September 11, 2001 . . . .

Jerry Busse

Jerry Busse

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Our thoughts and prayers go out to all victims of this tragic day in history. Those victims not only include the thousands who died that day in 2001 but the tens of thousands whose lives have been forever changed by those tragic events. Forget not the many thousands of our military who have either made the ultimate sacrifice or those whose wounds, both physical and mental, continue to take their toll everyday, and will for many years to come.

Never forget!

Jerry
 
I was just thinking about where I was when I first heard of this event. It's important that we never forget and educate the younger generation what 9/11 means for all of us.
 
I feel like after 9/11 people were nicer to one another. That always seems to be the case after some disaster.

Too bad it never lasts.
 
I remember I was in 6th grade. I watched CNN as the second plane struck the second tower. I am not an American, but my sympathy goes to those who made the ultimate sacrifice, not only for the United States of America, but for the rest of humankind.
 
With Much Respect..Prayers for the Victims of these tragic events. Never Forget!!

Semper Fi
 
I remember that day being in Washington DC and seeing the horizon on fire from the Pentagon. :(

I will never forget that day.
 
Jerry Busse said:
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all victims of this tragic day in history. Those victims not only include the thousands who died that day in 2001 but the tens of thousands whose lives have been forever changed by those tragic events. Forget not the many thousands of our military who have either made the ultimate sacrifice or those whose wounds, both physical and mental, continue to take their toll everyday, and will for many years to come.

Never forget!

Jerry
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We'll never forget Jerry, and neither will the bad guys. The consequences will be all they will know till their dying day.
 
I know exactly where I was and remember it vividly. My ROTC roommates went from having carefree attitudes into the realization they would be serving during wartime. There was lots of tough talk but under it all it was sobering. A few haven't made it through these 16 years.

I'm a teaching assistant at a major university and for the most part my students were 4 or 5 years old when it happened. Some were younger. They just don't get it. They didn't know the world before the towers fell.
 
I gained a different incite into this tragedy recently as a member I manage over is an Iraqi Muslim whom came to the US under special visa after helping American soldiers as a teenager. Today, while the employees I lead reminisced, he mentioned how scary the situation was for them just like it was for us. The Iraqi people (at least some) immediately felt like targets and to try and leave the country legally was the equivalent of treason. A very different narrative than I've heard before and truthfully have not thought much about until today. I hadn't thought how much they were effected until we responded but never thought there was an immediate fear that spread through the Middle East as well. Very different than being being in a sophomore in health class where I was.

Never Forget.
 
I was in College and working at a state run mental retardation facility. We saw it on the news but I remember thinking it was just another news story. Our coworker Jerry died that day in an unrelated incident. 2 tours with USMC in Vietnam, died setting up a deer blind and got stung in the throat by yellowjackets.
 
"Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday."

LET'S ROLL!
Never surrender, never forget...
 
Before 9/11 we had a government that actually sided with and supported islamic terrorists in Europe, it took 9/11 for people to wake up and we must never forget and always strive to honor that sacrifice.
 
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