Let's never forget

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@rebelann (112875)
El Paso, Texas
September 11, 2024 9:08am CST
Millions never got to see NYC when the Towers still stood. In fact millions were born years after this tragedy but lets never forget what was before that attack happened on September 11, 2001. I thought some of you might want to see how NYC looked before that brutal attack:
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@snowy22315 (180962)
• United States
11 Sep
Like FDR said about the Pearl Harbor attack. 9/11 is a day that will live in infamy. In many ways, the US is separated into before and after 9/11.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
You're so right about that. I just wanted to see what NYC looked like before this attack just to get an idea of what it was like. I've only been in NYC once, I was 9 and because dad's tour was done in Germany he was relocated to Ft Bliss TX. That was 1959 but sadly I don't remember much.
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• United States
11 Sep
I will never forget. I am a born and raised New Yorker and witnessed this horrific day. I have to agree with @snowy22315 that the US is separated into before and after 9/11. Although it's been many years it still feels like yesterday that it happened.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
Yeah, most of those old enough remember 9/11 but either mourn for what was or had never seen what was or even what is. I'm one of those who never saw them.
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@Juliaacv (51043)
• Canada
11 Sep
I remember that day, it was like so many other days, but seriously wrong. I remember the days that followed, and the lack of seeing any airplanes in the skies. I think that our world has changed drastically since that day. Bless those who are mourning today.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Sep
Yeah, I can see that point of view.
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@Juliaacv (51043)
• Canada
11 Sep
@rebelann Worldwide, I feel that it connected us tighter, like it was us standing alone against them.
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@RasmaSandra (79962)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Sep
My hometown I watched the towers go up in the 1970s and worked only blocks from there. I was already in Latvia when this happened and boy, was I shocked, In 1999 my husband and I had visited NYC and been up in the WTC,
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Sep
That must have been a sight to see. I can't imagine anyone working at those heights.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Sep
I honestly can't imagine working in a building where the windows don't open
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@RasmaSandra (79962)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Sep
@rebelann I never wanted to work in the skyscrapers, What I enjoyed was working in the much older buildings where you could still open a window to get air if you needed to,
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@porwest (91185)
• United States
11 Sep
We will never forget.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
You're right, we won't let anyone forget.
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@JordanLader (5201)
• Sparta, Tennessee
11 Sep
I've seen it before and I see the after. I like the memorial and believe they did well with it. I can still remember that day. It was chaotic around the world. Never Forget.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
I wish I could've seen it before the attack. I've only seen it on TV and in the first episode of Bluebloods they did show the memorial to some degree. I will never forget.
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• Sparta, Tennessee
11 Sep
@rebelann It was amazing to see. I watched a documentary last night on just the elevators, there was 189 active elevators in those buildings.
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@AmbiePam (92896)
• United States
11 Sep
I can recall that day like it was yesterday. I pray we never experience a day like that ever again.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
Same here and I agree with you.
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@May2k8 (18370)
• Indonesia
11 Sep
I will always remember that, the incident was witnessed by everyone in the world.
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@much2say (55683)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Sep
I never had the opportunity to see the Towers in person. I remember that morning pretty clearly though . . . so tragic and surreal.
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@much2say (55683)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Sep
@rebelann When we go somewhere like downtown where there are tall buildings, we try to think how big the Twin Towers actually were . . . they must've been pretty huge. It's cooled off . . . maybe high 70s - and that happened just after the triple digit days - too quickly. I think many of the plants/trees think it's autumn . . . the leaves are turning yellow. It will be bad if it gets too hot again - I wonder what it will do to farmed crops! Apparently it will be in the 90s by the weekend. But for now I'm wearing a hoodie!!! How is it there?
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Sep
EP doesn't even have buildings as tall as some in LA so I can only judge by the image, it seems those towers made all other buildings look like dwarfs. It's the normal seesaw season here. Last week it was in the high 90s, this week it's predicted to be in the low 90s, I just hope it doesn't flip back to the triplets Yeah, if it gets down to the 70s here I'll be staying home bundled up.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Sep
Same here. I'm not crazy about big cities but it would've been cool to have seen those 2. How's the weather out yonder? We're finally in the upper 90s mostly, than heavens the 100s won't be back til May or June
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@RebeccasFarm (89922)
• Arvada, Colorado
11 Sep
Remember it well.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
So do I.
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@jstory07 (139748)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 Sep
I will never forget and 9/11 is in the history books for children to learn about.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
13 Sep
Oh wow, that sounds so odd to me, I can't believe it is now in history books when to me it seems it happened just a couple years ago ............. cheeeze time flies.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Sep
Yes, you're right about that.
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@jstory07 (139748)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Sep
@rebelann Time goes by really fast. That is why history needs to be kept alive.
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@JudyEv (340355)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Sep
What a dreadful day that was. It's hard to believe it was so long ago.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
12 Sep
I agree, it feels like it's only been a couple of years.
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@LindaOHio (178864)
• United States
11 Sep
I will never forget that day.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
11 Sep
I just hope this newer generation born after 2001 won't forget either.
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@dgobucks226 (35625)
14 Sep
It looked so different after that attack. It felt the same as if the Empire State Building or Statue of Liberty was destroyed. It was just as much a part of the heart and soul of NYC.
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Sep
Probably more considering how many people conducted some kind of business in them, over 3000 people were in those buildings at the time
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@dgobucks226 (35625)
14 Sep
@rebelann Definitely a wakeup call (at that time) for the need for increased security in all vulnerable areas. We can now include our border.
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