Patriot Day/The 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks

[gorilla_skater]

I find that I think about this a lot. Not just on 9/11.

To commemorate, I did this interesting 3d print showing the Twin Towers configuration next to the new configuration with One World Trade Center.

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[2ndgearhero]

I'll always remember the day; I grew up in NY, about 45 min north of the city limits and was a senior in high school.  Many of my friends had parents who worked in the city; a few with family members who never came back from work.  I remember the mass confusion afterwards, the blood drives, volunteering to go sifting through the rubble, everyone offering anything to help.  I remember a lot of guys joining Fire Departments and branches of the military; a lot of bewilderment, hurt and anger. 

Of that chaos I will always remember 9/11/2002; there was a large vigil on the URI campus where there was a long moment of silence and a spontaneous rendition of 'America the Beautiful' broke out afterward.  The other time that stands out in my mind was going with a buddy (who joined the Army immediately when he graduated, did multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and had a lot of PTSD when he got home) to the memorial and just the look on his face when he saw the names and the fountains:  It looked like it gave him some purpose and just a little closure on what he experienced.

I think that it's very important to keep history alive; the side by side of 'what is' vs 'what was' puts some gravity on the events of that day.

 

[JohnyPro]

I was a junior at Fairfield University, I had the radio as my alarm clock and woke up to news instead of tunes, turned my 13” TV on to see the 2nd plane hit live. Campus was locked down, and while I didn’t personally know anyone who passed in the event, but 12-13 friends lost parents or neighbors. It was a shock to the senses for sure. It’s weird to talk about it as an historical event in 8th grade US History today. Kids have no idea, the 9/11memorial museum did a nice job with 4 stories from different perspectives and voices. I gave a little background to the locations, size of planes, and Al Queda.

 

[YJScrounge]

I flew into Houston the day before. Was on the phone with Rita when the second plane hit. I worked in a building that controlled the refineries, off-shore oil rigs in the Gulf and shipping channels in East Houston. Threw us in a panic. We were in the flight path of Hobby Airport.

George Bush Sr. lived in a condo just down the street from my building. Entire Galleria area went into lockdown. Military aircraft in flight to George W's Crawford Ranch. All we saw for a week was black Suburban's.

Took two-weeks to get home.