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Good thread, mcginnin56.
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Movie scenes where the twin towers are in the background are so sad, too.
Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any. So many systems, so many theories, so few jackpot winners.
There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
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When 911 happened,my sister wrote a tribute song. This took her a year to complete,and that long to get in contact with real 911 survivors and ask them to send a recording of them talking about what happened to them that day.About 15 people sent tapes or CD's of their voices,some very emotional. Then she pieced them all together along exactly as they had sent them to her with her music and Freddy Curci (from 80's band Sheriff) doing vocals in the background. About 5 years ago a photographer contacted my sister and loved the song so much he asked if he could put it together with a slideshow of photos he'd taken during 911. Here it is for those of you who may have missed it when I posted it on LP. "WE ARE ONE"
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Exact same day too Mccginnis....a tuesday...11 days before my 29th birthday...I just can't believe I'm going to be 40 in 11 days LOL....So I definately will never forget the day 3,000 plus Americans lost their lives...
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Quote: Originally posted by billionaire2bee on Sep 11, 2012
Exact same day too Mccginnis....a tuesday...11 days before my 29th birthday...I just can't believe I'm going to be 40 in 11 days LOL....So I definately will never forget the day 3,000 plus Americans lost their lives...
I had forgotton that it was on a Tuesday. Congrat's on your big "40".
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Quote: Originally posted by mcginnin56 on Sep 11, 2012
Very eerie. The weather today in New England is nearly identical to that day 11 years ago.
Not a cloud in the sky, bright blue skies, temp's approaching 50 degrees.
Hard to believe it's been 11 years already.
McGinnin:
I agree. The sky that morning 11 years ago in the DC area was an unusual blue (almost a cobalt blue) and it was such a pretty day I considered playing hooky from work (which I never ever do). I have never seen that exact shade since then...but close. Commuting into DC from the Pentagon, I am glad I am an early riser and went through there hours before that happened. Like those in NY, we were under the impression DC was falling "to some unknown enemy." Tens of thousands of people were in the streets looking like they did not know what to do next. I caught what had to be the last taxi out of DC (right after the Pentagon was hit) and with what looked like 3 recent college grads, one of whom was in hysterics. Ironically, our taxi driver was a muslim. They closed all exits out of DC for the first hour and we eventually ended up about 20 miles out towards Maryland before we were able to circle back into northern VA...three and a half hours later. We had the radio on and there were reports of bombs exploding at the State dept., etc (turned out to be false) and I yelled at one of the girls at one point to put her non-working cell phone away and to pay attention in case we had to get out of the taxi quickly.
I skipped work the next day and for almost the next 4 months, the pentagon bus and metro stop was moved across the road from the Pentagon (Pentagon City) across from the the Ritz Carleton. It began to be called "the Ritz Carleton bus stop" much to the dismay of the Ritz Carleton. :) If you can imagine hundreds of buses lined up on a busy road and trying to find out where you go twice a day... but overall metro did a good job. Interestingly, it did not rain once during my commute for the next 4 months where we all had to stand outside. We were allowed to commute back through the Pentagon by mid December and my bus of people cheered when we returned to the Pentagon.
Living close to the Pentagon, we saw that black smoke for days. At some point in the early evening, the phone lines started working and I started getting calls from friends and family all over the country but could not say more than "I am fine" since there were loud fighter jets constantly zooming over. Hearing those fighter jets patrolling high up for 4 months or more every 20 minutes used to lull me to sleep. I can still identify a plane vs a fighter jet, even if it very high up, from the sound of its engine.
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Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Sep 11, 2012
McGinnin:
I agree. The sky that morning 11 years ago in the DC area was an unusual blue (almost a cobalt blue) and it was such a pretty day I considered playing hooky from work (which I never ever do). I have never seen that exact shade since then...but close. Commuting into DC from the Pentagon, I am glad I am an early riser and went through there hours before that happened. Like those in NY, we were under the impression DC was falling "to some unknown enemy." Tens of thousands of people were in the streets looking like they did not know what to do next. I caught what had to be the last taxi out of DC (right after the Pentagon was hit) and with what looked like 3 recent college grads, one of whom was in hysterics. Ironically, our taxi driver was a muslim. They closed all exits out of DC for the first hour and we eventually ended up about 20 miles out towards Maryland before we were able to circle back into northern VA...three and a half hours later. We had the radio on and there were reports of bombs exploding at the State dept., etc (turned out to be false) and I yelled at one of the girls at one point to put her non-working cell phone away and to pay attention in case we had to get out of the taxi quickly.
I skipped work the next day and for almost the next 4 months, the pentagon bus and metro stop was moved across the road from the Pentagon (Pentagon City) across from the the Ritz Carleton. It began to be called "the Ritz Carleton bus stop" much to the dismay of the Ritz Carleton. :) If you can imagine hundreds of buses lined up on a busy road and trying to find out where you go twice a day... but overall metro did a good job. Interestingly, it did not rain once during my commute for the next 4 months where we all had to stand outside. We were allowed to commute back through the Pentagon by mid December and my bus of people cheered when we returned to the Pentagon.
Living close to the Pentagon, we saw that black smoke for days. At some point in the early evening, the phone lines started working and I started getting calls from friends and family all over the country but could not say more than "I am fine" since there were loud fighter jets constantly zooming over. Hearing those fighter jets patrolling high up for 4 months or more every 20 minutes used to lull me to sleep. I can still identify a plane vs a fighter jet, even if it very high up, from the sound of its engine.
Never forget.
Wow, that must have been quite an ordeal for you. Being so close to the Pentagon, you were literally at ground zero.
I remember thinking early on, that the east coast was under attack from some foreign enemy, and was fully expecting to see some exploding
planes in my neck of the woods. The FAA Air Traffic Control center which routed all aircraft heading to and from the New England area, was located
just 5 minutes from where I lived at the time in Nashua, NH. One thing I will always remember, is how eerily quite it seemed after all air traffic
was banned, except fighter jets and Air Force 1. As another poster also pointed out this all happened on a Tuesday, just like today.
Like Pearl Harbor, or the assassination of Kennedy, this will be one of those days where everyone should remember exactly where they were,
and what they were doing without even thinking. I also had a cousin who was working that day, in the first tower that went down. He made it
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Quote: Originally posted by mcginnin56 on Sep 11, 2012
Wow, that must have been quite an ordeal for you. Being so close to the Pentagon, you were literally at ground zero.
I remember thinking early on, that the east coast was under attack from some foreign enemy, and was fully expecting to see some exploding
planes in my neck of the woods. The FAA Air Traffic Control center which routed all aircraft heading to and from the New England area, was located
just 5 minutes from where I lived at the time in Nashua, NH. One thing I will always remember, is how eerily quite it seemed after all air traffic
was banned, except fighter jets and Air Force 1. As another poster also pointed out this all happened on a Tuesday, just like today.
Like Pearl Harbor, or the assassination of Kennedy, this will be one of those days where everyone should remember exactly where they were,
and what they were doing without even thinking. I also had a cousin who was working that day, in the first tower that went down. He made it
out OK, and counts his blessings to this day.
yea I used to love the movie "Red Dawn" (which is being remade) but have not watched it since.
I am glad for your cousin. Never hesitate to get out of a building, etc. Keep moving. You can always telll the people who were in DC or NY on 9-11 when a fire alarm goes off...we are the first out the door....ha ha
I remember being back on the subway/metro two days later. It was so eerily silent you could literally feel all the hearts breaking.