It’s a sore point of contention that we still aren’t ready for what may come after the horrendous attacks by terrorists on September 11, 2001, but we’ll not soon forget that fateful day when 2 airliners crashed into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, killing all aboard as well as thousands in the buildings and on the ground below when the Towers collapsed. The deaths of the brave firefighters, police and other emergency personnel also contributed to this most horrible of attacks on this soil to date.
Nor will we forget the passengers and crew of the airliner that crashed to the ground just shy of the Pentagon.They too will be remembered.
The brave passengers of Flight 93 that did their best to take back their plane from the terrorists won’t be forgotten either. The phrase “Let’s Roll!” will be permanently etched in our minds allowing us to remember that even in the face of imminent death, they stood their ground. They took on the terrorists in a brave attempt to wrest control back to keep from hitting a target which was widely believed to be the White House.
The families of the ones aboard those planes, the families of the ones who lost their lives in the Towers as well as the ones who bravely tried to save lives that day and all of us across this nation will remember September 11, 2001 and mourn.
The information below is from a posting by
In New York, four moments of silence are planned today to commemorate the precise times that two hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center, along with the times that each tower collapsed. Services will also be held in a field in western Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon outside Washington.
Online various services are planned, and for those unable to make a service, major memorials will be streamed online.
For coverage and services, visit Second Life, Ustream.tv, and LiveStation. Most major social networking services will have something to mark the occasion, so check with your preferred social network provider.
For archival footage that even 7 years later is beyond imagination, the Internet Archive has an extensive catalog of footage from 9/11 and the days following here. The Center for History and New Media maintains the September 11 Digital Archive that includes over 150,000 digital items.
If you’d like to make a donation, The National September 11 Memorial & Museum and Families of September 11 are looking for funds.
Tags: 9/11, Flight 93, New York, terrorism, Twin Towers
Unfortunately, so many have forgotten.
Thanks for your post and comment. I actually blogged about it twice yesterday. Here’s the other one:
http://skilledwarrior.blogspot.com/2008/09/weve-forgotten.html