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We never forget those who perished on 9/11
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SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001
"None of us will ever forget this day, yet we order to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. 'Even though I walk through the valley of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me.' God Bless America. "
It was like any other beautiful September day for many of us. Many were on their daily morning commute to our offices, others were on their way or already in school, and some were simply enjoying the day at home. In New York, people were making their way to their destinations around the hustle and bustle of traffic and noise, just like any other typical Tuesday morning in the Big Apple. Little did they know that the next half-hour, their beloved city would be rocked by one of the biggest terrorist attacks in history.
At 8:46 a.m. EST, American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire. The plane strikes the 93rd through 98th floors in the 110-story building. No one above the crash line survives; approximately 1,360 people die. Below the crash line, approximately 72 die and more than 4,000 survive. Both towers are slightly less than half full at the time of the attack, with between 5,000 to 7,000 people in each tower.New Yorkers came pouring out of the surrounding buildings, catching their first glimpse of the beginning of what would go down as a tragic day in American history. Images and videos of the building were shown on the worldwide news networks, and millions across the world were hoping this was just an awful accident. But the worst was yet to come.
At 9:03 a.m. (EST), Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center (Tower Two). Millions watch the crash live on television. The plane strikes the 78th through 84th floors in the 110-story building. Approximately 100 people are killed or injured in the initial impact; 600 people in the tower eventually die. All but four of those killed work above the crash point. The death toll is far lower than in the North Tower because about two-thirds of the South Tower's occupants have evacuated the building in the 17 minutes since the first tower was struck.
At 9:37 a.m. (EST), Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. Approximately 125 people on the ground are later determined killed or missing. “It was the only area of the Pentagon with a sprinkler system, and it had been reconstructed with a web of steel columns and bars to withstand bomb blasts. The area struck by the plane also had blast-resistant windows—two inches thick and 2,500 pounds each—that stayed intact during the crash and fire. While perhaps, 4,500 people normally would have been working in the hardest-hit areas, because of the renovation work only about 800 were there...” More than 25,000 people work at the Pentagon.
United Airlines flight 93 was a Boeing 757 on a morning Newark-to-San Francisco route. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the plane was hijacked by a four man hijacking team. Evidence suggests that the hijacking was apparently thwarted by the efforts of the plane's passengers and flight attendants. The plane crashed southeast of Pittsburgh in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The plan was carrying 37 passengers and 7 crew members. There were no survivors. Todd Beamer, a passenger, tried to place a credit card call but was routed to a customer service representative instead, who passed him on to supervisor Lisa Jefferson. She called the FBI. Beamer reported that one passenger was dead. He asked if together they could pray the Lord's prayer, which they did. Later, he told the operator that some of the plane's passengers were planning "to jump" the hijackers. The last words Ms. Jefferson heard from the plane were "Are you ready guys? Let's roll." The plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03 AM, killing all aboard. Its is now believed that this hijacked plane was intended to be crashed into the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
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(NOTE from the owner): If you saw me add you out of the blue, don't worry, I'm just trying to get this page on many friends lists as I can. I'm trying to spread this page around so people will never forget about this day. I want to make this page as best as I can, and I am going to work on it as hard as I can. Please tell all your friends to add this memorial page to their friends list, in remembrance of that tragic day and all those who died. Feel free to submit any stories or pictures you might have. Always leave comments if you're ever on this page, and remember, never forget that tragic day!
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| IN LOVING MEMORY, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU | This is the main section, the main part of this memorial page: Dedications and paragraphs about those who lost their lives on September 11th. If you knew of anyone who lost their life on that day, please, please submit something to me so I can put it here.
