Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Will you be participating in any special event, or reflecting about that day, or will it be just a normal day for you and your family? What are your plans?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I'll say a prayer like I do every morning regardless of the day. After that it's going to be a normal Sunday in the fall. A little football, a little baseball, dinner with the family.
Originally Posted By ecdc I'll follow the news coverage closely for the morning. I watched a documentary with my boys about it last week, because I wanted them to learn about it from me. The afternoon will be low key; I'll get together with friends. I hope to show the day the respect it deserves.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I might go to El Mirage for the race out there. If I know the people who put on the race (and I do, very well) there will be at minimum a moment of silence and remembrance. If I don't end up there, I will probably take a moment to reflect and remember but it will other wise be a normal Sunday.
Originally Posted By disney pete Theres been huge coverage here in uk all week lots of documentary's the best being rebuiling ground zero,really inspiring stuff,i will be working but will catch some news and will be thinking of all the people who where lost on that day and the ones they left behind,have decided that when oliver gets older we will visit New York and pay tribute properly.
Originally Posted By goodgirl It's going to be the hottest day of the year in the Portland area (high 90's; maybe 100) so I am going to stay home. I will have the TV on in case their are programs related to 9/11 on but I'll be working in my home office, doing laundry and just working on projects around the house.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip We went to the Nixa High School Football game tonight and had a "moment of silence" in honor of the victims. That will probably be the extent of my remembrance. While I have huge sympathy for the victims and their families, I'm going to try not to think about it very much. I hate what it has done to our country and feel that the terrorists have truly won. We've had our rights eroded by the Patriot Act, are still involved in two costly wars resulting from the attacks, and are looking at record U.S. deficits from funding 10 years of war. Not to mention the indignities (largely worthless in my mind) that we suffer every time we want to get on a plane. Yes, I'll try the best I can to ignore the whole thing. I know this opinion will be about as popular as someone farting in church, but I’m sorry… it’s the way I feel.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I don't know if I would have worded it that way, RT, but I'm am not far behind you in those opinions. I feel strongly for the families of the victims, especially the children, but at the same time I wonder why we, as a society feel obligated to reopen that very painful wound every year. It must be heart breaking for them to have to relive it again and again and again so that some large communication conglomerate can increase their ratings and somehow prove to the world just how patriotic we are as a nation. Our world will never be the same, true! Just as Hiroshima and Nagasaki were for the Japanese, we have felt the sting of massive losses. None of us are saints. I don't say to forget it...that wouldn't be wise at all...I'm just saying that we are over dramatizing everything about it. We lost many good people and that is a tragedy. Thousands more were lost in Hurricanes, Earthquakes and other natural disasters over the years. Do we take any effort to find a way to pause and remember them? So, I will continue on as if it is just another day. I cannot change what has happened and I have no desire to wallow in it either. I will silently remember that dreadful day and in my hopefully quiet way...find a way to feel that those losses will someday prove to be a significant catalyst in changing the world into a better place to live.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Today for me is a day that I want to forget. It's my husbands bday on top of 9/11 and as many of you know we still haven't heard from him. This morning we came back from our little weekend get away and now I will be doing my homework and just acting like it's a normal day.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Well, after taking my doggie to the ER Vet I spent a few minutes this morning looking through my NYC vacation pictures from last year. Our last day was spent at Ground Zero. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.447928849667.218207.756824667&l=825e5878e7&type=1" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/media/...7&type=1</a> I spent my time thinking about the surviving fireman at Station #10. It sits right next to the Tribute Center. Along the side of the firehouse is a gorgeous and I mean gorgeous bronze mural. It knocked me out. I loved the simplicity of the Tribute Center. I know it's going to end up a huge memorial museum but I'm glad I got to see the makeshift center. It had a real grassroots feel to it. The fireman amazed me. They were focused on the future of the WTC and NYC. Excited about the new memorial and getting the new buildings back up and the people working and living there again. My whole trip we met and talked to all kinds of New Yorkers and I came home feeling that they very much would like to move on from all the grief. I have so much respect for those firemen. Each day they to be ready to serve the public and have to show their reverence and share their memories with all the first time visitors from around the world. They do it day in and day out. With pride, joy, hope and a message of peace. They made