A Moment of Silence On 9/11

oldman

oldman

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Tomorrow, there will again be a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. I lost a very good friend that also flew for United on that day. Capt. Jason M. Dahl from Colorado. Jason was my Instructor on the B-757 and B-767. Also, the many good people we lost in the towers and the NYPD and the NYFD, and all other First Responders.

Jason flew United Flight 93, which went down in Pennsylvania.

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I had a friend who worked for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower on around the 65th or 66th floor. He made it out alive. He told me that when he made it out, he ran like hell until he was quite a distance away from the building. Instinct must have told him to keep running, just in case the building came down. Good thing he did, when the towers came down, people out side were killed also.
 

Nathan said:
9-11 Tribute video. Very moving, if you choose to watch it be prepared to be emotionally upset.

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@Nathan, that was a very moving video. I still get angry thinking of what happened that day when so many people who went to work or going about their day didn't return home. We should remember those who lost their lives on that day & those who have passed after from related illness along with those who are still fighting sickness. As a nation, we shouldn't forget.
 
I'll never forget that day. Someone came running in with a little portable TV and we watched the horror. That night I sat in front of the TV and cried for hours.

A few years later, I visited the church in New York that was the sort of ground-zero rallying point for the fire crews, that had been turned into a memorial/museum. That was incredibly moving to see what was in there.

Mercy, what a day, a week, a month, a year. May we never see the like of it again.
 
Great video, Nathan. I went to Ground Zero about a month after 9/11. I was amazed at how much was already removed in that short of time and how many people and pieces of equipment were being used. It was an amazing, yet solemn sight. I also went back a year later and we were only allowed to go into a building across the street from Ground Zero. I couldn’t get a good picture of it because we were behind tinted glass.

I’m sorry about your friend, oldman. I couldn’t imagine being on one of those planes. I wasn’t there and I wasn’t in their shoes, but now, when I fly I find myself watching people when they get out of their seats. If it happened once, who is to say it can’t happen again?
 
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