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Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC?
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- I was home working (self-employed) and my furnace was having its annual cleaning. The guy got a phone call from his son, who lives in NYC, so he came upstairs and we turned on the TV. We saw the second plane hit, live. It was unbelievable. |
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On Sep 11, 3:20*pm, "h" wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- I was home working (self-employed) and my furnace was having its annual cleaning. The guy got a phone call from his son, who lives in NYC, so he came upstairs and we turned on the TV. We saw the second plane hit, live. It was unbelievable. I was on a comercial jet. We were ordered to land. No idea what was happening. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:21:15 -0700 (PDT), jim
wrote: On Sep 11, 3:20*pm, "h" wrote: "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- I was home working (self-employed) and my furnace was having its annual cleaning. The guy got a phone call from his son, who lives in NYC, so he came upstairs and we turned on the TV. We saw the second plane hit, live. It was unbelievable. I was on a comercial jet. We were ordered to land. No idea what was happening. I was home asleep. Got a call from work saying we were "under attack" and to turn on the news. The Air Force base I worked on was going to Defcon 1 (?). Machine gun nest and barricades were set up all around the base. I had to carry a suitcase of clothing, etc., in the vehicle as we didn't know when we would be allowed on or off the base. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote:
Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? Pretty much right where I am now: Sitting at my computer. I had just turned the TV on in time to see the second plane hit. |
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on 9/11/2008 12:46 PM Stormin Mormon said the following:
Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? Sitting right here in front of my computer with CNN news on the TV off to my right. The regular news was interrupted by the first plane strike. I watched CNN until the second tower fell, cutting off CNN (CNN was being broadcast from the antenna on the second tower). Thereafter I watched one of the local NY news channels whose antenna was on the Empire State Building. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY in the original Orange County To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? On watch in Radio, USS Fort McHenry, Sasebo Japan. Base went to immediate wartime alert with full recall. Japanese ships as well with us (combined base). |
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Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC?
Working on my computer at home like I'm doing right now. I was listening to the radio and heard them announce about the first hit. I thought "..some air traffic controller is going to get hung out for this.." and continued working. Then I heard about the second hit and I thought "something is wrong here.." I grew up in NYC and was about 18 years old when the WTC was being built; but I now live in a fairly rural area. We don't have a TV, so I got into my car and drove 5 miles into the nearest town where there is a McDonalds that has a TV. I watched the collapse of the towers from there. |
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s "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . |
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I had just stepped out of the shower in my hotel room and turned on
the TV just in time to see the second plane hit. I was visiting Las Vegas for a trade show. All I wanted to do was get home (South Carolina). Once we realized that flights would not resume for several more days, we got on a waiting list for a rental car. We ended up getting the last car on the Alamo lot. We left on Wednesday afternoon and drove straight through, with the three of us taking 4-hour shifts behind the wheel. With one exception we stopped only for drive-thru food, gas and the bathroom. It took 35 hours and 45 minutes to get home. I remember the anger and fear that I experienced for days after the attack. I also remember the good feelings that came with seeing all the "God bless America" signs along the interstates all the way home. It was an uneasy mixture of emotions, but I remember feeling confident that we would bring justice to those who committed this terrible act. It is a shame that so many have forgotten what those days felt like. We wouldn't be arguing about Afganistan and Iraq today if we didn't have such a short collective memory. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:24:01 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? On watch in Radio, USS Fort McHenry, Sasebo Japan. Base went to immediate wartime alert with full recall. Japanese ships as well with us (combined base). First. Thank You for your service!! All building entrances on Nellis AFB, NV was posted with DEFCON 1 (?) posters. I kept one to remind of this day, seven years ago. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . Just got out of bed and turn on the TV set. Couldn't believe my eyes that someone could do this to us. Should have gotten Bin Laden by now, maybe McCain finish the job if we let him. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:03:41 -0700 (PDT), the_tool_man
wrote Re September 11: It is a shame that so many have forgotten what those days felt like. We wouldn't be arguing about Afganistan and Iraq today if we didn't have such a short collective memory. Sadly, that's very true. |
