I am just wondering how many people are reflecting on the horrors of September 11th today. How has it changed your life? and also I am curious as to what part of the country you live in.

By Marg on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 12:49 pm:

I live 2 miles from Site R and Fort Ritchie, 20 minutes from Camp David and 1 hour from Washington. There has been more strange things that go on since then.

I have to admit with the election coming, I am worried, I'm afraid something will happen.

I feel like it is a terrible tragedy. I feel our country really needs to stand up and do more against terrorism. We can not just sit back, or it will happen again.

I'm so THANKFUL FOR OUR MILITARY and THEIR FAMILIES I know the sacrifices they make and the burdens they carry, I pray for all of them each and every day.

By Mommyathome on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:08 pm:

I am in Utah, and yes, September 11th has been on my mind this week.

By Palmbchprincess on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:09 pm:

I was driving to work today, and a man had set up a cross colored with Red White and Blue on an overpass. It was touching, because I've been thinking all morning about what happened 3 years ago, and how profoundly it changed our lives. I still can't believe it's been that long, it seems like yesterday, and I'm glad America hasn't forgotten it.

By Sunny on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:29 pm:

I've thought about it off and on, but being as it's also my birthday, I'm focusing on that instead.

By Vicki on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:35 pm:

I think about it often and espically this time of the year. Yesterday, a radio station that I was listening to was playing this thing they had made and it had recordings of some of the news casts that day as well as some of the conversations between the air traffic controllers and the planes... they had some interviews from people on the streets that day and by the end of it, I was sobbing. It is amazing to me how it still touches me so deeply. It is something we will never forget that is for sure.

By Bellajoe on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:45 pm:

Of course i am reflecting and thinking about those who died or have loved ones that died. That was such a scary day for America. Today I am wearing my "9-11's Bravest" t-shirt to remember the hundreds of firefighters who were so brave that day.

By Amy~moderator on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 01:48 pm:

I watched some of the ceremony by ground zero this morning. I participated in the moment of silence this morning as well. I, too, am glad that America has not forgotten. My heart truly aches today.

By Colette on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 02:39 pm:

http://html.thebostonchannel.com/sh/idi/news/911/memorial/

By Audreyj on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 03:18 pm:

Yes. I can still recall exactly where I was when I heard the news and how devastating it was. I prayed for the families this morning. They have been through so much...so many changes....ups and downs.....and praise God for our military! AJ

By Dawnk777 on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 03:39 pm:

At first I wondered why one of the fire stations had their flag at half-staff, but then I remembered what day it was. Then I noticed that the Post Office didn't move their flag down. Those are the only 2 flags I remember seeing when we were out and about at lunchtime.

I'm wearing my shirt with the heart on it that has stars and stripes inside. It wasn't a conscious decision to wear this shirt, because it's 9-11 today, but maybe it was divine intervention.

I live in WI and I don't think my life has changed that much. I don't travel by airplane at all, so the changes at the airports don't directly affect me.

By Tink on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 06:37 pm:

I watched some of the tributes on tv today. Seeing the footage today when I haven't seen any of it for a while brought me to tears. At the time of the attacks, none of it felt real. I was mesmerized by all of it but part of me felt like I was watching a movie or it was happening somewhere else. Today, I really felt like it was real and I understood some of the horror of it. I don't know anyone that was directly affected by the attack because we are in CA. I am so grateful to all those who helped in the rescue efforts. The only way I think it has affected me is that I am more sympathetic when I hear reports of terrorist attacks elsewhere in the world.

By Christylee on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 10:45 pm:

I'm in Houston, Texas and I remember the day like it was yesterday. Chuck had just left for work and had stopped at Starbucks for a coffee and he called me to turn on the TV. I turned it on just in time to see the second plane hit. I sat mesmerized and horrified crying holding Brendan as the day unfolded. I couldn't believe the world that my son will have to grow up in... There was also some concern because as the day went on and the more attacks happened for my mom and sisters because they live VERY close to a major import with tons of chemical plants. They spent the majority of the day and the next day at my house.

