SHOW YOUR RESPECT.......

[kiwi]

:( Its the 11th of September here (9.00am). This thread is to show a sign of respect to all of the souls lost in the twin towers. :(

[orangeman]

I heard that they were gonna turn the day into a holiday. And usually holiday sounds like a day to celebrate, no, this is what it means


vacation: leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"

I just posted that so no one would flame me for looking forward to it. I still also feel sorry for the twin towers and the families that were hurt by the incident and Osama needs to be executed. Even though I dont really like America that was still cruel, there are still good people in America, I just dont like the people that run the country.

[naluman]

Respect and blessing to all the ones who perrished in NY..9/11...
mana to you.. Kiwi...I remember being here online chatting to Pen ,
and i looked at the news on tv...thought it was a movie..then i saw it second plane hit..live..that day was the longest day for me...and others in the world...things have never been the same since.......make a difference...show your peace sign....
My respects and blessings......
Aloha nui loa

[birdgirl73]

Respect and love to all those who perished in the awful events of that day, to all those who heroically worked to save them, many of whom perished themselves, to all those who lost loved ones, friends and colleagues, and to the many survivors who understandably continue to feel traumatized five years later. What a heartbreaking, life-changing day that was.

[Skink]

truly a gut wrenching day!!!

[NextLineIsMine]

Im cautious deviding what is true sentiment for a terrible event from what is the same rehetoric that has made extremists of many Americans. I still remember my original and uninfluenced feelings from that day though.

[Gothen]

Im cautious deviding what is true sentiment for a terrible event from what is the same rehetoric that has made extremists of many Americans. I still remember my original and uninfluenced feelings from that day though.


I'm with ya on this one, Line. Almost word for word, that's how I feel. 9/11 has made so many people into what they bash on a daily basis, it seems.

But, I still remember how I felt that day. I'm half Pakistani, and I remember on that day I was called a terrorist so many times because I live in some backwater town. It sucked. I mean, I was born and raised in Chicago and people are calling me a terrorist??

Idiots. But, 9/11 was still such a sad day. Like I've said before, you don't need a good reason to feel sorrow over death, you need a good reason not to.

First bowl of the day is going out to 9/11, even though it's only 9/10 here.:o

[Sig]

I don't even know how to put what I feel on this matter into words. The entire experience will forever tug on my heart. May all the souls who perished rest in peace.

[kiwi]

:( I have lit a candle.....this is a day that I am sure we will all remember for the rest of our lives.:(

[Bong30]

God Bless all that died that horrible day.

[PotHeed420]

"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"

Where were you when they built the ladder to heaven?
Did it make you feel like cryin'
Or did you think it was kinda gay?
Well I, for one, believe in the ladder to heaven.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah...9/11.
I said 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, Ni-hi, hi-hine...
...Eleven

--South park; Alan Jackson

[Frivolous248]

-.- people are still talking about this.

Its done with, get over it. It kinda pisses me off that some fags can hijack a plane and get this big of a reaction from it. Don't give them the satisfaction of glorifying it in anyway. I guess I just see them as more of punk-wannabe terrorists then anyone who has actually accomplished something worthy of having a big deal made of it.

[PotHeed420]

People are still talking about this is all you can say? How about not being such a dick and feel for other people who lost family and loved ones. ANd it is a major thing and should never be forgotten.

[sanguinekane]

-.- people are still talking about this.

Its done with, get over it. It kinda pisses me off that some fags can hijack a plane and get this big of a reaction from it. Don't give them the satisfaction of glorifying it in anyway. I guess I just see them as more of punk-wannabe terrorists then anyone who has actually accomplished something worthy of having a big deal made of it.

Simply remembering the victms of the attack is something we should get over? People lost parents, siblings, friends and family, and they're not just going to forget them like that. Telling them they should just stop caring because it was 5 years ago is just insensitive and cruel.

[kiwi]

:mad: I was wondering how long it would take before someone had a nasty remark they felt they just had to share????????:confused:
I actually feel hurt by some of the comments that were made.....:mad:

[Lethal G]

Well I, for one, send my condolences to all of the families and all of the people who lost their loved ones that day. To me, it is something we definitely should not forget.

[Ammie]

Heres an awesome song that Alan Jackson wrote right after the attacks. its so beautiful if u can d/l it.



Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
Were you in the yard with your wife and children?
Or working on some stage in LA?
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky?
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor?
Or did you just sit down and cry?

Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don't know?
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below?

