would be the first to go to fight..

 

[teapartysamurai]

I remember the pictures of Palestinians celebrating in the streets.

That is what the American media focused on.

The rest of the muslim world was sickened by what had happened and denounced it.

But that fact was generally ignored.

When you acknowledge who basically owns and controls the American media.

It all makes sense.

OH BULL!

All you have to do is google "muslims celebrating 9/11" to see all the videos. WAY too many of them, to include here.

Just follow the link!

https://www.google.com/#q=muslims+c...pw.r_qf.&fp=5f89ec99b65cc89e&biw=1280&bih=918

 

[teapartysamurai]

I am not referring to what you say about 9/12, although I must say that if you think the whole world stood with the US then you really are naive. Some people were celebrating the attacks in the streets - remember?

I am referring to your opinion that the US lost support because of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
First of all, many other countries joined the US in its resumption of hostilities against Iraq.
Second, the overthrow of saddam Hussein was very popular in Iraq (really) and would not have come about in any other way.
Third, in the wake of this invasion many things started to shift in the Middle East and in a positive way.

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

Bones, I will say you might have a point, but seriously, you didn't need to derail this thread. There is a time and a place for everything, you chose the wrong time and place.

 

[Jackson]

I was teaching when another teacher popped his head in my door and announced that a plane had hit the WT Towers and a second one hit shortly after that. I couldn't leave my room until lunch and saw some of the news on tv. I was shocked and tears came down.

I went outside and sat on the curb in the parking lot and prayed for the victims and knew this meant war. I was particularly incensed that they did this in the name of Allah, our God.

How ruthless and wrong can people be?

 

[LAfrique]

Where were you?

If you are like me. You will remember that day very clearly. I still do.

Tell us your story.

I was at hotel getting ready for court appearance and listening to CNN from bathroom when I heard lots of excitement on TV. "A plane just crashed into World Trade Tower," reporter said.

As I watched the live news, I saw a plane heading towards World Trade Tower and thinking it was photo-shopped rerun (though I wondered at perfect merging with live news), the plane went through second World Trade Tower.

"Another plane just crashed into second Twin Tower," reporter shouted with trembling voice.

"That is not an accident," I shouted. "The nation is being attacked."

I immediately knew it was too much of a coincidence for two planes to accidentally crashed into two adjacent buildings. Minutes later, I left for court where I was for next three hours. We got bits and pieces of what was happening as we sat in the courtroom. I never saw people jumping from the building to their death and have avoided those images to this day. 'Twas enough for me to know what the unfortunate people in those two World Trade Tower buildings were undergoing and I just could not stomach watching them jump to their death.

911, 2001, is a day none will ever forget, be it friend or foe. Meanwhile, I strongly believe that the only way Arab-looking folks could have so easily taken control of the cockpits of US planes, would have been if they were escorted by a well-recognized or high-ranking US official! In the quest to carry out a war planned long before 911/2001 against Middle Easterners, the US and Great Britain sacrificed the lives of innocent people! Of course, "conspiracy theorists" who naturally can think for themselves, immediately saw the discrepancies and found no grounds for the now known unjustified 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Funny enough: On Sunday September 19, 2010, George Knapp, a host of Coasttocoastam, incidentally interviewed David Aaronovitch (a so-called expert on conspiracy theories) who, like a robot, clumsily attempted to explain away known and documented facts on incidents surrounding the World Trade Towers. Aaronovitch denied the presence of asbestos and super-thermites in the dust of the World Trade Towers (all known, documented and accepted facts), as if his programmers, yet to update his CPU, are still convinced that all people are that gullible and without a mind of their own!

While it is common practice amongst Muslims, especially Arab Muslims, to accept responsibility for crimes against their declared enemies, evidence show that neither Saddam Hussein nor Khalid Sheikh Mohammed nor Osama bin Laden could have been pundit of the tragedies of September 11, 2001. I think it is about time that we stop making scapegoats of foes for acts that were obviously perpetrated and executed by the very people we assume are under obligation to protect "us."

 

[tinydancer]

It was a glorious morning. We were having a most beautiful fall and like I did every morning, I would pull up CNN for an accurate weather forecast.

The front page of the website had the headlines screaming Under Attack with people running and screaming.

My first thought was ok, someone hacked the website. Switched to CBC's website and it was the same headlines.

I ran to the television and saw the second plane hit. It was surreal. Emblazoned in my memory forever.

I try to focus these days on the heroes of 9/11. "Let's Roll". All the first responders. So many. So many heroes to remember.

In my corner of the universe the great people of Gander who took in thousands of stranded will remain heroes forever. Our Newfs have the sweetest, biggest, most generous hearts.

For those that don't know:

'They restored my faith in humanity'

Gander, a town of nearly 10,000 people, opened its heart — and its homes — to 6,700 airline passengers and crew members who were stranded in Newfoundland after all flights were grounded in the chaotic aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.

Schools and meeting halls were quickly transformed into shelters by Gander officials. Residents welcomed stranded travellers into their homes for hot showers, warm beds and hearty meals.

