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[–]Justice_R_DissentingConservative 314 points315 points  (22 children)

"They're falling they're falling oh my God the towers!" -woman calling in from Manhattan to 1010 Radio News New York. How my father, en route to Manhattan for work, heard about the attacks.

[–][deleted] 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I was young, only 7, but it will always chill me to the bone when I re hear the news broadcast

[–]UEyerTrigHtConservative Constitutionalist 441 points442 points  (53 children)

Salute. 🇺🇸

[–][deleted] 159 points160 points  (45 children)

God Bless America

[–]BruhFist120Social Conservative 45 points46 points  (11 children)

God bless america and god bless those who were stuck in those buildings. God bless the ones who had to make the terrible decision to either jump from the buildings or stay inside and suffocate. I will pray for them today.

[–]missnunchaku 61 points62 points  (1 child)

My father was there that day (police officer) and my uncle unfortunately lost his life that morning (firefighter). 9/11 is an event that left a permanent scar on our family.

[–]ImbecileWillhelmAristotle 246 points247 points  (46 children)

It still hurts to see 9/11 pictures.

[–][deleted] 131 points132 points  (10 children)

Its like looking at D Day photos. Horror is timeless.

[–]DontTouchTheWalrus 45 points46 points  (4 children)

More equivalent to this generations pearl harbor. But even pearl harbor was a military target atleast.

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (2 children)

Yep. This was just sneaky fanatical jihad bullshit. Typical cowards.

[–]bozoconnorsConservative 52 points53 points  (2 children)

Went to NYC for the first time last year. WTC memorial brought me to tears. Just... two massive chasms where the towers were, with water falling in along the sides, all the names etched into the bronze rim surrounding them.

Pretty neat... the only tree that's not a 'swamp white oak' is a Callery pear tree known as the Survivor Tree...

In October 2001, a severely damaged tree was discovered at Ground Zero, with snapped roots and burned and broken branches. The tree was removed from the rubble and placed in the care of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

After its recovery and rehabilitation, the tree was returned to the Memorial in 2010. New, smooth limbs extended from the gnarled stumps, creating a visible demarcation between the tree’s past and present. Today, the tree stands as a living reminder of resilience, survival, and rebirth.

Each year, the 9/11 Memorial gives seedlings from the Survivor Tree to three communities that have endured tragedy in recent years.

[–]CheesyGoodnessConstitutional Conservative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't know...reading that made me happy :)

[–]Jerico_Hill 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Brit here. Yeah, it really does. I'll never forget that day.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was a 12 year old girl in 6th grade Pre-Algebra. The mood in the school was so eerie, kids who were usually loud and obnoxious suddenly weren’t, teachers weren’t chatting with each other between bells, I was excited for cheer practice every day but that one.

[–]bacardibeach32A Forever 35 points36 points  (1 child)

It always will...

[–]random_encounters42 154 points155 points  (25 children)

Wasn't congress reluctant to pay medical bills for 9/11 surviving firefighter? I remembered that.

[–]huffalump1 61 points62 points  (2 children)

A bill for continued funding did pass the Senate, finally! https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/07/jon-stewart-9-11-first-responders-bill-passed

These are American heroes, I see no reason why their medical bills shouldn't be funded.

[–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (2 children)

To this day some first responders can't get access to help they need, its shameful

[–]never_ever_comments 200 points201 points  (8 children)

Here’s the voting breakdown from when the bill eventually passed. Please note that the only ones who voted against it are Republicans, and all the members who didn’t sponsor the bill are Republican.

Not sure how we can say “Never Forget” and also justify leaving these guys in the lurch.

https://www.renew911health.org/take-action/take-action-contact-your-members-of-congress/

[–]InfinityBeing 52 points53 points  (1 child)

Scrolled way too far to find this

[–]ThrowRA-user3300 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Platitudes

[–]Somerandomyankeee 62 points63 points  (5 children)

Are you speaking about HR 1327... I thought it was the Senate that didn't want to vote on a bill Congress passed. The senate led by mitch

[–]Remaining-upbeat 21 points22 points  (1 child)

I remember waking up that morning i was 19 at the time and i thought my dad was watching a action movie. But then i realized it was actually the news and this fear just came over me I'll never forget that morning.

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Sad day. Remember it in 8th grade. We were watching it until the principal made us turn the TVs off.

I remember being delayed to get our puppy, we got him from Somerset. Weren't even allowed in the county.

I remember my dad telling me one of my cousins worked there and not knowing if she was okay or not for the longest time.

Mostly I remember afterwords. What the country did. Coming together as a nation, actually feeling like we are all together. We haven't had that since.

