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09-11-2009, 03:04 PM | #1 |
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I'm surprised..
Nobody mentioned what happened 8 years ago today.
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09-11-2009, 03:14 PM | #2 |
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I was goin gto post something about it, its def a different vibe here being the worst of it occured here. They had a memorial today on the jobsite which was prety cool. Still remembe rmost of the details of my day like it was yesterday. Fortunatley no one I knew died that day but my sister was working in the trade center and got out well before the collapse.
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09-11-2009, 03:18 PM | #3 |
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I visited ground zero in 05. We were allowed access to the section where family and service members would leave small memorials. My buddy Steve left a dress hat. While we were near there, I saw a poem written on a wall of a nearby building. It choked me up pretty hard. I took a picture of it. Unfortunately it's on a broken laptop of mine.
I wish I could post it. As tough as I try to be, just remembering it right now has my eyes welling up. It was from a policeman or fireman to his fallen friends.. |
09-11-2009, 03:19 PM | #4 |
Guinness Bitches...
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I'll never forget.
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09-11-2009, 03:20 PM | #5 |
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Fark archived the thread that started when it happened..
It's kind of creepy reliving it.. http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=45086 |
09-11-2009, 03:34 PM | #6 |
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The daily news had a pic of a tattered flag that some fireman hung on some rigging that day. I think that was the most moving pic I had seen. Showed those fuckers that you could take your shots at us but were not going anywhere. I will see if I can find it.
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09-11-2009, 04:07 PM | #7 | |
Hold mah beer!
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the cleanup, heroes, memorial pics just desenitized the day for me. This is 9/11 to me with all the emotion of the day. All the anger and confusion for those that are now gone.
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09-11-2009, 04:15 PM | #8 |
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8 years ago today was my 9th wedding anniversary... Some anniversary date now... I don't feel right celebrating today anymore.
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09-11-2009, 04:14 PM | #9 |
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my day began in anger. They finally left enough of the free newspaper at the train station this morning and it didnt say a damn thing about what day it was on the cover. Two pages in they had a full page special about how badly weve treated muslims since. Fuck the metro
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09-11-2009, 04:32 PM | #10 |
What?
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I purchased a 2000 Ninja EX500 8 years ago today. My first bike titled in my name.
I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when I heard what was happening. All the media websites were overloaded so I ended up catching most of it from Howard Stern on the radio and Cycleforums.
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