OT: "May We Never Forget... September 11th ~ 12 years Ago"

[ALR-bishop]

Very nice post Ted

[ZenPop]

Completely agree, Ted.

That tragedy touched so many lives in every part of society.
Thanks so much for posting.

[Zach Wheat]

Agree Ted. I did not know Gerry, but all the events were brought back clearly today when I was flying near DC and both the White House & Pentagon were visible from different sides of the plane.

[thetruthisoutthere]

We must never forget 9/11.

[Ladder7]

9/11 seat assignments. E-16 survived. Crew of TL-7 MIA

[the 'stache]

Steve,

Firefighters are the very best people there are. I have known a few, and they are just made differently than the rest of us. They have a strength I could never know. So many of them lost their lives on September 11th. They knew the risks, and yet they went in anyway when every instinct in their body was telling them to run the other direction. They are heroes, every single one of them, and I literally cried when I heard how many of these wonderful people we lost.

There is a national holiday to remember those that have fought and died for our country. I am of the opinion that there should also be a day to remember the firemen and police officers that have died in the line of duty. It is the very least we can do for them.

Edit: of the 2,977 people that died on 9/11, 412 were emergency responders. 341 members of the FDNY and 2 paramedics, 37 police officers from the New York port authority and New Jersey police department, 23 officers from the NYPD, and 8 EMS paramedics and technicians. 412 heroes.

[buymycards]

I'm still amazed by these events. Amazed that more people weren't killed. Amazed that someone thought they were doing the right thing by flying planes into the towers. Amazed that the towers collapsed. And especially amazed at the bravery of the firefighters that had the courage to go up 70 or more stories into burning buildings. Can you imagine walking down the street with all of your gear and looking up at the fires raging in the top floors and thinking to yourself -"I'm going to go up there and see if I can put the fires out and help people get away".? Amazing courage.

Rick