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I'm Over it. You should be too
On Sep 11, 12:46*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus *www.lds.org . |
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"the_tool_man" wrote in message news:0d7cd68b- We wouldn't be arguing about Afganistan and Iraq today if we didn't have such a short collective memory. What on earth does Iraq have to do with 9/11? |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:10:15 -0700, Frank x wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . Just got out of bed and turn on the TV set. Couldn't believe my eyes that someone could do this to us. Should have gotten Bin Laden by now, maybe McCain finish the job if we let him. Doubtful. All the republicans have been doing for the last 7 years is actively recruiting for al qaeda. Diverting most of out resources into an irrelevent country was a stroke of genius. Maybe we can start another war or two, perhaps iran and syria. That'll really teach al qaeda, based from saudia arabia and afganistan, a lesson. With any luck, we can do full trillion dollar yearly deficits and bankrupt the federal govt. once and for all. |
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on 9/11/2008 4:10 PM Frank said the following:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . Just got out of bed and turn on the TV set. Couldn't believe my eyes that someone could do this to us. Should have gotten Bin Laden by now, maybe McCain finish the job if we let him. We are probably the only nation on earth that has rules of engagement. In Iraq, a US soldier has to get permission to shoot someone on a roof with an AK47 in his hands. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY in the original Orange County To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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"the_tool_man" wrote
I remember the anger and fear that I experienced for days after the attack. I also remember the good feelings that came with seeing all the "God bless America" signs along the interstates all the way home. It was an uneasy mixture of emotions, but I remember feeling confident that we would bring justice to those who committed this terrible act. It is a shame that so many have forgotten what those days felt like. I was overseas. I remember my apartment manger coming to the door of every American renting there, in full ceremonial gear to express his sorrow. It was the day they let us back in port (we were all pulled in shipboard and sent out for a week or so to sit in the harbor, ready to deploy imediately). I was in tears, having finally gotten the list of the dead at the pentagon. I knew several of them quite well. Workmates. We thanked the manager most well, and he had not realized some of us were just getting word of our dead friends that day. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:47:30 -0700, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I'm Over it. You should be too On Sep 11, 12:46*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? People are still not over Pear Harbor. [Pearl Harbor] How do you get over/forget so fast? |
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: "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? Pretty much right where I am now: Sitting at my computer. I had just turned the TV on in time to see the second plane hit. ditto. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:54:08 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:
"the_tool_man" wrote I remember the anger and fear that I experienced for days after the attack. I also remember the good feelings that came with seeing all the "God bless America" signs along the interstates all the way home. It was an uneasy mixture of emotions, but I remember feeling confident that we would bring justice to those who committed this terrible act. It is a shame that so many have forgotten what those days felt like. I was overseas. I remember my apartment manger coming to the door of every American renting there, in full ceremonial gear to express his sorrow. It was the day they let us back in port (we were all pulled in shipboard and sent out for a week or so to sit in the harbor, ready to deploy imediately). I was in tears, having finally gotten the list of the dead at the pentagon. I knew several of them quite well. Workmates. We thanked the manager most well, and he had not realized some of us were just getting word of our dead friends that day. Those friends now have a Memorial, dedicated today. A bench, a tree and a water feature for each victim. Age 3 to 71. |
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"cshenk" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? On watch in Radio, USS Fort McHenry, Sasebo Japan. Base went to immediate wartime alert with full recall. Japanese ships as well with us (combined base). First. Thank You for your service!! Welcome! I'm at the last bit before retirement. 26 years come May 2009. USN Senior Chief (E8 for other branches) All building entrances on Nellis AFB, NV was posted with DEFCON 1 (?) posters. I kept one to remind of this day, seven years ago. We locked down *hard* overseas. It was 3 years (yes YEARS) later when Sasebo allowed taxis onbase at all. That with drivers who had security clearances. Heck, I'm still in cycle for my weapons quals (good for a year) for M50, 25MM, and 9MM. All our feelings back then were (excuse my french), 'come **** with ME asshole! I am armed, loaded, and WILL take you OUT'. It's also got a more polite name. 'Hard Target'. The guy on sleep at the post is who a terrorist will hit. We learned to have more guards, more training, and just did not put up with any shennanigans at all. Yes, I was on watch that day. The Navy wording is 'I stood the watch'. Soon I will turn this over to my younger mates. |