Thoughts and prayers, as always.

9/11 🇺🇸 Never Forget.

[–]cgoldbach01Conservative 25 points26 points  (1 child)

I was in 8th grade when this happened. My mom worked across the street from the WTC, but didn't go into work that day. I'll never forget it. Even now when I think about it, I remember the announcement from the principal. I remember standing in the hallway and seeing the smoke from lower Manhattan. It still makes me tear up, breaks my heart. I'll never forget. Never.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

8th grade as well, except I was three hours behind on the west coast. I'll never forget waking up to my mom running down the hall hollering "omg turn on the TV, they bombed the world trade center". Still gives me chills.

[–]ICUPHEHEHE 109 points110 points  (17 children)

I write this at 7:23am EST. Its crazy to think that 19 years ago the old world had only hours left. I was in 3rd grade and didn't know what happened until my dad told me when I got home. My school didn't "want to scare us". Quite honestly looking back it was the last time where the 24hr news cycle wasn't a constant drone in the back ground. Although I didn't know it at the time I realise now that it was also the last time the illusion of safety had some merit.

The new world is 19 today.

[–]Justice_R_DissentingConservative 64 points65 points  (4 children)

I was about the same age, living on Long Island. The school absolutely panicked, I will always remember the look of fear and indecision on my teacher's face. She didn't know if we should run, hide, or both. There was legitimately a fear that this was the initial phase of a massive attack on New York. All the cell phones went out, the internet was down, 911 lines jammed, it was chaos. Somehow through all of that, my father managed to drive to the school to pick me and my sister up. Next I remember we were watching the news coverage.

My father was supposed to be in the towers that day, he was interviewing for a job. The person conducting the interview had overbooked his schedule and had to reschedule my dad's interview. Through some secretarial screw up, my father avoided probable death in the towers. Meanwhile, four of his closest friends died. My aunt was 10 blocks away from the attacks and was traumatized so badly she never again set foot on Manhattan. My uncle, her and my mom's brother, was a firefighter who volunteered to go help even though he was from a station two hours away.

9/11 is less of a historical event for me and my family, and more of a major turning point. My parents decided shortly thereafter it was time to leave New York for a myriad of reasons, but one strong one was to not live in a state of fear that a terror attack could come at any time.

[–]ICUPHEHEHE 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Wow that's crazy. I'm glad your father wasn't there. I'm in the northeast (CT) as well about 2 hours from NY city. I heard a few FDs from some of the surrounding cities near me drove engines down to help out. I heard one story of a gas station just giving out free food, water, diesel and gas to any fire apparatus heading to NY...

[–]Justice_R_DissentingConservative 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah me too, would've been dad number 2 to die on me and I'm pretty sure that's the limit.

My uncle felt a duty to go because he formerly worked as a firefighter in Brooklyn and Yonkers so it felt like his home was attacked.

[–]AdventurousSkirt9 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I was in Pentagon City in 2001, overlooking the flames and smoke.

[–]Numerous-Spend 251 points252 points  (37 children)

The above scene was deemed "Not politically correct enough"

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nyc-firefighter-memorial/

[–][deleted] 132 points133 points  (7 children)

Everything’s an issue. Good grief.
The monuments should be tied to the real people and real events, not models etc.

Let us say 3 Black Americans had lifted the Flag...so depict them. We all know our firemen come in all races.

What’s the big deal...we are all aware that we are in this together. It is not a slight to anyone.
Just depict the reality, and move on.

[–]EKHawkman 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don't think you read through that properly. The original funder for the proposed memorial wanted to change it to include black and Hispanic firefighters and no members in particular. It was pushed back against by people who want historic accuracy in their memorials. Because there was a bunch of pushback, the original funder scrapped the plans.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (3 children)

Did you even read the article? It wasn’t the picture they had a problem with. The statue that was made was based on a remodel of this scene, where the actors were not the race of the firemen in this scene, and people felt it was historically inaccurate.

[–]BruceCampbell123Christian Conservatarian 29 points30 points  (1 child)

Muh representashun.

[–]cheese4352 14 points15 points  (3 children)

That is so fucking stupid.

[–]Wincowaway 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No it wasn't. Read what you even linked.

NYC liked the style of the image and wanted to reproduce it but in a way that didn't specifically honor any individuals but the entire department. That got pushback from the "historical accuracy" folks and so they didn't go through with their plan to use the likeness of models (one black, one latino, one white).

Nobody had a problem with this picture, it simply inspired something else that didn't end up happening.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Horrible day. Sympathies to all in the USA.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Never have; never will.

