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In memory of September 11, 2001
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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: In memory of September 11, 2001
We shall never forget! (was: Need More Be Said?)
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Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would never insinuate that people should feel something they don't. I was just surprised.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd like to add another memorial. It was done by a drum corps website on the one year anniversary of 9/11.

It takes a while to load, but is still worth it. I had to tweak up my speakers a bit to hear the earlier quiet passages of the song Never Walk Alone.

Never Walk Alone

Never Walk Alone is the signature song of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps from Wisconsin. It is their corps song, and many members and alumni of the corps who post on drum corps message boards often sign off with MYNWA (may you never walk alone).

I think its fitting here. And even though I'm not an alumni of Madison, I'd like to sign off my last post of the day in this thread to all my friends here at TVCH.

MYNWA

Max
Member

08-12-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just came back from the evening service at my community's tribute function. It was nice, but very sparsely attended. The FDNY and NYPD people who spoke and shared their stories of that day were great. For me, it was important to hear those first-hand accounts this year.

For many people I know, today was just another day for them until someone reminded them of its significance. That's to be expected, especially since I'm in Oregon, very far away from the events of that day. However, for many Oregonians, the ongoing toll is the war. Our National Guardsmen have been called up by the hundreds and been torn from their homes to go to Iraq. Some who have been injured have been left stranded at bases out of state because the military does not have procedures in place for getting them home. I guess they just aren't used to such a mass mobilization of National Guard troops.

Anyway, I brought home two plants from the event, which I will put in my yard and take great care of as they represent two of the first responders in New York who gave their lives trying to save others.

pictures of the event

Every generation has major events that are forever marked in their minds -- events that, when they are discussed, you can remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard about them. I'm talking about events that effect everyone, not personal/local events, but worldwide news coverage events. For me, the list is this:

The assassination of JFK
The killing of John Lennon
The Challenger explosion
9-11-01
The Columbia disintegration




ETA: We are singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' in choir at church tomorrow. :-)


Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't forget y'all it is the weekend I find the "traffic" very light over the weekends.
I also find this to be a very deep and heartbreaking topic to reflect on. Even though it has been three years and I live in CA and did not know a soul who was there it has touched me in such a way that words could not do justice to.
I spent the day at home with the ones I love-just as I did on that tragic day. I refused any negative thoughts to enter my mind today and simply appreciated that I have all who I love around me-as many on this day do not.
I wish I could learn to treat every day as a cherished day and simply enjoy life and those around me, but I still haven't reached that level yet. In the blink of an eye our lives could change and I often feel like I take that for granted.



Cinder
Member

09-01-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I know I did not effectively communicate my point. My purpose was to vent- not judge. My comment about "being adults" was added to show they were old enough to remember the events. I realize it was worded to sound as if they were behaviorally acting like children.

I recognized I was being being judgemental because of my personal feelings when no one wanted to talk about it- and I made the statement - "it means different things to different people". I left the topic alone at that time.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 5:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it's the thread title. Perhaps more people would read the thread if there were more of a clue what it was about. I couldn't tell from the preview/search. I don't read threads that don't interest me, and had scanned over this twice before I opened it today.

It was a sad day. Everyone has their own way of dealing with it.

I remember that it was our first day of teaching children in lab school with the BEST class of future teachers I have ever had. I didn't know about the towers, but my college students did. The children did not know. I remember comforting my students when I was done teaching by telling them that nothing would happen to us out in the sticks of PA.....only to go home and find out that the PA plane crashed just a couple of hours south of us, and our phones were knocked out.

When 9/11 comes by, of course I remember the tragedy. I also remember that fantastic class of teachers, who are now in their first or second year of positively affecting young lives. 9/11 bonded us.

I also remember exactly what, who, and where I was teaching when Challenger exploded.

9/11 will not be forgotten. I agree that it is our generations Pearl Harbor.

Thanks for starting the thread, Whoami!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
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Sasman
Member

07-08-2003

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The sky was such the other night that the twin beams lit up two clouds; I stared off for quite a while reflecting about the ones who lost everything that day.

God bless them all and bring as much peace to their loved ones as possible.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"The world is a wonderful place and worth fighting for"-Milton

"I agree with the second part"-Morgan Freeman's character in the movie "7"

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have no problem with altering the thread title Mods. Have at it. Whatever you or anyone feels is appropriate. I think part of my original idea was to not throw 9/11 directly in the faces of those who needed to stay detached from it for any reason.

Vee
Member

02-23-2004

Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 6:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This thread has been a comfort to read...I posted my own little tribute in my folder and so I am very glad that, once again, Whoami has her finger on our pulse here at the Clubhouse.

On that September 11, I was just ushering a group of preschoolers back onto their bus after a field trip to the library. The bus driver informed all of us adults in very hushed, anxious tones. I can't forget the feeling of dread that came over me. By the time we returned to the schoolhouse, parents were already arriving to collect their children. Not one child was left at school within just thirty minutes of our return. It was such a powerful reaction that parents just wanted their children to be home with them. No one knew how bad the news was going to get that day...I fully expected it to get much, much worse.

May we all move on and do all the things that living is about, but we can not afford to ever forget! Not ever...

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Monday, September 13, 2004 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This was the first year that I wasn't home or near a TV on the anniversary. I get quite depressed on the day and have been reading these posts with tears flowing down my cheeks. We spent the weekend with friends and reflected by the campfire for a few minutes but kept things light for the most part.

I'll never forget that day, I don't think any of us truly can.