Did you burst out with pride
For the red white and blue
And the heroes who died just doing what they do?
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
Teaching a class full of innocent children?
Or driving down some cold interstate?
Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor?
In a crowded room did you feel alone?
Did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her?
Did you dust off that Bible at home?
Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened?
Close your eyes and not go to sleep?
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages?
Speak with some stranger on the street?
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?
Go out and buy you a gun?
Did you turn off that violent home movie you're watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns?
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers?
Stand in line and give your own blood?
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family?
Thank God you had somebody to love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love

I'm just a singer of simple songs
I'm not a real political man
I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love




My heartbreaks everytime I think about that day. Its the only day besides the birth of my kids that i can remember every detail that happened. I know exactly what i did that day and everything i felt. It still is amazing that 5 years later everytime i watch it on T.V. it feels the same all over again. I dont know if out country will ever be the same after it, but it would be nice if we could all come together and remember it on the 11th day of september!! w

[smokey]

my thoughts to those who died n those familys who lost them

[yabatab]

An attack on innocent civilians is wrong not matter who does it.

That day was shocking and sickening to say the least my heart
goes out to all the people who lost loved ones on that day.

[NightProwler]

it's 9/10 here still

[kiwi]

:confused: I'm ahead of almost all of you as far as time goes....:dance:

[slipknotpsycho]

I heard that they were gonna turn the day into a holiday. And usually holiday sounds like a day to celebrate, no, this is what it means



I just posted that so no one would flame me for looking forward to it. I still also feel sorry for the twin towers and the families that were hurt by the incident and Osama needs to be executed. Even though I dont really like America that was still cruel, there are still good people in America, I just dont like the people that run the country.

you know osama wasn't nesicarily involved... i don't know if he was or not cuz i don't bother following this type of shit (what happens, happens if the govt. isn't working hard enough to take care of this shit it isn't my problem, and before you go into it, i have an exxon plant right by my house ((could drive to it in less than 5 minutes)) that was voted one of the top 10 priority of bombings by all those iraqi fuckers...) just find it funny that now-a-days everything that's terrorist related is osama's fault, instead of like the 100's of other terrorist leaders and the millions of other followers who might be working on their own missions under what they consider their 'prophecy'....

just making sure you aren't losing touch with the fact that if osama is taken care of, doesn't mean terrorism will disappear, matter of fact, it never will, look up the definition of terrorism and you tell me if you think it will ever be gone as long as humanity exists.

[halo]

Even though i and many others on here do not believe the official story. We should still honor and remember all those who died that day. The fact that anyone could do something so horrible like that is sickening whethere it was muslim terrorists or not.

p.s. that alan jackson song kind of makes me mad. He is making money off of the deaths of those people. I know he wasnt necessarily trying to but he is.

[birdgirl73]

If what I read was true, Alan Jackson donated the proceeds of the CD with that song on it to 9/11-related charities and funds. That might have been a PR story, of course, but I know a lot of celebrities did indeed give generously after that event. I like to think he didn't profit from that song.

[tootsie roll]

:( Its the 11th of September here (9.00am). This thread is to show a sign of respect to all of the souls lost in the twin towers. :(

Hi Kiwi. You must be on the other side of the ocean. Still another 50 minutes until 9/11 here. That doesn't matter tho. 9/11 is almost always on my mind.
We watchd a 4 hour movie/docoumentary this evening and my feelings were the same as they were 5 years ago. Deep sadness and horror.
So many victims, so many heroes and too many terrorists.:mad I have many boxes of kleenex ready for tomorrow. :(

[birdgirl73]

Did anyone here in the U.S. happen to see "Primetime Live" on ABC this past Thursday night when Diane Sawyer talked to that large group of 9/11 widows and their now 4- or 5-year-old children who were born sometime within the nine months after 9/11?

All the coverage I've seen and heard about 9/11 in recent days has been heartbreaking and has renewed those feelings of grief and anguish I felt during and in the weeks after that event. But that "Primetime Live" piece with the fatherless children, all of whom were just enchanting, made me cover my face and just sob out loud for many minutes afterward. It makes me tear up now just thinking about it again.

[partyguy420]

to tell you my personal opinoun (most likely i will be flamed for it) but i dont belive it should be a holiday... i dont think there should be alot of holidays... there should be 3 in the american calender... january first... july 4th.... and december 25th.... the rest of them are just made up by ppl who were to lazy to go to fucking work.

