oh no I don't think anyone here is, but it's been bandied about enough by politicians and politicos as a rallying cry for any number of things.
Dana wrote: > I don't think anyone is making this a political rallying cry. Just > "where were you" stuff, like people used to do with the Kennedy > assasination and the Martin Luther King's as well. 9-11 was an > important moment after all. > > Me, I got the news from a drifter in Galveston. He came up to us on > the street and told us two airplanes had hit the World Trade Center. > It was the "two" that got me. I thought he was raving. Then the > television was on in the next place I went to. Everyone there was just > watching the coverage, horror-struck. I think that whoever asked the > networks to stop replaying the tape of the second plane hitting was > right -- it was horrifying, over and over. > > It was traumatic. > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> y'know, >> >> I was stuck at home all day yesterday, and I made great pains to avoid >> any reference to 9/11. >> I said my silent prayers for those that perished, and that the people >> that I knew at the Pentagon survived, and moved on with my day. >> >> I sincerely believe that it's what those that have passed on would want, >> for all of us to get past this. >> We should remember this day for what it is, a national and human tragedy >> of immense proportion, not as a political rallying cry.. >> >> Jacob wrote: >> >>> I remember watching it on TV at 5:50am. Breaking news about a plane hitting >>> the first tower. I thought it was your "typical accident." At 6:03am, when >>> the second plane hit, that was no longer a thought... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:22 PM >>> To: CF-Community >>> Subject: Re: Today was 9/11. >>> >>> I took a half hour this morning and watched the Fox News tribute that they >>> do and watched some of the ceremony from ground zero. I rewatched the >>> newscast and choked on watching people choose to jump from the top of the >>> tower rather than burn to death. :( I watched the whole thing that day in >>> real time and it was just as awful today as it was then. I still remember >>> the smell the of the burning towers blowing into NJ and the smell when I >>> drove downtown 2 weeks later. I remember calling around trying to get >>> through and find my friends that worked in that area and I remember seeing >>> the smoke driving into Bloomfield 2 days later. Very sad. Very awful. >>> Definitely something I'll never forget. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Let's take a moment to reflect and remembers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> sadness. >>>> (0_0) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268993 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
