tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post2101454514509004513..comments2024-01-26T03:40:17.625-05:00Comments on The Fourth Frog Blog: I don't want to talk about 9-11Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12547679169487196540noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-73115599757579890392011-09-13T13:10:30.613-04:002011-09-13T13:10:30.613-04:00Amy, check out my blog for a 9/11 smile.Amy, check out my blog for a 9/11 smile.Nate's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188484239439144124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-65510825901709136952011-09-11T22:58:47.613-04:002011-09-11T22:58:47.613-04:00I was working in a clinic and someone called to te...I was working in a clinic and someone called to tell us that a plane just flew into the World Trade Center. It was early and not many patients had arrived yet, so we went to the lounge and turned on the TV. Couldn't believe it when we SAW, LIVE, the 2nd plane hit the other tower. Then we all KNEW it was a deliberate attack. <br /><br />One of our doctors was married to an Air Force doctor at our local base. He got called to go to New York to work on a "portable emergency hospital" on a ship in the NY harbor, to help care for the thousands of expected wounded. Unfortunately, he was only there a few days because it became obvious that there weren't many wounded, but the thousands that were killed. <br /><br />I haven't flown on a plane since, not out of fear, but lack of opportunity or reason. But I would not grumble about the luggage checks and metal detectors, but would feel more safe. <br /><br />I am glad that the memorial ws built and that the day received special attention, since we all promised that "we will not forget" but I , too could only watch pieces of the footage being replayed today.Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-64433374621203061242011-09-11T20:23:49.467-04:002011-09-11T20:23:49.467-04:00I'm with you! I was getting ready to teach Se...I'm with you! I was getting ready to teach Senior English and was putting the attendance out on the door when I saw another teacher walking by with this indescribable look on his face. This guy was a former Marine and very hard to upset. He just said, "Turn on your TV." And so I did, and so we all watched the horror unfold. I had to remind my kids that this was real because it seemed so unreal......<br /><br />I think I remember the empty sky the most from the days that followed, just like our ancestors saw it, pristine, bright, brilliant with morning and evening colors, but without all the contrails of the planes....<br /><br />I couldn't watch much of the memorial ceremonies then or now. It's just too hard, but I DO remember.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003384586082557583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-80422132347342010552011-09-11T16:59:20.171-04:002011-09-11T16:59:20.171-04:00I've gained incredible goosebumps reading this...I've gained incredible goosebumps reading this.<br />I'm not yet able to fully explain it to my oldest without starting to cry, and he's not yet old enough to know all the facts. <br />It's hard to think about it all, but every year one thing is for sure: I feel incredibly proud of our military, and proud to be an American.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828182765416909622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-55423655838577717372011-09-11T09:36:53.831-04:002011-09-11T09:36:53.831-04:00Just finished my blog post about the 9-11 disaster...Just finished my blog post about the 9-11 disaster, just because I thought a remembrance was in order. As you say, it's part of our country's history, like it or not. But I remember too, very clearly. What I remember, I wrote down. But I don't want to watch any camera footage of that day on any of the cable news sites. I don't want to hear talking heads re-hashing the events. There are some things that are just too painful.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585609641158766024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-77385734085131529722011-09-11T08:58:53.469-04:002011-09-11T08:58:53.469-04:00I don't mind talking about it. I just don'...I don't mind talking about it. I just don't want to relive it every year. I don't need to see it rehashed each year to see it clearly in my head.@JustHeatherhttp://justheather.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-4240271440632302782011-09-11T08:54:41.532-04:002011-09-11T08:54:41.532-04:00I'm right there with you Amy. The feelings we...I'm right there with you Amy. The feelings we had do to a reaction of what had happened will never be forgotten. There are times when airplanes fly really close to the farm, and I have put my body over my boys once in fear it was going to hit the house. That day has changed use forever.Sherry (city chic on a farm)http://www.citychiconafarm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-36243850959023762372011-09-11T01:00:00.131-04:002011-09-11T01:00:00.131-04:00I remember it too.I remember it too.Claudya Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034216831504207496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-22148792730938613572011-09-11T00:59:56.831-04:002011-09-11T00:59:56.831-04:00I remember it too.I remember it too.Claudya Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034216831504207496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-46036179469490249102011-09-11T00:44:10.151-04:002011-09-11T00:44:10.151-04:00Very well said Amy. I too remember the day very cl...Very well said Amy. I too remember the day very clearly. And the days that followed. I taught preschool then. The thing that sticks with me is watching my 4 & 5 year olds process by imitating what they saw. They would stack block and fly plastic airplanes into them. Tragic.Nate's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188484239439144124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933205011038630788.post-18523428637974542822011-09-11T00:11:06.775-04:002011-09-11T00:11:06.775-04:00I completely understand.I completely understand.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897876548731816378noreply@blogger.com