A day of rememberance.

Hi guys,

102 Minutes that Changed America. I watched this last year and I really was hooked into it. You may or may not be interested in it, but I found it really interesting and inspiring. It is 102 solid commercial free minutes of personal, non-professional film taken by bystanders during 9/11/2001. It follows the progression of that whole morning in real time from all sorts of different spots in the city taken in first-person amature video. Its uncut, uncensored, and gave me goose bumps and made me cry a few times. Its on the History channel tonight from 9-11 PM.

Also, I just wanted to take a moment with you all to remember those saved, those lost, and all the moments of that day/week/month/year that will forever mark a moment in your life that will never be forgotten.

Every generation has a moment like this. I remember I was given a project in school, to ask my parents about a moment in their life they would remember forever, exactly where they were, what they were doing, who they were with, how they felt.... They both said the day JFK was killed. For my generation, it will always be 9/11/01.

Take a few moments today and remember that day. Remember where you were, who you were with, what you were doing and how you felt. And let those feelings aide in honoring and remembering. Moments like that carve their way into history. They mark a moment, a pinnacle of change, be it in security policy, or strength in our country.

The day after 9/11, all school and business was closed. My hubs and I took the top off our Jeep Wrangler (red) and put 2 big 6' American flags hanging off of each back roll bar. We drove around ALL day, our flags whipping in the breeze. But what I remember the most about that whole ride, was whenever someone honked their support to us, no matter who it was, what neighborhood we were in, or anything... We flashed them a peace sign. Not a fist in the air, not a honk back, no sign of agression, retaliation or pain... but of peace.

I just wanted to share a little with you all. Have a good day, and never ever forget.

Sion

It seems I've had way too many of those moments in my life.  I was  a little girl when Pearl Harbor was bombed.  Then JFK & Martin Luther King and 9/11   But there was also the first US manned space flight & the moon landing  Life is a remarkable adventure.

I wish I had more defining memorable moments of achievment in my time, Happy. It seems like the only big ones that stick out are the tragic ones. The loss of Challenger, the loss of Discovery, Death of Princess Di, Mother Theresa, 9/11...

But I have seen the first African American president... I guess I do have 1 or 2 big GOOD moments.

Thanks!  I will try to watch that tonight (I usually go to bed early though)!  Thanks for pointing out the good things too.  Sierra, my oldest child, was turning 4 yo that day.  However, I was in a town 2hrs away from home, almost 9 mo pregnant, on bedrest, stressing over how to have a special day for my daughter despite being away from home.  I also had a 2 yo son.  SO here we are watching blues clues all jammed in this little hotel room and for whatever reason the channel was switched.  There it was the live coverage of the attack.  While we were staring in disbelief. I did see the other plane hit the tower on live tv.  My husband started freaking out that I should go to the hospital, and then the hotel calls and says the airports are closing and they are filling up so are we staying there still.  Oh the stress!  I ended up back at the hospital that night and I remember the gas stations were packed with long lines.  I was on fumes as it was.  Since that day I never let my tank get that low.  I didn't think I would make it back to the hospital.  They did release me about 1 am on 9-12.   I remember breathing a sigh of relief that she wasn't born that day.  I then went back to the doctor in the morning and they said that my pre-eclampsia was getting too bad.  I was induced and Cheyenne was born on 9-13-01, 2 weeks early.  So, long story short, it is a day that will never be forgotten in this household for many a reason.  

Jimi

I was living in Columbus OH on that day...could not believe...i'm retired military so the first thing was I called a buddy of mine and wanted to know where i could re-enlist.  Obviously at that time I weighed 301 and was not going to pass the physical...lol...but the feeling of violation and impotence will never go away...God Bless all our men and women everywhere serving...and those that have served...and those that gave the ultimate sacrifice.

I was in Wiesbaden, Germany.  I was the Public Affairs Officer and it was around 4 pm.  My boss, the Commander, was in a meeting.  The secretary got a call from the states that the first tower of the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane.  We turned on the television about the time the second plane hit.  I told the secretary to get the Commander out of the meeting.  We briefed him on what we knew, then I went to get my daughter from the base daycare. 

I knew they would do a lockdown, so I wanted to get my baby out before I couldn't get her.  I made it within an hour of them closing.  Then I went home to drop off my daughter with my husband.  My son, who was 10, said the television was playing the same movie over and over with a plane crashing into a building.  I explained to him what happened then headed back to work.

I worked 16 hrs days for more than a week straight after the event updating our website and communicating with the workforce.

My German neighbors were great.  They came over and offered their condolences.  The Germans also put candles and flowers at the front of the fences at the gates and did candlelight vigils. 

It is a shame how things have gone back to the way they were before.  It was great how the whole world came together.