Today

[herm]

today i took the day off.
so did a bunch of my co workers.
one, a paramedic, spent the day in NYC with former coworkers.
another spent the day doing yard work.
one guy went out and sat on his boat all morning.

i turned my cell phone off.
left the pager and radio at home.
got on my bike and pointed it away from town.

it was a good way to spend the day.

[RAT900]

good for you!!

I sat down and wrote something about 9/11

hadn't been able to do that since it happened

maybe it is finally time

[Buckethead]

Like most people, I remember that morning.

Vividly.

I was going to college in western New York at the time and even tho I was 300+ miles away, my phone still blew up with phone calls from Kansas because I was going to school "in NYC."

Just as vivid in my memory was the day, a week and change later, when a bunch of my friends decided they were finished walking around under a pall.

It's not that we weren't still reeling from the magnitude of what had happened. It's just that we were done feeling like we were next, or that it had stolen all of the sunshine from our collective lives.

We NEEDED a laugh.

A bunch of us got together, cracked beers, and watched "The Emperor's New Groove."

We laughed our asses off. A bunch of us cried, too. Because we'd been needing to vent and hadn't been able to. But then we laughed again.

We can never change what happened. We can only move forward.

[Mother]

I've had my fill of death

I say a free dose of sperm and conception for all

[spolic]

I got up yesterday, ran the flag to the top of the pole and then lowered it to half staff.  After, I spent the day dealing with a range of emotions.  It pains me to this day viewing the pictures and videos. I don't like the phrase "I'll never forget" but I never will. I'll carry the memory of 9/11 with me forever.   

Other than being an American I have no connection to NY and 9/11 but it is always on my mind. Years ago in my office I put up a picture of the proposed replacement towers from triroc.com (Make NY NY Again) and wish that they could be again.

A positive that came from it all though. It was 9/12, when across the country we all stopped celebrating diversity and came together as one united people, supporting and consoling one another. I long for that spirit.

[IZ]

today i took the day off.
i turned my cell phone off.
left the pager and radio at home.
got on my bike and pointed it away from town.

it was a good way to spend the day.

The perfect day

[ducrider45]

I still have trouble talking about what I saw that day.  

[Bladecutter]

I still have trouble talking about what I saw that day.  

For me, its the memory of "the smell" in the air that hung around for many months afterwards that bothers me of the aftermath.

Be glad, those of you, that never had to smell that smell.

BC.

[MendoDave]

I remember that I worked at United Airlines, and they called to tell us not to come into work that day because all the planes were grounded. That plane that crashed into the field would have come in on my shift. Possibly even my gate. It hit pretty close to home.