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#1 Sep-10-20 2:38PM

Ernie
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The night before...

On this day...19 years ago 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights. 2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning. 343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift. 60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol. 8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift. None of them saw past 10:00am Sept 11, 2001.

In one single moment life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breaths you take today and tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.



* writer unknown to me


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#2 Sep-10-20 5:57PM

drxfish
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Re: The night before...

Excellent point, Ernie!


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#3 Sep-11-20 7:22AM

backtofuturetoyota
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Registered: Jan-12-12
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Re: The night before...

I was stationed at Quantico and had just dropped of my general earlier that day.  I couldn't get back there until early the next day to pick him up and throw him onto an airplane to activate the Marine forces for deployment.  It was one of the few aircrafts flying the next day and I was literally one of the few on 395 heading to the pentagon.  One week later, I went to Dover to escort the remains of Ms. Patricia Mickley who worked for DIA back home to Va.  DIA requested the Marines escort their family members home.  It was a somber period and even more to walk through the process of identification, care, and respect the mortuary staff had for the victims.  It's one of the only places I continue to take friends and family whenever they visit the pentagon as a required moment of respect to those now gone.  To always tear down any BS conspiracy theories and beat down any who perpetuate that garbage.  This may be why I hate conspiracy theorists....it attempts to take away from the true loss and impact of that event and many others.

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#4 Sep-11-20 7:37AM

Ernie
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Re: The night before...

Our memories don't leave us. Some, don't have the vivid picture in their minds.

I was at USPS HQ for a meeting when the plane hit the Pentagon. We saw the black smoke from the window and knew this was real.

I took 3-4 out of towners back to my office (2 blocks away) and assessed the situation. One of the guys was a competitor and he said he felt uneasy being in my office. I told him, "it looks like we are at war so we are on the same team now". We needed to cross the 14th St. bridge but there were still planes in the air so we waited. Once we heard that all planes had landed, we went over the bridge. It was an eerie feeling because the streets were deserted except for one guy waving a flag at the end of the bridge. I drove folks to rental car places so they could get home as there were no flights.

What I remember the most was wondering about a 2nd or 3rd attack while we were still in the city and where that might be.

But the worst part was finding out about all who died that day, as mentioned above.

Sad day...


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#5 Sep-11-20 9:01AM

hookup
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Registered: Jan-31-12
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Re: The night before...

* writer unknown to me

Not sure who posted it, but claims are that it came from here:

#wewillneverforget

I was across the river from the Pentagon and remember feeling the plane strike and seeing the smoke and flames from the results before the news picked up the story

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#6 Sep-11-20 1:46PM

firemunkee
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I was in high school during the time. The principal came on the PA speaker and told us that an airplane crashed into the twin towers. I did not understand what had happened at the time as I thought it was an accident. Needless to say the rest of the day during every class we had the news on, and I realized what had taken place. I truly did not grasp what had happened that day for a while. That has changed as I have gotten older and am now an adult. I flew into Reagan National recently for the first time and I saw the Pentagon from the air. It was surreal to see it from that view and think back on what happened that day. Truly #wewillneverforget.


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