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Heather Shay

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I turned on the TV at 8:42 this morning in time to bow my head at 8:46. I remember exactly where I was and the entire day after looking in the blue skies horrified.

For any of you who lost a loved that day or due to the after affects. 

We in our community here at TP know plain and suffering oh so well but if you will, take a moment and pray for us during this pandemic and for those who were first, second and countless other responders who tried to help fellow human being that day who still suffering the after affects of that day and the current crisis.

Thank You,

Heather Shay

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Moved topic to a more appropriate space on the forum.

 

I remember that day. I was at work and would have gone on oblivious except our CFO had the TV on. At first I thought it must be some kind of hoax. I mean this was like the opening to a James Bond movie. I mostly remember the heaviness that just settled over everything the rest of the day. It felt like being smothered in a blanket.

 

So yeah, first responders... as Americans we don't seem to be treating our heroes very well. We need to work on that.

 

Hugs!

 

 

 

 

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@Jackie C. thank you for moving to better place... Hopefully more of us will share our feeling about that horrible day. What I now know is gender euphoria was hitting me big time prior to the first plane hit and the day went downhill for me GD got worse and overall sadness for those losing loved ones devastated. And those too young or not even born yet... The pandemic is a slow motion version of that day and I want so bad to have everyone safe.

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I turned on our T.V. that day after the first tower had been hit.  No one knew then what horrors were in store.  When the second tower was hit, I woke our son, who was then eight years old, and had him watch.  I asked him to remember that day because it was history in the making and things would forever be changed.

 

I am forever grateful to first responders, our military service members, and the public who did their part to help, then and now.  May those who lost their lives Rest In Peace, and their families find solace in their heroism.

 

Carolyn Marie

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Several of our Trans Siblings were FirstResponders that day although two I know had not come out then.  One was FDNY and the other an EMT for a private ambulance service.  I do not know if any died in the tragedy, but if so they took their identity with them that day.

 

I was a State Tax agent then and had made a drive to my office 33 miles from my home and was so busy keeping my mind on absolutely crazy traffic that I did not have my radio on.  Ironically I was the Safety and Information Security officer for the Field Office I worked in and when I got to my office, (on time I may add) the rank and file employees of my group and the others were being sent home on the orders of our Governor as a safety precaution.  A Federal Office Building across the street was also being closed and evacuated.  I had to stay with the other managers for a conference on building safety for when we re-opened and I had to shut down certain special computer equipment as I left since it's information was extremely confidential -- we usually did not do that since it took a long time to come back up.

My son had graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy the previous May and was a newly commissioned Navy officer.  He was working on the other side of Los Angeles in the Recruiting Command office near the Veterans Administrattion center on temporary duty, and while he had been going there since August, the Marines that normally saluted him as he came in were in Battle Fatigues with arms and did not give the customary salute until they had positively identified him.  He learned as he entered his office too. 

 

 

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I had the day off, but my wife was getting ready for work, when I heard on the radio that a plane had hit the WTC.  I turned on CNN, and they had video of the tower with smoke billowing from it.  It was obvious that the plane had not been a Cessna.  Then I watched the second plane hit.  I told my wife, an she was heading out the door that it wasn't an accident; it had to be a terrorist attack.

 

A while later, my wife called from work for an update.  She wanted to know where they got the planes from.  When I told her that they had been hijacked, I remember the horror of her silence.  All those people!

 

And I remember the pride I felt at how Canadian air traffic controllers has successfully landed all those transatlantic planes that had nowhere else to go when the US airspace was closed.

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WOW  @VickySGV and @KathyLauren thank you for sharing - I don't know why - probably because it took until this year to be true to my real self - but when I turned on MSNBC and it just happened to be 2 minutes until 8:46 I was more stunned than I had been in years about this event and memories flooded in and tears ran down my tears. THANK YOU to all the responders first second third and 150th - and all the responders of Pandemic - you give me faith in the human race and my heart goes out to all of your pain that we neglect to thank you for.

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i wasn't alive when this happened so i can only imagine what it would have been like to see it in person.

 

even seeing youtube clips of it makes me sad, and i'm here for anyone who was affected by it.

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