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TV ClubHouse: Archive: ARCHIVE THREE: Remembering 9/11 Through Big Brother: Archive through September 11, 2002

Draheid

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Worth Reposting: A quick shot of the flag in the BB3 backyard was on Cam3 briefly:
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Can't wait to see how else they remember. :)

Needmylifeback

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess - I too woke up to the Gettysburg Address (and having memorized it in 5th grade and still remember most of it) and was in awe at how it related almost word for word. That was such an impact and like you, I too am a wreck.

I've been watching the names being called out and I knew a couple (through name only and a second cousin, not personally) and they read his name first and then didn't read her name...I was confused for a moment and then realized that she probably hyphenated her name....well sure enough down the alphabet came her name. Knowing a little bit about her though my cousin, I thought she was probably up in Heaven right then with her husband saying "see, I told you...you shouldn't have hyphenated your name!"

Finding small things to smile about on this day is important to continue the process of living and remembering.

Blossumtree

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been listening to this song since i woke up this morning. just thought i'd share the lyrics with everyone:

It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday
Boyz II Men
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How do I say goodbye to what we had?
The good times that made us laugh
Outweigh the bad.

I thought we'd get to see forever
But forever's gone away
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

I don't know where this road
Is going to lead
All I know is where we've been
And what we've been through.

If we get to see tomorrow
I hope it's worth all the wait
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

And I'll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

And I'll take with me the memories
To be my sunshine after the rain
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

Mickoh

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow ... I'm sitting here reading the archived posts from 9-11-01. Just amazing.

(Another note: That's awesome that BB3 showed their patriotism with the flag.)

Ladytex

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 07:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mack, just came back from your site. May God bless you and your co-workers. And may God bless us all.

Floridaguy

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can someone help me? I tried to look at the link Thefan referenced, but my computer asks me which program to associtate it with and I don't know what to pick.

Cmc209

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.firstforamerica.com/WebPages/wtc_d-f/pages/freeman_tamatha.html

Found this on the net - it's a link to a tribute page for Tamatha Freeman - she was Monica's cousin from BB2

Bbfreak

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am watching the 9//1 service from ground Zero and the Mural over looking the service is the Statue of Liberty and behind her is a Heart with a flag in it. Lisa and Amy and Danielle all will have hearts with Flags in them on their shirts.

Kellirippa

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I shared this day with Americans on this site last year as all of the events of that horrible day unfolded. I am Canadian, but being here reading what all of you Americans had to say somehow made it all real. We are proud to be your neighbors and remember with you today.

Secretsmile

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 08:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Kellirippa, As an American I don't think Canada was any less effected by 9/11. We share boarders but we share much more than that. That Canada and the USA stood together that day has not gone unnoticed nor unappreciated. And I for one want to say I love you and Thank You. (JMHO)

Goddessatlaw

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Boy, my gratitude to Canada that day is one of my most vivid emotional recollections. In the middle of God knows what was happening, and not knowing whether redirecting flights to their country would result in terrorist acts directed towards THEM, Canada opened it's arms wide, did not ask questions, did not hestitate, and gave us everything they had. This is friendship, and it certainly did NOT go unnoticed. In the face of a feeling of absolute vulnerability, one which Americans have never experienced in my lifetime, to have Canada offer it's shoulder to us was an indescribable comfort. There is no way to thank our Canadian friends enough.

Corriecat

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the link about Monica's cousin - I will take a look at it when I get home tonite. Our paper had a NY Times suppliment today that has a picture of Tamitha along with everyone else. I have been listening to the names very quietly at work. I'm having a tough day because I work with some insensitive people.

Adoptmom

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just donated some money to the TVCH using PayPal. Today is a great time to donate to this site. It was such an awesome support in very trying times last year. Monica's quilt, etc. Thanks TVCH!

Krossd

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Remembering 9/11 -

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It was an incredible day here. Over half the 44,000 people that had to land in Canada landed in Atlantic Canada. I had gone to the local sports centre/high school to volunteer. By mid afternoon there were so many volunteers I, and 2 other women, were put in charge of co-coordinating them as they arrived. Some brought items including teddybears and toys for the children, tons of food, blankets & pillows, etc. But the amazing part of it was taking the names and addresses of those who offered to put up people in their own homes. We took lists and lists of how many they could sleep, if any 2nd languages were spoken, if they could accommodate special needs people, etc. It took quite a long time for the first bus of passengers to arrive *Passengers began deplaning around 03:30 PM, with the last aircraft deplaned at approximately 4:00 AM* (so many and security). Then after the passengers were shuttled to the centre (processed = names, flight, important info, etc.) we would tell them their options. They could stay in the centre on cots (lots of food to have) or they could go home with a host. Since it was so late (7-8 PM before they even began coming into the centre) most of them realized they wouldn't be leaving the next day so (at the centre I was at) about 80% went home with someone. At midnight I was exhausted, and totally talked out, but not as exhausted as the people who had to endure being on those planes all day (Imagine one toilet for 100's!) and the confusion of 1/2 the night.

