Listening to Channel 9 on September 11, 2001
Sep 11, 2010, 11:51 am
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Thank for bumping this. I remember reading it years ago but had forgotten about it. I still got tears in my eyes reading it and thinking about that day.
Sep 11, 2010, 12:53 pm
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Sep 11, 2010, 1:14 pm
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Am doing a MR today. So far JFK-LAX flight had Ch. 9 on. There was a lot of chatter about doing a moment of silence to coincide with the times (EST) of when the planes hit the towers. Purser on 239 LAX-SFO made a really nice and humbling announcement about how today she and her colleagues, as well as those at American, remember their friends/colleagues in 9/11. On JFK-LAX and LAX-SFO both captains asked cabin to participate in a moment of silence.
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Sep 11, 2010, 7:06 pm
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Thanks for the bump.
It's a hard day for many people. I am grateful to the OP for posting the story and his/her subsequent comments.
May 11, 2011, 9:30 pm
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Thanks for the bump, Red - and thanks again to OP and AD for sharing both your vivid memories and insight.
Our oldest was born just a few months after 9/11, and telling her and her younger brother the story of that day was very difficult. Difficult but absolutely essential.
Our oldest was born just a few months after 9/11, and telling her and her younger brother the story of that day was very difficult. Difficult but absolutely essential.
May 13, 2011, 4:50 pm
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secured a car (a fire engine red, Dodge minivan) before I sat in this tiny airport and watch TV for about 4 hours. By the time I decided to go back to Chicago, the rental counters were chaos. I slowly made my way through the crowd announcing rides were available back to ORD for any takers, follow me out. Outside I turned around to see I had five takers, 2 men, 3 women. One was a UA FA. We barely spoke a word the whole way back.