Rolex from Sept 11th #neverforget

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Hard to believe it has been 22 yrs. 🇺🇲

@Farrandswit same for me I was at the university .. and I ran to the bank to take all my money (It wasn't much) because the Pentagon had jusr been struck .. the teller asked me why I wanted to wirhdraw the full balance and my reply was "because we're under attack" . Horrendous day.

My brother went to school in DC but was out of the country on the 11th. George Washington Univ is a ways away from the Pentagon, but his friends told him the shock from the crash could be felt from miles away.

I was getting ready for work, I worked at a shopping mall not far from the Pentagon. And I heard about it on TV minutes before leaving. My mom worked in dc and I tried reaching her but couldn't for hours but eventually did. We were all shocked for days.

I still remember that morning like it was yesterday. It was one of my first days as a freshman in college. I was in the "cyber cafe" grabbing some breakfast before my first class when I heard a girl scream... the tv changed over to the news of the first tower getting hit. I went to my first class and we all sat there in silence watching the news until we were all notified that classes were cancelled. To this day I remember walking from class to the parking lot in a crowd of people not saying a word. I think we were all in shock.

Sad day.

Still remember watching the second plane hit, I was in the 10th grade and I told my mom, hey look it's a reply and then we realized it was a second plane. Flabbergasting.

Twenty-two years ago, on September 11th, 2001, the world witnessed a tragedy of unthinkable proportions. Innocent lives were taken, families were shattered, and the course of global history was forever changed. As we pause to remember and honor those who were lost, it's also important to recall the moments of unity, compassion, and resilience that emerged in the aftermath. Communities came together, strangers became neighbors, and nations found common ground. The pain and grief of that day sparked a global outpouring of support, reminding us of our shared humanity. As we look back, may we not only mourn the lost but also cherish the enduring spirit of unity and hope that was kindled. Let us ensure that the lessons from that day are never forgotten and continue to guide our steps towards a peaceful and harmonious future.

At the time, I was a radio broadcaster in Richmond, VA. Like others, we heard about a plane hitting one of the towers and as we watched the live feed in our studio we saw the other plane hit the other tower. My heart jumped and I felt my face pale. We were all aghast. The drive home that day was so subdued...it was surreal. 🇺🇸

I unearthed this when our office moved. It's still sitting on my desk.

I heard the first report about it on WNYC. I then watched the buildings burn from my window.

I remember I was glued to the TV for days on end. It was a sad sad day.

I had just came home from school (age 16) as I cycled into the garden my mum sternly told me to go through to the Livingroom. Thinking I was in trouble I reluctantly went through - as I sat down I seen bbc news reporting the plane crashes & subsequent collapse of the towers (keep in mind I’m Scottish) I thought this was a movie scene where they’d used bbc news for authenticity like in 28days later.

Nope … couldn’t believe my eyes. & little did I know that less than ten years later I’d become an aircraft engineer & be working with Boeing aircraft. The world of aviation would never be the Same following that sad day & see it’s effects right up to this day.

When I was a kid it wasn’t too difficult to get near an international airport, these days we see enormous fences & near paranoid levels of security.

All worthwhile if it stops anything like 9/11 happening again.

RIP to all that perished that day.

Never forget.

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Some more details can be found here:

https://www.watchesofespionage.com/blogs/woe-dispatch/lets-roll-a-heros-rolex-frozen-in-time-september-11

Horrible. I was in 10th grade and remember seeing the smoke from outside my school, about 30 miles from ground zero.

As FDR said about another insidious "sneak attack", but also appropriate for 9-11; a day that will live on in infamy ...

I remember the day well. Here in eastern Canada is was a glorious late summer day; as it was all up and down the east coast of North America. Was at work when the news broke of the attacks and the subsequent diversion of ALL other inbound flights to eastern Canadian airports. Tens of thousands of air passengers and crew found themselves suddenly stranded far away from home. In the midst of the horrors of the events of Sept. 11, these same passengers and crew were shown unparalleled kindness and compassion at the hands of complete strangers. For an entire week, they were treated as family by the people and towns of eastern Canada that hosted them.

If you have not seen the Broadway Musical "Come From Away", do so if the opportunity presents. You will see and experience the hope and joy that can shine thru even the darkest of days.

🇺🇸 We forgot what it is to be Americans! What else can we not remember?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcAfyk3o9nw

Went to the 9/11 exhibit at the Smithsonian back in 2004. It's always quiet in museums but this was so quiet, that it was eerie. Hardly anyone spoke. More akin to a visitation before a funeral than visiting a museum. I remember exactly where I was that day. I was back in my office between patients, when one of my nurses told me someone flew an airplane into one of the towers. Then, like so many, saw the other hit in real time.

I can't imagine what it was like in NYC and DC that day. If you haven't seen this, you need to watch it. In a world that has become increasingly divided, it shows what people can do when they have to pull together. It showed the best of us. I haven't seen people united like this the last few years.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=18lsxFcDrjo&si=txP0-ZYP9Zu4VlLt

Todd Beamer’s watch!?!? Incredible. That museum, sitting as it does directly in the place where so many not only lost their lives there but continue to rest in that same spot, may be the most powerfully evocative place I’ve ever visited (alongside Arlington and Yad Vashem).

We Honor Fallen, both the Victims and the Heroic Rescuers. You will not be Forgotten.

It was night in Australia, and some people had gone to bed and wouldn't even know what happened until they woke up the next day. They were lucky. I was watching the TV still, and called my wife in. We watched for hours, then on top of that horror had to find a way to switch it off and find a way go to sleep with all that horror and adrenalin running through us as it was a work day the next day. An extraordinary moment, never seen before in my lifetime and possibly - and hopefully - never seen again. Still mind boggling.

I was sleeping after working the night shift at GM. My now ex wife came in the bedroom yelling that they are bombing the towers. I woke up and went to the TV and watched as the second plane hit. When I went to work that afternoon it was as if the earth stood still. Hardly any traffic on the roads. While at work the MPs came a took a guy off my line. He was active duty and guarded Air Force One. A day I will never forget.

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All the heros on that day, and all the heros in the days that followed, must always remind us that evil in this world is real and that the only thing that stands against that evil are the individual choices of good men.

Wow! That was a piece of history that really hasn't been told much. This is the first time I have heard of it. 22 years and I never knew.

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I can't believe it was 22 years ago!