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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: DDGator on September 11, 2010, 10:40:32 AM
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Spending a good part of today watching the 9/11 programming on History Channel.
This day still turns my stomach, and I am sure it always will. We must never forget what this nation endured on 9/11/01 -- and how it changed our world forever.
God Bless America.
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Thanks, Duane; I had just walked in from putting out my flag when I read your post.
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I saw this several months ago and just received it again from one of our new members (John) OhioR9ConcealCarry
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/ATT00007.jpg)
Have you heard about the trucker who has painted his cab and trailer with the names of all those who lost their lives on 9/11?
(http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/ATT00003.jpg) (http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp216/yankee2500/ATT00002.jpg)
The trucker's name is John Holmgren from Shafer , Minn. He has been 'pulled over' numerous times just so the troopers can get their picture taken with the truck.
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John
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I have also been watching the shows(been on/off most of week!!
I think they should be required watching for all!!
I planned on putting up my "usual" have you forgotten thread,but will link to here..
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I've been working in the garden trying to forget. It's not working.
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Here is the thread with a couple of sites that are a must visit!!
Have You Forgotten? (http://www.rohrbaughforum.com/YaBB.cgi?board=Water;action=display;num=1189569461;start=0#0)
Too many have forgotten..
http://www.sparkpage.com
http://www.september11news.com
http://camazotz.com/wtc
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Duane, John and Brenden. Thanks!
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Just came home from working in the city since 6am. Sad somber day here in New York as well as around the country. God bless my 23 NYPD fallen, and god bless all the victims and families on this sad day in history.
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Thank you, Bobby; please know that we all share your pain but the depth of anguish and intensity that you and the victims' relatives, co-workers, and friends feel on a daily basis is beyond the emotional reach of most humans. That is why we will never forget.
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Bobby. What tracker said. Couldn't have said it any better. Continue to stay safe!
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Every September 11 my memory is jogged by something that happened to me at Detroit Metro Airport on 09Sep01. Even though 9/11 is six weeks past, I need to get this off my chest. I’ve never seen anything written about an experience like mine.
When I think of all the news coverage after 9-11 about how dots weren’t connected, I say, “Bull!”
Some people in government knew something was going on and there were extraordinary measures in place to stop it.
On Sunday evening, 09Sep01,I was at the International terminal waiting to board for my flight to Gatwick Airport near London, England. I had taken that same flight 15 or 20 times in the previous 5 years, so it was pretty routine for me…. Until I started down the mobile walkway into the aircraft. There were security men posted at 10 or 15-foot intervals along both walls of the walkway. They were all big guys, wearing blue windbreakers with lettering on their backs. They all had guns on their hips. They were stopping the boarding passengers at random, looking at passports, boarding passes, and asking questions. They stopped me. I was in my late 50’s, blond hair, 5’ 8” and overweight. They asked me where I was born. Try saying “Philadelphia” when you’re scared. I was allowed to board, and didn’t see anybody turned away or taken into custody.
Then 9-11 happened. The extra security began to make sense:
Intercontinental flight – direct from Detroit, MI to London, England.
Full load of fuel (and passengers). About an hour’s flying time to NYC.
We could have one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center towers. Or the Pentagon. Or the Capitol. Someone in our government had connected the dots. They just picked the wrong departure point for surveillance. As Tom Ridge used to say, “We (U.S. security people) have to be right 100 percent of the time. The terrorists have to be lucky only once.”
Steve S.
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Steve,
That experience and poignant memory will stay with you forever. El Al has been performing passenger scrutiny similar to that for a long time and it isn't likely that all of those who boarded our flights could have passed their screening program.