What did/do you do in remembrance of 9/11?

[k-dubjumps 0]

As soon as California came out with the 9/11 license plates I got one. It says AMRIKA. It was the closest spelling to AMERICA I could get that wasn't already taken. Its still on my car.

Adrenaline is my crack

DPH #3
D.S. #16 FAG #12 Muff Brother #4406

[LisaH 0]

I went to NY the following February to leave flowers at ground zero and write on the wall.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[skyjumpenfool 2]

With all due respect... I forgot about it. I choose not to immortalize these terror butt wipes by etching this date into history.

Birdshit & Fools Productions

"Son, only two things fall from the sky."

[SARLDO 0]

I deployed within days to make sure it never happened again. I still do.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[bullin82 0]

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I deployed within days to make sure it never happened again. I still do.

I hear ya like i posted else where 4 of the last 8 years have been in the sandbox.

[Heatmiser 0]

I lived my life the same way I did on September 10th, and every day after. Without fear. I refuse to let anyone terrorize me, be it individual or on a national level.

What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo

Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama

[NickDG 23]

I'm not frightened either. In fact the most scary thing I've seen since 9/11 was Congress members running for their lives down the street when some stray Cessna 172 wandered into their airspace.

We need to send folks other than punks to Congress. I mean, come on people, die at your post if that's what it takes.

You sent us to war and we didn't run . . .

NickD USMC
1st Mar Div
1971 -1975

[skybytch 259]

Nothing yet. But I'm considering flying an r/c aircraft into the park managers office this afternoon...

[NickDG 23]

Plus, Julia is in Boston today and flying back to LA on United . . .

I told her if anyone stands up to asks for more peanuts tackle their asses . .

NickD

[fossg 0]

On the afternoon of 9-11 I looked at my 20 year letter (for retirement from the National Guard) and put it away. (I am finishing my 3rd deployment now)

[usedtajump 1]

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I went to NY the following February to leave flowers at ground zero and write on the wall.

+ 1 except we went there during the New Years holidays. Even at the end of 2001 smoke was still rising from the rubble that was still there.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[LongWayToFall 0]

I am leaving in an hour to go on a motorcycle ride with (supposedly) 250-300 other bikes up to San Francisco. They are going to close down some streets for us to ride on, should be pretty neat.

[Snowwhite 0]

Proudly flying the stars and stripes at my house, thanks to you guys!

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[Harmless 0]

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As soon as California came out with the 9/11 license plates I got one. It says AMRIKA. It was the closest spelling to AMERICA I could get that wasn't already taken. Its still on my car.

I went to work and did my job.

"Damn you Gravity, you win again"

[SuFantasma 0]

Keep questioning the government.

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[GaryRay 0]

i woke up and thought about it. then went scuba diving.

JewBag.
www.jewbag.wordpress.com

[FlyingJ 0]

Unfortunately tonight I witnessed one of the most grotesque and obnoxious displays of "rememberance" I have ever seen. We were at the local high school game to do EMS standby. They had asked us to send a medic to join a member from each of the fire depts and law agencies as a token of thanks to those on Sept. 11, etc. It was all relatively tasteful, up until they asked for a moment of silence. It lasted about 10 seconds and then Proud to be an American started playing, overdubbed with radio and TV announcers from Sept. 11 describing planes hitting the towers, towers falling, people jumping, etc. The overdub continued through a medley of 4 or 5 different patriotic tunes and did nothing but get worse.

I saw no reason to go to such lengths and I was happy to see other folks reacting similarly. Their thanks to responders via the local group was nice and it could so easily have just ended with a moment of silence followed by the national anthem and raising of the flag. Instead I think they did more to disgrace the memory of those involved than anything.

Sorry to add a negative tone to this thread. Ever since watching the 2nd plane hit the tower from the top of my office building in NYC I've had more of a "alright it, this is done, let's move on and not let it intrude on living our lives" attitude and this little event in my current tiny south Texas town really got to me.

Alright, my rant is over.

Killing threads since 2004.

[gjhdiver 0]

I didn't do anything.

I live forwards.

[skydiver30960 0]

Spent the daytime hanging around my firehouse.

Spent the nighttime hanging around my rescue squad.

Nothing much happened; in the grand scheme of things that's a good thing.

Elvisio "bored responders = safe community" Rodriguez

[robskydiv 0]

I mourned a bit.

[JohnDeere 0]

Yea thats right! Its better to try and forget as much as you can........ so history can repeat itself.

Nothing opens like a Deere!

You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers!

[billvon 2,381]

Please keep the politics in Speakers Corner and leave this thread for people posting what they did in rememberance of 9/11.