never forget

[J. Yuma]

 

[Threespears]

Never Forget

 

[Fox Mike]

Yes. Never forget. Many do not know that today, 11 September is Patriot Day.

 

[powder smoke]

Yes. Never forget. Many do not know that today, 11 September is Patriot Day.

God Bless America! ps

 

[peachhead]

So many already have forgotten, particularly in the last 4 years.

 

[RC44Mag]

Born and raised in NY and in the late 80's worked in the WTC on and off and prior to that I was new sailor and my ship was in Brooklyn Dry Dock and when finished we got underway to Norfolk and leaving the East River to the harbor to open water we passed by the Twins. It was my first time underway in the USN
I knew people lost that day 2001 and those who worked the pile. I was pissed I couldn't be there, I was laid up bed ridden after an accident. I could smell the pile smoldering for weeks. At least we got to the Memorial/ Museum after it opened. I'll never forget.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

What My Daughter did on 9-11

These are from a couple of post on my Daughter's Face Book Page.

From today
23 years ago our country was attacked. My memories from that day are still seared in my mind. I cry every time I think about 9/11 no matter what day it is. I get furious every time I think about our country being attacked. Do your part - defend our country either in or out of uniform; support survivors, families, veterans, law enforcement, and first responders; teach your children about 9/11. The history of today will never be erased. Never forget. Ever.

From 9-11-2013
12 years ago I was stationed in Norfolk, VA. I had already briefed and preflighted my helicopter for a 9:30 am takeoff for a training flight. The towers were hit, and my flight was put on hold. All commercial and general aircraft were grounded; only the military was allowed to fly, and that took special permission. The President directed the Norfolk aircraft carriers to steam north to protect the coast, but they didn't have their aircraft or air wing personnel on board. Besides the alert jets that scrambled, I was one of the first aircraft in the air. I took off at 12:15 to transport the personnel that were required to land the air wing's aircraft. The carriers hadn't made it to New York by then, but they were going as fast as they could. Shortly after the personnel were onboard, they started to land their aircraft. I spent the next three long days flying personnel and cargo to the carriers off the coast of New York City. We were barely off the coast and the sight was horrific. Plumes of ash and smoke were enormous, ominous, and saddening. It will never leave my mind. Two and a half months later, I deployed to the Persian Gulf for the second time.
Today I'm in Washington DC where 9/11 is still pretty raw. The Pentagon is whole again, but you can still see its scar because the brick color doesn't match perfectly. A gentleman that I work with in the office was in the Pentagon when the plane hit. Luckily he was on the opposite side. I pass the Pentagon on my way to and from work each day. This morning I was really hoping to see the monstrous American flag hanging down its side as a tribute and warning.
I don't care what your political views are on the War on Terror, but we can never forget being attacked on our homeland, ever. God be with our troops who have fought and still fight, their families, and our country.

 

[J. Yuma]

I didn't like the idea of having a presidential debate on the eve of 9/11.

I remember how every "celebrity" was sporting NYFD, and NYPD hats right after the attack.
I hope they're still wearing them.

 

[Jeepnik]

There is on flag for every victim.

 

[RC44Mag]

There is on flag for every victim.

Where is that?

 

[ProfessorWes]

Posted without further comment, except to observe that he earned his place in Valhalla a dozen times over.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rick-rescorla

 

[Jeepnik]

Where is that?

Pepperdine University in Malibu, Ca. The road in front is Pacific Coast Highway.

The students go it every year in memory of 9-11. The first year they put up only US flags. Subsequent years they put up a flag of the person’s nationality.

Seeing those foreign flags makes it clear that it wasn’t and attack on just America, but the entire world.

 

[bobski]

i forgot. and i dont want to remember.

 

[vito]

In any meaningful sense America has already forgotten. Little or nothing about that day is taught in our Leftist schools. TV networks will not replay the horrors of that day, claiming it is too sensitive, such as the footage of people jumping to their deaths to avoid burning alive. Iran's funding of Islamic terrorism, despite the fact that most of the suicide terrorists of that day were from Saudi Arabia, did not deter Obama from sending billions in cash to Iran, nor Biden from trying desperately to treat Iran as a responsible nation that can be reasoned with. Most "letters to the Editor" today that talk about Islamic radicalism and the danger of these people to our nation will never be printed and will be considered unacceptable "Islamaphobia". And I would be willing to bet that today's "woke" military spends more time indoctrinating our troops about the dangers of "White extremists" than it does about radical Muslims and what those people did on 9/11. To people of 25 or younger, 9/11 is as much ancient history, and thus meaningless to them, as is Pearl Harbor today. The national unity that we felt after 9/11 lasted for less time than ever could have been imagined on that date.

 

[Randyzzz]

RIP Brian Sweeney, Flight 175

 

[Bob Wright]

God Bless America! ps

We sang that song in 1942. Churches were open for prayer for our nation during the day. We recited the Pledge of Allegince and the Lord's Prayer every morning at school. And the United States, ill prepared for war, defeated the mightest war machine in the world in Nazi Germany and the mighty Japanese fleet.
In 1963 prayer was prohibited in public schools, Bible reading was taken out and display of the Ten Commandments was prohibited. In 1968 we went to war in Viet Nam and lost a war for the first time.

Bob Wright

 

[J. Yuma]

In any meaningful sense America has already forgotten. Little or nothing about that day is taught in our Leftist schools. TV networks will not replay the horrors of that day, claiming it is too sensitive, such as the footage of people jumping to their deaths to avoid burning alive. Iran's funding of Islamic terrorism, despite the fact that most of the suicide terrorists of that day were from Saudi Arabia, did not deter Obama from sending billions in cash to Iran, nor Biden from trying desperately to treat Iran as a responsible nation that can be reasoned with. Most "letters to the Editor" today that talk about Islamic radicalism and the danger of these people to our nation will never be printed and will be considered unacceptable "Islamaphobia". And I would be willing to bet that today's "woke" military spends more time indoctrinating our troops about the dangers of "White extremists" than it does about radical Muslims and what those people did on 9/11. To people of 25 or younger, 9/11 is as much ancient history, and thus meaningless to them, as is Pearl Harbor today. The national unity that we felt after 9/11 lasted for less time than ever could have been imagined on that date.

ever read fahrenheit 451?
it's about a dystopian future (now?) and how GREAT books were banned, and subsequently burned?
To preserve these books, a group of rebels dedicated themselves to pick a book and commit that book to memory.
451 was written in 1953.
'In a 1994 interview, (Ray) Bradbury cited political correctness as an allegory for the censorship in the book, calling it "the real enemy these days" and labeling it as "thought control and freedom of speech control."' (from wikipedia)

I'm 70. Unless I'm dead or lobotomized, I'll never forget.
It's up to those who know the truth to become keepers of the truth.

 

[J. Yuma]

a good place to visit
really diverse, everything is equal, all are included.

 

[J. Yuma]

American