September 11, 2001 - A Remembrance - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Janice · 09-09-2006, 11:58 AM

Please share your thoughts, recollections of that day, photos and anything related to the darkest and saddest day in America.

Please keep politics and conspircacy theories out of it. There are plenty of threads on the Politics board for that.

Let's honor those who lost their lives five years ago. Never forget.

Janice · 09-09-2006, 12:01 PM

The victims of 9/11.

http://www.september11victims.com/se...ctims_list.htm

Brian Damage · 09-09-2006, 12:33 PM

My cousin Laura died on that day. She worked for Aon on the 101st floor of tower 2. She was 41 years old.

Ireneparalegal · 09-09-2006, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

My cousin Laura died on that day. She worked for Aon on the 101st floor of tower 2. She was 41 years old.

I always remember you sharing that with me when I was a newbie around here. I have never forgotten. Sorry Brian for your loss. God bless her.

I was 7 months pregnant and watching this unfold on television was horrific. It was surreal. I knew from the moment the second plane hit, WE WERE AT WAR. No doubt abt it. I thought to myself, here I am bringing a child into this world and what kind of world will it be by the time I give birth? Come November, I soon found out.

Brian Damage · 09-09-2006, 12:57 PM

Old New York City Skyline

Brian Damage · 09-09-2006, 12:59 PM

The "New" NYC Skyline (whenever they decide to start building again)

Janice · 09-09-2006, 01:11 PM

A video tribute. Turn up your speakers and grab a tissue.

http://attacked911.tripod.com/

AKA · 09-09-2006, 01:13 PM

What an awful day in the history of our world. It's still burned into my memory like it was yesterday.

AKA · 09-09-2006, 01:18 PM

Grab a tissue.

David Letterman reflects on 9/11 on his first show back after the attacks

"The reason we were attacked, the reason these people are dead... these people are missing and dead -- and they weren't doing anything wrong; they were living their lives, they were going to work, they were traveling, they were doing what they normally do -- as I understanding it (and my understanding of this is vague at best), another smaller group of people stole some airplanes and crashed them into buildings. And we're told that they were zealots fuled by religious fervor. 'Religious fervor.' And if you live to be 1,000 years old, will that make any sense to you? Will that make any god damn sense?"

Jon Stewart's tearful speech after 9/11 (and that night's Daily Show in its entirety) [be patient; it takes awhile to load]

"The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center. And now it's gone. And they attacked it; this symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce. And it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that."

This episode, by the way, has the greatest 'Moment of Zen' of all time.

passionsfan79 · 09-09-2006, 01:21 PM

Yea same here remembering like it was yesterday can't beleive it happened still. I remember I was at my Mom's house and I happened to turn on the tv telling my Mom some planes crashed into the buildings. I didn't think nothing of it though till I got home and watched more of it. But its really sad what happened.

passionsfan79 · 09-09-2006, 01:21 PM

I saw David's Lettermans first show I even got it on tape.

sweetdiggity · 09-09-2006, 01:31 PM

I was in the ninth grade on the day of attacks. A teacher from another classroom came into my class and told my teacher, "Turn on CNN, you won't believe what's happening." She turned it on, and it was just after the first plane had hit. After that, no one said anything all day, we just sat there in shock and watched it all happen.
I'll never forget that terrible day.

Jo_Luvs_Ketchup · 09-09-2006, 02:13 PM

I was in 7th grade. I had just started a new school. We weren't aware anything had happened until about 3:00pm that afternoon, which was weird because the attacks happened at like 9:00am. I can't remember what happened throughout the day, if anyone knew what was happening. I do remember however, my 7th grade Reading teacher telling me planes crashed into the World Trace Center. Weird though, I didn't know what they were when I was in 7th grade. I had never been to New York and didn't know the buildings that well. So after reading class, I got on a bus to go home. I still didn't think anything of it. Surely didn't think thousands of innocent people died in those buildings. On the bus kids kept screaming "We're going to diiiiie!" My brother, who was in 5th grade, was sitting next to me, crying because of what the older kids were yelling. So we got home and saw my mom's SUV in the driveway. She wasn't due to get home for 2 hours yet, so we rushed in. We knew if she was home early, something was terribly wrong.

We came in and she told us what happened. She said they were considering letting all the schools out so her boss let everyone go home to get their kids. We watched the news and I was horrified. I was especially when my mom told me my two cousins (brother and sister) lived near each other and worked near the pentagon so we called them immediately to make sure they were okay. We got their machine at first so we were scared!!! Thank god they called us back later. I didn't loose anyone close to me in the attacks, but I still cried so hard. All those innocent people, for what??

When I was in 7th grade, I was a big time babysitter in the complex where I lived. We had a knock on the door. I answered and it was a little girl I babysat. She asked me, "Why?". I didn't know what to say, not to this day is there an explaination.

Brent88 · 09-09-2006, 03:49 PM

Such a sad day. I can't watch anything much without crying. I was in school til about 11:30am ET, so I missed the major events happening live, but I have since largely seen the coverage.

Someone on YouTube posted large amounts of it from CNN/ABC/FOX/CBS, from when the news first broke til a couple of hours later. It's so surreal watching in those first moments when no one knew anything, thinking about how much worse it got after that.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=goatpussy

CNN Pipeline will replay the 9/11 coverage from CNN in real-time on Monday, while MSNBC will repeat the Today Show broadcast from 9/11.

