Did we stop remembering 9/11 in here? (1 Viewer)

[El Floppo]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I've never even heard of that. That is just crazy.

 

[dickey moe]

RIP and T&P to the families that remain.

 

[El Floppo]

:(

Feels like yesterday. Such a horrible day to be in NYC... and anywhere else.

Despite going to college, grad-school and working here in NYC, I somehow escaped knowing a single person lost that day... although I have a couple of friends who came close.

I know I will never forget a minute of that day and most that followed (the perfection of the weather that morning- crystal clear, blue skies, low 70s no humidity... and after, the smell of the burning towers for weeks, and the sheer togetherness that arose organically in the city- and lasted for months- it was really amazing). We haven't discussed it with my son (7) but will eventually- he is hyper-sensitive about these kinds of things, and I know it's going to really freak him out unless we word it just right.

Here's to all the first responders and other heroes who risked everything that day.

 

[jamny]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.

Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

 

[BobbyLayne]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

 

[Green and Gold]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

 

[butcher boy]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

Damn, the chick doing the interviewing in this has great ####.

 

[saintsfan]

Chills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkiHWjX1yX0

 

[jamny]

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Those "close call" stories always freak me out a bit, like when people just miss their flight that goes down. I actually always get an uneasy feeling when I decide to change flights at the last minute, like when an earlier one becomes available.

Damn, you were close. I was up on 8th and 49th at a Microsoft office. Well away from it all.

When did you finally leave?

 

[shadyridr]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

 

[Steve Tasker]

Not sure how it came up a few weeks ago, but we were having a discussion of "where were you when ____ happened?" Some people could remember when the Oklahoma City Bombing happened (I couldn't), Columbine (I could), etc. But every single person remembered 9/11. It truly was our generation's Pearl Harbor. So many haunting memories. 2nd period teacher (soph in HS) telling us vaguely what happened. Formal announcement over the loudspeakers after 2nd period. People pulling their kids out of school. I remember we still had English class even though every other class consisted of us just watching the news.

My 2 most vivid memories...soccer practice had been cancelled, so I had a rare afternoon at home. Usually you'd see and hear planes flying overhead, kids in the street playing, whatever. My next-door neighbor buddy and I went outside and played catch with the football, and it felt like the world was eerily silent. It was a nice late summer day, sunny, but there was no movement, no emotion, no planes, no kids, no cars. It felt like it was just the two of us, trying to be normal 14 year old kids even though the country was seemingly falling apart. I don't know why this sticks with me, but to this day it does.

The other memory I have was my uncle's voicemail. He was living in NYC at the time and had called my grandparents to let them know he was okay and not near the WTC. He was mid-voicemail leaving them a message when the first tower collapsed. I didn't hear the voicemail until a few days later, but I still get chills just thinking about it. He cut-off mid-sentence as he literally watched the tower go down from wherever he was at the time. I'm sure the voicemail was lost years ago, but I am still getting chills typing this.

Sorry, I know this isn't a "where were you?" thread, but I felt like posting this.

 

[shadyridr]

Ill never forget that smell

 

[TheIronSheik]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

 

[BobbyLayne]

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Those "close call" stories always freak me out a bit, like when people just miss their flight that goes down. I actually always get an uneasy feeling when I decide to change flights at the last minute, like when an earlier one becomes available.

Damn, you were close. I was up on 8th and 49th at a Microsoft office. Well away from it all.

When did you finally leave?

We had a company wide meeting at 11 a.m. and most people left after that. We lost power so I went over to 100 William St where we had a Think Tank and spent a few hours making arrangements to rent a generator and schedule fuel deliveries. I think around mid-afternoon we walked up to Chinatown and walked over the Williamsburg Manhattan Bridge, then took the G train back to our neighborhood. I know I was on the Brooklyn Heights promenade at 5:30 when WTC 7 fell down. Thousands of people staring across the river in complete silence.

The next day we must have gone through 20 army roadblocks to get to 39 Broadway. Nobody had a key so we went around to the backside and used a crowbar to break into the delivery dock and take the generator down to the basement. Fired it up and started trying to bring our network back up.

