I remember the day like it was yesterday.
I was working at Nortel in the call centre when it happened.
I remember one of the guys beside me, Jason, told me and I couldn't believe what I was hearing when he told me.
There was about 80 call centre agents and we all ran to the closest conference room where the tvs where and turned on the news; they just hit it about 10min ago.
What I saw and how I felt will hopefully never be repeated.
Oh God, what will be next?? Should we go home??
The feeling is one of hopelessness and deep uncertainty.
The tension was thick and I slump back at my desk.

My wife called, she's coming over from her work; she's scared.
She arrives in the car about 1/2 hr later and we hold each other in the parking lot for seemed like eternity.
I didn't know what to say? What do you say?
I know I'm supposed to give some words of encouragement but I'm lost for words.
I just look at her reassuringly that if this is it, then I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world right at that moment and nothing else matters.

That night when we went home to our apartment in Etobicoke, where we lived on the 25th floor overlooking in the airport direction, the deafening silence of an eerily quiet sky.

May we never have to go through that again and R.I.P. to those that perished.

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It was lunchtime at home and we got a call from my colleague's boyfriend, we put CNN on on the computer in time to watch the second plane hit.

It was tragic, very surreal and, quite honestly, scary to be in England - 'experts' said we were next and they thought it was going to be soon after. It wasn't, the bombs didn't happen for another 2 years, but still.

My parents were away on vacation and one of the guys in their hotel was secret service, he got picked up... My other colleague ended up spending the first 28 hours of his honeymoon on the plane in a Canadian airbase.

I visited Ground Zero 2 summers ago. Haunting.

Frenchie, my thoughts are with you and everyone who lost a loved one on this anniversary.

i was home sick that day and for some reason i woke up early and turned on the tv while my mom was making me breakfast. At about 8:40am all the channels switched to breaking news from NY. 15-20min later another plane hit the tower and hoesntly i was horrified, I didnt know what to think, it looked like an explosion and then they mention how another plane fell on pentagon and the n one more plane somehwere in the field. I thought for a second that its not going to end there and another plane will hit cn tower or someshit.
I was inside WTC in 2000 summer time. My whole family went to NY for a few weeks, our friends took us there to show the city. I dont really rememeber but i think we changed about 3 elevators to get up on the top floor..When i thought about all those people that were inside i remember seeing i was in complete shock, when both towers fell i began to cry, it was unbelievable. So many people there inside and outside the building right in the heart of downtown NY, i knew it was a disaster. To this day i still can't believe that both of those buildings are gone..

I didn't know about this until around 1 in the afternoon when a prof for a Peace and Conflict course I was taking mentioned it.

My first thought was someone is going to get really hurt over this. (Meaning ppl responsible)

As I turn on the radio and reports came out of Kabul of Triple As being fired (anti aircraft weapons), I'm thinking, here we go again.

I didn't think this event would have such profound impact on my life, but it did. The cascade of world events triggered another cascade of events that effected our daily lives... I wonder how long will this go on?

I don't think I can ever forget 9/11 and all those ppl who died. It just makes my blood boil whenever innocents perish for stupidest of reasons.

For the better or the worse, Canada is in this too, along with US. We don't give up finding those responsible for these kinds of atrocities.

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Originally posted by limin_li We need a better president to get the job done and properly.

That's laughable.

9/11 – what it means to me…

Five years ago to this day
Many Heroes unexpectedly parted their ways.
Through the rumble, terror and destruction
Where there were once were twin towers
Now we will forever lay flowers.
We were all witnesses to the terror in the air that day.

This is written in remembrance for all those we lost,
It’s now a place where some still hold their fingers crossed.
Wishing they could have found there loved ones,
Around the world today we will hear the silence of guns.
We shall all hold our head down in peace,
There was stillness in those moments that will last forever.

Today, all day, everyday we will remember the thousands that were lost,
Here, there and over seas still fighting for freedom
Is continuing world peace just some thing just for imagination?
Keep your fingers crossed that the moment isn’t lost.
~ Dallas McCaig

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker Out of respect for those who died - please keep this thread free of partisan political commentary, anti-American sentiment, conspiracy theories, etc.

i'll be shocked if this is adhered too ..

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John Stewart's first broadcast on The Daily Show after 9/11 as he reacts to the tragedy, 5 years ago.

I promise, it's not political, just a talk from the heart from a funny man.
I respect him so much for having the courage to go on air after this.

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The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."

I was just there this weekend. Pic to follow.


edit: Here is a pic I took from the Staten Island Ferry. I took the free ferry ride so I can get a better pic of the Statue of Liberty, and to take a picture if the 'blue ghosts' of the towers, emitted by bright beams of light where they used to stand.

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Last edited by Abercrombie on Sep-11-2006 at 22:10

great pic AJ!

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