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10 comments:
God bless all our lost loved ones and the heroes that responded to their needs.
Thank you for this post PRU
Thanks back to you.
Our mayor stumbled through, I mean, made a nice speech this evening, I mean this morning, I mean he read a speech this evening, I mean this morning on the steps of city hall. The police and fire department speakers were much better though. The Maine South band played well, even if they weren't dressed for the occasion. The VFW members were very touching. Everyone was very somber remembering the fallen heros of Nine Eleven. Too bad there wasn't a single Park Ridge citizen there to see it. But then, the Mayor would have had to actually have prepared for this event marking one of the most tragic days in our country's history. A little forethought about a press release so people would have know might have been nice. Of course, the press was there, we can look forward to a picture in the Advocate next Thursday....
Boy oh boy do I remember. I was 2 months pregnant with my oldest child. My husband who works in the financial industry here in Chicago and who's firm lost a floor of employees in Tower One called to alert me. I remember sitting in bed stunned talking to him on his cell phone watching The Today Show live when the second plane hit Tower Two. I will never ever forget that day.
Thank you!
It was the worst day ever. I'll never forget either. But a memory I have that I also won't forget is the following days, when the planes weren't flying over us. I'm one of those complainers about O'Hare. I get very irritated by the jet noise. So when all flights were grounded and we had total silence, I remember I could not take even a speck of comfort or satisfaction or anything in the quiet. I remember thinking this is the sickest joke! I complain and I get the quiet I want, and I hate it! I felt so weirdly guilty.
"Before the sun burned bright and rivers flowed, I called you each by name to share my home."
This line from a liturgical song always reminds me of September 11, 2001.
anon 5:04:
Thank you for your post. I was watching some of the replay coverage last night and it brought back some those same helpless fellings. I lived and worked in the city at the time and can remember calling to reach my wife and trying to reach out sitter who was out at the park with my daughter (2 at the time). The park was right across the street from the Hancock and this seemed like a reasonable target.
The other thing I really remember was attending a rally the day after over lunch. There were thousands of people of all different races, genders, income levels and political affiliations. I rember singing the national anthem and god bless america - together as one. It is ironic that sometimes it takes a tragedy of immeasurable proportions to illicit that feeling. It is sad that it is so fleeting.
Sep. 11th really impacted me, but as I watched the news this day, I noticed how the media didn't show the planes hitting the towers or the subsequent horror afterward. Why is the media trying to make us forget. This should be shown in all its evilness to everyone????
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