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Jeff Miller
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 Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:55 am 2 Year Anniversary of the Attack on the World Trade Center |
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It's hard to belieive that just after I joined the forum the attacks happened. I remember what my first thoughts was I was shocked I mean I never saw something like this happen on our soil I wanted us to go and get the people responsible thats the way I remember several people. Where were you when you found out about this? I'll not lie I didn't know right off the bat it happened I woke up late that morning I went down the stairs I got on my dreamcast thats how I got on the net before I got my comp I didn't know that it happened till I got on the local newspaper website and I saw what happened than I turned on the tv and found out what happened it still brings up memories when I remember it. So where were you when all this happened feel free to tell us about your thoughts or anything relating to 9-11  .
[title - morphy -2 Year Aniversery of the Attack on the world trade center]
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
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Location: North East England
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:15 am |
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I remember I was on the bus coming home from school when I heard the news (I'd had orchestra practise that day, and was coming home late).
What worries me is that Al Queda have said they're planning attacks that'll be even worse than those of September 11th... if they are I hope to Gad that we find out about them before hand and can stop them!
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
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Location: United States of America
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:20 am |
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I remember vividly what I was doing 2 years ago. This year, we'll be out on the Penobscot, sailing. (remember, it's also my parents wedding anniversary).
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Jeff Miller
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Location: Mental Ward for the Mentaly Unstable 6th floor, Saint John's 1615 Delaware Longview Washington 98632
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:24 am |
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its hard to belieive its been this long since the attack Im just praying that in 2 days nothing bad happens from the reports on the news Al quida is going to try something.
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harrykims#1fan
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Joined: 08 Feb 2002
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Location: Leicester UK
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:31 am |
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i can remember being in chemistry and the teacher had accidently changed the channel and the news was on and the newsreader was saying that a plane had crashed into one of the trade centre towers.
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Theresa
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Joined: 17 Jun 2001
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Location: United States of America
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:32 am |
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Last year, after the attacks a ground stop was called. (no flights anywhere in the continental US, everything diverted to Canada, etc...)
So naturally we are watching the TV. I hear this rumbling sound, so I went out on the deck to check it out. There is a huge ass plane flying over the house. Naturally I yelled for everyone to come out and look. We couldn't really tell what color it was because of the way the sun was reflecting off it.
So Dad went inside and called the National Guard, to see if it was one of theirs, or if they at least knew it was up there. They had no clue. So he called the Air Guard, and they said it was one of theres.  It was creepy for about 10 minutes.
I remember J was online talking to Kai, (Captain Skyline), and she told him about it, and he told his Grandmother, and she didn't beleive J, lol.
I think 2 of the coolest things that happened was the playing of the Star Spangled Banner during the changing of the Guard, and after baseball resumed, everyone singing New York, New York at Fenway. (you have to realize the level of animosity between these two cities regarding sports).
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Thomas
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| Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:43 am |
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I only found out when I got home from school. Michael (my brother) called me in here and he had up the BBC news site. He told me that some planes had grashed into The World Trade Centre. I was like "No way  " until he showed it to me on the screen.
Our last lesson of the day in school had been Drama. We were in the Drama Studio when a kid came in with a message for the teacher. When he read it he said that he was angry or something because something bad had just happened. When I got home, I realised what it was. September 11th is also one of my friend's birthdays.
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Theresa
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:09 pm |
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Theresa
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:00 pm |
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| Quote: | BEIRUT, Lebanon (Sept. 10) - The Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera aired video and audio tapes of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy on Wednesday. The footage - the first video image of bin Laden in nearly two years - was aired on the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The tapes were produced in late April or early May, the broadcaster said.
In the audiotape, a voice said to be that of bin Laden praises the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States two years ago for causing ``great damage to the enemy'' and mentions five of the hijackers by name. A religious song could be heard in the background of the tape.
Another voice on the tape, attributed to bin Laden top aide Ayman al-Zawahri, calls on Iraqi guerrillas to ``bury'' American troops in Iraq.
It appeared to be the first video image of bin Laden since he was shown at a dinner with associates on Nov. 9, 2001 in Afghanistan. That tape was made public a month later.
