I didn't want to start a new thread -- I had never seen all of this video start to finish. Very intense.
Why hasn't Trump made 9/11 a national holiday yet? I thought those were the type of things he was supposed to do. Seems like there wouldn't be much outrage from the left if he did.
Never forget the moment that caused millions of unnecessary deaths and billions of dollars of destruction over money, greed, oil and power.
Was in New York my first time about 10 days after the Attack. Went to Ground Zero and saw the rubble. The area was cleaner than I imagined it would be, but all the bent metal was real. Plenty police and many sad faces. There now sits two waterfalls serving as a memorial exactly where the buildings once stood. Every victim's name is engraved its marble wall. Even more sadly, there are survivors that have developed cancer from all the toxic fumes which were exposed from the attack.
A lot of high school seniors today weren't even born back on this day. I don't think they really care as most people under 25, this event has no actual meaning.
I'm sharing what I wrote on FB about this day and to honor one of the heroes of UA 93 Today I want to remember one person in particular who died on 9/11 with the thousands of others. Jeremy Glick was on UA Flight 93 and together with the other passengers stopped that plane from being turned into a missile killing many more on the ground. Jeremy was also a championship Judoka who won a stunning upset victory in the 86 kg division of the 1993 Judo Collegiate Nationals. This was a tournament I was at but I never faced Jeremy or remember meeting him. His opponent was Randy Imamura who is now the coach of Fresno State Judo club and who I've had the honor of coaching against at recent Collegiate Nationals. From what is known about that day over Pennsylvania Jeremy was one of the leaders of the passengers and may even have been the first passenger to fight back against the hijackers. We will never know if he used any of his Judo skills but I have no doubt that his background in Judo gave him the confidence to take on the hijackers knowing full well that he was likely sacrificing his life. Most of my Judo students were toddlers when 9/11 happened but as I tell them they are part of a tradition and in particular a Collegiate Judo tradition that they can be proud of. If Jeremy had survived he would be the same age as I am. I can't help but wonder if our positions had been reversed would I have been brave enough to do what he did? It's hopefully something I will never have to find out but I can honor his memory by helping to teach the sport we both loved and shaped our lives to a new generation.
I had not seen this thread before. When I read some of the posts from 2013, and the tone of almost self-hatred -- or maybe hatred for the country or dismissiveness of the event, the dead and their families -- I was disturbed. Obviously, some other posts were deeply respectful and moving. But seriously, there have been folks on here whose thinking I just don't understand. I'm sorry, but some of the earlier posts are disgusting.
Check out this post from the day of... After the planes hit but before they collapsed. Post #6 of the original 9/11 thread.
Probably more significance than Pearl Harbor but not as much as something that happened last week That said. . . .. Are the survivors and first responders still having problems getting healthcare? Are many of them dead or dying without any much assistance from the Gov? Until All of them are taken care of . . .. . saying DON'T FORGET Rings as Hollow as .. . I SUPPORT THE TROOPS . . .as you step over a homeless veteran. Rocket River
