This is terrible! (Thread orginally posted 9/11/2001)

StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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I was only six during the attacks, so I don't remember much about them. Only that my brother had been born the week before and I was excited to get off of school early to go see him. My parents didn't really tell me anything. Most of what I heard I heard in school and didn't realize how serious it was until years later. My mom says she really couldn't even process what had happened, only remembered watching it on TV like it was a movie. A few weeks later it hit her.

Taking a moment of reflection...
 
ddrongowski

ddrongowski

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I will never forget. We were in AK, I was looking at the t-rex bones while DW and DS were at the restroom, when a cm came over and said there had been and incident and all the guests were asked to head to the front of the parks to leave. This was our very first trip to WDW, so yes I will never forget. Gives a whole new meaning to the line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
 
75disney

75disney

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I remember trying to reach my sister (a CM behind the scenes at Epcot) that day and she couldn't get back to me until that night because she got pulled to escort guests out of Epcot and clear the park. Later that day she got assigned to one of the resorts to help out the swamped CMs there.

Let there be peace on earth.
 
prberk

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
I was only six during the attacks, so I don't remember much about them. Only that my brother had been born the week before and I was excited to get off of school early to go see him. My parents didn't really tell me anything. Most of what I heard I heard in school and didn't realize how serious it was until years later. My mom says she really couldn't even process what had happened, only remembered watching it on TV like it was a movie. A few weeks later it hit her.

Taking a moment of reflection...
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I am grateful for this thread every year. It helps us not only to remember the facts, but to bring into focus the emotion and the realization of the day. It was amazing. I suggest reading through the original pages.

I still listen to Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" for a completely raw and accurate sense of the emotions that most people I knew felt. That song, written just a few weeks after the event, really says it for me. I stood in line to give blood that day, in the hopes of so many survivors who were never ultimately to be found.

Nearly all television channels except Disney and Nickelodeon showed news all day for about a week, MTV and ESPN included. Disney and Nick stayed with regular programming to provide a nice place for the smallest children to go.

I still rememer Brian Williams ending his NBC Nightly News broadcast with a view of the Empire State Building, and saying, "the Empire State Building: the tallest building in New York City tonight."

God bless you all, and thanks for helping me remember.
 
LuLaSue

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Twelve Years! Where has the time gone! I remember, I remember everyday. Then I worked for the Department of Correction 2 blocks from the Towers. So much that can be said but, it just doesn't matter. That day changed my life forever. To all those who lost loved ones, my heart is yours today and I pray for you always. All were hero's! Your memories are not lost, NEVER!
 
Spikerdink

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9/11 is our generation's 'moment' that we will always remember where we were when we heard. I was actually in NYC, working in Times Square. As was my custom, I was in my office almost an hour before everyone else arrived. I had a tv in my office, and remember WABC-7 cutting into Good Morning America to say there were reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center. The rest of the morning was panicked - as people came into work we huddled around the tvs in the offices (we were a broadcaster, so every office had a set) and we tried to reach loved ones. My boss at the time was on a plane and we were scared since no one knew what was going on with the planes. I actually called her family in Hungary to see if they had information.

Around 1, we were told we had to leave the building. As we left, there were some police cars in Times Square and one of them had its hood up and was covered in soot and dust. My coworkers and I went to the apartments of people who lived in the city and we kept checking with each other. I remember hearing that one coworker was stricken with fear because she could not reach her husband, who was an on duty fireman.....her fears intensified with every minute, every hour, finally every day.... The last image she ever saw of her husband was of him in full pack heading into the towers to try to rescue people.

True heroics in every sense of the word. These men and women did not hesitate to go into danger, and they paid the ultimate price for their dedication.

Mary Chapin Carpenter has a great song, "Grand Central Station" about the rescue workers at Ground Zero....if you get a chance, listen to it today and remember those that never returned to their families and friends.
 
jw24

jw24

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It's almost too surreal that it was 12 years ago. No matter what part of the US you were from or part of the world that was not on the side of the evil forces that committed the act, you were definitely shaken by everything. Here's a news video clip of Disney World closing as a precautionary measure and guest reactions.



Never forget.
 
Britt

Britt

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Spikerdink said:
9/11 is our generation's 'moment' that we will always remember where we were when we heard. I was actually in NYC, working in Times Square. As was my custom, I was in my office almost an hour before everyone else arrived. I had a tv in my office, and remember WABC-7 cutting into Good Morning America to say there were reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center. The rest of the morning was panicked - as people came into work we huddled around the tvs in the offices (we were a broadcaster, so every office had a set) and we tried to reach loved ones. My boss at the time was on a plane and we were scared since no one knew what was going on with the planes. I actually called her family in Hungary to see if they had information.

Around 1, we were told we had to leave the building. As we left, there were some police cars in Times Square and one of them had its hood up and was covered in soot and dust. My coworkers and I went to the apartments of people who lived in the city and we kept checking with each other. I remember hearing that one coworker was stricken with fear because she could not reach her husband, who was an on duty fireman.....her fears intensified with every minute, every hour, finally every day.... The last image she ever saw of her husband was of him in full pack heading into the towers to try to rescue people.

True heroics in every sense of the word. These men and women did not hesitate to go into danger, and they paid the ultimate price for their dedication.

Mary Chapin Carpenter has a great song, "Grand Central Station" about the rescue workers at Ground Zero....if you get a chance, listen to it today and remember those that never returned to their families and friends.
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OMG I got chills :( Im so sorry for her. How horribly sad!
 
Timekeeper

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Disnee4Me

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Ironically, we flew home from WDW on September 1st, 2001, and as our limo was driving us home from the airport, I pointed out the twin towers to my DSs, then 11 and 6. Still seems surreal.
 

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