OT: Tom Bowns Brother in law

DannyinJapan

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I just found out that Tom Brown, the tracker school guy, his brother in law was one of the pilots on one of the united planes that went into the WTC on 9-11.

I had no idea. Since 9-11, he has started teaching military guys again.
God, that day really did touch us all, didnt it?
Nobody was immune.
 
Yes, those it didn't touch then, it eventually will, especially when you look at the laws laying the foundation for an American police state that were shamelessly passed in a rush following the attack.
 
Hey now,.....
that's political forum talk............
Not that there's anything wrong that, but.... well,
that wasn't really Danny's point.
 
Nobody was immune.
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Nope. I was in Basic Training that day, about three weeks from graduation. I've no doubt at least half of the people I was there with that day have been to Iraq or Afghanistan, the only reason I didn't was because I was sent to Korea instead. Crazy times.
 
I called in sick to work that day. I didn't work in the towers, but in midtown. My mother called me on my cel to see if I'd gone in, after the first plane hit. I turned on the TV to see the second plane hit.
I'll never forget going to work that Friday, once the tunnels were re-opened, with the island of Manhattan smoking like a cigarette dangling in the mouth of a man before a firing squad. It burned for weeks. The shock lasted longer.
I started donating blood after that, after hearing the supply was low.
 
That day was a sobering experience indeed. It came out of nowhere. I was a junior in college. My girlfriend and i had skipped our 8am class and stayed in bed. I remember getting up and flipping on the TV while she got a shower. The first picture they showed didn't really stun me. I thought that the WTC was just on fire. I called my girlfriend in to watch what was happening. Thats when we saw the second plane hit. I dont even remember if it was live or just footage of the plane hitting, but it was numbing for sure. It wasn't long before i started to see empty seats in my classes here and there. later i would find out that these bright young people had had aunts, uncles, brothers, mothers, fathers pass away in the towers. I couldn't believe that the terrorists' evil had spread so quickly into little po-dunk Bowling Green, KY. I know it touched the entire country, but this was my generation's "JFK" or something of that ilk. This was the first time that the people in my age group had been put in real danger. Not old enough to go to the first Gulf War, but now were enjoying the relative peace of the last decade unaware, unprepared, and then suddenly burnt to a cinder as they started their professional lives because some people hated who we are.

thanks for starting this thread, Danny. Like some many in the last couple of years, i had grown used to it and "9/11" just became a buzzword in my vocabulary. Remembering that day helps to remind me how very powerful it was.
Jake
 
That's true. I remember Tom talking about it. His brother in law was also a well trained man, and a former marine pilot if I remember correctly.
 
first one hit - came across the radio as an airplane accident. Then, the second one hit and I knew immediately is was no coincidence. Started getting that funny feeling in my stomach.....butterflies......that's when the Pentagon was hit - which was 20 miles down the road.

I went home that morning. Called my mom. Asked her if she had heard anything about what was going on here on the East Coast....she said no. I told her about the 3 planes and that at the time there was a fourth plane "on its way"....(according to the news, which was falsely reporting the crash in PA - but since that one was hush-hush at first...can't blame 'em).

10 minutes later all the phone lines in our area shut down - overloaded once the news had time to spread and Mom began to panic (lives 2500 miles away out west).

Everybody was touched by it....
 
Yeah. I was still working with Nextel, and we had antennas on the towers. People were pretty understanding when I mentioned that.

I probably wouldn't be in college today, except for 9-11. I'd probably be in Alaska...

John
 
My wife was scheduled to fly into the DC area
for a conference
that afternoon.

Heard on the radio (NPR) the first thing I turned it on about 830a.
Immediately called my wife to be sure she cancelled going.

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