tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post1668286917841758846..comments2023-12-17T22:24:54.778-05:00Comments on taylorbakercousins: Remembering 9/11—Ten Years On—Pat Herdeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-19612119384317180112011-09-11T18:12:51.901-04:002011-09-11T18:12:51.901-04:00On Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) my daughter, Pam, and I ch...On Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) my daughter, Pam, and I changed our plans to travel to Europe on the following Tuesday. We changed our plans ourselves.<br /><br />The victims and their families of the 9/11 tragedy did not have that option. Their plans changed that day in an instant---plans to do a good job at work that day; plans to get married; plans to have children or raise the ones they already had; plans to go to school-- a myriad of plans that life is made of.<br /><br />Their plans ended that fateful day!<br /><br />May God bless them all!Evelyn Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-8097913409777524122011-09-11T12:56:42.100-04:002011-09-11T12:56:42.100-04:00I was listening last night to a program about 9/11...I was listening last night to a program about 9/11 and the speaker commented that one of the most deeply ingrained traits in humans, when faced with danger is to run!<br />Then when you think of the first respondeers who knew fully well the danger, unhesitatedly went into the towers to rescue people, you realize how truly brave they were.<br />Jack KinsellaJack Kinsellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-3493421081603085342011-09-11T11:43:56.325-04:002011-09-11T11:43:56.325-04:00Every Sept 11 I think of Doris but 10 years ago I ...Every Sept 11 I think of Doris but 10 years ago I was on my way to spend 3 days with her for her birthday I had plans to take her to a really posh restaurant to celebrate! Instead we spent the time glued to her TV, both bawling oceans of tears! <br /> I did the same this AM [ 10 years later] as I watched the ceromonies. I flew with those who ended in Shanksville, I ran thru the Pentagon corriders and I breathed the dust of the towers as they came down! I could never match such courage ! <br /> WWll we exhibited such patriotism and all pulled together. May we all again, especially the Congress!!!Lucille/CBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-57723957623182691182011-09-11T05:20:54.769-04:002011-09-11T05:20:54.769-04:00Thinking of Aunt Doris on her birthday, September ...Thinking of Aunt Doris on her birthday, September 11.Sue Kinsellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-6031346579816830082011-09-11T00:47:05.347-04:002011-09-11T00:47:05.347-04:00This is all very interesting for me to read, and I...This is all very interesting for me to read, and I've been reflecting on many of the concerns written here all day without knowing it. Pat (my mother) writes how her children will forever grow up in a different world, and Kristin, whose age then is my age now, writes that nothing can go back to how it used to be. I don't think I fully realized the horror of 9/11 until watching specials on the history channel today, absorbing how much it shattered everyone's illusion of safety. I was 12 years old at the time, and I didn't comprehend the enormity of what had happened, and terrorist attacks are something I've just grown up with. But now, being old enough to look back and recognize what 9/11 meant for the American people, and reliving the day's events through television, I can see that life <i>has</i> forever changed for our generation, even if I didn't know it at the time.<br /><br />I like Julie's distinction of being aware but not afraid. I'm in DC right now, and have many close friends in NYC, but I'm not afraid of the bomb threat. I'm very aware that it's a real concern, but it's hard to actually feel afraid. Maybe that means that although the events of 10 years ago shook our sense of security, they didn't destroy it, which is certainly a victory for America over the terrorists.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100058915743259621noreply@blogger.com