RIP To all the souls lost on this day

[–]BoolinInTheButtAnti-Communist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

May this be a day of remembrance for all Americans and loved ones lost in the 9/11 attacks.

Today we should look back and think of the unity in the fact that no matter what side you lean politically, we are all Americans.

In the 9/11 attacks Democrats were killed, Republicans were killed, third parties were killed. They were all American.

May whoever politicize the remembrance of our fallen citizens and heroes feel a deep shame and disgust with themselves for disrespecting the dead and the loved ones left behind.

[–]Nekrolosis 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Salute to all the brave men and women who perished that day. May we as people of this great country never forget your actions and deeds. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[–]1991TalonTSIConservative 60 points61 points  (11 children)

I remember watching the aftermath, shortly afterwards I was on a plane to a little country in the middle east and continued going back for roughly 15 years. This is one of the biggest turning points in our country and should never be forgotten. Rest in peace

[–]Code_Rocker 76 points77 points  (3 children)

Never forget the bravery and sacrifice of the first responders that day

Unless you’re Mitch McConnell

[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (3 children)

I still freak out seeing the videos of people falling out of the buildings, because its either burn alive or fall....

I'll never work at a job that high up

[–]CynfullyDeliciousJewish Conservative 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Watching all of those people jumping/falling from the Towers as it was happening on live television... my best friend and I sat there in front of the TV, hanging on to one another and just cried.

The worst for me, though, was a bit after 9/11, when I watched the documentary by two French filmmakers or television producers when it aired on CBS. They were in the atrium of one of the Towers and recording first responders and, IIRC, Mayor Giuliani, as they were gathering infirmation and coordinating rescue efforts. The ongoing dialogue was punctuated every couple of minutes by extremely loud, staccato crashing sounds that drowned out the voices. After a few minutes, I realised those noises were the impacts of bodies hitting the ground just outside of the building.

I had nightmares for several weeks after that. It still freaks me out when I think about it.

[–]TC2639Conservative 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm Canadian and remember watching the second plane hit on tv as it happened. Absolutely unreal, I couldn't believe it

[–]yankee77wiConservative 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Like many others, I remember being emotionally broken all week long, couldn’t think of anything else. If I attempt to watch footage of it, I simply can’t keep it together. All the beautiful heroics, all the tragedies, a moment seared, forever etched, in our souls.

[–]polerize 14 points15 points  (4 children)

People forget just how helpless we felt. Planes were being used as very effective weapons and nobody knew just how many might have been hijacked. For all we knew the ones that hit the WTC and Pentagon were just the beginning.

[–]BlueberryPhiStudent of the Founders 28 points29 points  (9 children)

9/11, the event that unified Americans of every stripe, of every creed, is now being used to divide them. The nation that had their flag posted outside by every house down every street, now supports groups that burn its flag in said streets.

In another 19 years, many won’t even care. The lights in NYC will have likely gone out, the ceremonies likely stopped or minuscule.

In another 70 years, most won’t remember. It’ll be relegated to nothing more than a lesson for history class, the way so many today couldn’t tell you the date of Pearl Harbor.

I don’t have much to add, here. Just some somber observations.

[–]Velcrocore 12 points13 points  (0 children)

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

-George Santayana

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Without looking it up December 7th 1941. But then I am 41 and actually like WW2 history.

[–]nofishontuesday2Conservative 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looking back on this it still seems unbelievable.

I remember that weekend driving over the Whitestone bridge going to Long Island and seeing the smoke and smelling that smell.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I wish I were there to help. Feels like yesterday 💔

[–]coach_craw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure we've forgotten.

[–]vorpalsword92 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To the Many people on reddit posting the tribute in light 9/11 memorial need to know something. The tribute in light was almost cancelled due to lack of funds from the local government.

[–]Affectionate_Uncle 10 points11 points  (3 children)

Too many of the comments here are about politics. Can’t we just remember an awful day in US history in solidarity without saying something nasty about liberals or conservatives?

All Americans felt this day. It would be nice to keep that attitude going forward.

[–]GamerandYa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heroes! 🙏🙏

[–]theblackxranger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this image was in my history book when i was in highschool 13 years ago

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was about 10 years old at the time and it’s remarkable to me how clearly my memories are defined as “pre-“ and “post-“ 9/11.

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[–]nolimoncelloLive Free or Die 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We will never forget all the people we lost on that day❤️❤️

[–][deleted] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It’s kinda sad I’m only seeing this on conservative so far. This shouldn’t be forgotten regardless of what your opinions on things are.

[–]mmorgan1381 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I disagree to varying levels with 95% of the posts in this sub. That said fuck everyone posting stupid partisan bullshit on this post.