ETA: I'm getting old

 

[BobbyLayne]

Ill never forget that smell

Yeah, that was nasty.

I'm trying to remember how long it kept smoldering. I want to say two weeks?

 

[jamny]

I work in corporate audio-visual. Most of the work cancelled after 9/11 except for the countless memorials we had to set up at funeral homes around Long Island. It was most of our work for a few months. Heartbreaking having to be on camera during the services or just to set up video displays so people could show photos of those that were lost. Lots of times setting up speaker systems outside to handle the overflow.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

I don't watch 9/11 related shows so I don't know the angle on that one, but the "surfer" was in Stairwell B. 16 people survived in that stairwell below the 22nd floor. I'm dubious about this business of surfing the building while floors are pancaking.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035963/9-11-Anniversary-Miraculous-escape-16-trapped-North-Towers-Stairwell-B.html

 

[Raider Nation]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

They started that program by debunking the more popular myth to which you're referring -- that some guy surfed 70 floors or something. It starred harmlessly. People just wanted to believe that something miraculous came out of this madness. But this guy's story is legit.

So many wonderful tributes on television this morning. I cried all over again. The playing of Taps gets me every time.

 

[Raider Nation]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

I don't watch 9/11 related shows so I don't know the angle on that one, but the "surfer" was in Stairwell B. 16 people survived in that stairwell below the 22nd floor. I'm dubious about this business of surfing the building while floors are pancaking.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035963/9-11-Anniversary-Miraculous-escape-16-trapped-North-Towers-Stairwell-B.html

You'd need to watch the program, but scientists backed up his story. They suspect that the wind-tunnel effect on impact "lifted" him up and saved his life.

 

[ROCKET]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Just curious if you knew my cousin Jimmy who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and was lost?, James P. O'Brien, Jr.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Ari Fleischer's Twitter is fascinating right now. Thanks to whoever posted it.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

I don't watch 9/11 related shows so I don't know the angle on that one, but the "surfer" was in Stairwell B. 16 people survived in that stairwell below the 22nd floor. I'm dubious about this business of surfing the building while floors are pancaking.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035963/9-11-Anniversary-Miraculous-escape-16-trapped-North-Towers-Stairwell-B.html

You'd need to watch the program, but scientists backed up his story. They suspect that the wind-tunnel effect on impact "lifted" him up and saved his life.

He has no memory of it. Another survivor thought they were on the 13th floor not the 22nd (which would put the drop to the 7 story pile of debris at 60 feet not 150), but a 180 foot drop makes for a more compelling story.

Look, the guy survived the collapse of the North Tower - along with 15 other people who were descending that stairwell. That's a big enough miracle, no need for bull#### embellishment.

Historiography is a pretty interesting subject. I don't want to go off on a tangent here but I know from studying Pickett's Charge the participants were confused and really didn't know what had just happened. But when they got together for reunions later and guys started writing their memoirs, and only then was it defined for them. Pretty soon they started repeating the tales of others. Not because that was the way they remembered it happening, but that's what their Colonel or General wrote, so it must be true. Just sayin'...the guy was knocked out. Somebody else is speculating what happened.

 

[BobbyLayne]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Just curious if you knew my cousin Jimmy who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and was lost?, James P. O'Brien, Jr.

I'm so sorry for you loss. Unfortunately I don't recall him, and likely never met him. My duties didn't give occasion to speak with traders, only folks who worked in accounting or back office IT support.

So many heartbreaking stories from employees of that one firm. More than one in five 9/11 victims worked for Cantor Fitzgerald.

 

[QuizGuy66]

:(

Feels like yesterday. Such a horrible day to be in NYC... and anywhere else.

Despite going to college, grad-school and working here in NYC, I somehow escaped knowing a single person lost that day... although I have a couple of friends who came close.

