Time sure has flown fast since the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon. RIP to those that died on 9/11. -Pat

Yeah, I know -- three years already, huh?

I just glanced at the clock and realized that it was 9/11, hung my head and said a prayer.

God bless the souls of those who died, and many wishes of luck to the families of those who have lost someone.

May God be with all those famlies who lost love ones in NYC,PA,DC on that horrific day 3 years ago. God willing this will NEVER happen again anywhere in this world.

Couldn't say this better myself Mignon.

It has indeed been 3 years since that horrible, horrible day. Like myself, I'm sure most of you people here remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when tragedy struck; it's just one of those things that always stays crystal clear in your mind through the test of time.

There will be large ceremonies held in New York, DC, and Pennsylvania tomorrow morning. Although I do not live anywhere near these cities, I, like many others, will participate with my community to honor those who lost their lives. Once again, I am playing lead trumpet with a community band in my town's annual memorial of the event. And like last year, I will probably not be able to hold back the tears when reciting "God Bless America".

Let us all have a moment of silence for the victims of 9-11. May God be with us and those who were affected.

Rest in peace to all those who died on, or as a result of September 11, 2001. With the exception of the 19 terrorists who took our planes and to all those who helped them - may you all rot in hell. If there is anything worse than that, may that also happen.

I saw this on CNN's website - it's about time.
WTC to sue Saudi Arabia over 9/11

As I write this, 3 years ago I was entering my building at 75 Broad St, downtown Manhattan. A few hours later the lives of thousand of people were snuffed out. The memory of that day is never far from my conscience. I spent that day, first running from the cloud and then trying to get home. The following days were spent in a mind-numbing haze. The horrific acts of demonic people changed the world. I pray some good will come of it.

At 9am this morning my wife and I will attend Mass. My prayers and thoughts are for the families who lost loved ones. Our parish lost three fathers. I pray that war and conflict become something that is only found in history books and not on newspaper headlines.

Its really hard to believe that three years have already passed.

Its still just as hard to believe that this shit ever happened.

What is there to say that hasn't already been said?

I... I will never forget what happened on an early Tuesay Morning of Spetember 11th, 2001.

It is and always will be a sad day, but it's a true testimony to the spirit of the "free world" that we have fought back against these tyrants.

May they all rot in hell.

May all the victims of 9/11 REST IN PEACE

It was a horrid day. God bless them all.

My heart goes out to everyone who has suffered from the attacks.

I can't believe its been three years already.

God bless all those people, their family, friends, and anyone else who was affected by it. RIP.

I didn't watch hardly any TV today. Did they do anything from New York today? Any anniversary stuff like they have the past 2 years? God Bless the families who have lost someone!

wasn't it a thursday? or a wednesday?

First, it doesn't really matter. That wasn't the point of the post.

And second, no. It was Tuesday.

i remember three years ago my friends and i are playing billiards with a few rounds of beer when it happened. we were watching it live at CNN and we stopped the game to watch. . .

GoodFella

I never said that was the point of the post, but anyway i still can't believe that really happened, it was shocking.

I was at my grandma's house just after college and i turned on the T.v. and it was saying that the 1 of the towers had been hit by a plane i carried on watching and seen the other tower get hit, i still have the newspapers from the next day.

Whatever. I'm not going to start a fight in the 9/11 thread.

I remember I was in my 2nd block class my freshman year. It happened in 1st block, but we never have the TVs on so no one knew.. but when someone found out.. everyone found out. It was crazy.. people were running around, crying everywhere. Eventually the principals made the teachers turn all the TVs off because people were hyperventilating and stuff.

I don't really think he was starting a fight -- he didn't sound hostile. I think he was just asking a question.

see anthony got it right.

Anthony is always right.

I'm sorry, I apologize, I've been on edge for the past few days. Please forgive me.

Christ, 3 years already. I remember my dad telling us that a plane flew into a skyscraper,and I thought "Who the hell flys into a building? Theyre not that hard to see"
RIP to all who lost thier lives that day.

I was back in high school, talking to my academic advisor...when one of the janitors walks up and says, "Tony (my advisors name), a plane just flew into the World Trade Center in NYC!"

I know we talked briefly about it, and thought it was some horrible accident...the pilot lost control, maybe it was a small passenger plane, at the time, we didn't know anything.

