Please Don't Forget

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[quote]Goku_SS4 wrote:
i can remember where i was when the planes hit the towers. i think we all can.

i was in Katie TX. working on a drilling rig in the derrick when my tool pusher came out of the shack and told me to come down.

the whole crew went to the toolpushers bunk house to watch the tv. i couldnt believe what i was seeing. i was speechless. and in tears. not as much as sadness but as anger. that they could do something like that.

a month later i joined the millitary. the Air Force. (SECURITY FORCES).

ive been to iraq 4 times since then. once every year. Hell, i just got back about 3 months ago.

some times ive went have been volentary. others i was told.

ive been shot at shot back. had ied’s(impravised explosive devices) go off by my hummv on convoys. ive even bagged and tagged a few iraqies.

ive worked in detainee ops. like abu guarab and other prison areas.

and every time im over there and i feel like quiting. like just saying fuck it.

i think of all the people that died in 9/11. and all the familes that will never get to see there loved ones because of what these people did to them.

and i keep going. and i will never stop.

so i will always remember what happened that day. and all the people it affected.

god bless them. and to all of u who have lost some one or know someone who was affected by this. my heart goes out to you.

and i will do everything in my power to make sure this never happens again.

even if i have to spend half of my life over there to keep us safe. that is what i will do.

god bless u all. [/quote]

Thank you for your service. Whether you know it or not, you’re a hero.

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[quote]reddog6376 wrote:
Goku_SS4 wrote:
i can remember where i was when the planes hit the towers. i think we all can.

i was in Katie TX. working on a drilling rig in the derrick when my tool pusher came out of the shack and told me to come down.

the whole crew went to the toolpushers bunk house to watch the tv. i couldnt believe what i was seeing. i was speechless. and in tears. not as much as sadness but as anger. that they could do something like that.

a month later i joined the millitary. the Air Force. (SECURITY FORCES).

ive been to iraq 4 times since then. once every year. Hell, i just got back about 3 months ago.

some times ive went have been volentary. others i was told.

ive been shot at shot back. had ied’s(impravised explosive devices) go off by my hummv on convoys. ive even bagged and tagged a few iraqies.

ive worked in detainee ops. like abu guarab and other prison areas.

and every time im over there and i feel like quiting. like just saying fuck it.

i think of all the people that died in 9/11. and all the familes that will never get to see there loved ones because of what these people did to them.

and i keep going. and i will never stop.

so i will always remember what happened that day. and all the people it affected.

god bless them. and to all of u who have lost some one or know someone who was affected by this. my heart goes out to you.

and i will do everything in my power to make sure this never happens again.

even if i have to spend half of my life over there to keep us safe. that is what i will do.

god bless u all.

Thank you for your service. Whether you know it or not, you’re a hero.
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thank you reddog. I dont think of myself as a hero though.

I would be nothing without the men and women i faut beside. they are the ones who also helped me through it as well.

thank you.

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I celebrate an anniversary on September 11. It’s a very happy day for me. I do spare a thought though, afterall there are 24 hours to think.

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[quote]jacross wrote:
I celebrate an anniversary on September 11. It’s a very happy day for me. I do spare a thought though, afterall there are 24 hours to think.[/quote]

I celebrate my birthday on that day.

Kind of bittersweet. I have always looked at my birthday as a time for me to celebrate, and be selfish. Now my birthday is a day that will live in infamy.

This event had a profound effect on me. This is something I will never forget. That day there were villains, and there were heroes. The victims were not only the people who died, but every friend and family member they had.

I can’t say I knew anybody who died, but I know a lot of people who do.

I will say that after the events, I saw America come together as never before. There was no politics, no race, no class. Just Americans, each on every one of us. Our worst time may have been followed by our best time.

Unfortunately that didn’t last. A reverse has taken place, and politics is worse then ever. People have forgotten, and that is sad.