I know I will never forget a minute of that day and most that followed (the perfection of the weather that morning- crystal clear, blue skies, low 70s no humidity... and after, the smell of the burning towers for weeks, and the sheer togetherness that arose organically in the city- and lasted for months- it was really amazing). We haven't discussed it with my son (7) but will eventually- he is hyper-sensitive about these kinds of things, and I know it's going to really freak him out unless we word it just right.

Here's to all the first responders and other heroes who risked everything that day.

Well said. Exactly how I feel and how I remember it.

 

[ROCKET]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Just curious if you knew my cousin Jimmy who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and was lost?, James P. O'Brien, Jr.

I'm so sorry for you loss. Unfortunately I don't recall him, and likely never met him. My duties didn't give occasion to speak with traders, only folks who worked in accounting or back office IT support.

So many heartbreaking stories from employees of that one firm. More than one in five 9/11 victims worked for Cantor Fitzgerald.

Thanks and thanks for sharing your stories. GB all those lost and their loved ones.

 

[shadyridr]

Did you guys see the "The 9/11 Surfer" on The Discovery Channel last week? Amazing story. That guy worked for the Port Authority, and when the tower he was in came down, he "rode the building" 15 stories down and survived. He broke both legs and ended up sitting on a small slab of concrete about 7 floors up. The firemen found him just before flames got to him.

I thought that was debunked

They started that program by debunking the more popular myth to which you're referring -- that some guy surfed 70 floors or something. It starred harmlessly. People just wanted to believe that something miraculous came out of this madness. But this guy's story is legit.

So many wonderful tributes on television this morning. I cried all over again. The playing of Taps gets me every time.

Thanks for the clarification

 

[BobbyLayne]

:(

Feels like yesterday. Such a horrible day to be in NYC... and anywhere else.

Despite going to college, grad-school and working here in NYC, I somehow escaped knowing a single person lost that day... although I have a couple of friends who came close.

I know I will never forget a minute of that day and most that followed (the perfection of the weather that morning- crystal clear, blue skies, low 70s no humidity... and after, the smell of the burning towers for weeks, and the sheer togetherness that arose organically in the city- and lasted for months- it was really amazing). We haven't discussed it with my son (7) but will eventually- he is hyper-sensitive about these kinds of things, and I know it's going to really freak him out unless we word it just right.

Here's to all the first responders and other heroes who risked everything that day.

I haven't told my 5 y.o. daughter about it yet, though she is cognizant there were NYC buildings called the Twin Towers that fell down.

So a couple weeks ago I walked past Rescue One Firehouse, and like every FDNY unit they have a memorial to the guys they lost that day. And when I was about 20 feet past a little guy around 4 or 5 got excited and ran up to the encased pictures and shouted back to his dad he wanted to tell him a story. I stopped and pretended to be reading my phone, and he excitedly told his dad how some bad men once flew planes into buildings - "That's the buildings right there! In that picture!" - and all the New York City Firefighters went downtown to try to fight the fires. But then the buildings fell down, and all the firefighters died. These men here? These are pictures of the fireman who died.

A few years ago that would have been too haunting or disturbing and I might have even gotten angry. But I thought it was pretty cool his folks had figured out a way to explain it to him and present those firefighters as the central story. Like Mr. Rogers said, when bad things happen, look for the helpers. Those are the people who inspire us when tragedy strikes.

 

[Raider Nation]

:(

Feels like yesterday. Such a horrible day to be in NYC... and anywhere else.

Despite going to college, grad-school and working here in NYC, I somehow escaped knowing a single person lost that day... although I have a couple of friends who came close.

I know I will never forget a minute of that day and most that followed (the perfection of the weather that morning- crystal clear, blue skies, low 70s no humidity... and after, the smell of the burning towers for weeks, and the sheer togetherness that arose organically in the city- and lasted for months- it was really amazing). We haven't discussed it with my son (7) but will eventually- he is hyper-sensitive about these kinds of things, and I know it's going to really freak him out unless we word it just right.

Here's to all the first responders and other heroes who risked everything that day.

I haven't told my 5 y.o. daughter about it yet, though she is cognizant there were NYC buildings called the Twin Towers that fell down.

