10 years after 9/11

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In a very unusual move, I turned on the radio that morning and the announcer was talking about this. Altho like everyone I thought it was an accident, I turned on the tv in time to see the second plane hit.

Such a crazy day. I rotated between watching in horror and praying, and chasing my children out of the room so they wouldn’t see.

It wasn’t until a couple of days later that I found out my husband, who was traveling for his work, had had an appointment in the WTC that morning and was in line to get on the ferry when it started. He and all the others there had a clear view across the water of all of it.

He knew some of the people who died.

But what always makes me tear up to this day is hearing Fr Rutler talk about walking that day in the city and having first responders pause and ask him to hear their confessions. They knew…

And the heroism of the people on the plane in Pennsylvania.

So many heroes that day, and so many lost.
 
SamH said:
If Obama gets reelected it could easily happen.
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What could easily happen? Is politics allowed on this thread? Estesbob did say it might turn into an attack on political opponents.
 
CMatt25 said:
What could easily happen? Is politics now allowed on this thread?
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🤷 I guess German political philosopher Carl Schmitt was right when he wrote that absolutely everything is political. 😦

I noticed they had a sort of remembrance event tody at my university. I panicked, I thought "it’s the 11th already? Boy am I behind on everything.’ But that aside, the flag sisplay and the bagpipe music were both impressive for the small size of the memorial. I suppose it’s the 1/16 Scotsman in me that can’t resist the sound of bagpipes.
 
estesbob said:
I had at that time a large number of Muslim clients and not a single one of them felt “shunned” In fact being patriotic Americans they were shocked and saddened by what happened. I would not think of being so condescending as to beleive I had to show them any more “kindness” than i showed anyone else during that horrible time
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That’s great it was like that for your clients, Estesbob. God bless you too.
 
irishpatrick said:
How exactly has the USA changed, other than becoming more afraid?
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I don’t think discussing how the US has changed in the decade since 911 is allowed except maybe in a narrow manner related to 911. Although someone did bring up Obama’s reelection.
 
Amongst the nearly 3000 that have died in the 9/11 attacks, let us also never forget those that continue to fight against Islamic terrorism to this day because of it.

The Vaughn family testimony of a ‘Seal Team 6’ member, Aaron Vaughn, recently shot down during the mission in Afghanistan, may help to open the eyes of those who, for whatever reason, don’t seem to understand this war.

A heartwrenching testimony:
youtube.com/watch?v=28FxtSSMIwA&feature=player_embedded
 
estesbob said:
I had at that time a large number of Muslim clients and not a single one of them felt “shunned” In fact being patriotic Americans they were shocked and saddened by what happened. I would not think of being so condescending as to beleive I had to show them any more “kindness” than i showed anyone else during that horrible time
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A few months after 911, I went to New York and rode on the ferry to Ground Zero. Just a block of two from the ferry landing, which has a full view of that part of Mahattan, there was a store-front mosque. It was completely untouched, and not recently cleaned, either. If someone had told me there was a mosque so close, I would have thought there would have been nasty graffiti kn it if not worse, but no; it was untouched.
 
Gift_from_God said:
In a time of mourning, you feel the need to make a political statement?
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I suppose he could join the club. This thread is chock-full of conservative bashing and politicizing of tragedy. One was even deleted from the front page.
 
Rich_Olszewski said:
So far no “truthers.” I can’t imagine that anyone believes that one anymore, and as for Muslim victims, only those who might have been part of the 3,000 in the WTC.
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Not to be argumentative for argument sakes but in the decade fallout of 911, I’d say innocent Muslims who died in the Iraq War could also be counted in the tally of victims.

Seems today whenever the word Muslim is even mentioned it has a negative tone to it.
 
CMatt25 said:
I don’t think discussing how the US has changed in the decade since 911 is allowed except maybe in a narrow manner related to 911. Although someone did bring up Obama’s reelection.
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Now allowed? Why is that?
 
centurionguard said:
Not to be argumentative for argument sakes but in the decade fallout of 911, I’d say innocent Muslims who died in the Iraq War could also be counted in the tally of victims.

Seems today whenever the word Muslim is even mentioned it has a negative tone to it.
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However, the point of 911 memorials is to focus on those lost that day. The idea of including innocent Muslims in the tally, while perhaps accurate in an overall sense, is not appropriate to this discussion.

Similar horrible and painful results happen in every war. How many innocent Japanese died after Pearl Harbor?

That is precisely why war is so terrible–it always takes innocents.
 
Caldera said:
Amongst the nearly 3000 that have died in the 9/11 attacks, let us also never forget those that continue to fight against Islamic terrorism to this day because of it.

The Vaughn family testimony of a ‘Seal Team 6’ member, Aaron Vaughn, recently shot down during the mission in Afghanistan, may help to open the eyes of those who, for whatever reason, don’t seem to understand this war.

A heartwrenching testimony:
youtube.com/watch?v=28FxtSSMIwA&feature=player_embedded
Click to expand...
 
St_Francis said:
In a very unusual move, I turned on the radio that morning and the announcer was talking about this. Altho like everyone I thought it was an accident, I turned on the tv in time to see the second plane hit.

Such a crazy day. I rotated between watching in horror and praying, and chasing my children out of the room so they wouldn’t see.

It wasn’t until a couple of days later that I found out my husband, who was traveling for his work, had had an appointment in the WTC that morning and was in line to get on the ferry when it started. He and all the others there had a clear view across the water of all of it.

He knew some of the people who died.

But what always makes me tear up to this day is hearing Fr Rutler talk about walking that day in the city and having first responders pause and ask him to hear their confessions. They knew…

And the heroism of the people on the plane in Pennsylvania.

So many heroes that day, and so many lost.
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How easy it is to travel across the years and remember exactly how we felt that day and in the days to follow, to remember the horror, the grief, the shock. We united in sorrow and looked to each other for strength and support and were grateful for our heroes, for so many who bravely charged into a burning building that so many others were desperately fleeing, for those on a plane who fought back.

Lord, have mercy and bring healing and comfort on the tenth anniversary of one of the darkest days in our history. May we be gentle and kind with each other as we remember the wounds of our nation and our collective losses.
 
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