[tootsie roll]

Did anyone here in the U.S. happen to see "Primetime Live" on ABC this past Thursday night when Diane Sawyer talked to that large group of 9/11 widows and their now 4- or 5-year-old children who were born sometime within the nine months after 9/11?

All the coverage I've seen and heard about 9/11 in recent days has been heartbreaking and has renewed those feelings of grief and anguish I felt during and in the weeks after that event. But that "Primetime Live" piece with the fatherless children, all of whom were just enchanting, made me cover my face and just sob out loud for many minutes afterward. It makes me tear up now just thinking about it again.

I watched it too. Cried like a baby the whole way thru it.:( One little boy told his mom that when she went to bed at night, his dad was in his room watching him thru the night.
Tears.....lot's of tears that night.

[tootsie roll]

to tell you my personal opinoun (most likely i will be flamed for it) but i dont belive it should be a holiday... i dont think there should be alot of holidays... there should be 3 in the american calender... january first... july 4th.... and december 25th.... the rest of them are just made up by ppl who were to lazy to go to fucking work.

September 11th should never be a "holiday" but a day of rememberance.
(not for a day off work or school either)

[mamma puffpuff420]

this is truely a sad day 2 remember
my heart goes out 2 all the families that lost loved 1's on the fateful day

[Inferius]

Does anyone else feel like it was last year?
It doesn't feel like 5 years to me. Maybe becuase its always being refreshed in our minds by the news and the war on terror in general....

[likemclever]

It’s hard for me to talk about that day.

I can shake the nut jobs who say our own government was in on it. I can shake the planes flying into the buildings, I can shake the towers falling, I can even shake all those that were left behind. The one thing that I cannot shake is remembering exactly how I felt as I stood in the living room with my hand cupped to my mouth and watch live television as mothers, fathers, sons and daughters in New York City jumped from the towers in business suits because they found that to be a better alternative. That I will never forget.

[Breukelen advocaat]

When the Fire Department rescue teams were repeatedly going into the WTC buildings to get people out, there was at least one Catholic chaplain there who was giving out the Last Rites to the Firemen who were Catholic. They knew how dangerous thier job was. 343 Firemen died that day in NYC.

[buddymyfriend]

Cheers Kiwi, I'm gonna do my 3 minutes silence to take time remember that fatefull day at 12pm today. To all the haters, look at us now! United with others and even stronger!! I show you all terrosist scum my middle finger, fuck y'all!

Peace and love

Buddy

[jokeyjokejoke]

I remember the day like it was yesterday. Unbelievably i didn't find out until roughly 9pm uk time. (i was home with one buddy playing ps2 all day) I put the radio on and they were talking about it, i didnt know what the WTC was up until then my buddy did so he flicked the T.V onto sky news. The first thing i saw was the planes hitting the towers over and over again. Then they showed the collapse and the very first thing i thought and said was "That dont look right" 5 years on and it seems alot of people also stuggle to believe the official story of the events of that day. Howerver, regardless of who was behind it or what their reasons were people where in thouse buildings when the planes hit and they remained trapped until the towers fell. Apart from the ones who didn't wait around and jumped from certain death to certain death.

If this was Osam it's bad. But if America was behind the slaughter of their own people that makes the whole thing alot more sinister and all you've gotta do to start beleiving that it could of been the Bush Admin is watch the towers fall with common sense enough to realise that they should not of collapsed like that.

This is a day that should be remember and my thoughts, love and best wishes go out to the families and all the people who lost someone or were affected on this day fives years ago.

[ShadowGate420]

In memory of all the innocent lives who perished on 9/11, I want everyone to get high as fuck. Agreed?

[dryst]

ill second that motion...

[BobBong]

I wish to see nothing relating to the "conspiracy" behind this infamous piece of history. This thread is not to be turned into a Bush hating, anti-Republican Bash-a-thon.

This thread is for condolences and remembrance of the people that died on that day five years ago.
I won't tolerate turning this thread into a Political debate.
Keep that shit in the politics forum please.

Thanks,
Bob.

Smoking a bowl in a moment of silence.

[Torog]

Howdy Y'all,

May God bless all of the families that lost loved ones on September 11,2001..and give them the strength and peace,to carry on..and may we never forget their loss. Amen

[tonycrane]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I watched it too. Cried like a baby the whole way thru it.:( One little boy told his mom that when she went to bed at night, his dad was in his room watching him thru the night.
Tears.....lot's of tears that night.

