tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post2637538985884794559..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: 11SEP2001LawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-42020462689135717382008-10-11T20:38:00.000-05:002008-10-11T20:38:00.000-05:00The image of the day that sticks in my mind isn't ...The image of the day that sticks in my mind isn't visual at all, its a sound.<BR/><BR/>They edit that sound out of many of the documentaries and I'd almost come to believe I imagined it -- except that I clearly remember asking my DH what it was and him telling me, with a catch in his throat, what I ought to have known.<BR/><BR/>When I remember 9-11, I hear the shrill, scream of the firefighters' man down alarms.3KillerBshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972256857498433293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-88159292020885789632008-09-24T11:33:00.000-05:002008-09-24T11:33:00.000-05:00A friend of mine was working in the World Financia...A friend of mine was working in the World Financial Tower, across the street from the WTC, when the first plane went in. He led an evacuation of people on his floor (the 34th floor) down the stairs to the street. As he came out onto the sidewalk, he looked up in time to see the second plane hit. Eventually, he fled, along with thousands of others, up the West Side Highway, looking for a means of getting across the river into Jersey. But before he did, he personally saw the people jumping and falling, and he says he'll never forget the horrendous sound of their bodies smacking into the pavement with such terrific force.<BR/><BR/>That some people want us to forget that is an abomination.whamprodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06577617546347842884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-90714314395047088402008-09-22T03:16:00.000-05:002008-09-22T03:16:00.000-05:00"You have to go out. You don't have to come back"J...<I>"You have to go out. You don't have to come back"</I><BR/><BR/>Joseph, I'd never heard that before, but so true.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry I missed this post now, but I was keeping a low-pro then.TheBronzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636056122240966943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-21538451771232706352008-09-18T19:29:00.000-05:002008-09-18T19:29:00.000-05:00What the hell does Rebecca think this blog is? K...What the hell does Rebecca think this blog is? Kindergarten class?<BR/>Maybe she's touting a book of very bad poetry?<BR/>Totally nonsensical and inappropriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-63132933765636240712008-09-14T10:18:00.000-05:002008-09-14T10:18:00.000-05:00Terrorism - to strike terror into the every day li...Terrorism - to strike terror into the every day lives of ordinary people.<BR/>Fortunately they are being dealt with by some 'uncommon people' who have seen all the horror that it entails, and are prepared to demonstrate the moral fiber to get the job done.<BR/>Support your military - and never ever forget - the biggest sin here is to loose the memory of what happened. Good people lost their lives - it should not be a waste; what it should do is motivate us to make sure - by fair means (we are the good guys - we don't kill children or innocents) that these people are removed - permanently. Then our world will be a better place to live in. Vigilance and honor, and split blood are the price of safety. Lets just make it theirs not ours any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-11429760499893370472008-09-14T08:53:00.000-05:002008-09-14T08:53:00.000-05:00I don't think the coverage I saw showed the pe...I don't think the coverage I saw showed the people falling; I'd remember it if they did.<BR/><BR/>One thing I remember, some moronic talking head finally said something about 'striking terror into the land' for about the fifth or sixth time and I was on my feet screaming "What about the PISSED OFF it's struck into the hearts of America you @!*#)()(**&?!?"<BR/><BR/>And that the media will show American troops in the worst light, but don't want to show the people falling and such... stupidity or malice, it pisses me off, too.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-42018351574778729222008-09-13T22:52:00.000-05:002008-09-13T22:52:00.000-05:00Well said LD, and thanks for remembering.Well said LD, and thanks for remembering.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-42531348006688539032008-09-13T14:29:00.000-05:002008-09-13T14:29:00.000-05:00I don't think it was a loss of hope. It wasn't rea...I don't think it was a loss of hope. It wasn't really a choice people had, to jump or not. It was hot, and humans instinctively jump away when things get too hot. They weren't committing suicide; they were reacting the way they were designed to do, except there wasn't anything underneath them.<BR/><BR/>May God be good to those poor murdered people.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-88139768405439846642008-09-13T13:32:00.000-05:002008-09-13T13:32:00.000-05:00Foe me, what stands out was a blog by a nurse who ...Foe me, what stands out was a blog by a nurse who was ton site, providing support for the rescue workers, 72 hours after the event. The workers would come in just long enough to drink coffee, maybe eat something, before going back in to search for people. <BR/><BR/>They were also getting their feet bandaged since they were wearing holes in their feet.Jeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199827049934363961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-85572002520707149172008-09-13T11:45:00.000-05:002008-09-13T11:45:00.000-05:00Many pieces remember the people falling, however T...Many pieces remember the people falling, however <A HREF="http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0903-SEP_FALLINGMAN" REL="nofollow">Tom Junod did it the best</A>. Everyone else is just riffing off him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-3936016484613902532008-09-13T08:15:00.000-05:002008-09-13T08:15:00.000-05:00And to charlesc, To quote a line from the Coast Gu...And to charlesc,<BR/> <BR/>To quote a line from the Coast Guard,<BR/><BR/>"You have to go out. You don't have to come back"<BR/><BR/>Anyone in emergency services (EMS, Fire Dept, Police Dept) knows this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-81869205333470856422008-09-13T08:05:00.000-05:002008-09-13T08:05:00.000-05:00The MSM did not and will not make a stir about tho...The MSM did not and will not make a stir about those photos of people jumping to they're deaths...too "graphic",too "shocking", etc. