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Post by Mel (cherry) on Sept 11, 2008 9:18:16 GMT -5
every year for the families who lost loved ones that day.
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Post by shattered on Sept 11, 2008 9:47:40 GMT -5
Mine, too, Mel, and I'm so glad you feel that way.
Seems like the majority of people have long since all but forgotten 9/11 ever even happened.
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Post by jules on Sept 11, 2008 9:53:00 GMT -5
Here in NYC, people haven't forgotten...
I sometimes wonder if 9/11 will ever be just another day.
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Post by shattered on Sept 11, 2008 10:06:08 GMT -5
You know what's interesting, Jules, I lived in NY for seven years, and moved back to D.C. just before 9/11.
Right after, people here in D.C. acted so utterly unaffected, that I just couldn't even believe it. Ten days after 9/11 I took the train up to NY to see my old roommate, and go to my old neighborhood to see some neighbors and shopkeepers that I knew, etc.
On that day, you could see the grief in people's faces. They were having *normal* reactions -- unlike the majority of people here in D.C.
I'm in regular contact with all my friends in NY, and I go back for visits several times a year -- I always have the feeling that everyone there has forgotten, too.
When I mention this to my NY friends, they all confirm that while they haven't literally forgotten, of course, it's not something that is on their minds alot. They are the ones who say it concerns them much less than it concerns me. They think the reason is that I left NY, and thus remember it as it was, while they've grown accustomed to how it is now. I know they are wrong. I care equally regardless of where I live.
Back in D.C. , people tell me the reason they are less affected than I am is because they're not former New Yorkers like me.
Umm, two things about that: 1) The Pentagon. Right across the river from D.C. Hello? Some of us watched the clouds of smoke rise from the Pentagon from the rooftop of our downtown office together! 2) This didn't just happen to New York, or the Pentagon - this happened to AMERICA -- to ALL of us!! What is wrong with you people?
Anyway, so regardless of where I am, I always end up being the one who cares about this the most.
I am glad to read that you, and the people you know in NY, apparently feel differently.
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Post by Mel (cherry) on Sept 11, 2008 11:19:37 GMT -5
It was such a surreal feeling that day. I remember gazing for a moment around me at all the faces locked to the t.v. crying.......and I could not believe that I was witnessing the world stand still (in my era) for something as tragic as what we could barely believe was happening.... I was in school for journalism at that time, and boy did we get a glimpse of it from a writer's viewpoint as well. I had a friend from highschool (a devout ambulance chaser) who was a volunteer fireman since before they would actually let him ride along. He was in NY at the time and it took almost a week to get a hold of him. Luckily, I didn't personally lose anyone (that I know of) however I hope there never comes a day when someone says Sept 11 and not a single person even spares a thought..............
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Post by Mel (cherry) on Sept 15, 2008 8:57:16 GMT -5
'MEET ME IN THE STAIRWELL'
You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say 'Good-Bye.' I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, 'Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK..I am ready to go.' I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night. I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help. 'I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!' I said. 'Of course I will show you the way home - only believe in Me now.' I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered. I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith has saved them. I was in Texas , Virginia , California , Michigan , Afghanistan . I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me? I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name - though not all know Me. Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor. Some sought Me with their last breath. Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames; 'Come to Me... this way... take my hand.' Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me. But, I was there. I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me? Sept. 11, 2001, was not the end of the journey for you. But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are 'ready to go.' I will be in the stairwell of your final moments. God
(didn't get this in my email till just today but it choked me up and I had to share.........)
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