Is it on cable? I'm not seeing it on the networks. H and I watched an hour or so of the original coverage on YouTube last night. It's still so raw...maybe more so, now that the chaos and confusion of the day has been removed.
I agree, the 9/11 Memorial in NYC is wonderful. It is both serene and solemn, even in the midst of a huge city. I love and appreciate that this massive space was preserved rather than re-developed. I have gone back and forth on whether I want to visit the museum, but I think I do eventually want to. The Pentagon memorial is also very moving.
Is it on cable? I'm not seeing it on the networks. H and I watched an hour or so of the original coverage on YouTube last night. It's still so raw...maybe more so, now that the chaos and confusion of the day has been removed.
I agree, the 9/11 Memorial in NYC is wonderful. It is both serene and solemn, even in the midst of a huge city. I love and appreciate that this massive space was preserved rather than re-developed. I have gone back and forth on whether I want to visit the museum, but I think I do eventually want to. The Pentagon memorial is also very moving.
After I posted a response, I realized that it must just be airing here in NYC.
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Post by tacoflavoredkisses on Sept 11, 2016 11:19:50 GMT -5
I visited the memorial and museum in December. The memorial was so tranquil and the museum was well done. It overwhelmed me a bit (to be fair, I was almost 7 months pregnant when we went) but I'm glad we went.
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I don't know if I could do the memorial yet. I tried to before I moved away from new york, I wasn't ready then. I couldn't even handle the news this morning without bawling.
lovelyshoes, they're just showing snippets here. the coverage is really bad, just as one of the family members was saying "my sister and best friend," they cut him off and went to commercial.
Post by toutsuite on Sept 11, 2016 11:58:45 GMT -5
I had a good friend on one of the planes. I had to give a commemoration speech earlier today, and it was just as hard to talk about it then as it was 15 years ago.
Post by fivechickens on Sept 11, 2016 11:59:07 GMT -5
I just got done watching 15 Septembers Later. It is still so emotional. I can not imagine what it is like for those directly impacted by it.
I will never forget.
I am a little annoyed our news stations are not showing more of it. Sure the apple festival, that has been talked about since Friday, is so much more important. *sarcasm*
lovelyshoes, they're just showing snippets here. the coverage is really bad, just as one of the family members was saying "my sister and best friend," they cut him off and went to commercial.
Praying for everyone today. I was at our local memorial today which we go to every year if we are unable to get to NY. I lost an aunt and uncle leaving my poor cousins without parents.My college roommate lost her father. I will never forget her scream when she was finally able to get ahold of her mother who told her he never came home. It means so much to them to make it to a memorial.
Thinking of all those who lost someone. I don't know why I subject myself to watching the live broadcast every year, but, I do. What a horrible horrible day that no one will forget.
Is it on cable? I'm not seeing it on the networks. H and I watched an hour or so of the original coverage on YouTube last night. It's still so raw...maybe more so, now that the chaos and confusion of the day has been removed.
I agree, the 9/11 Memorial in NYC is wonderful. It is both serene and solemn, even in the midst of a huge city. I love and appreciate that this massive space was preserved rather than re-developed. I have gone back and forth on whether I want to visit the museum, but I think I do eventually want to. The Pentagon memorial is also very moving.
After I posted a response, I realized that it must just be airing here in NYC.
We have it here in Philly. I assume because of our location to nyc and Washington. It real upsets me that it is not national. This affected people all over the country and think it is extremely insensitive to not air it.
Post by mountaingirl on Sept 11, 2016 12:31:37 GMT -5
I we t to the museum years ago. I think it has changed though. It must have been 2007? H and I are going down on our anniversary and will go to both. We keep saying we are going to head down and never do.
My local FD has a tree from the original tree left standing as well as two pieces of the WTC that were given to them. They are having a ceremony at 4pm. The company that dis some of the memorial is local and donated to this as well.
Clearly I am sensitive to this day and was actually upset the opening Eagles game was today but they did a really nice tribute with a fly-over and Joe Biden. So I forgive my beloved Eagles, lol.
I haven't been able to make it there yet. I lost a high school friend in the towers and I've seen his name etched in photos. I am in NYC frequently and I have even started to head that way, but I'm not ready yet
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I've been listening to NPR's coverage off and on all morning, depending on whether the kids are around. I don't think they're old enough to see me crying over the coverage, or for me to talk to them about what September 11 was and why it still feels so raw to me even 15 years later.
I was also able to watch the PBS documentary about the Pentagon last night, and even made it through 102 Minutes That Changed America. It was the first time I'd been able to look at that footage in fifteen years.
H and I saw the memorial when it construction was just beginning in 2005, but I haven't been back to New York City since then. It's on my list of places to go when I'm there in February for Hamilton. I'm not sure I'll be able to do the museum, but I definitely want to see the memorial itself.
I have had the wine today so excuse me but I am pretty disheartened that only, like, 10 people replied to this thread. Extremely disheartened:(
I have been disheartened by the coverage I've seen here in the Midwest. Obviously there is some coverage, and our pastor did talk about it in church this morning. But in general, it's Football Day. I didn't hear anyone talking about special services or anything today, aside from our friends' church who did a service project and an interfaith prayer service with the Islamic Center (at an unaffiliated shelter in town) yesterday.
I think people here feel less connected, as few people personally know someone who lost their life that day...but life changed that day, whether or not you knew someone who was killed. It's important that we never forget. We are ALL connected to the events of that day. I will never forget that day, or the weeks and months that followed.
I have not been to NYC, so have obviously never been to the memorial. To be honest, NYC itself isn't really on my list of places that I'd love to visit, but the Memorial is.
Post by oliviapope on Sept 11, 2016 14:08:12 GMT -5
9/11 is the first major historical event that I remember and it wasn't until much later that I understood the full gravity of that day. I do not have a personal connection to those that died, (or their surviving family members) but the loss of all of those lives is something I think about often.
My thoughts are with those that were personally affected by the events of that day.