Nirvjam Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I posted this on the evening of Sep. 11, 2001 after finally getting home from my Manhattan job. I saved the thread as an html file at: Sep. 11, 2001 (There may be broken links/messages on the page - just scroll down for the saved thread.) We will never forget those who perished.....
Bill from NYC Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I posted this on the evening of Sep. 11, 2001 after finally getting home from my Manhattan job. I saved the thread as an html file at: Sep. 11, 2001 (There may be broken links/messages on the page - just scroll down for the saved thread.) We will never forget those who perished..... 769682[/snapback] Thanks Jerry for digging this up. I have been bummed out all day, and TBD has enabled me to take my mind off of the ugly memories of 9/11 to a degree. Just think...... in a few weeks we will be back in WNY!!! This year, please remind me not to leave the chocolates for cablelady in the room. I'll call you later.
rockpile Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks Jerry for digging this up. I have been bummed out all day, and TBD has enabled me to take my mind off of the ugly memories of 9/11 to a degree. Just think...... in a few weeks we will be back in WNY!!! This year, please remind me not to leave the chocolates for cablelady in the room. I'll call you later. 769815[/snapback] Are you tailgating at Kenny's Pinto or Hammer's?
Bill from NYC Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Are you tailgating at Kenny's Pinto or Hammer's? 769836[/snapback] 1/5
ajzepp Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 I watched United 93 earlier this morning....I thought it was more of a documentary type film, but they pretty much just throw you right into the middle of all that's going on. I was hesitant to watch it, cause - like many people - I get upset to the point that I can't function right when I start thinking about all that went on. The last five minutes of the film will haunt me the rest of my life, I think....as will most of the events of that day. I cannot fathom the suffering that people had to endure on that day and in the days that have followed.
R. Rich Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks Jerry for digging this up. I have been bummed out all day, and TBD has enabled me to take my mind off of the ugly memories of 9/11 to a degree. Just think...... in a few weeks we will be back in WNY!!! This year, please remind me not to leave the chocolates for cablelady in the room. I'll call you later. 769815[/snapback] Look forward to seeing you both in just a few weeks, William and Gerald.
drnykterstein Posted September 11, 2006 Posted September 11, 2006 5 years already? Still feels like just yesterday.
mcjeff215 Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 I posted this on the evening of Sep. 11, 2001 after finally getting home from my Manhattan job. I saved the thread as an html file at: Sep. 11, 2001 (There may be broken links/messages on the page - just scroll down for the saved thread.) We will never forget those who perished..... 769682[/snapback] I remember reading that the first time through...
Guffalo Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 I will never forget that day, I posted the experiences of my day after I woke up the following day. I couldnt find it in the archives, but someone sent it to me this morning with a note. I still go through the names of the people I know who were lost that day, one guy I had golfed with on the Monday after the Bills game. Here is what I had written on the morning of the 12th: I almost feel ashamed looking at this board, since football is far from my mind right now, but my home page is TBD... When I was on my way to work yesterday, I was on the #1 express from Penn down to WTC, at 14th a couple got on and said they saw a plane hit the trade center, I figured it was a light plane, and continued on. There was an announcement by the conductor that said "Due to a fire at WTC there will be no service to Cortland ave (in the wtc), I got out at chambers street and started walking..as I turned around to face the north tower I saw people just string up in awe..there was a hole in the tower with smoke and flames, I asked some guy what happened and he said, he saw the plane go in.. and then he said 15 minutes later the other tower exploded.. (we were on the north side so he didn't see the 2nd plane , only the impact) I tried my cell phone (no good) so I tried to find a pay phone , I thought of my wife wondering if I was in there, and just the worry that the rest of the family would have when they heard..I was able to get through to her voice mail, and then I called our office on 36th st ( I am a consultant assigned to 4 WTC since last September). The office wanted me to try to locate another employee, and we started using my cell phone with the two way radio feature. I started looping around to the east of the buildings, trying to find my co-worker, as I walked near the post office, I saw debris and broken concrete, small puddles of blood, shoes ,lots of shoes and I picked up a warm hunk of metal ( I have no idea why) it was almost hot and it was heavy and it was oily or greasy... I dropped it when I saw a wheel or turbine that was 20 feet away, high density aluminum about 6 feet wide.... Using my radio to my boss, I kept chatter back and forth and kept moving towards where I figured Marcia would be (we went through the bombing in 93 and had always said, head for the water by the Seaport). Police were busy on Church so I moved to Broadway by J&R Music and continued the radio chatter with my boss, he said Marcia had not checked in yet, keep looking, he also told me he saw video of the 2nd plane as it went in, he said it had been hijacked as well as the first one, he also told be about the Pentagon being hit. I had worked my way to Nassau street, a pedestrian mall about 3 blocks east of the towers. My radio was quirky, sometimes the frequency was jammed, sometimes you could get through, so I told my boss I was going to keep it on once I get a signal. As I was walking up Nassau I left the center of the street and stayed along the storefronts, I was talking to Doug and he heard me say "Oh @#$%^! something's happening, oh my God something went off", and he could hear the rumbling as the first tower went down, I felt a shock wave and wind rush as I ducked into a doorway (from the narrow street you could not see the tower) I knew that one of them had fallen and I