How has it changed me? I don't take days for granted just as much anymore, you just never know. Not a single life lost knew that when they walked into those buildings that they wouldn't be coming out alive. It also gave me confidence that we DO live in a GREAT COUNTRY, it was truly inspirational the people that stepped up and helped selflessly and those who lost thier lives helping others. I can't say that to many countries would have that same outcome.

I can also say that for a good 6 weeks after the attacks I suffered from anxiety attacks whenever I had to go to a public building that had a large number of people in it. I was extremly concerned about attending the rodeo that following February because I was afraid they'd target a large gathering of people. I live in a very mixed cultral area and at times I'd become anxious around certain ethnic orgins without caustiously realizing it.

All in all, I've been thinking of the victims, families, and heros the past couple of weeks.

By Pamt on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 11:26 pm:

I have briefly thought about it just when I realized what the date was today and when my 10 y/o said a special prayer when he asked the blessing at lunch. It honestly hasn't affected me very much in how I think or live. I would still fly, go places, etc. I figure when it's my time to go then it will happen however and whenever. That day and the few weeks after were shocking, but it doesn't personally really affect me now. I suppose if I lived in D.C. or NY then I would think about it more often. We also aren't watching TV at all this month and I don't really listen to the radio, so I've kinda been removed from all of the memorials and stuff. I'm in Louisiana, btw.

By Cocoabutter on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 11:31 pm:

I haven't had time to think about it today because dh, dn (dear neighbor?) and I spent 6 hours roto-rooting our sewage lines. We had roots growing into our sewage lines and it was backing up into the drain in the basement floor. We had to get 2 roto-rooters- the big one for the line going to the street and a little one for the drain pipe going from the other end of the house (the drain in the basement floor) under the basement floor to connect to the line that goes out to the street. FINALLY at around 5 PM- SUCCESS!

Then we took showers and treated ourselves (esp. dh) to dinner out. We invited our dn but he had plans.

I have been thinking about 9/11 a lot lately given all the excitement surrounding the elections. I was babysitting a little boy at the time, and my ds was in kindergarten. The boy was watching a movie on our VCR, so when it was over, I stopped it and saw the news, and at first I didn't believe that the building on fire were in the US. It was a difficult thing to grasp. The weather was so perfect and enjoyable that day. I couldn't possibly enjoy it though.

By Colette on Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 06:29 pm:

I waited to respond because I was curious as to how others that were farther away from it all were impacted.

I still remember watching it unfold on tv and not realizing what it was that I was seeing, I remember my mil calling me to tell me it was on and dh calling my cell phone at the same time to have me put the phone up to the tv so he could hear because the internet lines were all jammed up. I remember trying to decide if I should get my kids from school that day. I remember going to the grocery store later that week, and people crying in the store, no one smiled, everyone was afraid and angry. I remember picking up my K1 pills in case the nuke plants were next, I remember asking a friend if her home could be our "safe" place if something happened and I had to leave with the kids, dh works 40 miles south of us so if the nuke plants were hit, I needed to have someplace set up beforehand, I remember staying up w/dh til 1 or 2 am, watching the people with photographs of loved ones and both of us crying, I remember that on September 10th I was a lefty liberal, and that still to this day I look at every muslim with suspicion, I remember the candle light vigils we went to. I remember trying to explain this to my children - my oldest dds teacher lost her bil. I remember the people jumping out of buildings - God I will never forget that, I remember the fire station chaplan they carried out, the stories of the firemen going back in to help the people in wheelchairs out, and how they got some out but still remember the faces of the ones that were left as the towers came down. Last week with the russian school terror, I remember thinking that was probably worse than 911 because there was no way that was going to end well and it was being dragged out. Those poor innocent children.

I remember that I said I would never forget.