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Old 09-11-2010, 10:31 AM
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My son and I were watching the "Conspiracy Theories" last night and was amazed at how far out there people go with thinking it was our government was in on it. I just can't wrap my head around that one.
I was in a math class in college that got out right around that time and then was walking back to my dorm trying to figure out why everyone was acting so f-ing strange on the street and once I got back to my room, finally figured it out.

And I had that program on last night while I was doing some work at home and just kept thinking, "hmmmm, who do I believe, a professional engineer, or some 28 year old in a black t-shirt?"
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Old 09-11-2010, 11:01 AM
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was sleeping after night shift phone call woke me up/'ARE YOU WATCHING THIS..turned on the tv and was shocked to see the second plane live..popped in a vcr tape and recorded the rest of the day..including the interview with a person in shanksville pa who saw 'rails of light' before the crash..you never saw that after..then a sonic boom the day after ..rockford
f-16 was after a mistaken plane..then taking my boys outside and said listen..no jets..we lived in palatine right in the flight path of ohare..
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Old 09-11-2010, 12:29 PM
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I was driving in to work and as I pulled in the national news on the radio at the top of the hour (6:00am PST) said that it appeared a small plane hit a tower of the World Trade Center - bummer, I thought. I did my morning rounds unlocking buildings at a to-be-unnamed west coast university and by the time I got into the office and turned on the TV all h*ll was breaking loose. I was glued to the TV and an hour or so later folks started coming in to the office. We talked about it a bit, realized it was a big deal but then, people just went back to doing their job. It was like it was just another news flash and then we all went back to preparing for games that week. Nobody cried, nobody went home, nobody was really bothered by what happened, everyone was focused on their jobs and the day went on. In hindsight, it was an amazing surreal day - it made me realize that the west coast and east coast (and the middle of the US) really could all be their own countries... either that or I worked with a bunch of really focused, self-centered, workaholics... actually, that's probably what it was
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Old 09-11-2010, 12:31 PM
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Cannot believe next year is 10 years already. Moving ceremony this morning.
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Old 09-11-2010, 03:48 PM
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First plane, 2 blocks away. Second Plane about 25 yards away
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Old 09-11-2010, 04:58 PM
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i can't believe it's been that long and nothing has been rebuilt. i think they should build the tallest tower in the world, with four smaller towers-two on either side of it. that way, it looks like we're giving everyone the bird....to rebuild would have been the ultimate reply to that attack-it would show that we can't be stopped, won't change, give in; knock us down and we come back even stronger. that would have made a bigger statement than anything else that could be done- or in this case, not done.
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Old 09-11-2010, 05:52 PM
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I never saw this tribute commercial until someone put it on facebook today. Beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d17gXJp5v8
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Old 09-11-2010, 07:05 PM
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i can't believe it's been that long and nothing has been rebuilt. i think they should build the tallest tower in the world, with four smaller towers-two on either side of it. that way, it looks like we're giving everyone the bird....to rebuild would have been the ultimate reply to that attack-it would show that we can't be stopped, won't change, give in; knock us down and we come back even stronger. that would have made a bigger statement than anything else that could be done- or in this case, not done.
this might be your best post evah!
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