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Pearl Harbor still bothers me. The vast majority of those who died in
the WTC would be alive if they left their cubicles and left the building!!!! Who stays in a building that has been hit by a plane? On Sep 11, 4:47*pm, Oren wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I'm Over it. *You should be too On Sep 11, 12:46*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? People are still not over Pear Harbor. How do you get over/forget so fast? |
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"security telling peopel to go back to work" ??? Sorry but unless
loaded weapons are pointed at me I'm leaving any building that has been hit by a plane or one next to one that has been hit by a plane!!!!! What can they do? Fire Me? A minor stampede would clear stairwells. Greed my friend killed most of them. The second tower could have been mostly empty by the time the second plane hit and only those on the affected floors and above would have been in jeopardy. No one with a brain listens to "experts"- most recently Gustav shows that the experts are not always right. On Sep 11, 5:38*pm, Oren wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:11:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Pearl Harbor still bothers me. *The vast majority of those who died in the WTC would be alive if they left their cubicles and left the building!!!! Who stays in a building that has been hit by a plane? On Sep 11, 4:47*pm, Oren wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I'm Over it. *You should be too On Sep 11, 12:46*pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? People are still not over Pear Harbor. How do you get over/forget so fast? How did you figure this out? Elevators don't work, crowded stairwells, and Security telling folks just to go back to work! Some went up and never came home! SO! How do you get over this? Specific to the attack upon our nation?!- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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"help is on the way" - let's see : If I am able to get out I'm getting
out. All those below the impact and in the second tower have no excuse. "Experts" say vaccines dont cause autism but the evidence shows something else. Americans have become weak, soft, sheep and that is why we were attacked. We cant win a war against a bunch of towelheads because our soldiers arent free to kill the enemy and we lack the guts to destroy any area active with insurgents. On Sep 11, 6:05*pm, willshak wrote: on 9/11/2008 5:11 PM said the following: Pearl Harbor still bothers me. *The vast majority of those who died in the WTC would be alive if they left their cubicles and left the building!!!! Who stays in a building that has been hit by a plane? The people who were told by the dispatchers to stay where they were, help was on the way. On Sep 11, 4:47 pm, Oren wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:15:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote: I'm Over it. *You should be too On Sep 11, 12:46 pm, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? People are still not over Pear Harbor. How do you get over/forget so fast? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY in the original Orange County To email, remove the double zeroes after @- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:06:48 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:
"Oren" wrote "cshenk" wrote: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? On watch in Radio, USS Fort McHenry, Sasebo Japan. Base went to immediate wartime alert with full recall. Japanese ships as well with us (combined base). First. Thank You for your service!! Welcome! I'm at the last bit before retirement. 26 years come May 2009. USN Senior Chief (E8 for other branches) All building entrances on Nellis AFB, NV was posted with DEFCON 1 (?) posters. I kept one to remind of this day, seven years ago. We locked down *hard* overseas. It was 3 years (yes YEARS) later when Sasebo allowed taxis onbase at all. That with drivers who had security clearances. Heck, I'm still in cycle for my weapons quals (good for a year) for M50, 25MM, and 9MM. All our feelings back then were (excuse my french), 'come **** with ME asshole! I am armed, loaded, and WILL take you OUT'. It's also got a more polite name. 'Hard Target'. The guy on sleep at the post is who a terrorist will hit. We learned to have more guards, more training, and just did not put up with any shennanigans at all. Yes, I was on watch that day. The Navy wording is 'I stood the watch'. Soon I will turn this over to my younger mates. I don't speak French, but you can send those swabbies over to the Army! Army Infantry "green maggots" gets it done. (GRIN) |
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Greed my friend killed most of them. Find ME one greedy person that day! I beg you. |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:48:50 -0400, willshak
wrote Re September 11: We are probably the only nation on earth that has rules of engagement. In Iraq, a US soldier has to get permission to shoot someone on a roof with an AK47 in his hands. We need those rules in order to lose. It's what or politocos are best at. |
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Several Thousand were too busy making money for someone else to think