Janice · 09-09-2006, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

My cousin Laura died on that day. She worked for Aon on the 101st floor of tower 2. She was 41 years old.

I remember you posted Laura's picture, and she was so beautiful. I'm very sorry for your loss.

09-09-2006, 11:58 AM	#1
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	September 11, 2001 - A Remembrance Please share your thoughts, recollections of that day, photos and anything related to the darkest and saddest day in America. Please keep politics and conspircacy theories out of it. There are plenty of threads on the Politics board for that. Let's honor those who lost their lives five years ago. Never forget.

09-09-2006, 12:33 PM	#3
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	My cousin Laura died on that day. She worked for Aon on the 101st floor of tower 2. She was 41 years old.
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09-09-2006, 12:57 PM	#5
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Old New York City Skyline
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09-09-2006, 12:59 PM	#6
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	The "New" NYC Skyline (whenever they decide to start building again)
	Last edited by Chelsea; 09-10-2006 at 08:36 PM.

09-09-2006, 01:18 PM	#9
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	Grab a tissue. David Letterman reflects on 9/11 on his first show back after the attacks "The reason we were attacked, the reason these people are dead... these people are missing and dead -- and they weren't doing anything wrong; they were living their lives, they were going to work, they were traveling, they were doing what they normally do -- as I understanding it (and my understanding of this is vague at best), another smaller group of people stole some airplanes and crashed them into buildings. And we're told that they were zealots fuled by religious fervor. 'Religious fervor.' And if you live to be 1,000 years old, will that make any sense to you? Will that make any god damn sense?" Jon Stewart's tearful speech after 9/11 (and that night's Daily Show in its entirety) [be patient; it takes awhile to load] "The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center. And now it's gone. And they attacked it; this symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce. And it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that." This episode, by the way, has the greatest 'Moment of Zen' of all time.
	Last edited by AKA; 09-09-2006 at 01:57 PM.

09-09-2006, 12:01 PM	#2
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	The victims of 9/11. http://www.september11victims.com/se...ctims_list.htm

09-09-2006, 01:11 PM	#7
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	A video tribute. Turn up your speakers and grab a tissue. http://attacked911.tripod.com/

09-09-2006, 01:13 PM	#8
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	What an awful day in the history of our world. It's still burned into my memory like it was yesterday.

09-09-2006, 01:21 PM	#10
passionsfan79 Proud to be Sara fan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 13, 2002 Location: MN Posts: 2,265	Yea same here remembering like it was yesterday can't beleive it happened still. I remember I was at my Mom's house and I happened to turn on the tv telling my Mom some planes crashed into the buildings. I didn't think nothing of it though till I got home and watched more of it. But its really sad what happened.
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09-09-2006, 01:31 PM	#12
sweetdiggity King of comedy!!! Senior Member Join Date: Oct 08, 2005 Location: L.R.G. Headquarters Posts: 2,258	I was in the ninth grade on the day of attacks. A teacher from another classroom came into my class and told my teacher, "Turn on CNN, you won't believe what's happening." She turned it on, and it was just after the first plane had hit. After that, no one said anything all day, we just sat there in shock and watched it all happen. I'll never forget that terrible day.
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09-09-2006, 02:13 PM	#13
Jo_Luvs_Ketchup Member Eternal Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 09, 2003 Posts: 4,195	I was in 7th grade. I had just started a new school. We weren't aware anything had happened until about 3:00pm that afternoon, which was weird because the attacks happened at like 9:00am. I can't remember what happened throughout the day, if anyone knew what was happening. I do remember however, my 7th grade Reading teacher telling me planes crashed into the World Trace Center. Weird though, I didn't know what they were when I was in 7th grade. I had never been to New York and didn't know the buildings that well. So after reading class, I got on a bus to go home. I still didn't think anything of it. Surely didn't think thousands of innocent people died in those buildings. On the bus kids kept screaming "We're going to diiiiie!" My brother, who was in 5th grade, was sitting next to me, crying because of what the older kids were yelling. So we got home and saw my mom's SUV in the driveway. She wasn't due to get home for 2 hours yet, so we rushed in. We knew if she was home early, something was terribly wrong. We came in and she told us what happened. She said they were considering letting all the schools out so her boss let everyone go home to get their kids. We watched the news and I was horrified. I was especially when my mom told me my two cousins (brother and sister) lived near each other and worked near the pentagon so we called them immediately to make sure they were okay. We got their machine at first so we were scared!!! Thank god they called us back later. I didn't loose anyone close to me in the attacks, but I still cried so hard. All those innocent people, for what?? When I was in 7th grade, I was a big time babysitter in the complex where I lived. We had a knock on the door. I answered and it was a little girl I babysat. She asked me, "Why?". I didn't know what to say, not to this day is there an explaination.

09-09-2006, 03:49 PM	#14
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Such a sad day. I can't watch anything much without crying. I was in school til about 11:30am ET, so I missed the major events happening live, but I have since largely seen the coverage. Someone on YouTube posted large amounts of it from CNN/ABC/FOX/CBS, from when the news first broke til a couple of hours later. It's so surreal watching in those first moments when no one knew anything, thinking about how much worse it got after that. http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=goatpussy CNN Pipeline will replay the 9/11 coverage from CNN in real-time on Monday, while MSNBC will repeat the Today Show broadcast from 9/11.
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