Well, after my appointment, I went up to my favorite history teachers room, he taught my US history classes and my International Relations class. His room was the only room that had cable on the TV.

I was shocked when I watched the footage of the next plane hitting and what was happening, a chill just went down my spine. I think we were all frozen in time at that exact point.

I remember going to lunch, I was in broadcast club, but nobody played music that day. I was discussing with one of my Int'l Relations classmates who we thought was behind it. By now, I think everybody knew there had been a terrorist attack on NYC, but didn't know how bad it was. I figured that it had to be Quadhafi from Libya or maybe Saddam, but I think the general conclusion that whoever had done these attacks had just fucked up real bad.

Later that day, most of the teachers kept teaching - some were in disbelief and didn't acknowledge anything was wrong (my calc teacher)...she just kept teaching and didn't turn on the TV. My AP Bio teacher however (my last class of the day) turned on the TV for the entire class, and we watched as we learned another plane went down in Pennsylvania, and another hit the Pentagon.

When I finally got home that day, I called my Dad at work and made sure my family was all in check. Who knew what was going to happen next? I remember I sat down, glued to the TV between CNN and FoxNews and any other station giving coverage and trying to just comprehend what happened.

My Dad came home, I remember thinking about other things - my grandparents who were in WWII, and my Dad's generation that went through Vietnam...I couldn't sign up I was only 15/16 at the time, but I sincerely thought that there would be a draft coming, very, very soon.

The next day was quite similar...the news stations covered the skyline of NYC, still in a haze of blood and dust from the now fallen towers. Later that afternoon is when I think the news media finally started reporting how Osama Bin Laden and this band of thugs called "Al Queda," who we breifly covered in Int'l Relations with regards to terrorist associations, was behind the atrocity.

The next days kind of were a blur - I remember President Bush standing with the responders at the WTC, giving that speech with his loudspeaker, saying how we were coming for them. I remember...must have been a bit later, the first attacks on Afghanistan and seeing the "shock and awe" on FoxNews.

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As far as remeberance, I try to make it a tradition to watch the 9/11 documentary by the two French directors which I taped off the TV every year around this time. I watch it alone, because it brings me to tears, and I don't like to talk during it (similar to when I watched The Passion of the Christ). As of now, I haven't watched it, I'll probably wait until nobody is home, I'll turn it on and watch it...and never forget.

My heart is still broken! My prayers continue to go out to the families!


Don Cardi

i remember i was at school after lunch which was at about 11:30 i had social studies and during that class people were getting dismissed left and right and no one knew what had happend or anything and the teacher jokingly said what are we getting attacked..i remember leavin listenin to my cd player listenin to the radio and hearin about it then seein it on tv thinkin it hadnt really happened..the boston herald had come out with a special report newspaper at noon that day because it had happened i still have all the newspapers from that day

I remember that day well. Tuesday, September 11th, 2001.

This attack occured during the latter part of 2001-- the best time I've ever experienced personally, and draped a shroud of confusion upon that time. I was glad on October 7, 2001, when I saw on Fox News that we had attacked Afghanistan. I remember in history class that year discussing finding bin Laden. The bastard still hasn't been caught. By 9-11-05, I bet he will be, though. It is interesting that in a time, 2001-2004, nothing has really changed physically, technologically, even entertainment-ly, but the political landscape of the world has been changed so much.

I remember I work up and was just about to sit down and eat my breakfast (cereal). I wanted to watch some of McGyver on WGN Chicago before I went to class but when I went to the station the news was on. So I flipped through the other stations (only had about 8-10) and they all had on the same thing. So finally I stopped to see what was going on and I heard a plane flew into the World Trade Center. At first I thought that some idiot didn't know how to fly & didn't think anymore about it. I had history class that morning & when I got to class they had the news on the overhead projector and the 2nd plane had hit. We spent History & Political Science class watching the Towers crumble. Only later that day did it all become clear what had happened.

We were living in Newport News,VA at the time. I had just started a new job with my neighbors business I was riding with her and her husband called her on her cell phone and told her what happened. I thought Oh God so we turned on her car radio and was listening to what was going on. I could not believe this was really happening. I got a call from my husband who had just got home from work telling me he had to go back to the navy base he was a security guard. They had to protect the base. This base was where they kept the weapons,torpedo's etc. He didn't get to come home for 3 days. I'll never forget it at the main base in Norfolk all the ships and subs had to go out to sea for a few days.