[Sabron]

Wow turning a day where terrorists acually devastated american by taking down the towers..into a day to be celebrated... thats like getting busted by the cops for having bud and being happy your going to jail.. and then celebrating that day every year..WTF...

but really.. I remember the day it happend... everything was normal ..watching the news for the weather.. then all the sudden it switches over and says a plane just crashed into the first tower.. i stared at the tv...shocked..

[Big Calhoun]

9/11 was a crazy day. At the time, I rode in to work with someone. Every morning, I always watched Good Day on Fox just to catch up on news and traffic. As my ride was approaching, the news broke in to say there was a fire at the World Trades. Something in me told me it was much worse, but I had to go to work.

My ride got to my place and we started on our way to work. THere was a news break-in about the World Trades on the station my friend was listening to, but he changed the station. I told him I thought there was something terribly wrong, but he needs his jazz in the morning to calm himself down before work.

So we got to work maybe 20 minutes later and everyone is freaking out. As soon as we walked into the office, one woman immediately says, "Oh my God! We're being attacked! They just attacked the World Trade Center". Another woman was in absolute hysterics. She had to be taken to the bathroom by 3 employees so they could calm her. All of a sudden, my brain kicked in, "Oh my God, my wife!!!!"

She didn't work at the World Trades daily but sometimes had meetings there with for her job. Immediately, I start ringing her desk phone, cell phone...nothing. Not that she wasn't picking up, but all the lines were completely jammed. Frantically, I keep dialing for the next hour or so. All the while, I'm now looking at various web cams positioned near the World Trades on the Internet.

During this hour, we were getting 'relay reports' from people who were in the break room..."OMG, a second plane has hit the other tower!"..."OMG, one tower just fell"..."OMG, the other tower just fell!". It was pandemonium. My heart told me my wife was safe but without being able to reach her, I couldn't be sure. All of my webcam feeds started failing...some were damaged by the collapse, others were just getting hammered and speed was horrible. I was no blind to what was going on.

Maybe 1 1/2 hours after the towers collapsed, my wife finally got through to me. She was scared and crying. From her office, she saw the second tower get hit. At that time, they evacuated everyone out of the building. She was concerned for a friend who was stuck on the train. Incidentally, this friend was on the train when they were ordered to stop. From her seat, she saw the entire incident. To this day, her firend still needs counseling and has nightmares.

So by this time, I know my wife is safe and the towers have both come down. Words couldn't describe the emptiness in my heart. I'm not a native New Yorker but spent so much time there, I might as well have been. My mind just couldn't comprehend that the towers were no longer there. I refused to believe it for many weeks...they were just too tall and massive, they couldn't fall!

As I sorted out my emotions in my head, another call came in for me. It was my mother. During this time period, my brother had got into alot of trouble and kicked him out. He was homeless and living in the streets of NYC. So my mother calls and just says, "Your brother is over there". And I'm like, "What!?!?". She explains that he had hooked up with some sort of program at a homeless shelter; the shelter was part of the World Trades complex. My heart just SANK! By this point, I needed to get out of the office and decided to go for an early lunch at the mall up the road; too many emotions and no place to express them.

As I was walking to the mall, it was all very eery. THe thought that my brother may have died in that made my stomach sick. What if they couldn't find him? What if we couldn't bury him properly? What if he was gravely injured? My mind was racing. It didn't help that the sky was very quiet. My old office was a good distance from the airport, but was under the 'congo line'...we were under part of the path that airplanes settled into before they landed. So air traffic was a normal part of the day...there was absolutely NONE around...dead quiet.

For the next two days, I was emotional wreck. I wouldn't let my wife go to work because I was so scared; I insisted she work from home. I was on the phone with my mother, father, and grandparents every other hour trying to get updates or pass them along. Air traffic over the next few days freaked me out. Military and police helicopters were easily indentified. Sometimes, the fighter jets were so high up, you could only hear them; it would make me nervous and think that another attack was coming. Finally, after 3 days, the word came in...my brother had linked up with our mothers ex-husband and was physically safe. Mentally, he was devestated.

When the initial plane struck, he was in a hallway going to a bathroom to take a shower. When the plane made impact, the explosion triggered the fire alarms in the building he was in and they started to evacuate people. He was only able to get basic belongings before he was herded outside. While outside, everyone stood around, trying to comprehend what was going on. He was outside just as the second plane hit and was showered with light debris. He remembers watching the people above the impact zones jumping from the towers. As the first tower came down, he says that people started screaming and yelling to run, so he just started to run as fast as he could, anywhere he could. The owner of a coffeeshop he sometimes at it saw him as he was running and pulled him inside the building to escape the dust. Sometime after that, he was able to get his bearings and find my mothers husband. Mind you, what he has relayed to us is so minimal compared to what he actually saw and went through. Even to this day, different elements of the story slip out here and there, but only when he is comfortable thinking about it.