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunetly, that is what really happened. Real life is like that sometimes...bloody, violent, graphic and shocking. And sometimes it happens to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-5785779895002538872008-09-13T01:53:00.000-05:002008-09-13T01:53:00.000-05:00nor forgive...nor forgive...Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534260370087695713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-24341505172707086842008-09-12T16:35:00.000-05:002008-09-12T16:35:00.000-05:00I watched a firefighter, loaded with gear - walkin...I watched a firefighter, loaded with gear - walking into the cloud of dust and debris. Clueless newsy says, "Why are you going in there?" Fireman says, "That's my job".<BR/><BR/>May God bless those who walk into harms way on our behalf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-19502323014782752812008-09-12T16:31:00.000-05:002008-09-12T16:31:00.000-05:00I worked just off Wall St - I remember walking hom...I worked just off Wall St - I remember walking home to Midtown. I walked along the river as well just in case. And watched fighter jets scream above me as I walked down 5th Ave to get home. Never would have imagined that happening in my wildest dreams. The memory of emergency services walking towards the danger as the rest of us streamed away will always stick with me. <BR/>PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-23545649281834546072008-09-12T14:38:00.000-05:002008-09-12T14:38:00.000-05:00Thank you. We all know. So many use the towers as ...Thank you. We all know. So many use the towers as code for the pain while trying to avoid looking full at it, but that pain cries out to be honestly seen. Thank you for seeing.<BR/><BR/>(My brother and cousin were some of the lucky ones in Manhattan that day who got to return home. Far too many parents of the highschoolers my sister-in-law taught were not.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-83389671033681321652008-09-12T14:06:00.000-05:002008-09-12T14:06:00.000-05:00What I remember most is a street-level news video ...What I remember most is a street-level news video of dozens or hundreds of firefighters, putting on their gear as they walked up the street toward the towers.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-34533359465099199172008-09-12T14:05:00.000-05:002008-09-12T14:05:00.000-05:00And Americans are even CONSIDERING voting in as Pr...And Americans are even CONSIDERING voting in as President a man raised under Moslem influence for the first ten years of his life?<BR/>There's something very wrong here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-54664981991005876142008-09-12T12:47:00.000-05:002008-09-12T12:47:00.000-05:00I remember the people falling, the utter helplessn...I remember the people falling, the utter helplessness and nausea those images brought. I remember Palestinians smiling and dancing in the streets too. I will never forget – the horror or our enemies celebrating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-75510773597749612192008-09-12T11:07:00.000-05:002008-09-12T11:07:00.000-05:00Mine is of the woman, lying on her back, hands fol...Mine is of the woman, lying on her back, hands folded in her lap, as she falls to the ground.<BR/><BR/>I think her apparent serenity and calm in her acceptance of her death said something to me. She knew she was going to die in the next few minutes, but decided she still had a choice. She made her decision as to her manner of death, rather than giving in to the panic which must have been raging all about her.<BR/><BR/>PopsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-2455362523127385392008-09-12T10:53:00.000-05:002008-09-12T10:53:00.000-05:00I remember the man you described. What I remember...I remember the man you described. <BR/><BR/>What I remember most are all the rescue workers, many of which were not on duty, that ran towards the site.<BR/><BR/>I won't forget, ever.knitalot3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567418493414449591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-57730883243984530172008-09-12T10:43:00.000-05:002008-09-12T10:43:00.000-05:00My vision of that day, permanently etched on my br...My vision of that day, permanently etched on my brain, is of a black man, very well dressed in a tan suit and dull orange shirt, falling headfirst forever against a background of smoke, almost obscuring a wonderfully beautiful, peaceful blue sky.<BR/>Also etched on my brain is an interview with a couple who simply didn't care about anything but getting back to their residence in TriBeCa. They wanted to know what "we'd done wrong" and she said, "I just want things to go back the way they were."<BR/>I can't think of anything, in contrast to that tragically falling man, that would have infuriated me more. <BR/>It still does.<BR/>LawMomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-55176588325755553282008-09-12T10:41:00.000-05:002008-09-12T10:41:00.000-05:00I remember him, too. I don't want to; I wish I c...I remember him, too. I don't want to; I wish I could erase that awful image from my brain. But if I could, I don't know that I would, because it would be wrong to simply forget him and those many, many others who suffered along with him that day.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-63544403675373093072008-09-12T10:29:00.000-05:002008-09-12T10:29:00.000-05:00For me it's the firefighters rushing into the buil...For me it's the firefighters rushing into the buildings. Somehow the overall death toll didn't make me cry, but the number of firefighters (and police, Lawdog) and the fact that they were going in and up chokes me up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-74908946505425453912008-09-12T09:55:00.000-05:002008-09-12T09:55:00.000-05:00Michelle Malkin remembers, LawDog ...................Michelle Malkin remembers, LawDog ..................<BR/><BR/>http://michellemalkin.com/2006/03/15/the-falling-man-revisited/<BR/><BR/>Semper Fi'<BR/>DMDiamond Mairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673366797250424810noreply@blogger.com