Comments on: Memories of 9/11 – New York, Washington DC, Mississippi and South Texas Came Together

By: JPlovesCOTTON

JPlovesCOTTON — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:17:30 +0000

In reply to Aimee @ everydayepistle.com. Thanks Aimee. I had photos in my office that included shots of the NY skyline then and I've moved them several times since. I had thought I may replace the photos in the frames but it never has felt right, so even today, when I look up from my desk I see the World Trade Towers from the base of the Statue of Liberty as well as a unique shot of the statue from the same vantage point.

By: Aimee @ everydayepistle.com

Aimee @ everydayepistle.com — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:11:14 +0000

Janice, I’m glad to read your account. We all have one and I believe it is so important to tell the stories–whether we were in NY or DC or Shanksville at the time, or watching it unfold in our homes across the country. What you wrote about how it impacted your little part of the world was true for every one of us. Imperative we not forget and tell the stories to future American generations.

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By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:10:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Janice. I do remember exactly what l I did that day. I also remember in the coming weeks, my husband and I had many discussions on if we really wanted to start a family anytime soon with everything going on. Thankfully we decided we did and our oldest was born in October of 2002.

By: David Doerfert

David Doerfert — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:09:50 +0000

Thank you Janice. And our thoughts and prayers continue.

By: The Wife of a Dairyman

The Wife of a Dairyman — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:48:21 +0000

I believe it’s important to remember and remind ourselves of how we felt and what happened on the tragic day of 9-11. I also payed tribute with my blog post today….https://tinyurl.com/2cuz9ep
Janice, thank you for sharing your remembrance…
God Bless.

By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:58:19 +0000

In reply to zweberfarms. Thanks for sharing Emily. It took me a while to worry about Memphis but with FedEx world headquarters and it being an airline hub, there were plenty of worries like that. I still remember how quickly prayers and well wishes flooded in via email, with friends in Greece, Turkey, Holland, South Africa, Malaysia, India, China, Australia, Brazil and far more expressing their concern for me, my loved ones, the country and in fact, the world. With the connectivity we have online now, I'm thinking Facebook & Twitter would both collapse. Hug your little ones an extra time today for me in hopes they don't have to experience anything like it.

By: zweberfarms

zweberfarms — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:47:19 +0000

I remember the day really well too. Folks from my parent’s generation will always remember what they were doing when JFK died. I will remember 9/11.

I was a sophomore at South Dakota State University. I was returning from a 8am class and had stopped at the dinning hall to grab some breakfast. As I made my way to the dorm, I noticed we were in yet another “fire” drill. The fire alarms were faulty that year and we had one almost every week. As I was sitting outside the dorm waiting to be let in. I friend of mine said that NY had been bombed. What? Who? No one knew the answers and I was thinking subway scare and nothing too big.

When I got to my room and turned on the TV the details came flooding in. I was in shock at first (like the rest of the world). Then a little memory I had about my high school snapped me back to reality and I had heavy, sinking fear. You see, in my hometown there is a FAA communication center. They control all the flights for the midwest region. The center is located right next to the high school. A joke in school was that if the world was going to end, that center would be bombed first and we won’t have to go to school. The reality of it is, it is on the top 10 places to be bombed in the US.
Since my brothers were still in school, I quickly called home, but as you may guess cell phones were not working that day. I sat in fear all day, waiting to hear something and to make sure no other locations were at risk.

My heart goes out to all those affected by this event. Our lives will never be the same.