tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post1854330286489575895..comments2024-03-24T13:49:53.099-04:00Comments on Romance Books '4' Us: 9/11 - We'll Never ForgetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-65042369520786766432014-09-13T11:53:22.807-04:002014-09-13T11:53:22.807-04:00Marianne, I'm sorry to be so late. I was watc...Marianne, I'm sorry to be so late. I was watching CNN when it happened. I was horrified. For days, I watched it happen over and over again. <br /><br />We must never forget because it could happen again. I don't believe we're safer because where there's a way they'll find it.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843816981385732033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-88254053515058529902014-09-12T10:18:46.981-04:002014-09-12T10:18:46.981-04:00Thank you for sharing, Marianne.
I was a "ne...Thank you for sharing, Marianne.<br /><br />I was a "new" 911 dispatcher for LAPD. (18 months on the job at the time) I was scheduled to go to the Museum of Tolerance that day for training, but it was canceled due to what happened. I was also 3 months pregnant with my 1st son. I remember sitting in front of the TV, mesmerized wondering what kind of world was I bringing him into. <br /><br />I think it's a day we'll always remember. Now Andrew is 12. He's a boy scout and in National Junior Society. He'll help to make the world a better place, but terrorism is always something we as a nation have to be diligent about now.<br /><br />Smiles<br />StephStephanie Burkhart https://www.blogger.com/profile/16952130018587727063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-27064949144250003962014-09-11T21:52:23.539-04:002014-09-11T21:52:23.539-04:00I was teaching on that day. It was my second year ...I was teaching on that day. It was my second year of teaching at the school I'm still currently at. We didn't really know what had been going on. Parents were arriving and taking their children out of school. A field trip was canceled that year because parents were worried about their children going to a city that had many Arabic families. Fear fueled everyone's days.Melissa Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247037321769755660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-35883051522521556052014-09-11T20:11:23.497-04:002014-09-11T20:11:23.497-04:00I was in between two music rehearsals, stopped at ...I was in between two music rehearsals, stopped at the woman's fitness center to get in a half hour workout. TVs, brand new installments at this facility, were on in front of the treadmills. Someone in the room screamed.....Like millions I saw the images but didn't comprehend them. Exactly what happened to me while working at a hospital when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in January, 1986. Stunned disbelief. Thank you for your words, Marianne. PRMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812725398657104469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-63906207883343971542014-09-11T13:57:21.488-04:002014-09-11T13:57:21.488-04:00I lost a cousin in the Twin Towers. It made me ver...I lost a cousin in the Twin Towers. It made me very sad and very angry.<br />Thanks for not letting us forget.R. Ann Siracusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201903849873369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-47229214377373681222014-09-11T11:38:57.009-04:002014-09-11T11:38:57.009-04:00Thank you for sharing, Marianne. I was folding clo...Thank you for sharing, Marianne. I was folding clothes in front of the TV and a reporter came on saying something about a plane hitting the tower. I thought sorta like the one hitting the Empire State Building. Then he said they had reports of another hitting. I phoned Handsome who was in another state on business and we were stunned. My heart hurt. Months later, we went to NYC for business and to the site. I sobbed.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-30279923464145040912014-09-11T09:40:54.610-04:002014-09-11T09:40:54.610-04:00On that day, I was getting ready for work with the...On that day, I was getting ready for work with the TV channel on the Today Show. I watched, stunned. Tears still form when I think of that day. Thank you for the tribute.Judy Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190725381203763171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-85327813467209702252014-09-11T09:12:14.963-04:002014-09-11T09:12:14.963-04:00What a nice tribute, Marianne. That's a day I&...What a nice tribute, Marianne. That's a day I'll never forget. I worked for AIG Insurance at the time, and one of our clients was AON which was headquartered in the second tower. Minutes before the first attack, I'd faxed something to my AON contact, Laura Ragonese Snik. I'd gotten close to her through our business dealings. She was killed in the attack. It still upsets me. I have the confirmation of my fax. I've saved it all these years. Now, I'm sad again thinking about her and her young son she left behind.Cara Marsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384839120633419382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-38967942444002332252014-09-11T09:02:05.276-04:002014-09-11T09:02:05.276-04:00Horrible, horrible day. I was at work. Got there v...Horrible, horrible day. I was at work. Got there very early, so I didn't know what was going on. When one of my coworkers came in (hours later), she said, "Did you hear about the plane crashing into the building in NY?"<br /><br />I looked it up and was stunned. It seemed surreal. Then, the second plane crashed and the third.<br /><br />Just horrible. It seemed as if the world had come to an end. Those poor people.Tina Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160021732404091277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-86648012526552291332014-09-11T08:43:47.016-04:002014-09-11T08:43:47.016-04:00Nice tribute, Marianne. Such changes it wrought ar...Nice tribute, Marianne. Such changes it wrought around the world. In Chicago or hours away, I've always lived in the flight path of the busy O'Hare airport. I remember the skies being empty for days after. Notably empty of commercial traffic. After a lifetime of seeing it otherwise, I found it rather chilling to see military fighter jets making rounds. Rose Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429566802562925080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742415355016995707.post-45807344838937805522014-09-11T04:26:59.958-04:002014-09-11T04:26:59.958-04:00Thanks for your tribute, Marianne. Nothing has eve...Thanks for your tribute, Marianne. Nothing has ever been the same again since that fateful day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005215075724810989noreply@blogger.com