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Originally Posted by Frosty

I start typing this just minutes before the 1st plane hits the North Tower.

Obviously we all post the RIP's, the Never Forgets and all of the catch phrases we use to remember that day and those that tragically lost their lives. We should remember those innocent victims, those brave police, fire and other response people that lost their lives. We should remember the families torn apart, the business lost and the widespread fear that day inflicted on most of us.

However, today, let us also remember how we came together as a nation and as a society. For that day and for the weeks to come we put aside political differences, race differences, and social & economic difference and came together....to stand united as ONE. We said we will not stand by and do nothing to help our fellow Americans. We truly showed how great this country and we as a people can be. So I say, on the 9th anniversary of that horrific day, we put aside those differences and come together, like we did 9yrs ago and TRULY remember what happened and those that lost their lives. I will personally never forget that day, from start to finish, much like everyone else here.

To those that lost their lives, I hope your souls find your resting place and you find peace.

I was on the USS Enterprise when this happend. We were in the Indian Ocean next to Africa after we just left the Pursian Gulf 2 days prior. We were heading for a port call in South Africa when they turned us around to go back to the Gulf. They shut off all comunication off the boat for the next 45 days. Took us about 2 weeks before we started to bomb them. Was the worst 2 weeks of my life and all of the 6000 other sailors and Marines on board. We couldnt understand how we have all this fire power but not doing anything about what happened. We had 4 Aircraft carries lined up next to each other which is why it took so long for us to start bombing. We had to wait for the carriers to meet up with us. 2 carriers launched during the day and us and another carrier launched during the night. It was nonstop for a little over a month. Never saw anything like it. Watching F14's and F18's launching fully armed and barely making it off the deck, then hours later the same planes coming back empty. The Captain showed us every video of every smart bomb strike. Some pretty intense ****.

The saddest part of all was the people onboard that were from NYC that had family who worked in the WTC but did not know if they made it out in time or not. There was no way to find out untill we could start getting mail and email again 45 days after Sept 11.