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God Bless America

nepenthes gracilis

Nepenthes Specialist
Thought everyone would like to remember those who were affected by the bombing of the World Trade Centers on 9/11. Please let this page load it is VERY long and takes around 7-10 minutes to load depending on your connection.

God Bless America
 
a verry well put memorial i think... thanks for sharing!
andrew
 
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i watched like the 1st 10 secodns than i said screw it cus it was last year and it seems like yesterday its really weird,


omg i let it go and when i took it up it shows people jumping


k ill shut up now bfore i say somehting insulting to someone
 
Sorry all, I couldn't watch more than the first bit of it. I started getting thoroughly pi$$ed off about the attack all over again. Decided to quit before my blood pressure went though the roof. My heart goes out to all the people who lost family and friends in that attack.
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For all that has come and gone, we will find peace in the hearts of our neighbors and ourselves.
 
"... I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace..."

This too, is American.
 
It is a very sad time.
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I'm taking Wednesday off to be home. It didn't seem appropriate to be working like its just any ol' workday. It isn't just any ol' day...but a day to mourn and honor the dead.

My heart goes out to all the family and friends of those who lost loved ones.

And don't forget the tragedy was not just at the WTC...but the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania as well. For a moment imagine the sacrifice those people in the PA plane made by forcing a crash, knowing what would happen to them. They did that to save the lives of others.

There are thousands of tragic stories...there were thousands of heroes that day as well as strangers helped strangers during the crisis. Many lives were saved as people reached out to help whenever they could.

And don't forget the tireless effort made by firemen, policemen, EMT workers, hospital workers, the Red Cross and all the volunteers who tirelessly for months on end in a heartwrenching task.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET...

Suzanne
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ugh well
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it was a good day today
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up until now...what a d@mn shame! *sniff* *sniff*
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if there ever was a day I wsh I could erase from history that was it!
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i am with Tamlin...

Hate and intolerance will only cycle the violence and ingnorance of a few...

I know that no one will forget what happened....the whole world will never forget.

What I think is important is to love and respect ourselves, our neighbors...without that, we are destine to return to something more than what has already happened.

All my love and respect goes out to EVERYONE and their families that lost someone, knows someone, cares for someone, believes in someone.

We need to keep the human spirit alive and well.
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You are all in my thoughts!
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My heart goes out to all the victims of 9-11.

travis
 
  • #11
I don't need to see the clip....I drive by the huge whole in the NYC skyline every Thursday night as I cross the bridge. I remember the first thursday I went over that bridge, 2 days after the attack. All you could see was smoke billowing where the towers once stood. I have never been so rocked before. Ever get punched in the stomac? Know that feeling of all the air just rushing out of you? Tripple that. I could tell I wasn't the only one, too. There were cars stopped all the way across the bright while people recovered from their first look.
We, as Americans, learned something in the days and weeks that followed. We learned that, as a people, we are trully a nation of charity. A nation of support. People came from ALL OVER this country to help New York City and Washington D.C. One nation....Indivisible. That line in the pledge suddenly makes so much sense.
And let us not forget to extend our heartfelt thanks to those in other countries that lent their aid and support. Canada, Most of Europe, Mexico, Austrailia, Japan, and too many others to count. Please know, if you are from any of these places, that we, as a nation, thank you for your support. No matter who's government disagrees with who's, it's not the governement that makes the people, it's the people.
 
  • #12
May God Bless and keep all those around the world who were affected by the cruel, sensless and unbelievably violent terrorist attackes on Sept. 11, 2001. Especially the Americans, and the friends and family of the countless victims.

My heart goes out to each of you, and I shed tears frequently for the terrible and unimaginable loss each and every one of the American people have suffered at the hands of terrorists on that day.

It was a day that affected everyone around the world in one way or another, and for those many around the world who felt the loss right along with the American people, may God Bless you. And may those who laughed in the face of the terror and were joyed to see the outcome, and those who taught their children to celebrate cruelty and death see who God truly is, and what He truly stands for, and suffer at His hands for the crimes both physically committed, and those committed in heart by those same who laughed and danced.

May God Bless you all, and may the Americans continue to rise above these trials and show the world that freedom has not been lost, and that your spirit has not been broken, but rather strengthened.
 
