"Monday night football saved my life because I woke up late this morning, I was 15 minutes away or i would have been in that building."
"It was my sons first day of Kindergarten if my wife didn't beg me to go, I would have been up on one of those floors."
"I made it out, but so many of my friends are up there still"
102 Minutes that Changed America a documentary put on by the History channel had some of these quotes from real people.
This day nine years ago I was getting ready for school. I woke to the panic of my father saying "oh my God, I cant believe my eyes." As I watched the news speechless I too couldn't believe my eyes. I can truly say this day changed me even though I was a far 2,000 miles away. Seeing the reality of a plane collide into a large building opened my eyes to a different side of the world. The world doesn't always play out as a fairy tale, its sad but bad things do happen, and sometimes they are REALLY REALLY BAD.
Being only 12 I thought bad things were only in our nightmares and in movies. Still to this day I am speechless every year on this day I am reminded of how evil and sick people are to have thought up such a horrific series of events. The number of families effected by this tragedy are endless. So many heroic people fought and lost their lives in effort to protect our country and save lives.
So today, remember not what you were doing on this day, though many of us will never forget, remember all those effected by this tragedy. Remember why we are fighting this war and especially remember all those men and women who lost their lives in the war. Say a prayer and be thankful we as Americans came together united as one. We as a country didn't crumble several hundred individuals fought till the very end and another several hundred are still fighting today.
September 11, 2001 changed America forever. There was no longer white people or black people, we all united together and became one color- gray. Remember those who fought and the innocent who lost there lives that day RIP <3
God Bless America.
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This was very well done and very well written. I had a a couple good friends at the time that were from New York and I became connected to this tragedy watching them as they tried to found ou what happened with their families still in New York. It added to my already strong feelings on this day.
ReplyDeleteYou were right, the documentary of the 102 mins that changed America was very good and very hard hitting. It did a great job of showing not only the horrors of what happened that day but the mass confusion and panic that set in in the moments afterwards from the girls that flimed the 2nd crash and ran out of the building to all the mixed messages. I got chills listening to 911 calls telling people to stay there and stay calm.
I hope that no matter how far we get from the actual day that we will NEVER forget where we were that day. I know I never will forget one thing about that morning. Thank you again for posting this and thank you for allowing my long comment. Again very well done.
I too got chills watching it. I tried putting myself in there shoes I couldnt even begin o imagine what I would have done. My brother recently began going to school in New York and to have a family member over there and be in a position where all you can do is watch and wait for a phone call is heart wrenching. My heart goes out to everyone involved both physically and emotionally.
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