They offered use of their vehicles; town pharmacists filled prescriptions at no cost. Local businesses donated food, toys, toiletries and clothing. The Gander Canadian Tire was told by head office to provide whatever was necessary for free to the stranded travellers.

The remarkable events in Gander profoundly moved the Americans who spent time there, prompting books and documentaries, while also serving as a positive antidote to the tensions that developed between the U.S. and Canada in the months and years following 9/11 over border security, immigration policy and other issues.

"They restored my faith in humanity," says Kevin Tuerff, a Texan who started a "pay it forward" tradition at his company, EnviroMedia, because he was so touched by the kindness of the Newfoundlanders.

Each year on Sept. 11, Tuerff gives teams of two employees $100 and time off to perform good deeds for strangers ranging from paying for a senior citizen's prescriptions to baking cookies for school crossing guards. The initiative has spread to other businesses over the past several years.

Gander honoured by U.S. for 9/11 help - World - CBC News

 

[Dr.Traveler]

I was at home. My morning routine, every morning, was to wake up, take a shower, grab the paper, turn on CNN, make breakfast, sit with the cat, and gradually "boot up" until my future wife came over and we went in to grad school together.

That was the one morning I didn't turn on the TV. I was sick of the coverage of Gary Conduit and his poor missing intern Chandra Levy. I decided that morning, I'd skip it. They'd publicly tried and convicted the guy in the press (he was later clearly not guilty) and I just couldn't take any more of it.

I sat with the cat, for the first time free of the outside world. It felt nice. The phone rang.

It was my brother. He was babbling incoherently about the idea we were at war, planes were being grounded and shot down and he hung up just as fast. My brain (which still takes a while to spin up really) just couldn't compute what he was saying. So I turned on the TV.

I was just in time to see the first tower (WTC 2?) fall.

I remember the chaos of that day. Rumors of 5 lost planes. A car bomb in Washington DC. Military action in Afghanistan already in place. Fire at the State department. Bush in hiding.

Most of it turned out to be bullshit. Which is unfortunate as what WAS true was bad enough to change the world.

The one thing that I was come back to that day though is this. When the planes hit, the guy that ultimately made the call to ground the planes all over the USA that day had just come on to the job for the first time. That day. 9/11 was his freaking first day and he had to make the call to ground the entire US Commercial airline industry. It was unquestionably the right call, and I'm glad he had the guts to do it.

 

[Lovebears65]

I am not referring to what you say about 9/12, although I must say that if you think the whole world stood with the US then you really are naive. Some people were celebrating the attacks in the streets - remember?

I am referring to your opinion that the US lost support because of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
First of all, many other countries joined the US in its resumption of hostilities against Iraq.
Second, the overthrow of saddam Hussein was very popular in Iraq (really) and would not have come about in any other way.
Third, in the wake of this invasion many things started to shift in the Middle East and in a positive way.

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

Iraq violated the cease-fire agreement of 1991.

And the DEMS forget , that Democrats also voted to invade Iraq..

 

[Katzndogz]

I was home getting ready to go to court when the announcer said that a small commuter plane had hit the WTC. It was several minutes before they figured out that it was a passenger airliner and not a small commuter plane. I called my husband who was in Florida visiting his mother. He was scheduled to come home the next day. It was two weeks before he could come home. After the towers collapsed I went to court then to my office. I had a secretary that was muslim, from Pakistan. She had lots of questions as to what I thought was going to happen next. Her mother called to tell me how outraged she was that muslims had done this awful thing. My secretary told me not to put too much stock in what her mother said. She was really happy that muslims had struck back at the US. Her only regret was that the heroes didn't take more with them.

 

[Mr. Peepers]

I was living in Athens, GA at the time. I was in my car driving to the pottery studio, where I worked as an artist and I was listening to 90.5, our college radio station. All of a sudden, the DJ said that a small plane had accidentally crashed into one of the buildings of the WTC. It was about 8:45 am. I got to the studio and started rolling out clay when the owner came in (she lived across the street) and said "you guys have to come and see this", so me and about 5 others filed into her house where the TV was on. Just as we started watching, the second plane hit, and the TV anchor said "oh shit...". We all looked at each other, and a couple of the girls began to cry. I called my mom, as my sister was living in poughkeepsie, and I wanted to be sure she wasn't in the city. It was impossible to get through for many hours. I don't think I got much work done that day. It was awful. And when I got home, I learned that the pentagon had been hit and that the towers were gone.

 

[BlindBoo]

I was at work on the phone with our salesman in KC. He told me to see what was happening. I was on AOL at the time and they had a single sentence on the incident. They said a small plane may have hit one of the towers. I called my wife to have her turn on the TV. When she did, about two seconds later the second plane hit and she screamed........(still gives me chills)

 

[BlindBoo]

i did amend that to the free world....

i wonder if the people of the middle east would agree with you?

why did the us attack iraq? it had nothing to do with 9/11...since the saudis were behind 9/11

Iraq violated the cease-fire agreement of 1991.

And the DEMS forget , that Democrats also voted to invade Iraq..

They should have resigned in disgrace.

156 Congress Members Who Voted NO.

Iraq War Vote in 2002: Honoring the 23 Senate and 133 House Members Who Voted NO