Comments on: 9/11: We Remember

By: eulogy samples

eulogy samples — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:26:15 +0000

This incident was something that changed my life forever..

I and my mom had a big fight and I was packing my bags to get out of the house… As I was approaching the door, the news channel started flashing the images and news of the incident and I stood still…

My mom was there too and we both stood in silence and she started crying…

That moment I realized how precious life is and how precious family is….

My prayers are there with all those people who are dearer to god…

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:30:18 +0000

My son was 2 months old at the time, and my husband was, ironically enough, actually working in the Pentagon building (not full time, but that day he was supposed to be there). He was in the car on his way to work, listening to the news (we live in Delaware so it’s a long drive) when he heard about the 1st tower being hit. He immediately called me and I turned on CNN in time to see the second tower hit. I then recall clearly asking him “do you think you should come home? Could something happen in Washington too?” and him reassuring me that no, it would be fine…and then of course we all know what happened next. Needless to say he did not make it to work that day, for which I am extremely grateful–and also grateful he had passed up the job he’d been offered about a year prior which would have had him actually working in the WTC.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:58:40 +0000

I was in work listening to the whole thing unfold around us. I live in NJ and work for a demolition company. We were doing a job across from NY, and our supervisor saw the first plane hit (it flew right over his head). We started getting calls from our workers all in that area, to turn on the news and let them know what is going on. We were on the phone with the supervisor as the second plane hit. It was a very nerve wracking day to say the least. Our boss sent us home early when we started to hear military planes go over the office constantly. My other boss was a first responder to the scene, sad, sad day.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:25:35 +0000

I was home alone in Michigan. My husband was half way across the U.S. in Seattle – he had just taken possession of an airplane and was out there learning how to fly it of all things (which he couldn’t do when the no-fly went out), one of my sisters had just moved to LA and my Mother who went out there with her, was scheduled to fly out of LA at 8am PST that day, our 21 year old cat died the day before and the other sister and I decided to get together and have a funeral. She also had a bachelorette party to attend that evening.

In my family no one was where they normally would have been. We were spread out all over the place. It was very strange and lonely.

I don’t watch TV in the morning because I just get sucked into the couch for the day – so it was unusual that I woke up early and was literally pulled to the TV. I remember sitting in front of the TV thinking “Why am I here?” then all of a sudden the news of the first crash and the vision of the second. It was then that I knew.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:20:21 +0000

I was living in Sweden at the time. My husband was at work and my 2 year old was sleeping. I was watching Oprah. A rolling bar came across the screen in Swedish and I remember being annoyed that something was interrupting my Oprah time. I barely read it. Another roling bar came on and I decided to check out the news. We only had CNN at that time to so I switched channels about 15 minutes before the second plane hit.

I did not take the TV off of CNN for 4 days. My shock and horror was tangible. I was on the phone with my family just to have contact with other Americans. When I finally left the house my daughter and I went to McDonalds and the lady that cleaned the tables came over to tell me how sorry she was for all of America. I just sat in McDonalds and cried.

I would sit and watch my daughter and try and imagine if the two of us had been on one of the planes.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:53:01 +0000

I remember I had woken up my husband before I left to work early that morning to tell him happy 1 month anniversary. I didn’t normally wake him before I left, but that day I wanted to talk to him before I left at 5:45 AM. After I had been at work for a while someone said there was a plane crash, so we all went to the conference room to watch the news and saw the horrible events unfold. I guess it strikes and shocks me that I started that day happy.

By: Shoofly Mama

Shoofly Mama — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:36:22 +0000

I was at our first MOPS meeting of the year. My mom called and gave me the news after the second plane hit, and I had to make the announcement to the ladies at our group. It was so difficult because many of the moms had husbands deployed in submarines and had no idea where they were located. We stopped our meeting and prayed, and basically spent the morning being there for each other because some of the women were unable to get back onto the Naval Weapons Station because they didn’t have their ID because when they left that morning it was an open base and suddenly it was a closed base.

It took us several hours to find my uncle who was supposed to be in a meeting in the towers. His plane from San Francisco the night before had wheel issues and he had been delayed so his meeting had been pushed back until mid-morning.

Another close friend who worked in the towers was running late for work and missed the ferry. He watched from the middle of the river.

However my brother lost a very dear friend who I had only met once. He had worked with him in youth ministry. His name was Todd Beamer.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:30:40 +0000

I remember I had just graduate from high school and would be leaving for college soon. I was at home folding laundry while watching TV and saw the news. I was absolutely in shock. What the people on the planes and in the towers went through… It’s just unimaginable.

I found out later that one of my sister’s classmates lost her dad in the attacks. He was on the plane that hit in Pennsylvania. And I remember seeing news reports that some people in other countries were actually laughing about the attacks. It made me so mad.

I don’t really watch the news much (my husband and I don’t have a TV), but every once in a while I’ll hear someone go on about how we should deal with terrorists peaceably. That we’re wrong to go to war with them. Maybe that’s possible when your enemies are after your land or resources or whatever. But how could you possibly compromise with someone who simply wants you wiped from the face of the earth?

~Kate
Which Proverbs 14:1 Woman?
http://proverbs14-1.blogspot.com

By: Vera

Vera — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:19:01 +0000

I was at work when I first heard about it. Initially, I dismissed it as a joke, but then I heard about the second plane. By then, the news had spread. Then we heard about the Pentagon.

It took a few minutes to realize that my sister works there, and I went cold.

Couldn’t reach her. Called the rest of my siblings. Watched television. Worried.

My sister called later that night. Her cell phone battery was dead, and in all the chaos, she couldn’t call.

She was down the hall from the blast, and if it weren’t for a friend going to the doctor that day, she would have been in the courtyard.

She lost friends and co-workers, and it was difficult to witness some of what she went through without being able to help much.

By: candice

candice — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:37:59 +0000

I was en route making deliveries for work listening to Howard stern. They got the news and turned the tv on…I heard their live reaction to the 2nd plane hitting. I remember Howard saying it was terrorist and that we were being attacked. I drove the whole day listening to the radio and calling back and forth to work and family and crying off and on…