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Last edited by PondPopper; 09-11-2019, 06:29 AM.
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I remember driving into the office when the radio reported that a plane had just struck one of the towers. I go into the office and walk into the break room just to see the second plane hit the second tower. We all stood in awe and watched the tower collapse. Our site manager pulled us all in the atrium of the building and told us to go home to be with our families.
It will be a day I will never forget.
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Originally posted by TXHUNT3R View PostI will never forget. My wife and I got to visit the 9/11 memorial and museum and if you haven't gone, it is very powerful. Here are a couple photos I took from a couple months ago.
Originally posted by jer_james View PostThe museum and tributes are some of the best I've ever seen done. It was a beautiful and gut wrenching experience.
Love to all Families and Friends - Yall are greatness, and I appreciate all of you!
My wife and I went 2 years ago. If seeing that doesn’t put a lump in your throat and **** you off at the same time then you have no soul.
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Originally posted by systemnt View PostOn way to office when first plane hit.. reported initially as small prop plane aircraft..
Got to office.
Setup tv in breakroom..
Watched as second plane hit.
Then watched towers fall..
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I was in Mexico City working on setting up a new acquisition with network connections back to my employer's network. I was greeted at the door and informed that something very bad happened - that a plane hit a building in New York. I was concerned but didn't know the full scope and there were no TVs in the office. I tried getting on a couple of news web sites but they were all not responding. Then the office manager came to me again and said a second plane hit a building in New York. Still not knowing that it was the World Trade Center, I was getting seriously concerned at this point. I started trying to call my wife, my office in Seguin and then friends to try to figure out what was going on. All circuits were busy and none of my calls would go through. Then I started sending emails out to friends, family and co-workers. I finally got a few responses that filled me in on what was going on.
The rest of the work day was a haze - I couldn't figure out how this happened.
That evening at the hotel all TVs were tuned to MTV - but it wasn't playing MTV - it was playing CNN for the next several days.
My Wednesday, 9/12/2001, flight back to San Antonio didn't happen. All flights to the US were cancelled.
On Friday morning I went to the airport and traded my American Airlines ticket in on anything that would get me to the border. Flew AreoMexico to Juarez. Crossed the border in a taxi with some other Americans. Border security was pretty tight. Then got on a Southwest flight back to San Antonio that night with only about 9 people on board.
Got home at about midnight to my wife and 6 month old son. 6 month old son is now a freshman at Texas A&M.
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Originally posted by Mike D View PostMy wife and I went 2 years ago. If seeing that doesn’t put a lump in your throat and **** you off at the same time then you have no soul.
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I’m watching Fox News this morning waiting until time to see my dermatologist. They announced that they would be showing footage of their live coverage at the time it happened. My first thought was that I cannot watch this again, but I couldn’t keep myself from watching.
It’s as terrible now as it was then, but the sight of the first responders as they went about the business of rescuing people and getting them to safety is uplifting and makes me proud to be an American. The guys that aborted the terrorists’ mission on Flight 93 does the same.
Let’s roll !
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I was in one of my first morning roll calls in the Marines school of infantry. We were all meddling around in the barracks waiting for our Corporal to come in and take head count when all of a sudden, he busts through the double doors and yells "They just F*****G bombed us.." The O.S. factor got real then and I knew I would be over there before my time was done.
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