Every year on this day....

[Texas_Blaze]

I feel like a wound is re-injured. I getting angry once again. Thankful I feel like this still.

[Taypo]

I feel like a wound is re-injured. I getting angry once again. Thankful I feel like this still.

I tend to be a bit over-patriotic at times, so I'm glad it's not just me. They just played taps on the TV here at the garage (oil change day) and everyone in the lobby stopped while it was on. Caught me right in the feels.

[C-dub]

I feel like a wound is re-injured. I getting angry once again. Thankful I feel like this still.

I feel like that every day. What I feel on this day each year and am reminded of is the sadness of that day and pride in the people that stopped the fourth plane from crashing into the White House.

[Vol Texan]

Andrew Card (W's Chief of Staff at the time) was the guy who whispered in the President's ear that, "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." Here on the morning radio morning show, they interview him every September 11th, and I had a chance to hear it again today.

It brought chills to my spine as I drove into work this morning. God Bless all those who rushed into danger on that while everyone else ran away, and those who continue to do it even now.

[K.Mooneyham]

Andrew Card (W's Chief of Staff at the time) was the guy who whispered in the President's ear that, "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." Here on the morning radio morning show, they interview him every September 11th, and I had a chance to hear it again today.

It brought chills to my spine as I drove into work this morning. God Bless all those who rushed into danger on that while everyone else ran away, and those who continue to do it even now.

The left likes to say bad things about Mr. Bush regarding those first few minutes. But see where his eyes are focused as he's getting that terrible news: on those kids.

[Middle Age Russ]

The events of 11 September 2001 will forever be etched in my consciousness as they are with millions of freedom-loving people around the world. To the responders (first or otherwise) and to those who serve or have served in the armed services, I extend a hearty thank you and job well done. It is this spirit of service to something larger than ourselves that has made the American experiment a shining light of liberty to the world.

While my views on dealing with the economy and some other issues may have differed from the path President Bush's administration took, I never once doubted his sincerity or his pride in America and the unique qualities and citizens that make Her great. IMO, his actions on that day were exactly correct and what the country needed from its President and Commander in Chief.

[locke_n_load]

Heroism

Following this, the passengers and flight crew decided to act. According to accounts of cell phone conversations, Todd Beamer, along with Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick formed a plan to take the plane back from the hijackers. They were joined by other passengers, including Lou Nacke, Rich Guadagno, Alan Beaven, Honor Elizabeth Wainio, Linda Gronlund, and William Cashman, along with flight attendants Sandra Bradshaw and Cee Cee Ross-Lyles, in discussing their options and voting on a course of action, ultimately deciding to storm the cockpit and take over the plane. Beamer told Jefferson that the group was planning to "jump on" the hijackers and fly the plane into the ground before the hijackers' plan could be followed through. Beamer recited the Lord's Prayer and the 23rd Psalm with Jefferson, prompting others to join in. Beamer requested of Jefferson, "If I don't make it, please call my family and let them know how much I love them." After this, Jefferson heard muffled voices and Beamer clearly answering, "Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll." These were Beamer's last words to Jefferson.
According to the 9/11 Commission Report, after the plane's voice data recorder was recovered, it revealed pounding and crashing sounds against the cockpit door and shouts and screams in English. "Let's get them!" a passenger cries. A hijacker shouts, "Allah akbar!" Jarrah repeatedly pitched the plane to knock passengers off their feet, but the passengers apparently managed to invade the cockpit, where one was heard shouting, "In the cockpit. If we don't, we'll die." At 10:02 am, a hijacker orders, "Pull it down! Pull it down!" The 9/11 Commission later reported that the plane's control wheel was turned hard to the right, causing it to roll on its back and plow into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 580 miles an hour, killing everyone on board. The plane was twenty minutes of flying time away from its suspected target, the White House or the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Never Forget.

Source: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Beamer

[Cowboyhockey14]

God bless the USA. I pray everyday for those lives lost on 9/11. Let us pray and hope one day we rid the world of evil. Never forget.