Thank-you I believe that most of the country felt that way.

I will always remember that day; I was at work still a housekeeper, 1 of the RNs came out of a residents room and told me that she saw the second tower being hit on the tv, everyone at work listened to the tvs in residents rooms when ever they could, then 1 man was in the lobby watching and started crying, we never knew how much he really comperened but he said "IT's Pearl Harbor all over again" it turned out that he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed

 

 

 

 

THank you for giving us that poem, Doodle Dan.  The anniversary of that horrible days is almost upon us.  You expressed feelings of a lot of us well.

     That was a moving tribute Dan, Thank you. 9/11 is one of those days that will be seared in all of our memories. We will all remember what we were doing when that happened and how we felt. Children born after 9/11/02 will learn about that day in their history classes when they get older, but we who were around then will always have it as a living memory.

hey doodledan and all you folks remembering 9-11, may i add my thoughts.

 

i was at my puter, starting my day, listing to the bob and tom show... when they said a plane had hit the first tower, it was all over the news, and i went to my tv immediately, kicked my son off his game, and made him turn the channell.  the news media thought, at first, it must have been some horrible mistake of the air controllers, not yet accepting the reality of the attack, and we were watching as we saw the coverage of the second plane come into the picture and hit the second tower.... my heart sank, and i turned to my son and said, "you are watching the history of the world change" and started yelling at the tv.... "get out of the buildings", saw the people jumping to their death from above the burn area and started crying at their hoplessness........when the towers fell i was watching (newswoman banfield)   i was in shock... and for a long time just sat bleared eyed, finally i could take it no more and changed the channel, there was a john wayne movie just starting, and i said, this is what i need, a good hero... to watch....

i went back to watching the repeats over and over.... and fell asleep in front of the tv unable to disconnect from the huge-ness of the attack....

 

well folks,   guess where i work.......started with the T S A (transportation security agency) at the airport in west palm beach, florida.......and have a boss who was a marine and was at the embasy bombing and in new york at the time of the attack on the towers, he wants us to do our job, as tho our kids are on the plane that's about to take off, and that worked for me... (as a mom, no one hurts my kids) i went thru the lines and training to get the job...... the boss doesnt want this to happen again,  and i joined a force of people who are taking on the responsibility of making sure people fly safe..... i feel good doing my job.... and as my instructer taught us.... 

NOT ON MY WATCH  ............    is the cry for all of us. 

it is all i can do, after the fact,  but i do it well.

the celebration of heroes for the next few days, will re-awake all of those memories,  but we should not forget what a great price was paid....  or to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice....  or to forget the regular people who went to work on a crisp and beautifull day to take care of their families.....  

GOD LOVE THEM ALL....  

and remember,   crying and feeling pain, just assures you that you are still alive.

GOD BLESS