Always remember, never forget. The United States was under attack. It completely changed the dynamic of the world over the last 19 years.
Tell your story, let's never forget!
Tell your story, let's never forget!
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September 11, 2001
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Thanks for keeping it in the forefront of our minds. What I remember the most about 9/11 is how much the country united together in the aftermath. It didn't matter what race, religion, gender, or age you were...we were all Americans! Such a contrast to what is happening now.
We just watched the events of that day with our 12 year old. She had alot of questions.
I do miss the unity of the country we had afterwards. I just am sad that it takes something bad to make us realize we have more in common than what divides us.
I do miss the unity of the country we had afterwards. I just am sad that it takes something bad to make us realize we have more in common than what divides us.
I remember that day very well I woke my wife up to tell her that a small plane crashed into the World Trade Center soon as she got up drink first sip of coffee the second plane hit I had a meeting in Phoenix that day still went and all we did was sit around and talk later that night I came home with dinner and my wife said there was a phone call from North Carolina immediately I knew that call was from Pope Air Force Base. By 3 AM I was sitting outside of an Osprey. Reactivated in standing in coordinating in front of a bunch of kids that looked like they were in sixth grade and for the first time I heard one of them yell out the old man wants us to get ready three weeks later I was deactivated and sitting at home. I will never forget those events, And what I did for those three weeks and what I did for those three weeks. I continue to pray for all the families of the first responders the police and all the victims that We lost that day. Bin Laden during the raid, May 2011 was the easy way out for him
I was scheduled to go out on Nuclear Alert that day to man a Peacekeeper ICBM Launch Control Capsule with my crew partner. I turned on the news before I left the house and was watching footage of the first tower smoking, and then saw the second plane hit. I couldn't watch too much more of the footage as I had to leave for our Pre-Departure briefing, which as you can imagine was very stressful and full of uncertainty. Ultimately, it was decided that the breadth of the threat was unknown and they wanted to reduce our footprint, so it was decided that we would not be traveling to our alert facilities that day. Instead the crews who were already out there pulling alert, and had almost completed their scheduled 24hr alert, would remain and pull alert for another day..... They got extended again, and ultimately pulled a 72hr alert. The sucky part for them, is that we were not yet in the "Mandatory Cold Weather Gear" time of year yet, which starts in October. During that time, you always plan on unexpected weather rolling in which may prevent crews from coming out to relieve you, and therefore you pack some extra clothes (especially a change or two of underwear/socks/t-shirts). Having none of those prepped, the crews were pretty ripe after that third day when we went out to finally relieve them. Pulling Nuclear Alert in those next few weeks were extremely stressful, not knowing if that might be the time we are actually called upon to do our wartime jobs.