What a day that was. I turned on the TV just minutes before the second plane hit.

I will never forget.





Americans, you are awesome Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I'll second that Semmern.

I've been watching today's events with interest.
I'll be completely honest here,up until a few weeks ago I didn't realise you guys were building on 'ground zero'.I just thought there was going to be some sort of memorial garden or something.
I guess I don't watch the news too often and I don't read the newspapers.

What you are building looks pretty awesome.
It was a very touching remembrance service today.

Thanks to both of you for your well-wishes and respects.

Funny how time fly's, it was 10 years ago that I opened up SimHQ that morning to learn of the attacks. Turned on the
TV just in time after reading about it here first. So much has changed in 10 years, but I still come here first in the
morning to check things out.

I hesitate to post this, I know I've heard part of Kevin Cosgrove's call to 911 but not the whole thing. Very difficult to listen to especially at the end when the tower falls... But I think it's appropriate. A reminder that we should never forget what these folks trapped went through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEwY8uZ4BAI

Not something this generation will ever forget about.
The memory will fade for some...but for about 7000 kids, who no longer have a parent, the memories will be sharp...forever.

I'll not 'forgive and forget', until the day I die.
Suppose that's not right, but that's the way it is.
Those 'New Yorkers' are some brave people, I gotta say....

And you fellow earthlings, as a U.S. Citizen, I appreciate the thoughts.
My sympathies to the others around the world, who have suffered at the hands of 'jihad terrorists'.
Before this is over, we may 'all' have our own 'World Trade Centers'.

Thank you semmern and Chucky, and all other well-wishers on this somber occasion. Here's hoping for a time where acts like those on 9/11 are nothing but distant memories, and that no one anywhere on the planet has to suffer through something like that again.

Thanks semmern and Chucky.

May we never forget those who died on 9/11

I decided not to watch any of the news coverage today. I really don't need it: the images are still raw in my mind. Great front-page tribute at SimHQ, thx.

I remember very well coming home from school and turning on the tv, minutes before the second plane hit. I'll never forget that day.

A great tribute on the front page.

Jaz

I don't think anyone will ever forget where they were when they turned on the TV or the radio that day.Just mind blowing.Changed the world.We were all stupified at work the whole day , the constant images were just unbelievable.The amount of people that thought it was a movie and then realised it was happpening, surreal.

My thoughts are with all of you guys and girls on this day.

I worked several blocks away from the old World Trade Center and spent many, many lunch hours on the plaza or in the mall underneath. I remember vividly what an absolutely gorgeous morning it was, and how hard it was to reconcile the beauty of the day with the horror of those events. The visits to my father-in-law, who used to work on the 94th floor of the north tower and the view from his office....the many office parties my firm had on the top at Windows on the World..... The summer concerts on the plaza....and especially driving north on the New Jersey Turnpike after any trip south and knowing that when the Twin Towers came into view that I was almost home.

In the aftermath of the attacks I was deeply moved by the response of those from outside New York who extended their hands to help in the recovery efforts at the site. In the midst of the tragedy, the awesome response, not just from New York, but all over the world leaves me feeling incredibly lucky to live among such wonderful human beings. I, and the rest of New York, thank you.

Right now, I work right across the street from what will be the new World Trade Center, and have been fortunate enough to have a window that looks right out over the new memorial and One World Trade Center. I've watched the tower grow from 10 to 80 stories over the last year and a half and am amazed at what how much has been accomplished in that short time. I look forward to the time now when we no longer refer to that place as Ground Zero, but as the World Trade Center once more.

Watched the reading of the names this morning. Very difficult to watch when children were reading their parents names.

btw, that's a beautiful memorial. First time I've seen it. Seems fitting.

Although it's the 10 year anniversary, the 911 related programming on the TV is the same programming they have each year around this time since it happened. I just change the channel.

I will never forget.

It both feels like last year and feels like a century ago.

One of the most vivid things for me was coming into work the next day. I worked at the time in the tallest office building in Canada at 70 stories. It has another building next to it at 65 or something. Walking around and seeing all those that worked in the building really drove home the lives lost that day. They looked, acted, talked, and walked just like all of us. And the morning for us on the 12th had to be just like for them on the 11th. In that instant they were no longer strangers on the news. They became the same faces that I saw day after day. That thought haunted me every morning for months after - just how much like all of us all of them were. And it makes me especially sad for all the victims and all of their loved ones. Even now a part of me sees them every morning.

I can never forget.

We had a around 12 h documentary here on one channel, with counting all more than 24 hours.

I watched many of them.

I recall, I was sitting in the office back then, when the girl in the office next to mine said what she heard on the news, I said, which A/C woult hit WTC, this can`t be an accident. I turned my radio on, and shortly after they told us about the second plane.

Where I have still have to switch channels is, when they show the people jumping. After 10 years, I still can`t watch these scenes. Or the contrary, maybe I watched it in disbelieve 10 years ago, but now, I can`t stand it anymore.

RIP poor souls. You all didn`t deserve it.

Karsten

edit: And yes, I didn`t realize the memorial either. It`s a good one IMO.

I cried my eyes out that day. Every Human being did. I do not even want to know what was going through the 'jumpers' minds when they did that, unbelievably sad. If I thought about it then I would Cry some more.

Chin up. If you let them scare you, they have won. They will not win. At least while I'm alive, and I am hard to f*cking stop.

EDIT: This love is true, my fair Cousins. Brothers in arms. We would not have done this for any one else.



*Salute*

Seeing that still causes me to tear up Biggles. I thought it was an amazing gesture then and I still do.


Wheels

Thank you folks for the kind comments and show of respect. Thanks Biggles for that and reminding us we are not alone.

The memory will forever stay with me. I was on the PC when I received an email from a friend living in the US. Something about a plane hitting one of the towers. At first I thought it was an accident - a small commuter plane perhaps. I tuned in to the TV, and was glued to it for the next 6 hours - well into the early hours of the morning.