  • #13
Hmm...
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Yes, t'was a bad day... All those people killed, and for nuthing.

But. As cruel as it sounds... It was yesterday. We can mourn, and remember... So far, from what I've seen, it hasn't been too bad... Maybe its just me, but I really don't think that the publicity is really nesacary... I doubt anyone will let this memory fade. I say try not to push grievance on anyone, and let everyone deal with it there own way. Whether it be to stay at home like Suzanne, or if you keep a lost one's memories in your head all day long, at work.

I think that showing the crashes, and reminding everyone of the crashes is not so helpful... I think the best way to comemorate the loss is too think of the fun times, and not the bad...

We stood in silence at school today. That was tasteful... I heard a video regarding the disaster was made in another school district... That, to me, is distastful...

I say let the world carry on, and not to let the the memories impede the world today, but to impose new concepts on it...
 
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Regarding the moments of silence, in school today it was hard for everyone to keep teras out of thier eyes. And as I type this and think of what has happened it is still hard to keep your eyes dry. This has most certainly been a day of mourning for the world. I just wanna say I love ya all! Just be thankful that the rest of the world was spared and free to carry on the human race. Be thankful we are alive and pay our respects to the people that perished on this day.
 
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The 9/11 film the NY firemen made was shown tonight over here, I think it was shown in America about 6 months ago. It seems like only yesterday
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  • #16
I think with tragedys through out the world, we should build upon the devistation a new hope, a new begining, so to say a genesis. As well as looking at the shadow of our time we are in, we shoudl always remember that there is a light that is casting that shadow that we oh so defiantly see without conscious thought. And what i would have done just to be in "shloaty's" place, i oh so long to be in NYC that day... as for i wanted to feel this pain first hand... but instead i have to settle for second hand TV images... it is a burden that i could not have but oh well.. i am focusing on Me to much.. but anyways today alot of us had great emotion here in a small town of Indiana, so this only shows to prove that this moment still sticks with the *Honky Tonk* (i had to add some humor into this, sorry) individuals of the US... But anyways, i could go on and on, as for i do alot of thinking and poetry and what not... but i will leave it to this,

Cya laters
Jim
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  • #17
I'll never forget walking outside on 9/12 and looking at the sky... no planes, no vapor trails... yet another surreal moment.
 
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I was driving yesterday and i could barely drive trying to fight tears listening to a radio program on 9-11. I believe we should have shows and days of momory to rehash that dark day, It helps us not to become complacent and forget the evil that cannot be tolerated. I believe hate is the most grevious evil that has ever been on the face of the earth,but if we are not sterd up to feel anger at the evil that occured, we will become complacent. Not an anger of hate, a stering to do what it takes to keep other such things from happening.Days of remeberance like this are what keep us willing to make a hard choice to fight, becouse "Peace is not only the abscence of conflict but the prescence of justice". And if we ever stop feeling anger against that atrosity we will have it repeated, that is why days and videos that show what happen are good they keep these things fresh in our mind and our hearts.

Joel
 
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sigh...
I can't believe it has already been a year...
Heres another website but I'm not sure if you want to see it http://www.politicsandprotest.org/

It just saddens me how easily some people may forget, because as I walked around campus today, though I felt very different inside, the campus ran just as usual, just like any other, normal day.
Please don't forget this day...the victims...or their families

In one of my history classes today my professor showed us a film, and it just showed that even we, (maybe not us directly, but us as in the USA) can be the causes of pain and destruction, too. My professor showed us a film about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, and its horrors. I have to say that I am very angry at the Japanese government for the horrible crimes committed by them in Asia, (especially since I am Korean, but I don't want to get into that because it will just make me feel worse) but were those horrible bombs necessary to end the war? And even after that, there were some Americans probably 'celebrating' the bombings (others may have after the 9/11 tragedies) that may have resulted in the end of the war. But the bombs killed mostly innocent civilians, as the WTC attack took the lived of many innocent Americans.
I just thought I would offer a different view, even though I still feel anger and pain inside just as most of you may, (especially as an American, and a New Yorker who spent every day in the area...), and still feel that the people responsible should get what they deserve.
 
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