So a couple weeks ago I walked past Rescue One Firehouse, and like every FDNY unit they have a memorial to the guys they lost that day. And when I was about 20 feet past a little guy around 4 or 5 got excited and ran up to the encased pictures and shouted back to his dad he wanted to tell him a story. I stopped and pretended to be reading my phone, and he excitedly told his dad how some bad men once flew planes into buildings - "That's the buildings right there! In that picture!" - and all the New York City Firefighters went downtown to try to fight the fires. But then the buildings fell down, and all the firefighters died. These men here? These are pictures of the fireman who died.

A few years ago that would have been too haunting or disturbing and I might have even gotten angry. But I thought it was pretty cool his folks had figured out a way to explain it to him and present those firefighters as the central story. Like Mr. Rogers said, when bad things happen, look for the helpers. Those are the people who inspire us when tragedy strikes.

 

[tommyboy]

I really appreciate the Ari Fleischer link to whomever posted it, it is chilling yet fascinating. Thank you.

my small contribution to the FFA on this topic, I highly highly suggest you read this book: The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright

 

[Henry Ford]

No. No, we didn't.

 

[Green and Gold]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

 

[butcher boy]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

I think they were all just dazed by the interviewer's tremendous ####.

 

[Freelove]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

I never know what month it is.

 

[El Floppo]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

I never know what month it is.

I envision Freelove looking like this

 

[T Bell]

Ari Fleischer has been live tweeting this morning about what it was like with the President on 9/11. He's lining up his tweets with the same time the events happened that morning. It's fascinating.

https://twitter.com/AriFleischer

Just read that. Pretty amazing stuff.

 

[T Bell]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.

We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Jesus, man. I had no idea you were in the towers that day. Wow.

 

[BobbyLayne]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Jesus, man. I had no idea you were in the towers that day. Wow.

I was at 39 Broadway, 19th floor - about 4 blocks SE of the WTC complex. To be honest, we were just trying focus on getting our network rerouted, and after they cut the power, how to get a generator & fuel. It was good to be busy and not think too much. I went up to Chinatown to meet my gf because the financial district was inaccessible. I wanted to go walk the Brooklyn Bridge but she thought that was a likely next target so we took another crossing.

It was a pretty surreal couple of weeks.

 

[T Bell]

RIP Harry

Knew him from the neighborhood as a kid and went to HS with him and his twin brother.

Seriously? Surreal.

Cantor Fitzgerald was one of our largest clients. I didn't know Harry but I sat in meetings with him. Other guys on the OPS team knew him and said he was a great guy.

Wow, that's crazy.Yeah, he was a real good guy. He was a year ahead of me at Brooklyn Tech and helped me in my freshman year to get adjusted to the school. Didn't hang out with the same group but played a lot of softball and football against them. Him and his brother were always friendly to everyone. Everyone liked them, never heard anything negative about them.

I only found out about a month after 911 that he was there.

3 young kids at the time, loved sports. Damn.We had a couple engineers in the plaza waiting for one of our VPs to come into World Trade on the PATH. As it turns our he was on the last train that disembarked (I think one more came through the station but never stopped). They were supposed to go up to Cantor Fitzgerald that day - we owned all the fiber in the WTC complex - but because one guy was late they never made the meeting.

Our office was at 39 B'way. Coming out of the 4/5 train Wall Street station by Trinity Church I heard the news a small Cessna plane (initial report) had hit the north tower). I didn't stop to look just went up to the 19th floor. My SW corner office had a few of Jersey City/Liberty but I couldn't see anything from there. I heard the 2nd plane but it must have passed when I turned around. I walked down to my CEO's office where he and the COO were staring at the South Tower which had just been hit.

That was a ####ty day.

Jesus, man. I had no idea you were in the towers that day. Wow.

I was at 39 Broadway, 19th floor - about 4 blocks SE of the WTC complex. To be honest, we were just trying focus on getting our network rerouted, and after they cut the power, how to get a generator & fuel. It was good to be busy and not think too much. I went up to Chinatown to meet my gf because the financial district was inaccessible. I wanted to go walk the Brooklyn Bridge but she thought that was a likely next target so we took another crossing.