On my way out, I saw the couple from Atlanta (returning from a Paris-Amsterdam honeymoon) that I had last spoken to in the line to get matched for a host, and ended up taking them, and a man, (a lone traveller on his way to NY), they'd befriended on the plane from Amsterdam, home with me. Once home it was immediately to the TV for 2 hours. It was the first they'd been able to see - and hear - how extensive the situation was. (There were TV's at the centre but with a few hundred people you couldn't hear too well. The telephone companies, esp. the cell phone companies, had tables set up for free calls, even long distance. Everyone was amazing, passengers, companies, and volunteers alike.) The Atlanta couple remained with us until late Thursday, the man from Amsterdam until Saturday. They were nice people and made the best of the situation at a very trying time, and made the best with my cooking too! We enjoyed having them as much as they were comforted to be with us.

You know, it was nothing to us to do this. I know I didn't think twice about it... and I don't even like having company I know let alone strangers, I get too nervous. One realises how fortunate one is in such times and the usual concerns goes right out the window, helping is all that matters. It was all there was to offer, and it was so little in comparison to the magnitude of the disaster.

Canada and the United States have always had a helping relationship in times of trouble and when disasters strike. I think we live in the most amazing country in the world, and are blessed to have each other as neighbours, and live on the most amazing continent. I give thanks for that frequently, and pray that other nations find their way to a harmony similar to ours.

Our hearts with with you this day last year, and again today. My heart is with those that have lost love ones. uc

Mollywood

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
 pcommemorate 9/11 by bringing a registar of voters from danielles home town, and get her set up to vote..i dont want her to win, simply because i dont like people who dont vote when our freedoms are at stake now. that to me is the real d evil

Itsallgood

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm very PROUD to be an American! God Bless all who lost someone on September 11, 2001 and God Bless America!

My thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you today.

I too have my TV on as I did a year ago. The stories bring tears to my eyes today as it did the day it happened. :-(

We Will Never Forget September 11, 2001.

(sorry I don't like the 911 aspect of this day, I prefer to take the time and type September 11, 2001...it just seems fitting out of respect to what happened on this day)

JMHO

Rain

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The ceremony this morning at ground zero was okay. But I thought the ceremonies at Shanksville and at the Pentagon were truly outstanding. They had original speeches, songs, in just the right amount.

What was lacking at Ground Zero were inspiring words from the leaders of New York. Simply reciting the Gettysburg Address is not good enough. The Address has little to do with the attacks. Those killed in Gettysburg were killed in battle, giving their lives for a cause. Those killed in New York were slaughtered civilians. Big difference. And it makes me angry that the leaders in New York didn't have the courage to use their own words. To recite the Gettysburg Address was actually an afront to any military man who ever died in battle.

If the lame ceremony at Ground Zero is any indication of things to come, I fear for the future of the site. The towers should be re-built, that's the only way to honor the memory of those who died doing their jobs.

Rain

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I understand you wanting to write it out, but I don't feel its disrespectful to refer to the day as 9/11. And by the way, its NOT 911, its 9/11.

For good or bad, that's the way it will be known forever. Its already part of the American lexicon.

Secretsmile

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rain, I respect your opinion, but to steal a line from BB, we all just need to love each other alittle bit more right now.

Personally, I don't want to visit the final resting place of so many loved ones by sitting in a deli or any other commercial venue. Many bodies were not recovered, it's hard to envision building on top of them. This is just my opinion, please don't take offense.

Lurknomore

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've had a hard time bringing myself to this thread, because it really brings it all back. Remember how horrible we all felt because Big Brother wasn't telling the HG's what was going on at first. And we all sat at our TV's going through Kleenex by the vat full, and those 3 were left in there clueless. It was so sad to watch, along with all the other unbelievably sad other things to watch.

And Rain, maybe it's because I knew 2 of the guys who were on the 2nd plane into the WTC, but I got a lot out of the Ground Zero ceremony. Everyone deserved to have their names read. After all this was about them and all the others taken by those deranged people. I do wish they had explained the circle and the flowers better, but there were some very touching, unstaged moments there.

Did the HG's know the flag was out in the backyard? I missed that and haven't heard any talk since I fired up the feeds.

Itsallgood

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lurknomore...the HG put it out there. LOL

Also, what are they going to do with that circle of flowers??

Thefan

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Floridaguy, it is just a regular website, so you don't need a special program to open it with. Here it is again:

http://www.911digitalarchive.org/special/tribute.swf

If the hyperlink doesn't work for you I would just try to copy and paste it or type it in.

Rain

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Secretsmile, I respect your opinion too, and respect the depth of your feeling because of loss. However, I can't see how possibly the WTC can be "hallowed" ground. The souls that have never been recovered are not there, but soared to heaven before anyone elses.

That place should be for the living, and for future generations. Rebuilding those towers is so important, and if NYC doesn't do it, I believe it will come to be known as the worst decision ever made.

Sorry. I know that we disagree. And whatever is decided, we'll all have to live with it the best we can.

(note: how I feel is very much predicated on my own experiences with tragic deaths of loved ones. My experience and everything I know tells me that rebuilding would be very beneficial for everyone involved)

Sbw

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rain, I heard this morning they were going to inter the 19,000 unidentified body parts at Ground Zero.

Rain

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Lurknomore, I liked the reading of the names, actually. But the whole ceremony smacked of what happens when people disagree and no one is in charge. It was not cohesive enough, not planned out well enough. I don't think having all those folks milling around was a good idea. They could have built a temporary "stands" where the families could sit. Then original speeches (short) and appropriate songs would have been nice. And those poor folks would have had a place to sit down. IMHO