me feel so alive that day. Their energy was electric. And mostly very proud of who they were at humanitarians, Americans and New Yorkers. I understand the need to mourn. I deeply sympathize with the family members who have nothing of their loved ones. They simply vanished. As a Native American we believe that you have to give your people proper burial in order for them to rest before moving to the other side. Without that they stir restlessly and never find rest and peace. So to finally have the memorial done and place for loved ones to come pay their respects is very important for those that perished. I was really uncomfortable at Ground Zero. Not to be overly dramatic but after many years of doing reburials of my ancestors I could feel the dead stirring so I sang a journey home song and said a prayer. It was all I could offer at that moment. With that said, I'm really uncomfortable with some of the demonstrations of patriotism from people who did not lose a loved one nor live in NY, DC or Philly, I'm not sure I can fully explain why. It feels morbid and over the top and too Top Gun-ish for me. I think we'd serve our country better by giving those directly affected their time to grief and we move on by doing something that serves the livings and future through community service work and or a donation for those in need. That is what will make our country strong, proud and thriving. I realize it's fresh but I feel for those that lived through the bombing of Pearl Harbor and other tragic events in the US. I hope they do not feel forgotten or that those days were not just as painful.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 I will spend the day like I normally do. I won't pretend like many will that I have some deep meaningful connection to 9/11.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I think going through our normal daily lives sends a message that the terrorists didn't and will never win.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker <I won't pretend like many will that I have some deep meaningful connection to 9/11.> I didn't lose anyone on 9/11 or know anyone who did but I still have a deep meaningful connection to it. The world changed that day. Everyone, not just in the United States, but in the world was affected. Every time I see the towers in the most meaningless way, usually on establishing shots on shows like Friends and Seinfeld and Law and Order that are set in New York, I feel a pang. I think that will always be the case.
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Originally Posted By iamsally >>>>>I hate what it has done to our country and feel that the terrorists have truly won.<<<<<<<< I have to agree with you RoadTrip. And it makes me very sad. These remembrances always bring it back to me. I was traveling with my elderly mother and worried about how we were going to get back home. (While so many rushed around renting cars and clogging trains and buses, we just waited.) In three days we were able to catch our scheduled flight. It also hit home as my son was due to graduate from Marine Corps Boot Camp. The base was locked down so we were not able to attend his graduation. And I knew that it meant he would be on his way to Iraq. As he did. Twice. As a result of that day I had two sons and a daughter-in-law serve in Iraq. One month they were all there at the same time. So I cannot help reflecting when the anniversary comes around and the news media has a hayday. We did take advantage of Orchard Hardware giving away free hot dogs, chips and soda but I was a bit curious as to how this was honoring the dead.I am sorry to anyone who lost their lives or loved ones that day, before that day and since that day. Senseless loss of life is tragic; nomatter what.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I wound up just staying home yesterday, being thankful to be close to loved ones. We watched some of the tributes, some football, and just spent kind of a quiet, low key day together.
Originally Posted By Ursula I went to our fire station. They had a service and one of the speakers was a member of the search and rescue team that was sent on 9/11/01.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well, having lived with terrorism on and off in the UK ,I largely ignored it and went to Blackpool for a fun family weekend. We did speak with the children about it, but I ignored all media coverage and tried to get on with our lives. That is the best way to deal with IMHO. I did lose colleagues both on 9/11 and 7/7 (and I was supposed to be on the same train), so I think of them. But more importantly, I try to think about how we can break down the barriers of prejudice.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Trippy, I tried to do what you did. I avoided most of the 911 stuff on TV and generally just tried not to think of it. I am in no way in danger of not "Never Forget-ing" (who the hell is?) but I don't think wallowing in the pain of remembering what happened that day does anyone any good except if you are someone who actually lost someone that day. I am horrified that this trumped up war in Iraq is still continuing since there was no reason for it to begin with.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I didn't intend to, but I ended up spending a very American weekend. Friday night I met some new friends at Disneyland. Saturday I took the DizKid to an Angels-Yankee game. On Sunday we met old friends at the Tall Ships Festival at Dana Point. We watched some of the memorial service on Sunday morning. DlandJB and the kids were living in Arlington on 9/11. The kids were in school, she was downtown at work, and their home was less than two miles from the Pentagon. They have their own memories of 9/11, and don't need anyone to remind them.
