Remembering 9-11

[Canuck]

Just watching the memorial coverage on ABC this morning has made me quite sad. All of the children...it just breaks my heart.

Below is a link to a letter my favorite musician, John Mayer, wrote to his fans shortly after September 11th, 2001. I have always thought it something that many, many more than just his fans could appreciate:

mywebpages.comcast.net/slurpee/911.html

Have a good day everyone.

[kathy kathy]

That's awesome, Canuck. Thanks

[lazy scarreddaisy]

i spent most of day crying... its weird.. no one seemed to care around here but i did.. i wore a yellow ribbon to all my classes and my new york 212 shirt... i will never forget..

[Stef (Incubabe)]

We watched some live coverage in Chemistry today. Then he showed us a vid. about why the towers fell because it was interesting and went along with physics and stuff. It was interesting although we never did get to the part where they told us why the towers fell...

But in my other classes...none of the teachers cared, or so it seemed. The day just went on and a few teachers acknowledged it. But I think we should...not celebrate it, but remember it in a more public way that doesnt upset the family members of those lost. Its soo tragic and it just seems like everyone's forgotten about it.

[firegirl]

this is, for my generation, the closest that we have ever come to pure terror. my parents remember where they were when JFK was killed-i'll always remember where i was when i heard that the towers were hit and were going down. as a firefighter, this day is haunting.

running late as usual, i was listening to news radio in the car during the ten minute drive to philosophy class. i was wearing a black clutch "elephant riders" t-shirt and jeans, drinking blackberry tea from my salvador dali travel mug, and snacking on generic strawberry pop-tarts. by the time i could make sense of the live reporters, i was pulling into the parking lot. suddenly getting to class on time wasn't important at all. i pulled into a space next to three or four other cars, all with students in the drivers seat listening to the same news coverage that i was. the kid in the car next to mine rolled down his window to ask what the fuck was happening-i couldn't even answer him.

i sped to the station, philosophy exam and generic pop-tarts forgotten, and just sat in the truck bay with the rest of my department, waiting for something more to happen.

i was honored to be able to help out a little at the site of the somerset plane crash in pa. it was the most devastating experience i've ever had- to stand by the wreckage just hours after the plane went down- mind racing and eyes watering, not being able to do much at all except watch. we didn't know the specifics then- but we all felt that it was the beginning of something terrible.

i woke up early this morning, put on my dress uniform, and met a couple firefighter friends at the station to lower the flag. we had a moment of silence- then we went back home or to breakfast or work. i didn't feel the need to attend a public ceremony to remember this day-i think about it all the time.

talk about expanding our own little comfortable worlds- this day does it for me. i am so lucky.

[e]

hi all, i've been away for a bit so didn't see this post until now. thanks for starting it, canuck.

my husband was in new york on 9/11, about 2 blocks from the WTC. he had to run for his life when the towers fell.... thinking about it still causes me to panic. my heart goes out to all of us.

i watched the show PBS put together this year -- which was wonderful by the way -- and cried and cried. it felt good to release the emotion again.

firegirl, you're obviously a special person. glad you're here.