So many tributes have been given to the victims of 9-11 and, yet, not nearly enough.
There were incredible heroes that day.
Heroes in the air, especially on Flight 93 where they wrestled that plane from the highjackers and saved ...what... The White House? The Capitol? Something big, full of real people.
Heroes among the rescue workers and fire fighters and onlookers. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Time Square Church, just a stone's throw away, played a roll in feeding the rescue workers. They made thousands upon thousands of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to feed those workers, keeping them going, in their impossible mission of rescue.
Have you noticed that the number of real tributes to the victims and heroes of 9-11 dwindled these past 9 years? Maybe they've been waiting for the 10th anniversary. This year should certainly be a time of reflection that is done up really big.
ABC News shared a story this week of Patrick Lyons, whose courageous father was one of the fire fighters who gave his life while rescuing others at the Twin Towers. Click here to view his story!
Every year needs a special time of remembrance. For those of us who are baby boomers, we know that Pearl Harbor day (Dec. 7) was remembered in a big way every year with specials on TV and the printed media year after year. It was wrong not to do it. Even if we had been too young to really remember, we remembered anyway. Our parents and teachers made sure of it. It was a "day in infamy", as President Roosevelt said and we all knew it. Let's not shove our 9-11 memories away. We must never forget.
Did you know that BLOGGERS played a big role in communications that day? They did. This is an excerpt from an article I wrote on HubPages called "How to Blog" about the bloggers on 9-11:
"An interesting aside: blogging had a big part to play in information-flow on 9-11.That's right. Do you remember how jammed up the landlines and cell phones were on September 11, 2001? Especially if you were attempting to call into or out of New York City, you could forget it. The circuits were busy for hours.
Bloggers took to their keyboards that day, passing along news, updates, on-the-spot photos, heartfelt comments and helping others to get much needed information, as best they could. A lot of venting went on in the blogosphere that day, too, as you can well- imagine. On 9-11, blogging rose to a new level of visibility and importance."
God, Please Truly Bless America!
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It is very interesting how our brains work! I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, and who I was with... obviously a day that will not be forgotten! I was teaching about earth, the sun, and planets to both Sara & Sean at the di...ning room table. Grandma Cookie was watching her favorite tv shows in her room, and Steve was at work. My neighbor called me in a panic thinking there might be an attack at the school. I remember trying to calm her down, of course, at this point I hadn't seen the tv yet. The rest of the day was spent watching tv!
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I remeber watching the buildings collapse on a little tv in the conference room. My boss was eating a banana and chewing with her mouth opened. She asked me if I finished the edits on her powerpoint presentation for her meeting at noon. ...I couldn't believe she watched it as if it was just some tv show.
ReplyDeleteBut on 9/11/2006 I had my little Emily, so now I have happier memories for that date! :-)
Kim Facciponte Gallagher
I was at work which at the time was the Home Equity department of Chase bank (Midtown Mall Rochester). My coworkers and I were busy on the phones with customers as usual. One of our teammates came in a little late and he had the strangest... look on his face. He said a plane had just flown into one of the twin towers in NYC. The rest of us didn't know what to think at first. He was known to make some pretty strange jokes and occasionally play pranks on people but we could tell by his face something was different about this morning. When he repeated it, still with that peculiar expression rather than his usual smile, we knew something was very wrong. One of the other guys turned on his radio and we all just sat there frozen in shock and disbelief. We all migrated to the breakroom just in time to see the live footage of the buildings completely cave and the ensuing chaos. Nobody knew what to say. Some of us were in tears. Some were visibly shaking. Some raced to phones to try to contact family and friends in NYC to make sure they were ok with limited success which heightened their anxiety. None of us could focus on business as usual the rest of that day and the next month or so was difficult because some of Chase is based in NYC. There were some things we simply couldn't do until our NYC offices had a chance to regroup and we did our best to explain that and to be as accomodating as possible in spite of it. Most customers were pretty understanding although I do recall my coworkers and I being shocked by how insensitive and frankly heartless some people were. We were literally cussed out by some customers and told in essence that they didn't care what was happening in NYC they wanted their money now. We all understand financial pressures but when there is a tragedy of that magnitude impacting so many lives you would expect everyone to act with more compassion and patience. I'll definitely never forget 9/11. I pray nothing like that ever happens to America again.....Elizabeth J. Roberts
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting your story and participating in the "never forget" directory!! You are going to be listed at #22.
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Thank you, too, Angela. Your website gives such a great tribute of remembrance for 9-11. Everyone should see it!
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Pam Carbone Thank you Sinea. Where was I on 9/11/01? I had just dropped Sarah off at preschool for her very first day and one of the other parents rushed in and told us what had happened. I then went to my church and stared in astonishment to the ho...rror happening on TV and praying with staff at the church.
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful to all of the families that have lost loved ones as a result of this horrible tragedy. May God richly bless all who are in harms way every day to secure the freedoms we enjoy here in the United States.
Pamela Carbone
Sinea, my story is #1 on my directory page. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
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