assumed it had toppled over like a domino, not the gentle slide that I saw later. The dust and debris cloud came next as I peered out of the doorway the cloud came east towards the Nassau area, I started sprinting north and got one block, as I looked over my left shoulder I saw a huge cloud of debris/dust coming our way, as we ran I saw a woman fall, someone slowed down to help and they were trampled ( I know I should have stopped, but I was thinking about wife, kids etc, and she went down pretty hard) As I rounded the corner near Beekman Hospital emergency personnel were waving us away I zigged through the waiting stretchers, and headed to the Seaport, I slowed down to catch my breath.... The smoke/debris cloud was covering us with something that was making me choke and burning my eyes, it looked like snow... I started towards the Brooklyn Bridge, but I was afraid that if the other tower went it may drop towards us, so I started to go towards Chinatown. As I was walking I remembered my radio.. the (last transmission I sent was Oh my God and the rumbling in the background) when I finally got through my boss was excited, he thought I was a goner. A woman stopped be and asked to borrow the phone, I told her there were no calls in or out, she then started wandering back towards the site and I stopped her and asked what she was doing, "I have to get my pocketbook" I said that would not be a great idea, and I asked her where she lives, we were going the same way and started walking together, we saw a cab (empty) so we got in and the driver said "I'm only going north" (well hello....that was an understatement, who the hell wants to go back there!!!) In the cab, Doug (boss) confirmed that the tower had fallen, we looked back and saw the new skyline with just one tower standing up. A short time later Doug asked where we were, I told him in a cab, and he told us the second tower just went down, we looked out the back window of the cab as the debris and smoke filled the air in the distance. We were up to the village, and I saw the Empire State building looming in the distance.. I told the driver to stop and let me out, the girl (Valerie) said why get out now??? I pointed to the building/target and said"what would be the next landmark to get hit?? I got out and gave the girl some money for the cab , she insisted on paying me back and made me give her my card ( amazing at a time like this the etiquette thing still remains in some people). I started west to avoid the Empire State Building and went around it to get to our office located 2 blocks north of the ESB. I got upstairs and changed, called the wife ( she heard my voice cracking on the messages and she cried every time she heard news of my progress) We watched the news as others straggled in (Marcia had gotten up there too). Once they opened the Long Island Rail Road, I left and got on and headed home.. I never figured out whose shoes those were.. I am home now, and I suggest the following: Don't complain about doing your kids homework. Say I love you whenever possible Try to keep in touch with your loved ones, Whatever you think is very important today, may seem like a pimple on the ass of an elephant tomorrow. God Bless us all Guff
GoodBye Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Wow, Guff. Since I wasn't here on TBD 5 yrs ago this is the first time seeing this. Sorry to hear about your losses.
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 NirvJam & Guff - I remember these posts as if they were yesterday. I got more news from TBD that day than I did from anywhere else.
gmac17 Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 i told myself to write some things down, but for some reason didn't do it for a few months. Still regret that. Here are a few pics i took an hour ago from Hoboken: 9/11 Lights 911 Lights 2
RkFast Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 i told myself to write some things down, but for some reason didn't do it for a few months. Still regret that. Here are a few pics i took an hour ago from Hoboken: 9/11 Lights 911 Lights 2 770328[/snapback] I can see those lights, ever so faintly from my front yard tonight.
GoodBye Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Are the lights turned on every day or just for the anniversary days??
RkFast Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Are the lights turned on every day or just for the anniversary days?? 770340[/snapback] Just on 9/11.
Lori Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 NirvJam & Guff - I remember these posts as if they were yesterday. I got more news from TBD that day than I did from anywhere else. 770321[/snapback] Likewise. I was home that day, so had the TV going... but spent most of the time hitting refresh on the board, and breathing a sigh of relief every time one of the NYC crew checked in OK...
nick in* england Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Likewise. I was home that day, so had the TV going... but spent most of the time hitting refresh on the board, and breathing a sigh of relief every time one of the NYC crew checked in OK... 770379[/snapback] I re-registered on the 'new' Stadium Wall on 9/11 to check in on people and keep up to daye with the news. My date of registration is a spooky reminder of how connected TBD makes me feel to people I have often never met, or spoken to.
Just Jack Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 Likewise. I was home that day, so had the TV going... but spent most of the time hitting refresh on the board, and breathing a sigh of relief every time one of the NYC crew checked in OK... 770379[/snapback] I spent that morning at work going between the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) directors office, he had a TV going, the EOC itself, three TV's there, but it was filling up with responders fast, and my office, posting/reading TBD.
R. Rich Posted September 12, 2006 Posted September 12, 2006 I knew the Wall existed around 9/11, but didn't even look @ any posts here until around November of '01. Those were the days that I just checked Two Bills Drive for the latest Bills news, but didn't get into the message board thing. Once I started lurking, I started to like this place, then I registered a few months later, but still didn't post yet. My first post wasn't until about 4 months after I finally registered here. I wish I had known you guys back then. It would've been nice to have the support system then. Hey, my first post ever here!
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