In remembrance of September 11th, 2001 (my annual repost)

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Today, September 11th, 2024 marks the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th 2001 attacks. I'm sure the rest of you, like myself remember exactly where you were that day. I was at the VA Hospital in Poplar Bluff, Missouri performing a safety inspection. I stood disbelieving as I watched the event unfold on the television in the hospital lobby. People were panicking and rushing the gas stations. I had trouble finding enough gas to make it back to St. Louis.

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The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States. On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists—directed by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden—hijacked four commercial airliners mid-flight while traveling from the northeastern US. (WIKI)

September 11th is officially designated as Patriot Day, a national day of mourning in rememberance of those killed in the attacks. The flag is flown at half mast on all US government buildings worldwide. It is not an official Federal Holiday as government offices, schools, and businesses remain open.

Buck issued a commemorative knife for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) It can be found on the 2002 Special Projects list as 110SP41. Cherry handle with a laser etched image and an American flag cutout on the blade. A faux marble display box with a colored lid etching makes it a special offering. The number issued is listed as 1,257. There is a second Special Projects listing the following year, 2003. 110SP49. I believe it to be the same knife, issued with a sheath instead of the display box. No quantity is listed.

(this is not my knife or image, swiped from the web)
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I was working. I walked into the lab to check on the progress of something and was a little miffed that the technician was otherwise occupied. All the technicians in the lab were watching a small TV with the now famous scenes on it. At that time, I was busy and went on to do other things. I didn't understand the enormity of it until about an hour later when the whole office was abuzz. And then I was watching that little TV too.
 
I was teaching geography to 9th graders when our principal came by and told me to turn on the news (we had a cable TV in my room at the time). We watched everything unfold in complete silence on tv that morning...I will never forget the images and feelings of anger and American pride that i had that morning, and still have, as a result of what was done that day 23 years ago
 
I was at work. everyone was huddled around a TV in a conference room. all of us were super confused. all kinds of bad info coming from the usual and only back then news sources. my old man was on a plane to Sweden at the time. seems like it took forever til they turned it around and he landed and called me told me he was okay.......

I remember a lot of it but was a horrible event and I try not to think about it. people jumping off those building rather than being burned alive.......the political machines not even pausing in decency, rather positioning for points. such ugliness. it left an impact on me for life, that the political machines are the worst part of America. wasn't long after that I stopped paying attention to politics. i agree we should never forget it, but I'd like to forget the video i saw and the horrible ways so many innocent people died........
 
I was in a tall office building, when people around me started scrambling to find a radio with reception in our urban canyon, or a news website that hadn't crashed. We had video conferencing equipment in our conference room, so one of the tech guys was able to set it up for broadcast TV.

It was my second day at work back from our honeymoon. I called my wife, and caught her just before she left for work. She reminded me that her dad was flying from Boston to CA that morning. Apparently, no one in the family paid any attention to his flight number, so it wasn't until he landed in Chicago and called from the airport that we knew he was ok. Shortly after the second tower came down, they closed our office and sent everyone home. My wife got her dad's call just as I was walking through the door. My father-in-law ended up staying with us for nearly a week as he tried to arrange transportation back to Boston. He's a great cook, and took over the kitchen.
 
Thanks for posting this. Me and two colleagues were sitting in a small restaurant called Papa Joe's, in Lincoln, Missouri having breakfast when they turned the radio up loud and the waitress told us a plane had hit the WTC.
I remain impressed by how rapidly the FAA got all the planes on the ground.
 
I was on my way to work here in California, they were talking about a Jet plain that had hit one of the towers on the radio. My thoughts were that it was a terrorist event, then the second plain hit. So sad, the loss of life caused that day and for many years after. I will never forget that day.


 
I was working on the floor at a large distribution center and the radio was set to the Howard Stern show when it happened. We all gathered around the radio listening trying to figure out what just happened. Howard did very well while all this happened.
 
I'm working with people that are young enough they don't remember it....

Talking about the events of that day, one asked me what I remember most....
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Well I miss how folks treated each other afterwards.
Yeah, I miss that.
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I was a senior in high school and stayed home that day. Don't remember why.

I remember turning on my stereo and mindlessly flipping through the stations and getting angry that they were all talking and no music so I shut it off. Then I turned the TV on and the same stuff was on all the channels and after a while finally I stopped and realized something was happening.

There was no Internet at home and most of us didn't have cell phones. I just kind of sat there glued to the TV in shock. Eventually I got a hold of some friends and picked them up from school. We all just kind of hung around waiting for news.
 
I was at work when it happened. A friend called me and told me to turn on the TV in the break room. We all watched the news as it happened. I saw the second plane hit the tower live, then the first tower came down. I'll NEVER forget everyone's reaction and how everyone came together.
 
I was in the turbine building of a nuke plant. Pager went off calling everyone to the shop. We were sent home that day. On the way out, the security staff was already in full swing. Passed numerous national guard vehicles heading to the plant. Totally changed nuclear power security
 
I lost a very good friend with a large investment firm that day and I think about her more than every 9/11, but always today. I work in the executive transport business and we
had clients in both of those buildings and lost many more. Thank you for the thread ---Pete

I will never forget that day


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