9/11/01

[Hobert62]

[41chevy]

http://www.startribune.com/bald-eagle-lands-on-firefighters-9-11-tribute-in-minnesota/492968991/

 

We were working at Manhasset  Bay  at the harbor entrance and could see and smell the smoke. We had no idea what happened until the Nassau P.D. cleared us off the Navigation Light jetty and told us of the attack.. Not a ship or aircraft on or over the L.I. Sound or Connecticut for 3 or 4 days, just F-16's and Coast Guard Cutters running the sound to protect Groton  Electric Boat ship yard and New London sub Base.

Edited September 12, 2018 by 41chevy

[Red Horse]

8 hours ago, 41chevy said:

http://www.startribune.com/bald-eagle-lands-on-firefighters-9-11-tribute-in-minnesota/492968991/

 

We were working at Manhasset  Bay  at the harbor entrance and could see and smell the smoke. We had no idea what happened until the Nassau P.D. cleared us off the Navigation Light jetty and told us of the attack.. Not a ship or aircraft on or over the L.I. Sound or Connecticut for 3 or 4 days, just F-16's and Coast Guard Cutters running the sound to protect Groton  Electric Boat ship yard and New London sub Base.

As an old LI guy you will recognize this. We had a Gulf Station just before LaGuardia that was undergoing complete rebuild.  I'm in the office in Boston and I hear the engineer who is handling the project-and on the phone with the contractor who is at the site- call out.."plane just hit WTC"!  My first thought -"hah-some idiot  in a Cessna 172 sight seeing".  

Some things you'll never forget-although too many loons in this country have.

[DailyDiesel]

2 hours ago, Red Horse said:

As an old LI guy you will recognize this. We had a Gulf Station just before LaGuardia that was undergoing complete rebuild.  I'm in the office in Boston and I hear the engineer who is handling the project-and on the phone with the contractor who is at the site- call out.."plane just hit WTC"!  My first thought -"hah-some idiot  in a Cessna 172 sight seeing".  

Some things you'll never forget-although too many loons in this country have.

I was in college at the time so naturally I was asleep when the first plane hit. When my dad called with the news I was annoyed with the wake up call as I had the same thought you did, just some dummy in a small plane. Even after turning on the news and watching the second plane hit in real time I never dreamed the towers would fall. At the time my wife was still in High School on Staten Island. Being a parochial school they were not allowed to watch TV coverage but when the towers collapsed she could feel the ground tremble beneath her feet. There was no hiding from that point on.

Years later I paid a visit the NYS Museum in Albany where they had a fire truck destroyed by the collapse along with many personal artifacts of the many lives that were lost. A truely sobering experience.

9/11 was one of the rare generational moments that you never forget if you were old enough for conscience thought. I pray that something like this never happens again.

[Mack Technician]

We were up in the flat tops mountains, Meeker CO, muzzleloading for Elk. When it hit the top of the hour, around 10PM, one of the guys zeroed a station on the truck to hear the weather/news before bed. It was a confusing report about the plane attack and even more confusing when he was done reiterating it. Looked outside and the sky was dead silent. Evident something big was coming down. By Friday, when we were ready to move, there was radio talk of no rental cars available in US, price gouging and gasoline shortages.     

[41chevy]

4 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Some things you'll never forget-although too many loons in this country have.

Like Pelosi call 9-11 an incident.

[GreenGiant2]

Eas out working on a job and the guys from electric company said it happened. Stopped home to get another load of gravel and watched it on t.v. ... mother in law was with my wife at hospital for scheduled colonoscopy.  Definitely remember what I was doing.

[HeavyGunner]

I was working on the Moose Fire. All of the crews got called back to camp because we lost air support. Got back to camp and walked up to the crowds around the TVs in the tents and then learned what happened. 

[41chevy]

14 hours ago, Red Horse said:

As an old LI guy you will recognize this. We had a Gulf Station just before LaGuardia that was undergoing complete rebuild. 

31st street or the pair on Grand Ave?

[Hobert62]

https://m.facebook.com/100000417559642/posts/2098119813545250/

this was sent to me.   Nicely done.  

[Red Horse]

21 hours ago, 41chevy said:

31st street or the pair on Grand Ave?

Paul- the one right on Grand Central Parkway-just before you exit right for the terminals.

[41chevy]

2 hours ago, Red Horse said:

Paul- the one right on Grand Central Parkway-just before you exit right for the terminals.

You know there was no bathroom doors on it during the construction? Had to make an emergency stop there with the whole world looking at the headline on my Daily News.