So that was my 9/11 moment. I still remember everything about that day very vividly. I can tell you that New Brunswick, NJ was mostly sunny that day with the morning temp of about 75 degrees and it warmed up to about 83 that day. I still remember how I felt when I asked my friend to turn the radio back to the news but he left it on jazz...and how I felt when I walked into my office and saw nothing but pandemonium.

The politics of this aren't important. Everyone tries to place blame and fault, but tell me, who the fuck do you call to report planes crashing into buildings!?!?!? NO ONE knew what to do that day because this was something an an UNIMAGINEABLE scale. THe bottom line, a lot of good people lost their lives that day. I lost one coworker but reclaimed my brother. That's how I deal with it all today. I have to find some good that came from it and the only thing I have is that it help to repair a bad family relationship between myself, my mother, and brother.

God Bless...and, in memory of...

[herbollah]

here , here

[friendowl]

better dont get high
shows more

[buddymyfriend]

In memory of all the innocent lives who perished on 9/11, I want everyone to get high as fuck. Agreed?

I'm gonna roll my next joint and take time to think of all those affected by this atrocity.

Peace

Buddy

[ToDrunkToFish]

Yea for sure get that politic shit outa here, I was on top of the WTC 1.5 months before that happened. And I was in awe lookin over the beautifull city. To only be takin down by ruthless pussies. I couldnt imagine lookin at those towers in real life before they fell down. Those things were friggin huge.

[Skink]

There but for the grace of god go I...


I talked to people in the building at the time... I talked to someone that got out while his wife did not... Truly a gut wrenching day...
R.I.P

[cole]

ill smoke to 9/11 and all the people who lost there lives

we wont forget you

[Wesley Pipes]

5 years ago, i woke up, switched on my tv and saw a building on fire, i thought what i saw was a movie, until, after about 2 minutes, i realised what i was watching was real...
I thought what had happened was an accident, reports of a plane crashing into one of the towers,
but then, after only about 5 minutes of watching something i couldn't believe could happen, it happened again,
I watched the second plane hit the other tower, for what seemed like hours, i stared, not believing what i was witnessing,
I realised this was no accident.

5 Years ago my world changed along with everyone elses, my faith in humanity was shaken, to think there were people
out there that were capable of doing, no... even THINKING of doing something like this, it made me physically sick.

5 Years ago i watched the Twin Towers, and those inside, burn because of some madmans belief...
watched people jump off the edge to save themselves the pain of being burned alive,
i didn't want to watch yet could not turn away, hoping, praying that some miracle would stop this disaster created by twisted minds.

5 Years ago i watched the Towers collapse, not believing my eyes, watching people flee for their
lives as a wave of dust and debris filled the streets of New York City...
When it was over, i watched the emergency services and ordinary civilians move in to try and help those trapped under
the destruction, i watched as they tirelessly searched and searched and searched for survivors.

5 Years ago, on September 11th, if i am honest, i cried that day, for the thousands who died and for
the thousands who lost someone they loved, i wished i could've been there,
i wish i could've helped, even to save just one live... i would've given anything, but most of all...
i wish it never happened at all, I haven't cried since, nothing i have seen,
nothing i have experienced since that day, has made me so sad, so unhappy that i felt the need to cry.

5 Years ago... I changed, i saw what man was capable of, and I have Never looked at the world the same since.

____________________________________

This is 9/11 as I, Wesley Pipes, will forever remember it.

My Love and Condolences go out to anyone and everyone who lost someone that day.
I am truly sorry for your loss.

[Psycho4Bud]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qxmA4E9ViE

Best wishes to the survivors and the families/friends of the ones that didn't.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[kiwi]

:( I have just gone back and had a read of this thread, even tho I am on the other side of the world it still breaks my heart. Thanks to you all for letting me know the memories that you all have and the affect this shocking event has had on your lives.:confused:

[napolitana869]

if my dad hadn't of retired from the navy his office would have been right where the plane hit the pentagon. my friends dad died. i remember being so scared because my dad still went there for meetings alot and i couldnt remember if he was going to be there that day or not.