As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches....

[2vermont]

I thought I'd share this with you all. I've never seen it before and had no idea it even happened (don't recall hearing about it on the news):

www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0

[JLN]

Wow. I've never heard of this, but it's amazing.

[vccake]

I always wondered about this. Pretty cool. I am always proud to be a native New Yorker.

[teflep]

I haven't either and that is quite the story.

[GailGoldie]

that's a nice piece. You didn't hear much about that in the media. I knew it was happening b/c a few people I knew got back to NJ that way.... they were hosing them off when they readched NJ in some areas- worried about chemical in the dust, etc.

This also angers me b/c it brings back memories of this sick, sick fake "nestie" who joined our local board maybe 2yrs ago and told stories about 9/11 that had us all crying... talking about how her and her brother got onto their boat and brought people back and forth, even after they heard that their other sibling was killed in the top of one of the towers.... Someone who actually KNEW this girl called her out - the rest of us were all so saddened by her sick faking - since so many of us on the local NJ board knew people who died or were in the towers - it hit too close to home.... anyway - I bet she heard stories like this and decided to make up her own for her sick pleasure.

[niemand88f]

Sept 7, 2012 18:55:26 GMT -5 JLN said:

Wow. I've never heard of this, but it's amazing.

Agreed. Thanks for the link!

[OscarQ]

That's how I got back to NJ. Some random boat - I think it was a charter yacht or something picked us up. A bunch of my coworkers were with me an one of them got a blackberry message that our building (#7) had collapsed.


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[mkesweetie]

:-(

[gretchenindisguise]

Thank you for sharing this.

[vccake]

Gail - that makes me sick. What an awful person.

[josieposy]

Thanks for sharing! I had seen a clip or two, but never the whole thing.

[NitaX]

2V - Thank you. Thank you so much for sharing this. I have tears in my eyes.

[SmartyCat]

America, fuck yeah. And I mean that in the best possible way. Thanks for sharing this.

[summer]

I hate this date. Thanks for sharing though.

I remember being stuck on the island for whatever reason I wasn't scared of anything else happening but I remember being afraid for other cities.

I didn't want to leave to go home to the Bronx though. I kept wanting to do something to help people. I just felt really anxious to help.

When the trains re-opened that first subway ride out was so painfully silent. Everyone just sat there and stared into space. I can't even describe the feeling.

I hate this day. I'm glad my kid is in school so I don't have to explain to her why I'm being weird. I do not look forward at all to someday having to tell her.

My boss was sitting next to me and her best friend was at Cantor Fitzgerald. Anyone who lies about something happening to them on 9/11 is an asshole, sorry.

[summer]

OscarQ- ((hugs))

[OscarQ]

Sept 8, 2012 2:31:32 GMT -5 summer said:

OscarQ- ((hugs))

((Hugs)) to you too Summer.


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[315bride]

Thanks for posting. Of course now I am soaked with tears.

:-(

[2vermont]

I'm sorry to upset you guys. I actually was surprised that, although it upset me to see the images again, I did not cry.

[blindyswife]

Goosebumps.

Incredible.

[Deleted]

I think this is an amazing clip in so many ways.
I will be sharing it with the kids in school next week. We have been talking about heros and how perfect is this for that topic? I loved some of the things that the men said..."we all have a little hero in us" "never think i should have, make sure you do it" "this was the greatest day of my life" great lessons for the kids.

A lot of these kids lost friends and family members that day, they know that i have, they know my h was there, and i think this is a great way to show them that in the middle of that horror all these strangers came together to help each other.

thanks so much for sharing that.

[Deleted]

We showed this video to our invite middle division last year. The kids still talk about it.

[marie427]

Cue the waterworks. Nothing causes the tears to flow more for me than when I remember all the kindness from strangers that day.

[erbear]

I love that. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to share with my students on Tuesday - fits right in with our theme of one person can make a difference.

[teflep]

It was a happy cry for sure.