Hey everyone, Sept. 11th is just two days away, and I wanted to post this before hand to say THANK YOU, to any of you out there who might be in the MILITARY, or who might be a FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONAL, or POLICE OFFICERS or etc... This message is for you regardless if you are active, or not as of today, even retired, in these areas.

I personally THANK YOU for all you do, and if by chance you had anything to do with 9/11 when it happened, then I THANK YOU even more. It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years, since that horrible day. A few months ago I was talking to someone from N.Y, and they mentioned how nicely the new towers were coming along. I was surprised, because I was like what I am sure a lot of people are or were like... we have not kept up with the work being done there. Honestly the last I had heard about it, they were just laying the ground work, but as it stands now, they have a lot more done than that. The way it is looking, is very beautiful, and the memorial is wonderful as well. For any of you who do not live there, or have not seen how the rebuilding is going, or what the area looks like now, you should take a look. When I looked this up a few months ago, I found the site set up JUST for the World Trade Center. I hope I don't get into trouble posting this here... not sure if URLS are allowed... but then it is not like it is another cam site or anything. Here is the URL: http://www.wtc.com/ and in case they block this, here it is spelled out, just take out the spaces from it: w w w . W T C . c o m

Again I say THANK YOU to all of the MEN and WOMEN out there who defend our rights, our freedoms, and our country in the MILITARY. I also THANK all of you POLICE OFFICERS, out there that put your lives on the line everyday to keep us safe as well. And last but not least, THANK YOU to every single FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONAL for also putting your lives on the line each day to help save ours. These thanks are not just for that day, they are for everyday since, and every day to come. And of course I can not post this without saying... MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! Quote

Wow what an excellent post. Thanks for writing that. Though I am not in the military, I would have no problem whatsoever giving my life to defend our freedoms and spread liberty. These are not two or three wars we are fighting, it is one war called the War on Terror, and the war was brought to us on 9-11. We need to finish the job, and not pull our troops out prematurely. Good to know that, finally, we are building the new towers. I will check the website to see that progress.
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Much Respect to you for posting this.......i can remember it like it was yesterday,the most shocking news i think i ever watched.....my prayers are with the family's who lost their loved ones....And to the brave emergency services who risked their lives to save people.they may have killed the man responsible for it.....but the pain and hurt that lost their loved ones will never go awayx


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.i can remember it like it was yesterday,the most shocking news i think i ever watched.....



100% agree, remember the event like it was yesterday and to this day everytime I watch that horrible event on a TV program I have the same nausea feeling inside me. All they did was take the lives of a lot of innocent people and left the people around the world feeling they had been violated by their own species and it was not in the name of any religion, politics or anything apart from pure cruelty on others by a few insane people that can't fit in with the rest of the people in the world.


One of my strongest memories of that day apart from the horrible event taking place was all the brave people trying to help each other from the emergency services to the common person that was there. Them people showed the world, how people really are when their own kind is in harms way, some even lost their lives trying to save others. No sane human puts their own kind in harms way as they proved to the world and their message was the loudest message that should be heard and not the message sent by the insane or as the politicians called them "terrorists".


10 years... how time flies... and how short life really is.. I wish we would all learn to just get along, respect and enjoy each others cultural differences/diversity.. Life really is too short and I would rather be remembered for the good things I did while here and when gone..

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the people that lost anyone on that horrible day.


Have a nice and safe Sunday all and take a moment to remember.


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First am glad that you've provided a place to express my gratitude to all those who go beyond their duty to protect and heal us every day. This includes not only the police, the firefighters, the doctors, EMTs, the military, the intelligence agencies but also those who provide these organizations and agencies their support including dedicated public officials, contractors, and fund raisers. Our response to this challenge has been widespread across our communities and says volumes of good things about our society.

But I also want to say a few words about the enemy. These are not men with some unbalanced chemical levels, or missing synapses in their brains, but rather men responding logically to a dangerous and flawed world view. The principle flaw in my view is the low value they give to life and the individual in general. Their actions cannot simply be explained away as the natural tactics of an enemy with few resources fighting a larger opponent. Because other men in similar circumstances have fought the enemy by attacking military supply lines and employing other valid guerrilla war strategies often winning their war. These more humane men would attack factories, for example, and unfortunately k1ll civilians but not as a primary objective, not to foster terror.

The men we are fighting are called terrorists properly and not for any political reason. Their primary tactic, objective, is to weaken the will of the populace by direct attack on them. I personally view firebombing cities, a tactic also used to my outrage by my own country in the last world war, as a direct attack on the populace and not the war machine of the enemy. The latter occurrence I would call a regrettable, and I wish we would see it as criminal, use of a total war doctrine as opposed to terrorism but the effect is the same to those k1lled. The terrorist fights the military as a last resort, or for self defense, and strikes the populace in his attacks because these attacks will get the most press and are the most likely to succeed.

If your world view does not place much value on life then it is a logical thing to attack the enemy where it does the most damage and benefits your cause the most with as little damage to your own forces. I do not think our enemy understands that we sincerely hold to a different view of reality that places very high value on life. So that his attacks actually have the opposite effect of hardening our resolve, making us more willing to sacrifice and suffer to see that his cause does not succeed.

I would remind our enemy that in the past we have not been satisfied with merely defending our country and containing his forces. We have paid the price and marched into his strongholds and made him accountable for what we consider crimes against humanity. We have then tried to help his kin and country rebuild and to get a more rational view of things. I am proud of our strength and our generosity in the face of the enemy. It is my hope that we win and win never bowing to use any of his foul methods in fighting.

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The attacks were done in the name of one religion. Their book has many verses that speak of destroying the Infidel.
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Well the day is officially over... I ended up in tears a few times through out the day, watching the different specials that were on tv all day/night long. I was not able to watch any part of the ceremony if it was broadcast... Anyway it was nice seeing in the different shows, how survivors were meeting the heroes that helped, or saved them that day. I think the one that got me the most was the child.ren one I saw, it showed all of the child.ren that were born after 9/11. The ones who's mothers were pregnant with them at the time of 9/11 who's fathers had lost their lives during that day, or days to follow. To see all of these 9 & 10 year olds... at the end of the show each holding pictures of their fathers in front of them, made me choke up more. Anyway I hope everyone got through the day ok... Quote