Remembering 9/11
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4234422.stm

A remembrance ceremony will take place at New York's World Trade Center site to mark the fourth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks.

The names of the 2,749 victims of the twin towers attack will be read out by their brothers and sisters.

The ceremony will pause for a minute's silence at 0846 (1246 GMT) when the first plane hit the north tower.

At that precise time, some 300 New York police officers on duty in New Orleans will also mark the event.

After a memorial service held in the disaster zone, the officers - all volunteers - will return to patrolling the French Quarter and other districts of New Orleans.

Solidarity

In New York, the reading of the names of the 11 September victims will be interrupted for three more pauses to mark the south tower attack, and the collapse of both towers.

At sunset, two shafts of light representing the twin towers will be beamed into the night sky from lower Manhattan.

Four years after the attacks, construction work is beginning at Ground Zero on the transportation hub which will one day bring thousands of visitors to the site.

The Freedom Tower, the commercial building which has been redesigned to meet concerns about its security, is due to open in 2011.

The actual memorial to the victims is meant to be completed in four years' time.

There is currently a controversy about the International Freedom Center which is planned for the site.

Some families feel political discussions about the nature of freedom could detract from the memory of those who died, reports the BBC's Laura Trevelyan from New York.

It's hard to believe it's been four years already. My thoughts are with the victims' families.

It really is sad. They're been reading names for like 4 hours, and they're only on the O's :distress:

I know...it just feels like yesterday. Well...last month at least.. :mad:

I live just a few blocks from where the towers used to be :distress: ..... i came to school two years after, & there was still dust & debris everywhere. My heart goes out to these families....

Unfortunately, no event, no sacrifice, no catastrophe is safe from the firestorm of politicking that inevitably rages afterward.

There is no conceivable occurrence anywhere whose sacredness would render it untouchable by the politicos & their plebs. Every death is fodder for the political machinery, oiled by the media.

It is hard to believe it has been 4 yrs. I remember it clear as day seeing/hearing about it for the first time, I suppose I will remember for the rest of my life. It will be one of those moments (similar to when everyone found out JFK died) that you always remember where you were and what you were doing when you first heard.

I wish all the families the best..

The sad thing is...
 

if you were to go to the Murrah National Monument in downtown OKC today you will see several NYPD/NYFD walking about as they have the past 3 years on this date (They have started to make the yearly trip from NYC to OKC starting in 2002...I remember Deb & myself were at the Murrah site on the afternoon of 9/12/2001 giving blood, And being amazed at how empty the site was, That was the only day I recall no one was out and about).

I think the NYPD/NYFD find strength with the OKC PD & FD & the survivors knowing they once had to live through a similar hell.

I just rewatched the INSIDE: 911 on NGE. My heart breaks all over again for all those who died and those who lost loved ones! My God be with them all! My heart always goes out to Barbara Olson (Conservative Author/Activist) who lost her life in Flight 77 which hit the pentagon. She had planned to take a different flight, but she changed it at the last minute so that she could be with her husband on his birthday.

The part of that show...
 

I always find disturbing is the very beginning, with the meeting of all these muslims leaders (Including those with extremist views) who wanted to start "jihad on the US"...

Kinda strange that the national TV networks never ever mentioned this before, Even though it was widely reported here in OKC since it occurred in OKC at the Myriad Convention Center...That one reporter who saw for his own eyes what was being discussed was in for a rude awakening.

Oh, Tonight on the Discovery Channel is the premiere of "'The Flight That Fought Back'-A minute-by-minute account reveals heroic acts that took place aboard Flight 93 on Sept.11,2001".

Like everyone else, I'll be haunted by the events of 9/11/01 for the rest of my days.
My heart goes out to the families and loved ones of all those who died that day, and I can only hope that someday people will learn how to co-exist without all of the hatred and jealousy and fighting.

http://www.fdnylodd.com/BloodofHeroes.html

NEVER FORGET!

Red white and blue...
 

I am watching this now - they just aired the actual recording from the cockpit when the highjackers took over the plane. Chilling . . .

Just finished watching it...
 

and it was brutal...That had to be the best doctumentary I have seen in regards to 9/11

Yes it was awesome. But my fav. still is the Inside 911, just because it covers ALL aspects of that day!

It is so amazing to look back at all that happened that day, and it all took place in less than 2 or 3 hours. All these lives were changed forever...while people were sleeping in their beds, at school, or at work...struggles were going on thousands of feet above the ground in airplanes...people were working together to save lives in New York and Virginia! It is simply amazing to sit here and reflect on the human spirit and the heroic acts of others!

It was very, very good. I cannot imagine being a loved one of someone on that flight and trying to talk to them in the last moments.

I just got home ( it's now 2 AM) so I missed all these tv specials. I really would have benefitted from seeing them.

I never forget 9/11. I still get chills thinking about it but still, that will be the biggest thing in my generation that ever happened and I want to know everything about it so I can educate my kids and grandkids.

It's sad, I work with kids who are now 17 and they don't give a second thought on 9/11. Many don't. I brought it up at work and no one seemed to care.

I didn't lose anyone but I will never, ever forget that day. I won't forget the images on the tv and sitting up at 3 AM hearing one lone military plane fly in the sky and the nightmares I had just of the images I flooded my eyes with all day...all week...all month. We all did....

4 years. Still chilling. Still sad. Still tragic.