of their families and selves first. Otherwise, they would have went for a "smoke break" and left the buildings. Then when the second plane hit they'd have said "I'm outta here" and headed home. On Sep 11, 6:46*pm, Oren wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:07:31 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Greed my friend killed most of them. Find ME one greedy person that day! I beg you. |
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On Sep 11, 4:18*pm, "h" wrote:
"the_tool_man" wrote in message news:0d7cd68b- We wouldn't be arguing about Afganistan and Iraq today if we didn't have such a short collective memory. What on earth does Iraq have to do with 9/11? Jim Yanik beat me to it, but clearly the answer to your question is "a lot". In his address following the attack, President Bush said that anyone harboring or giving aid to terrorists would be considered an enemy in the war against terror. BTW, thanks for proving my point about how quickly some people forget. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? At work, one of the ladies in the office had a radio on and heard about the first plane. They thought it was a small aircraft at that time. Our US parent company fed one of the US new stations over our closed satellite network a few minutes before the second plane hit. We had the radio on over the intercom well into the morning despite being open to the public. Being I live on the west coast of Canada we saw an increase in air traffic that day as air traffic was diverted to our airports. I even remember seeing a passenger jet escorted in by a military jet. Calls went out asking the public to call in if they could take in stranded travelers. I don't believe this was necessary as the hotels and motels opened up everything they had. I remember feeling sick for days. |
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I was home working (self-employed) and my furnace was having its annual cleaning. The guy got a phone call from his son, who lives in NYC, so he came upstairs and we turned on the TV. We saw the second plane hit, live. It was unbelievable. I was on a comercial jet. We were ordered to land. No idea what was happening. One of the most fascinating conversations took place when the head man at the FAA said: "This **** stops right now. ATC-Zero.* Nationwide." The most amazing thing followed 9-11 when the government committees, agencies, and know-it-alls tried to come up with codified procedures to follow should something similar happen in the future. You won't believe what they decided. They concluded that no procedure that they could envision would be as effective as those the ad hoc decisions, made on the fly by people intimately involved with the day to day operations. The result? No conclusion, no procedures, no chain of command, no recommendations. Just do your best. Amazing that something so profound could originate from a government commission. On the other hand, I can think of another. I learned to day that the agency in charge of the Pentagon disaster relief was - wait for it now - the Arlington Virginia fire department! That's right. There were some big footprint agencies around: the FBI and the DOD to name two, but they deferred to this municipal fire department. For eleven days, until all the fires were out. Maybe emergencies bring out the best in people. --- ATC-Zero = all planes on the ground. At that time, there were about 4,300 commercial airliners aloft. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:gabi4o
: Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? I was at work. Got a call from my Main Squeeze about it. No TV at work. Brought up an RS6K server as admin for sole use on a T1 line so I could watch CNN. That was 7 yrs ago. I guess today the avg hack can do the equivalent or better at home. |
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Red Green wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:gabi4o : Where were you, when the planes hit the WTC? I was at work. Got a call from my Main Squeeze about it. No TV at work. Brought up an RS6K server as admin for sole use on a T1 line so I could watch CNN. That was 7 yrs ago. I guess today the avg hack can do the equivalent or better at home. Saw it at work in the conference room on the training tv/vcr, using an RV antenna I had stuck on a window of the local federal building several weeks before. Kept working until they sent us all home around noon. (They fancied themselves a high-value target.) Got into work e-mail server from home (this was before the e-mail lockdown era) and answered mail all afternoon, explaining that we were in evac status, while watching network news for next 12 hours and trying to get a dial tone and LD trunk to call family in other cities. All in all, not a day I care to repeat, ever. -- aem sends... |
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"the_tool_man" wrote in message ... On Sep 11, 4:18 pm, "h" wrote: "the_tool_man" wrote in message news:0d7cd68b- We wouldn't be arguing about Afganistan and Iraq today if we didn't have such a short collective memory. What on earth does Iraq have to do with 9/11? Jim Yanik beat me to it, but clearly the answer to your question is "a lot". In his address following the attack, President Bush said that anyone harboring or giving aid to terrorists would be considered an enemy in the war against terror. BTW, thanks for proving my point about how quickly some people forget. Bzzt, no, but thanks for playing. Conservative plonkers. You so don't get it. Just because Faux News says something, it doesn't make it true. Idiots like you are why Republicans keep getting "elected" (or are able to steal the office). |
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