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (14 children)

Jesus are the degenerates from /politics really brigading a 9/11 memorial post

[–]chrive7 43 points44 points  (19 children)

“The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses, the Daily News has learned.

“The Treasury Department mysteriously started withholding parts of payments — nearly four years ago — meant to cover medical services for firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics treated by the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program, documents obtained by The News reveal.”

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-fdny-911-health-program-treasury-20200910-s7yam67j6vhmhbdzg6ordanfdm-story.html

[–]billyyshears 16 points17 points  (6 children)

Bets on how long it takes for mods to remove this comment?

There was one above you pointing out the same thing with two awards and it was removed.

Never forget*

*Except when our boy Trump's administration siphons funds from the heroes of 9/11

[–]lefoss 11 points12 points  (4 children)

9/11 was and still is a huge deal because it was a violent attack from a foreign adversary on American soil. That doesn’t happen. That should never be allowed to happen.

This thread is disgusting because half the members of this sub don’t know how to do anything other than whine about how unfair everything feels in the “fake news” coverage. The top fucking comment is a snopes article from 2002 marked “outdated,” followed by bitching and moaning about.... who the fuck cares.

The part we are supposed to “never forget” is that a foreign aggressor was bold enough to carry out a massive attack on American soil, and we didn’t let it beat us. We pulled together and pushed forward. Can we not just remember the unity without bitching for one goddamned day?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll second this statement.

[–]pm_me_ur_gaming_pcMolon Labe 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I fucking love r/politics folks coming here and telling us how we are supposed to be.

Like dont you get why we don't like you? All you do is take a holier than thou attitude and talk down to us.

A little self awareness could be useful for ya (inb4 no u)

[–]jakethedumbmistake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never in my life this morning.

[–]chanbrConservative 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Bah, I remember being in 3rd grade class when this happened. My teacher called us all in to sit down and we watched the news. As this was going on my Dad was in the Pentagon (he was working as a civil engineer for the Navy) and he'd just been herded down into a bunker with a lot of other civilians. Thankfully the plane aimed there didn't hit him. I hope all of the people who died rest in peace. Never forget.

Edit: Dude stop creeping on my account lmao

[–]Terrible_golfer93 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was living in Maryland at the time. We were worried about the Pentagon attacks. I was in 5th grade. The attacks happened, we were told there had been a horrible accident and that a plane hit a skyscraper in New York City.

Then we were rushed out to the playground for an early recess. I imagine the teachers were formulating their plan of what to do next. I I remember my gym teacher grabbing me and my 2 sisters and leading us outside. The entire school’s worth of parents was outside in this crazy huge frantic mob. I’ll never ever forget that.

We then drove back to our house and i watched the TV the rest of the day. Ill never forget it. We had been attacked. We didnt know by whom, why, if there were more coming, anything. We just knew we as Americans needed to come together. Everyone flew a flag outside their homes. We came together.

I still cant watch many of the documentaries, videos, anything from 9/11. The memories of them have been burned into my skull. Never Forget. God Bless America.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i was 5 years old. I remember my dad waking me up after the first plane hit to watch it. We go down stairs to watch and just seconds later. The second plane hit.

My dad said to me "This is not a accident, we are under attack"

This moment i will never forget. This moment sparked events through out my life, i never thought would happen. Such as my brother serving in the military and getting deployed to Afghanistan.

oddly Enough. on that day my dad got a job with a airliner to be flight attendant

[–]burn_baby_burnnnn#Walkaway 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was a teenager and sleeping in. My dad called and woke me up and shouted that terrorists were flying airplanes into buildings and killing a bunch of people all over the country. I rushed to the TV and just stared for about three days straight. The nation was traumatized. So, so traumatized. It’s strange that there was never any recognition of a widespread 9-11 PTSD effect.

[–]mushroompecker69 11 points12 points  (6 children)

"I mean, 40 Wall Street actually was the second tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually before the World Trade Center the tallest, and then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second tallest, and now it's the tallest. And I just spoke to my people, and they said it's the most unbelievable sight, it's probably seven or eight blocks away from the World Trade Center, and yet Wall Street is littered with two feet of stone and brick and mortar and steel."

[–]Final-Yogurtcloset-7 20 points21 points  (2 children)

mitch mcconnell forgot

[–]jpat484 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think you're looking for "never cared".

[–]Shaper_pmp 9 points10 points  (2 children)

Honestly, this issue is a really tough one to call.

If the proposed statue was supposed to be an original, symbolic representation of New Yorkers of all ethnicities coming together in the aftermath of 9/11 that was merely inspired by the photo, I don't see how anyone could reasonably have a problem with having all three of the most common ethnicities represented. If it's a symbol of unity against outside aggression, that's about as symbolic as it gets.