U.S. intelligence officials will review the video and audio voiceover to try to determine if they are authentic and when and where they were made, officials in Washington said. In the past, CIA analyses of such messages have taken a day or two to complete.
Press reports from the Mideast over the last week had suggested a new bin Laden video was set to air Wednesday, one official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Messages from al-Qaida leaders are sometimes viewed as presaging an attack. The Department of Homeland Security previously said it did not plan to raise the national terror threat level above its current position at yellow, signifying an elevated threat of attack.
Bin Laden was last heard from on April 7, exhorting Muslims in a tape obtained by The Associated Press to rise up against Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other governments he claimed were ``agents of America.'' That audiotape, which CIA analysts said appeared to be authentic, made a vague reference to the Iraq conflict, although it was not specific enough to determine whether it had been recorded before or after the Iraqi war began on March 20.
The videotape broadcast Wednesday shows bin Laden and al-Zawahri, dressed in Afghan clothing, walking up and down a rocky hill dotted with green plants. In one shot, bin Laden is assisted by a walking stick in his right hand and wears a blanket over his left shoulder. In another, he holds a Soviet-made assault rifle in his left hand.
The two climb to the hilltop and sit resting, looking out over the trees and rocky outcroppings, the camera behind them. The backdrop in the video resembles the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where U.S. officials believe bin Laden is hiding out.
There was nothing in the video itself to indicate when it was made. Al-Jazeera did not say how or when it obtained the tape.
Neither bin Laden nor his aide spoke on the video.
The videotape appeared to be shot during the course of one day. The light in each segment was the same and bin Laden's clothing was the same. He appeared to be cooperating with the cameraman, allowing him time to move ahead in order to get a series of shots of the al-Qaida leader walking toward the camera. Bin Laden several times looks over his shoulder, giving the impression he is being followed.
In one scene a small cluster of wildflowers can be seen, suggesting - given the apparent high altitude at which the video was shot - that the videotape was made in early summer. At such an altitude wild flowers would not be blooming in early September.
In the audiotape attributed to al-Zawahri, the speaker refers to U.S. troops in Iraq - an indication that it was made after American troops entered Iraq last March.
``We salute the mujahedeen brothers in Iraq and press on their hands and ask Allah to bless their sacrifices and valor in fighting the Crusaders,'' the speaker says. ``We tell you that Allah is with you and the (Islamic) nation supports you. Depend on Allah. Devour the Americans just like the lions devour their prey. Bury them in the Iraqi graveyard.''
The voice attributed to al-Zawahri also referred to the Sept. 11 anniversary.
``On the second anniversary of the raids on New York and Washington we challenge America and its Crusade, which is teetering from its wounds in Afghanistan and Iraq,'' the speaker says. ``We tell them that we do not seek to kill, but we will chop off the hand which seeks to inflict harm on us, God willing.''
In the audiotape, translated from the Arabic by The Associated Press, the voice said to be al-Zawahri's threatened more attacks on Americans.
``What you saw until now are only the first skirmishes,'' the voice says. ``The true epic has not begun.''
It says that the mothers of American soldiers should demand that the U.S. government return them home before they ``return in coffins.''
He accused the Americans of hiding the true number of their casualties.
On Aug. 3, the Al-Arabiya satellite station aired an audiotape purportedly from al-Zawahri warning that the United States would pay dearly if it harmed detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The United States said that tape was probably authentic.
The last tape attributed to al-Qaida was aired Aug. 18 on Al-Arabiya television. The speaker, claiming to be Saudi-born militant Abdur Rahman al-Najdi, called on Muslims around the world to travel to Iraq to fight the U.S.-led occupation.
Bin Laden is believed to have been in the border region since December 2001, when U.S. and Afghan troops surrounded a giant cave complex in the eastern Afghan region of Tora Bora. On Dec. 10, troops intercepted a radio transmission that was believed to have come from the al-Qaida leader.
U.S. warplanes blanketed the area with bombs, but the Americans relied largely on local Afghan forces on the ground. Hundreds of al-Qaida suspects are believed to have escaped across the border into Pakistan, and bin Laden may have been among them.