"My aunts name is Lisa, she was my closest friend, and she died in 911 she kalled me from her cell phone and told me that she loved me and that everything was dark and she couldnt breathe, i didnt kno what happened until one of my teachers came into my study hall saying the twin towers where hit. That was the awefull feeling in my intire life, i kouldnt think, my throat clogge up and i kouldnt say anything, so many things were racing through my head, that i didnt kno what to think, i started krying, some how i relized what happened with out hearing the whole story, i kouldnt move, i sat there stareing at the floor of my school crying, i my older sister picked me up an hour later and you kould tell she relized what happened because your eyes look like mine, when i got home we sat on the couch and we just kryed, she was like my mom, she taught me everything i kno, she watched out for me she beat the sh*t out of my first boyfriend and now shes gone, i pray for her everyday and i still hear her voice on the phone telling me that she loved me saying "i love you, everything is going to be alright, i need help, i kant breathe, its dark, i-" and the phone klicked out, i kan see her face as i think of her saying it, please whatever you do, dont forget 911..." (Anonymous)
My name is Andy...i live all the way out here in California...and many people think that the west coast is effected by 9/11..many kids here dont fully understand either...they think that 9/11 was a tragic day, but for them it didnt effected them personally, me on the other hand...it hurt me deep...i was the neighbor and friend of the Beamer family for years, before the moved out east...i have so many memories with them, from playing with their dog to helping bury their dog...and now i have this tragic memory...i can still remember my mom calling me while i was in school to tell me something was wrong, telling me that Peggy had called and said they thought Todd was on flight 93...i didnt think anyone i had known would have been hurt in the attack, but I was horribly wrong...i thought i was safe out here, but i wasnt...i was one of the only kids in school crying...it was the most awful feeling ever...knowing that your old neighbor was missing and then hours later finding out that he was on flight 93 and that he was dead...i was soo grief stricken i almost didnt go to school for weeks, but my mom forced me to go....i was extrememly sad that i had lost a friend in the attack but at the same time i am extremely proud of him...he showed the world what he has shown me all these years, his courage and selflessness, his sacrifice on flight 93 saved hundreds of lifes and for that he is my hero....and he will always be my hero...everyone...never forget 9/11, so many good people lost their lives and we need to honor them for eternity. Todd everyone here in Los Gatos loves and misses you...we will remember you forever. - Andy
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"I am always amazed at how these men walk into fires, when the rest of us run from them" - Rudolph Giuliani
"All of a sudden there were people screaming. I saw people jumping out of the building. Their arms were flailing. I stopped taking pictures and started crying." - Michael Walters (free-lance photo journalist)
"The city is going to survive, we are going to get through it, It's going to be very, very difficult time. I don't think we yet know the pain that we're going to feel when we find out who we lost, but the thing we have to focus on now is getting this city through this, and surviving and being stronger for it." - Rudolph Giuliani
"In time, perhaps, we will mark the memory of September 11 in stone and metal, something we can show children as yet unborn to help them understand what happened on this minute and on this day. But for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we’ll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the eighth hour of the 11th day." - George W. Bush
"In the moments after the collapse of the Twin Towers I was overcome by a deep impulse to help, to save, to soothe, but, being far away, there was nothing I could do. When I made my way home to New York several days later the first thing I did was go downtown. Standing in the crowds at the perimeter five blocks north of the zone, I raised my camera simply to see what could be seen and was reminded by a police officer that I was standing in a crime scene and no photographs were allowed, so I left. Yet, within a few blocks the echo of that reminder turned into consciousness and I saw what I had to do. To me, no photographs meant no history. I decided at that moment that I would find my way in and make an archive for the City of New York.
It is a privilege to work at "Ground Zero." Everyone who works there has been transformed by the spirituality of the place. The camaraderie among the workers in the zone reminds me of the stories we've heard about the World Wars, where men and women are thrown together by a common cause, share tragedies and victories, and are forever bound to one another by their effort. My task is to make a photographic record of the aftermath: the awesome spectacle of destruction; the reverence for the dead; the steadfast, painstaking effort of recovery; the life of those whose act of salvation has embedded itself deeply into the consciousness of all of us in America and around the world." - Joel Meyerowitz
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