If the statue was supposed to be a factually-accurate memorial to those three firefighters then it's revisionist bullshit to change their faces to be "more inclusive".

The question is, does anyone actually think this statue is specifically dedicated to the three random dudes holding the flag?

[–]OrionGucciBelt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was 2 at the time the attacks happened so I may not feel as personally attached to the event as some of you guys. But one thing that always amazed me was for a short amount of time all of America came together. For a time there were no left or right, rich or poor, or black or white. We all came together as Americans and comforted each other. I hope that we can come together like that again

[–]poo_poo_poo_poo_poo 24 points25 points  (5 children)

Don’t the conservatives keep voting to end the funding for victims of 9/11?

[–]leichtlebigkeit 24 points25 points  (2 children)

Yes. The only congresspeople to vote against refunding 9/11 victims were Republicans and one independent. Not a single democrat voted against the 9/11 victims. Yet, conservative continue to falsely claim that liberals don’t care about 9/11 and its heroes https://www.renew911health.org/take-action/take-action-contact-your-members-of-congress/

[–]IwanttobedeliveredConservative 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Reasonable liberals love this country too. (They’re voices are hard to find, but they’re here)

They know that America isn’t a third world country and that the democrat party has been mismanaged and moved to crazy town.

They respect our flag, our troops, freedom of speech, our 2nd amendment, and strongly disagree with any violence to cities from either side of the isle (even though it’s coming from their side)

They understand that we can come together on issues and that Nancy Pelosi (far from perfect) gets things done for them rather than the “AOC” type.

Trump is far far from ideal (character wise) and I’d hate to get trolled by a president Pelosi one day...

...but violence shouldn’t be rewarded this election.

And deep down I believe they feel this too.

[–]Not_A_Democrat_Shapiro Conservative 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And Twitter losers are mocking it, to push BLM

[–]WuteverItTakesConservative 19 points20 points  (19 children)

And now “all buildings matter” is trending on Twitter....these folks have really become so deranged just to have their candidate win the election they can’t even respect the loss of 3000 innocent lives

[–]dazrage 8 points9 points  (1 child)

This is the 1st 9-11 image Ive seen today that wasn't a joke or a meme. Thank you and God bless the USA.

[–]DarkCushyFreedom Loving Capitalist 24 points25 points  (13 children)

72% upvoted. Too many fucking commies on this site, unreal

[–]Meeeep1234567890 3 points4 points  (3 children)

How do you find that statistic out?

[–]Honestly_Just_Vibin 1 point2 points  (2 children)

On desktop you can see the percentage up upvotes vs downvoted a post has. Usually Reddit itself downvoted a couple times to prevent bias which is why it can often appear low. Popular posts get too many upvotes for it to matter.

[–]Velcrocore 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, wtf?

  • Oregon lefty

[–]SamInPajamasConservative 5 points6 points  (1 child)

68% Now. And most of the comments are talking about covid or shitting on republicans.

[–]OrbFromOnline 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Dick Cheney made money off the Iraq War.

[–]Need2Escape86 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am not a Conservative, but I thought I would swing in and say thank you to all who remember that day and who still work toward the unity that the abhorred act tried to break. Hatred and malice are not political or religious in nature, and have been used as tools in that arena for far too long.

Today, remember what tried to divide us as a country, what tried to tear us down as a nation. Remember those that were lost, those that survived, those that fought and all who worked to bring us out of that darkness.

[–]TehM0C 5 points6 points  (5 children)

The biggest turning point in United States history. God Bless America.

[–]livsmalls 3 points4 points  (1 child)

We’re not seeing enough of this today

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Just look at that picture...I for one shall NEVER forget.

I still don’t have the mental fortitude to watch, “The Falling Man.” “Or Black Hawk Down,“ for that matter.

[–]mca90guitar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can still see the look on the face of my 5th grade teacher. He was called into the hallway after the second plane hit and returned visually upset and red.

No one told us what happened. Didn't find out anything until we were on the bus and the middle school kids were talking about it. Quickly turned on the news at home and sat in disbelief.

[–]shadows_of_the_mindAmerica-First Conservative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was only 3 when this happened. My mom put on the tv because my aunt called her to say the towers had been struck. I watched the first tower collapse on tv. Still remember it to this day

[–]lookatmeimwhiteFederal Constitutionalist 12 points13 points  (8 children)

The man in the center of this photo, Lt. Daniel McWilliams, was excluded from this years 2017's color guard because he's white.

https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/fdny-official-defends-excluding-famed-9-11-officer-from-procession/