09/10/03 15:39 EDT
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press. |
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Kyle Reese
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:20 pm |
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i remember, i was in 5th grade and well the attacks happened pretty much just after i got to school and i first heard about the attacks at 10:00 am because my teacher told us and at first i didn't think it was much, i didn't pay much attention and figured that stuff like that happened all the time but i didn't realize how serious it was until a few hours later when i saw it on TV. Yup i remember everyone on AOL was talking about it, EVERYONE
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Theresa
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:04 pm |
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Well, it's officially Patriot Day now.
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Jeff Miller
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:06 pm |
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I didn't know your football team had its own day  lol j/k
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Theresa
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| Wed Sep 10, 2003 11:35 pm |
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Theresa
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John Connor
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:38 am |
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I know that im not american but my aunt and uncle is and her 2 boys so I remember this day when this happened when i was in my school.
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Morphy
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 7:36 am |
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I remember September 11th, 2001 as if it happened yesterday. I remember what I was doing when I heard the news. I remember talking to friends later that night about their reactions and what they were doing the moment they heard about it.
I remember nothing the day before and after though. /shrug
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Jeff Miller
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Location: Mental Ward for the Mentaly Unstable 6th floor, Saint John's 1615 Delaware Longview Washington 98632
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 8:50 am |
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yeah same here you don't remember things unless its something tramatic than you remember everything that day I remember how quiet it was where I lived at that time normaly it was pretty busy.
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Jeremy
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:26 am |
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I remember it really well. It's so strange, and no-one will forget about it. I don't think anything will happen today as the security will be so tight.
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
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Location: North East England
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 9:29 am |
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Last year, I moved from Liverpool upto the North East of England. I remember putting my bags on the floor at the coach station (which contained everything I owned) and moving 3 feet to the vending machine. No sooner had I left them and there was police and security swooping onto my bags! I only wanted a bag of crisps, and it's easier to move without carrying your weight in your arms (the bags weighed more than I did at the time).
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Piper Halliwell
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 10:30 am |
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When all of this happened I'd just go home from College. After logging on to my computer and going online, I then opened up an IM box to talk to my friend Kirsty on MSN.
I said hello too her but she just ignored me. That was until she told me that New York was on fire. She then told me to turn on the tv as it was all over the news.
After doing so, I turned to BBC1 where the news was. I just froze when I saw the two towers gone. I was in complete and utter shock.
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Captain Skyline
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:52 pm |
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I remember that day also, i was round a friends house, playing chess, tng was on in the background, it came up *news flash, terrorist attack in america, turn over to bbc news 24 now* I thought it was just a car-bomb or something so i didnt turn over, but then my dad rang me, told me the twin towers were hit!, so i turned it over and i was shocked
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white wolf
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 4:59 pm |
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it wasn't until 3:30 in the afternoon when i found out, on the bus on the way home from school. we were listening to radio 1 the chris moyles show but he was playing music and between the songs he said that due to the recent attacks on the world trade centres in new york we are just playing music for the entire show. we thought it was a joke, he's kind of a comedian so we just laughed it off but then we went back to my friends house and turned on CNN and there it was. we just sat there in her living room for about 30mins in silence, just taking it in. there was a slight panic that her (my friend) dads' brother might have been in the world trade centre area when it went down, but thankfully we found out a bit later that he got away in time.
i have the documentary 9/11 on video and the 'firemans story' book. i often get them out, to remember. it hit GB too, it shook the world.
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PrankishSmart
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| Thu Sep 11, 2003 5:45 pm |
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I remember it was around midnight here when it happened. I think I was almost about to get into bed and my brother told me to check out the tv. So I went into his room and saw what was unfolding live. It was not until the morning when we really saw the full extent of the disaster.
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Josi Rockholt
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| Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:15 am |
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I found out a few hours after it happened and the towers were still falling. That day and days after,everyone in school was talking about it. Oh,I found out from my english teacher at school who had gone online because everyone wanted an update and I was the only one that didn't have a clue what they were talking about. I was in complete shock. That's all we talked about in school,all I remember anyway. Last year,on 9-11, my health teacher showed videos on it that weren't on TV. We even had a moment of silence in homeroom that day,besides the one we have normally for about 30 seconds. The seperate one was about a minute or two.
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Voy_Girl
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| Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:10 pm |
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I can't believe it's been two whole years. Seems more like a week.
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