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Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:15 pm to attez123
Was on top of the WTC 2 weeks before 9/11... school started later that year and we had done all the touristy stuff ( Empire State/statue of liberty ) in years past but I’m glad we did WTC
I post it every year it seems.. but man...
Went back in 2003 with my parents and saw The excavation and dig site and didn’t get back until
2016... as the museum/memorial was open and I lasted about an hour in the museum , I had to get the frick out of there .
It’s absolutely one of those days where you remember everything about it, that day in 7th grade, the assemblies , the prayer for the country... 19 years ago... Jesus .
I post it every year it seems.. but man...
Went back in 2003 with my parents and saw The excavation and dig site and didn’t get back until
2016... as the museum/memorial was open and I lasted about an hour in the museum , I had to get the frick out of there .
It’s absolutely one of those days where you remember everything about it, that day in 7th grade, the assemblies , the prayer for the country... 19 years ago... Jesus .
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:21 pm to attez123
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attez123
#LetsRoll
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:30 pm to Lawyered
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It’s absolutely one of those days where you remember everything about it, that day in 7th grade, the assemblies , the prayer for the country... 19 years ago... Jesus .
I lived in NYC in 2000-2001 and decided that I wanted to go back to LSU and get a different degree. It helped that me and my girlfriend broke up so I moved back home in July of 2001.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it on the news.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:32 pm to Oswald
I was a trader at the time and the evening before I was talking with the guy that covered me for hedging with treasuries for a while. He worked at Cantor.
Another trader on my floor was on the phone with a very good friend of his when the plane hit. The line went dead and he couldn’t figure out why until it hit the news feed a little bit later.
Another trader on my floor was on the phone with a very good friend of his when the plane hit. The line went dead and he couldn’t figure out why until it hit the news feed a little bit later.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:33 pm to tiger91
I was dating a girl at the time who knew a couple of people on one of the planes. Her parents lived in DC, her dad saw the smoke from the Pentagon on the way into work, turned around and went home. They were pretty well connected so I heard a few rumors in the aftermath. One thing everybody was terrified of were the rumored Russian suitcase nukes that AQ had supposedly gotten hold of. They were at a fund raiser one night with a bunch of heavy hitters. Guys in suits came in and hustled GWB and Colin Powell out without any explanation, which sent the room into a panic. Strange times.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:33 pm to fallguy_1978
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couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it on the news.
In a New York minute..
Everything can change ...
Watching the news broadcasts.. the first plane hit.. and they pan to the towers and there’s a lot of speculation and guessing and then You see that second one coming in and exploding and you KNOW at that point what’s going on
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:35 pm to tiger91
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I remember it like it was yesterday.
I do too.
I remember getting ready for work, seeing what was thought to be a small plane crash, go back to the bathroom to shave or whatnot....come back out and see the 2nd one, when we realized it wasn’t an accident. Can’t explain the feeling..
I was working in the OR that day, and by the time the surgeon was doing the case(surgery), we all realized what was going on...strangest day of work I ever had. The weeks(if not few months) after that were surreal. As person in sales, it was hard to try and give a sales pitch..no one was in the mood to do it..no one was in the mood to hear it.
My dad was in Seattle getting cancer treatment that week, and couldn’t fly home..etc..
I swore to myself i would never forget that day, and I never have.
I’m sure so many here are to young to really remember, and that’s understandable. That one day...changed our lives so much.
I visited the site a few years after when they were still digging it up...just a huge pit. Got to go to the museum/Memorial a few years ago..incredible amount of documentation which I didn’t take in most of, and didn’t want to, but it’s great they’ve done it. Very heavy scene which it should be..
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 9/10/20 at 9:58 pm to Lawyered
Some pictures I snapped when visiting the 9/11 museum. Incredible place, wish it never existed, but incredible tribute and stories.
This post was edited on 9/10/20 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 9/10/20 at 10:08 pm to Will Cover
The ability to write a message was very cool, for lack of a better term.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 10:50 pm to OMLandshark
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Had a dad in Amsterdam that got in a brawl with some Arab in a bar. Is that close enough?
How many dads do you have?
Posted on 9/11/20 at 12:01 am to Havoc
Posted on 9/11/20 at 12:06 am to tiger91
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I remember it like it was yesterday
I’ll never forget a news correspondent reporting on fox outside the pentagon stating the air smelled of “cordite” with a backdrop of a building with a circular hole in it.
The adjacent lawn appeared to be a putters green.
Some people did some things.
Posted on 9/11/20 at 12:11 am to attez123
I would guess many people who post here lost loved ones l. Folks who worked with Cantor Fitzgerald had a substantial mortality rate. Many Vanderbilt graduates worked at CF
Posted on 9/11/20 at 12:21 am to Lowndes45
If you’re interested in forensic pathology pick up the book Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner. This doctor did her fellowship training as a forensic pathologist when 9/11 happened. She talks about refrigerator trucks full of bodies, how frequently there were no recognizable bodies from the wreckage, just parts. A hand here. A partial skull or jaw bone there. A rib cage. Apparently months later a pelvis was found on top of a building hundreds of feet away that they think belonged to someone in one of the planes. I am in the medical field and have a hard time wrapping my head around seeing this stuff.
Posted on 9/11/20 at 12:49 am to tiger91
Hadn't posted here in years, or on TD much anymore but felt compelled to throw a message here.
I worked with the NYT in the days after 9/11; our company built the backend technology that would serve as the profile pages for every person's profile. We worked days on end building it and collecting photos, etc.
For one of the anniversaries I had the opportunity/privilege to speak with 20+ families who had lost someone as part of the profile project. I remember one conversation in particular (and unfortunately can't remember the name) - it was with a dad whose son was a line cook in one of the restaurants. The conversation went on for 2 hours, and I just let him talk. He was broken. What struck me was not how sweetly he talked about his son, but how at one point he was filled with not anger but rage - palpable, unbridled, and primal.
He was adamant it wasn't a tragedy. It was a butchering. It made me rethink how we talked about it, and acknowledge the lesson we forgot from that day and always seem to forget is the notion of "enemy."
I worked with the NYT in the days after 9/11; our company built the backend technology that would serve as the profile pages for every person's profile. We worked days on end building it and collecting photos, etc.
For one of the anniversaries I had the opportunity/privilege to speak with 20+ families who had lost someone as part of the profile project. I remember one conversation in particular (and unfortunately can't remember the name) - it was with a dad whose son was a line cook in one of the restaurants. The conversation went on for 2 hours, and I just let him talk. He was broken. What struck me was not how sweetly he talked about his son, but how at one point he was filled with not anger but rage - palpable, unbridled, and primal.
He was adamant it wasn't a tragedy. It was a butchering. It made me rethink how we talked about it, and acknowledge the lesson we forgot from that day and always seem to forget is the notion of "enemy."
Posted on 9/11/20 at 1:07 am to LSUChicageaux
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Hadn't posted here in years
You sure?
Posted on 9/11/20 at 1:12 am to The Boat
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Hadn't posted here in years
Ok. 3 posts on OT in about a year and none in 2018 or 2017 and looks like maybe 1 in 2016. Sorry?
This post was edited on 9/11/20 at 1:14 am
Posted on 9/11/20 at 1:17 am to LSUChicageaux
Used to love the trough
Posted on 9/11/20 at 1:25 am to LSUChicageaux
The Legend! I too loved The Trough. Bring it back!
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