Kind of sad today

[Michael Rielly]

It’s days like today that make it hard for me to keep the Christmas spirit.
:(

[dvdelf]

we stop in rememberence of tragedy. we honor those heroes, friends & family we lost. we never forget, continue on as best we can & celebrate their lives & spirit the best we can

[MarthaK]

I can see the Pentagon from my office window. Not a day goes by that I don't think of 9-11. If I'm not reminded by looking out my office window, then I am reminded that evening when I go to the gym.

Every evening a young man from our local fire department is on the stair climber, with an oxygen tank on his back. He does a half hour every day, some of that at a run. God bless this young man and all our heroes across our nation.

[caseydbell]

We all remember 5 years ago. We all remember exactly where we were and what we were doing. Our prayers and thoughts are still with the families who lost loved ones. I want to thank all of our police, fire and military service men, thank you for all you do.

[sheepsnot]

Carrying on with life is what we are supposed to do. No one on the front lines wants us to stop celebrating holidays because they are risking their lives. They long to get home and be able to celebrate with us. As long as we stop and raise a toast to those at home and abroad who are putting their lives on the line to make and keep us safe, celebration is still appropriate.

[Jeff Westover]

I feel all the emotions of that day still -- sadness, anger, pride, and thoughts of revenge.

It has been interesting on this ship with a largely New York crowd here in reflecting on this day. Late last night, after making a post to the old blog, I made my way to the upper decks to chase down some ice water for my wife. I walked past the doors leading to the restarant and came across two men, not much younger than me, lighting cigars. They were big, smelly cigars. I don't know much about cigars but it struck me that these were not ordinary and these two guys were enjoying them for some special reason. Not unusual to see such a thing on a cruise.

As I went to get the water, though, I thought about them. It was past 1am in the morning, these guys were alone and dressed in NYFD t-shirts. It gave me pause, knowing the date. On my way back I looked for them and they were gone. I thought about it some more and made my way to the far elevators. Just as I reached the door, out of the corner of my eye, I spied them near the rail. One had his arm around the other, a man who held his cigar in one hand and had his other hand up to his eyes. He was crying.

Now I understood who they were and what they were doing. The one man looked over his shoulder and nodded at me. Embarrassed, I waved and tried to motion that I was moving on, giving them their privacy. The man who saw me mouthed "thank you" and turned away. On the way back to my room I was lost in thought and feelings of profound gratitude.

It seemed a fitting memorial on this 5th anniversary. I can never forget that day. Never. But neither will I now forget this anniversary of it.

Jeff

[buffettchristmas]

it's very sad, my prayers and well-wishes go out to those affected by the events just five years ago

[Holiday]

Here are some pictures from the healing field that is accross the street from our house if anyone would like to see. These don't do it any justice. It is totally WOW! The last few pics were taken from the ladder of a fire truck. The close ups of the flags are my Dads, brothers, & friends flags. It is very overwhelming to be standing there in the middle of all them flags!

http://tinyurl.com/jr4lx

[sheepsnot]

I could not get the link to work. What is a healing field? I think I have an idea, but it may be more than what I think.

[Holiday]

Hmmm..I wonder why it didn't work? Try this:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bucks_fanatic/album?.dir=a5f6re2&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

It was a field of flags! We could buy 3 X 5 flags in someones name: a firefighter, police, emergency person, vets, service person, etc. There were over 3500 flags. It was really neat. Each flag had a name, some had flowers around them & some of the poles were decorated. Some had pictures, hats, shirts....very touching! There was a flag out there for my Dad (Army) my brother (policeman) & my friend (EMT). They had 2 big towers (twin towers replicas) with a huge american flag flying between them. There was a museum with soldiers diaries, letters, uniforms, etc. There were speakers, bands, a parade, a fireman expo, candlelight services, taps, etc. all weekend, a POW spoke on Sat. & Sun. afternoon, I would have loved to hear him but we weren't home. There was also a speaker who was a fireman at Ground Zero. It was very overwhelming!

Here is a link to a newspaper article about it
http://www.dailystandard.com/date/2006/09/11/news/headline1.htm

[sheepsnot]

OK, saw it this time. Looks impressive.