September 11th, 2001--Memorial Thread

[Nerys Ghemor]

This is NOT for politics. This is NOT for any other debate, or any other cause--if you want to do that, take it to your own thread or to TNZ.

This is for one thing ONLY: remembering those who were impacted by those attacks.

We must never forget to honor the memory of those who suffered in the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001. I would like to offer my prayers on the behalf of the family and friends of all who died or were injured on that day, and I invite you to join me in prayer and remembrance.

 

[BrotherBenny]

To the loved ones and families of those who lost someone in the darkest day of human history, we remember and we shall not forget.

 

[Amaris]

In Memoriam to all who have died.
In Memoriam of all who have lost their liberties.
In Memoriam to those who were beaten down, oppressed, shunned.
In Memoriam to the poor and downtrodden.
In Memoriam to the meek and the silent.
In Memoriam to the nameless and named.
In Memoriam the young and old.
In Memoriam to the innocence lost.

We shall always remember that life is precious, that hatred and bigotry must end, and that we are all one; we are all human beings.

We shall remember all that has been, as we hope for a brighter tomorrow.
In that moment, this shall stay in our memory, even as new paths are forged ahead.

We shall never forget.

 

[Kira's Mom]

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[Rii]

the darkest day of human history

lol

 

[Finn]

^Not Cool

 

[pigletsgiblets]

I still cry when I think of this day.

RIP to all the ones who died that day.

 

[Data Holmes]

RIP to the lost hero's of that day.

 

[BolianAuthor]

This is NOT for politics. This is NOT for any other debate, or any other cause--if you want to do that, take it to your own thread or to TNZ.

This is for one thing ONLY: remembering those who were impacted by those attacks.

We must never forget to honor the memory of those who suffered in the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001. I would like to offer my prayers on the behalf of the family and friends of all who died or were injured on that day, and I invite you to join me in prayer and remembrance.

Well put, my friend, and I join you in the sentiments expressed above.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

After all this pain and suffering, I'm glad that construction at the former Ground Zero site is now proceeding apace. They plan to have the permanent memorial done by this time next year. And the Freedom Tower is, AFAIK, going up at the rate of one story per week (!).

Plus they've finally got rid of most of the old Deutsche Bank building (most of it was gone when I was there last). I don't know what they're going to put in its place.

 

[Jetfire]

^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center

 

[sidious618]

After all this pain and suffering, I'm glad that construction at the former Ground Zero site is now proceeding apace. They plan to have the permanent memorial done by this time next year. And the Freedom Tower is, AFAIK, going up at the rate of one story per week (!).

Plus they've finally got rid of most of the old Deutsche Bank building (most of it was gone when I was there last). I don't know what they're going to put in its place.

It's not being called Freedom Tower anymore. Which is good because it was a ridiculous name.

 

[gturner]

My brother used to work in the World Trade Center a few floors up from where one of the planes hit. I remember the tour he gave me and how pretty the buildings were.

On 9/11, one of my closest friends was in a country she still can't mention for security reasons (somewhere near Bosnia). Her team had to destroy their hard drives and computers and spend a week with no comms or food. On the morning of the attack her husband was supposed to take his parents to the part of the Pentagon where the plane hit (the anti-terrorist wing where she worked). There was no way to get a mesage to anyone, and her whole unit was beyond their limits. For the first time in her life she contemplated suicide, but thankfully didn't. The unit finally got back to civilization and her husband and his parents were alive because of a traffic snarl, but she lost many coworkers that day, and some of the survivors she worked with afterward, who'd been pulling people out of the fire, had massive skin grafts and looked like aliens.

She'd already lost some of her close friends to Al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia (the barracks bombing) and one or two elsewhere (even before 9/11 she'd lost eleven coworkers to them), so after 9/11 she was really, really upset, inhabiting certain Muslim jihadist message boards in her off-duty time, which ended up with her receiving constant death threats but producing valuable information. She was pretty paranoid after that.

 

[Data Holmes]

It may seem odd, but the actual attack never really got to me emotionally. While it was a tragic event, I was still able to process it.

What got to me, and still does to this very day, was seeing the global response to the events.

 

[Rii]

It's not being called Freedom Tower anymore. Which is good because it was a ridiculous name.

Hmm. The more I think about it the less I like it - at the very least, 'Liberty' has more dignity and gravitas - but I can't say it ever struck me as ridiculous. Certainly I would've expected a symbolic name of some kind. Oh well; good to hear that it's getting there at least.

 

[sidious618]

I wated them to rebuild the world trade center and call it just that which is what they're doing now it appears.

 

[Rii]

That works too. A symbolic statement in itself I guess.

 

[JonathonWally]

I wated them to rebuild the world trade center and call it just that which is what they're doing now it appears.

I was just hoping for prettier buildings than the old gray blocks, which we're getting, so I'm happy.

 

[sidious618]

I wated them to rebuild the world trade center and call it just that which is what they're doing now it appears.

I was just hoping for prettier buildings than the old gray blocks, which we're getting, so I'm happy.

Yes, what they want to build looks very nice. We shall proudly tour it together when it's built.

 

[Data Holmes]

I wated them to rebuild the world trade center and call it just that which is what they're doing now it appears.

I was just hoping for prettier buildings than the old gray blocks, which we're getting, so I'm happy.

They may have been gray blocks, but the skyline just doesn't look right without them...