It was a pretty surreal couple of weeks.

I was nowhere near there and it was surreal for me. I had a court appearance that morning about 100 miles away from where I lived in West LA, so I awakened early and for some reason turned the TV on, which I never did in the morning, only to find that both towers had been hit at that point. I got my fiancee out of bed at that time and we were just speechless. We watched the first tower fall and I remember commenting to her in a daze, "A lot of people are dying right now."

I did my court appearance and never did it seem more inappropriate for the court to still be functioning as usual. God it was hard to focus. I told my fiancee not to go into work downtown, which she didn't, and I returned home right after the court appearance.

The other thing that jumps out at me is the sound of the first airplane over downtown LA days later. A lot of the big jets going into LAX from the north turn into their approach pattern right over downtown LA. I was at work when the first one did this and I jumped at the sound. Crazy how on edge I was, just like everyone else, and I lived almost 3000 miles from NYC and DC.

 

[FlapJacks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHnadJ-0hE

 

[jamny]

One thing I'll always remember is the support that NY got from the rest of the country. From emergency personnel driving in with firetrucks and other gear to the little restaurants from out of state that set up shop along the roads to feed those that were trying to help. NY takes a lot of crap, and rightly so some times, but it was amazing to see how the rest of the country had our back during this.

 

[Fennis]

Ari Fleischer has been live tweeting this morning about what it was like with the President on 9/11. He's lining up his tweets with the same time the events happened that morning. It's fascinating.

https://twitter.com/AriFleischer

great set of tweets.

When I reflect about Bush it is pretty amazing. Because of 9/11, he could have gone down in history as one of the greatest presidents in history. Oh well...

 

[Fennis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHnadJ-0hE

I *think* this was the first time I heard that song. I am sure this song touches many people and glad it does. For me, I found it god awful.

 

[FlapJacks]

Ari Fleischer has been live tweeting this morning about what it was like with the President on 9/11. He's lining up his tweets with the same time the events happened that morning. It's fascinating.

https://twitter.com/AriFleischer

Just read that. Pretty amazing stuff.

this

 

[El Floppo]

One thing I'll always remember is the support that NY got from the rest of the country. From emergency personnel driving in with firetrucks and other gear to the little restaurants from out of state that set up shop along the roads to feed those that were trying to help. NY takes a lot of crap, and rightly so some times, but it was amazing to see how the rest of the country had our back during this.

I had to travel to Italy about a week after 9/11-even over there, the goodwill towards the US was incredible following the attacks. We continuously had people telling us how sorry thery were about the attacks and how much they supported us- especially when we said we were from NYC.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

I understand your point, but the one kid answered "Umm... Thanksgiving?"

 

[TheIronSheik]

Never Forget

http://youtu.be/VHVZAAuDrQI

These kids were less than 10 years old during 9/11. They've grown up where post 9/11 is their reality, while for older people like us it was a radical change in how we viewed the world. It's not particularly surprising that the anniversary isn't on their mind, while a recent major news story is.

I don't think not being old enough to remember should excuse you from knowing important historical events. I can tell you about Pearl Harbor.

Yeah, but the interviewer didn't say, 'Do you know what happened on 9/11.' They asked what important American anniversary was next week. Put on the spot, and probably not realizing the anniversary was coming up, some couldn't answer. I'm sure most of those kids knows what happened on that day.

I never know what month it is.

I envision Freelove looking like this

 

[arrow1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDGkC-_EPE

Let's Roll

 

[El Floppo]

The view from my window last night.

I love the memorial fountains, but I've always been partial to the towers of light.

 

[TheIronSheik]

The view from my window last night.

I love the memorial fountains, but I've always been partial to the towers of light.

Agreed. Kind of wish they were up more than just one day a year.

 

[El Floppo]

The view from my window last night.

I love the memorial fountains, but I've always been partial to the towers of light.

Agreed. Kind of wish they were up more than just one day a year.

fwiw- they were up all week. IIRC, that's typical