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.• 🍓 •. ABOUT THE POST .• 🍓 •. .•. TIME: 20:33 (posted 3hrs ago) .•. DATE: September 11th, 2022 .•. EFFECT: none .•. FILTER: none .•. OUTLINE: black .•. SERIES: nope .•. COLLAB: nope .•. CONTEST: nope 🍓 QOTD: if you were alive during 9/11, what’s your story? If you weren’t, do people talk about it? 🍓 PLEASE READ WHAT I WROTE ⬇️

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.• 🍓 •. NOTES .• 🍓 •. On September 11th, 2001, 2,977 people lost their lives in a series of terrorist attacks aimed at the heart of the United States, with a goal to take down the country. Planes crashed into both of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City, where all the jet fuel on board set fire to the buildings, destroying them completely. The landscape of New York was permanently altered. Another plane crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth plane, Flight 93, violently

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crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, leaving behind a huge crater and killing all the passengers on impact. Those passengers, however, prevented the days’ events from becoming even more detrimental, as they fought back against the hijackers upon learning the plane was heading for either the White House or the Capitol Building. Their selfless deaths, their sacrifice, prevented countless others.

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This is in honor of those 2,977 people, of whom 246 were plane passengers, 344 were firefighters, 71 were law enforcement, and 55 were military personnel. This is in honor of the 6,000+ people who were injured, and of all those who have since died of complications from their 9/11 injures. The text on the post is headlines from various newspapers around the country published the day after the attacks, on September 12th.

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We will never forget.

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🍓 AOTD: they talk about it quite a bit. Almost every class watches videos about 9/11 on the anniversary. I think it’s important that we learn about this day of infamy, the day that shaped the country into what it is today. 🍓

Recolorist

1 year ago
I watched the videos and it broke my dam heart seeing the fire and people deaths

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1 year ago
Woah this is stunning!!! Your message is beautiful 🥹♥️

Peeps

1 year ago
First, I love your creativity with the headline quotes. AOTD: Yes, I lived through this horror. It affected me in ways I can’t even describe. My husband and I had just married two months prior. Life was supposed to be really, really GOOD. We live 30 miles out of Manhattan, so this hit VERY close to home. I was a high school teacher in an open study hall in the cafeteria when an announcement came over the P.A. for any students or staff with family who worked at the World Trade Center to

Peeps

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(continued) report to the main office. No one knew what was going on. The next period I remember I had a prep period, so I was in my office with two other colleagues and we had learned that a plane had struck one of the towers. A little while later we heard that a second plane hit. School continued in session (which I found terribly upsetting) however no one could even concentrate. I remember driving home later that afternoon. There was almost no traffic on the roads and to not hear any or

Peeps

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(continued) see ANY air traffic was…. scary, to be honest. I remember watching the news… I remember seeing bodies flailing out of windows ~ people jumping to their deaths to avoid the heat and fear of being trapped. You might find one or two videos on the internet, but most (if not all?) have been removed as they are HORRIFIC to witness. About a week later I learned that one of my former high school friends, Ward Haynes, was killed in the attack. He was the father to young twins. My husband’s

Peeps

1 year ago
(continued) brother~in~law lost his brother in the attack. It was absolutely one of the SADDEST and SCARIEST moments in my life. It affected me in ways that were paralyzing: I always used to take the train into the city ~ a quick 25 minute ride. I did not step foot on a train into NYC until OVER 10 years later. I was too fearful that Grand Central Station would become another terrorist target - the underground tunnel scared me and I didn’t want to feel trapped. I had to get a note from my

Peeps

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(continued) doctor excusing me from serving jury duty in Manhattan bc I was absolutely terrified of going into the city. Eventually I was able to go back into the city to visit and do fun things, but we would ALWAYS drive and I’d be super vigilant every where we went. I did avoid concerts, Broadway shows and other large venue events bc I considered them to be prime targets. About eight years ago I was finally able to step foot on a train. I was so afraid but I did it. One of my friends called

Peeps

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(continued) while I was in the tunnel leading to Grand Station (that’s the last stretch of the train ride, and it’s a LONG TEN MINUTES underground in complete darkness)…I’m surprised I had cell service, but I was so glad I did bc my friend spoke to me the entire time to help calm my nerves. I was ever so grateful. Since then I’ve been able to take the train, attend large venue events and not panic when I hear a fire alarm (only that last one is only partly true ~ I still get quite nervous if a

Peeps

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(continued) fire alarm goes off in a shopping mall… which reminds me! After 9/11 I could not and would not enter an indoor shopping mall for over 5 years). I would NEVER wish to live through something like this EVER again. EVER. I think, personally, living so close to the tragedy, that this really affected me a lot more than it did those who live farther away. That’s not to say that they were not affected, I know this was a truly devastating act of evil and we were all affected, but…

Peeps

1 year ago
(continued) living in such close proximity to the tragedy AND personally losing people I knew… it was just… I can’t even explain it. The paralysis I felt, both physically and mentally, was beyond my control. Sorry I took forever to explain all of this… I could go on and on.

andriavanb

1 year ago
I was driving to work on the morning of 9/11/01, nearly there, when the 1st plane hit the 1st Tower. I walked into work & it was eerily empty. I found my boss & co-workers huddled around a small TV in the back watching what was happening & trying to figure out why a plane would fly into one of the Twin Towers. I remember my stomach turning over & thinking that there was NO WAY it was an accident & a strange foreboding that there was more to come. Then to my absolute terror & horror, a second

andriavanb

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...plane dove right into the other Tower. It was hard to comprehend what my eyes were seeing. Then we heard about the Pentagon & saw the damage & smoke coming from one side of the building. Shocking to me that a plane could just dive right into the heart of our nation's military & Intelligence without being stopped! Then, they started reporting that a 4th plane was headed for Washington, DC: maybe for the White House or Congress? Turn we heard about Flight 93 & saw wreckage in a Pennsylvania

andriavanb

1 year ago
...field. And we started hearing that most likely the passengers or crew had taken over the plane to prevent yet another more horrific attack on our nation's Capitol. The TV channels all focused on NYC & the Twin Towers as it sank in that the planes' jet fuel was going to trap people on the floors above & what was the stability of the buildings while they waited for thousands of people to be evacuated, including seriously injured ones? What about the buildings nearby the towers? Building #7 near

andriavanb

1 year ago
...the Towers was also destroyed that day. I felt sick all day. I had two best friends from college that lived in NYC, & I had no idea where they were that bright sunny morning. You couldn't get through on cell phones for a long time. They were jammed. Reporters were saying that if the buildings fell or exploded immediately, up to 10,000 people could die. They argued over the integrity of the Towers' structure. My gut told me there just wasn't much time. Then, over & over I watched sights I will