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    Condolences to all.

    I remember the day well; I spent a good part of it here on the forums with the rest of the org guys + we were really concerned about a few of the patrons who we new were visiting the NYC area at the time. But everyone was eventually accounted for. I know that solypsist was in brooklyn at the time and he was front row center. It was quite a harrowing day for everyone.
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    The wife and I were in NYC that day, so it was all very up-close and personal. If I concentrate I can still conjure the smell of all that burning building material, paper, plastic and flesh. I've never smelled anything like it before or since.

    Two years later, to the day, our son was born. I prefer to think of 9/11 as primarily my son's birthday, but that's just me.

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    It was interesting today. I was talking with a friend of mine who is a local firefighter. He mentioned that it feels like yesterday that they towers were attacked. It has been 7 years and yet I can remember EXACTLY what I was doing, saying, thinking, watching, and feeling. Clear as day. I would always wonder what that was like when my parents would speak of the day J.F.K was shot. Now I know that feeling. And to be honest, it's a little disturbing knowing, now, that I watched one of the greatest... and most horrifying attacks on our country. Something that I never thought would happen on that scale to our country and yet it did. And now seven years later, and looking back on it all, including watching all of those documentaries, good and bad about the attacks, the heroism and sacrifice of the men and women, cops, fdny, or non on that day, my memory of that day and probably those of others, is one of the best ways in which to commemorate what happened on September 11th, 2001.
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    And just in case anyone is interested. On the History Channel pacific time. A documentary that just uses video recording from the people that were there is on at 9 pm. It's called, 102 Minutes That Changed The World
    "No one said it was gonna be easy! If it was, everyone would do it..that's who you know who really wants it."

    All us men suffer in equal parts, it's our lot in life, and no man goes without a broken heart or a lost love. Like holding your dog as he takes his last breath and dies in your arms, it's a rite of passage. Unavoidable. And honestly, I can't imagine life without that depth of feeling.-Bierut

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    I was teaching an org comm class to my comm majors when the Pentagon attack occurred, just after the towers were hit. Ironically enough we were doing a group exercise in conflict management. I felt very small -- very insignificant.

    After seven years I still get angry and choked up when I think about it for any length of time.


    I think I shall say another ave or two for those lost and their families.
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    I was stationed at Kunsan Air Base South Korea when the planes hit. It was at night, I was at night chow going into my mid shift. We went to threatcom Delta (which I had never seen before, having been in for 6 years at the time). They scrambled several 16's just incase North Korea decided to get cute. It was a time of complete helplessness and not knowing what was going to happen next. As Seamus sayd, I still get choked up and angry on this day still after 7 years. I absolutely feel terrible for all those souls lost that day and how everything changed that day. Who knew....
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    My condolences

    And happy birthday to your son Lemur
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