Six Fiddy trade centers....

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

wow 8 years later and reading those pages again makes it seem like the day it was happening.

I remember not being able to load any news sites and finding out all the info from GFY which funny enough you only had to refresh one thread to find all the latest info, there were not 100 threads to the same topic.

Sad day

That's exactly how it feels for me too.

I remember this morning on that date very well. RIP.

I remember waking up really late that day...

my 911 memory:

i was watching TV, WKRP in cincinatti. when the show ended at 9:58, i tuned into the news. i saw smoke billowing from tower 1, & tower 2 collapse behind it. i couldnt figure out if what i was watching was real or a movie. i mean what would make a tower collapse? this couldnt be real. then they replayed the second plane hitting the second tower, & then it sunk in that it was real. Horrible.

Crazy reading the beginning of this thread!

My Memory was like this...

I was in the UK, waiting for my then wife (a pornstar) to return home, so we could both jump in the car, and goto the airport...

We were going to Tampa...

She calls me up on the phone, and says 'Hey Hun... Im on my way! Wont be long.. We'll soon be on our way to Tampa...'

And I'm like looking at the TV and saying... 'Errrr No... I dont think so...'

same here, will never forget that morning

I will never forget that day, every minute. I watched from seconds after the first plane had hit all day and all night. I lost friends and I have friends even now in the military that I worry about everyday. I actually have tears in my eyes looking through this thread.

Sad. Very sad indeed. :(

Same for me. :(

That's one morning I'll never forget. Hard to believe it was 8 years ago.

A mere week or so after the 9/11 attacks in NYC, my wife and I found ourselves attending the first Bondcon convention in Queens, NY - just across the Hudson River from Manhatten where smoke from the World Trade Centres was still rising over the city. We'd made the long drive to NY from Niagara on the Thursday. It had originally been scheduled to take place in Connecticut - but the organizers made the quick decision to move it to New York just days after the attacks.

It was a 3-day convention at the posh Crowne Plaza Hotel across the street from LaGuardia Airport, and naturally the main topic of conversation amongst the vendors and attendees was the terrorist attacks.

On the Saturday night of that weekend the hotel hosted a somber memorial and tribute dinner for the firefighters and families directly involved in the WTC carnage - attended by many firefighters.

To say the least, it was a rather surrealistic night. On one side of the hotel we were having a large adult industry convention (models and producers)...while on the other side the memorial was going on with people in black suits and tuxedos with violin musicians playing soft music amongst the guests.

Towards the end of the evening many of the firefighters made their way across the hotel to our convention ballroom and spent time mingling with many of the exhibitors, producers and models, ourselves included. Everyone was in awe and respect for the horrendous experience they'd been through the past few days.

But the most amazing aspect of that evening (for me) was - towards the end of the night several firefighters approached the organizers of the adult convention and graciously thanked them for not canceling the event, moving it to New York and providing them with a much-need but brief distraction to the ongoing horror of the attacks.

That was my up-close and personal recollection of Sept. 11th. One that clearly illustrates that despite the evil and heinous things that people do against their fellow man - life is destined to go on.

Nothing wrong with remembering. I lost family in those towers, I won't forget. But I'm not going to pretend that is bigger than the murder the US is currently, and illegally, committing abroad.

Some. Not enough.

So then you know they shut downtown Cincy down, due to the Federal Building and the threat of an attack on it. I grabbed a model and went downtown to shoot that day, it was a ghost town. We shot in some crazy places where we normally could never shoot. I think Hustler published those pics.

What a statement at the time ..... man were you ever dead on.


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That's the problem. Everyone says, "NEVER FORGET" but they forget until the anniversary comes up, then they all say, "Never Forget" again. :(

The country WAS united for a brief time after that, the way it should be. I remember that well. Now, it's a joke, torn more than ever. Apparently, they all forgot. That's why it will happen again. :2 cents:

True, but although it did change things a lot across the country. I have never seen so many flags in my life on peoples houses, cars and businesses.

I remember seeing this commercial a few weeks later that showed a shot of a downtown street, planter boxes in the window sills, etc. then said "one day changed america" and showed the same street with flags and patriotic stuff on every door and house on that street. Pretty true IMO

United? It wasn't united at all. Unless you are talking about hate/suspect/beat everyone that looks Arab...

United was a bad choice of word. "Patriotic" is better.

Right. But I'd bet you $100 those flags are no longer there. A few may fly here or there, but the bulk of them are gone. It's the same everywhere.

r.i.p to everyone that lost their lives.

my condolences to family members.

truely somber day...

I was there -
 

reading this thread brings it all back

Sometimes eight years ago feels like yesterday and sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago.

Can the trash who want to spout their idiot anti-American drivel stay out of this thread?
Those of us who posted here years ago aren't interested in the memory being profaned by your idiocy

radical muslim terror attacks are not something that will go away.
we need to find a way to cop with it if we want to stay alive or at least keep all our limps

9/11 = inside job by the Neocons/New World Order

Cop with it? Keep our limps?
Why did you bump this??

I bumped the thread from 2 months ago
not 8 years ago if that's what you are referring to - someone else did that.

if you have a problem with my post you probably didn't understand it, so reply it

What is fucked up is how we are now supposed to embrace all the fucking muslim shitheads who have infested the US.

I was on my way to work when it the actual event happened. Walked into the shop (I was in construction then) and saw everyone sitting around the radio quiet as hell.

When they told me I laughed at first because I thought they were joking.

I think this is one of those times where no matter how many years go by, it'll always feel like yesterday. I'll never forget, that's for sure...

It blows my fucking mind that they didn't just rebuild those fucking towers already exactly as they were. And then it blows it again that nothing is there at all!!

our govt sux

Do you know how many NEW skyscrapers have been built in Dubai alone since the twin towers came down?

Yes, the US Gov and NYC is a joke.

Im sorry thats the most unprofessional, uncalled for ,and disrepectful post that can be made.

how ironic, looking 8 years back, that all the blood spilled was in IRAQ...

:mad::mad: FUCKING BUSH :mad::mad:

Too bad Iraq had NOTHING to do with it.

Did they ever build a new tower at ground zero?

Interesting thread bump, yo. 12clicks was right, too!

I hope the world will be better some day.

Looking forward to your ban. :2 cents:

Looks like they're gonna build a Mosque at Ground Zero!

http://www.google.com/search?q=mosqu...N&hl=en&tab=wn

why did you bump such an old thread?!

To be fair to Buff, it was bumped recently in April. Its not that older thread continued. :2 cents:

Interesting news. I do not think a mosque is appropriate? :warning

i was screwing my girlfriend all morning and didn't find out later while i was at work, some woman took offense to the smug look on my face

sad morning

:1orglaugh

Yeah, nothing would have changed in a "decade" if it wasn't for 911.


Check this out : I predict that in 5 years somebody will be hungry!

See ya in 5 years to prove my point. :winkwink:

Annual bump

I'll be watching the memorials today and remembering the heroics of that day.

I just read the first 4-5 pages of this thread.
Quite dramatic times, I'll never forget that day either.