9/11 Never Forget

[jd30005]

All this deserves its own thread.

[BigPrince]

[j3ff3ry_j33p]

 
God bless America.

[patman]

This gave me chills. Taken from Mike Rowe's fb page:


"We're Going to Do Something."

Tom's last act on earth was one of the most courageous things imaginable. And his last words to his wife, Deena, are among the most inspiring I've ever heard. Those exact words are at the top of this page, and the bottom. They were spoken seventeen years ago, under conditions I hope to never experience. I'll never forget Tom's last words. I hope you won't either.

Transcript of Tom's Last Calls to Deena

6:27 a.m.( pacific time) First cell phone call from Tom to Deena

Deena: Hello
Tom: Deena
Deena: Tom, are you O.K.?
Tom: No, I’m not. I’m on an airplane that has been hijacked.
Deena: Hijacked?
Tom: Yes, They just knifed a guy.
Deena: A passenger?
Tom: Yes.
Deena: Where are you? Are you in the air?
Tom: Yes, yes, just listen. Our airplane has been hijacked. It’s United Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco. We are in the air. The hijackers have already knifed a guy, one of them has a gun, they are telling us there is a bomb on board, please call the authorities. He hung up.

6:31 Deena calls 911
6:34 The phone rang in on call waiting, Tom’s second cell phone call.

Deena: Hello
Tom: They’re in the cockpit. The guy they knifed is dead.
Deena: He’s dead?
Tom: Yes. I tried to help him, but I couldn’t get a pulse.
Deena: Tom, they are hijacking planes all up and down the east coast. They are taking them and hitting designated targets. They’ve already hit both towers of the World Trade Center.
Tom: They’re talking about crashing this plane. (a pause) Oh my God. It’s a suicide mission…(he then tells people sitting around him)
Deena: Who are you talking to?
Tom: My seatmate. Do you know which airline is involved?
Deena: No, they don’t know if they’re commercial airlines or not. The newsreporters are speculating cargo planes, private planes and commercial. No one knows.
Tom: How many planes are there?
Deena: They’re not sure, at least three. Maybe more.
Tom: O.K….O.K….Do you know who is involved?
Deena: No.
Tom: We’re turning back toward New York. We’re going back to the World Trade Center. No, wait, we’re turning back the other way. We’re going south.
Deena: What do you see?
Tom: Just a minute, I’m looking. I don’t see anything, we’re over a rural area. It’s just fields. I’ve gotta go.

6:45 a.m. Third cell phone call from Tom to Deena

Tom: Deena
Deena: Tom, you’re O.K. (I thought at this point he had just survived the Pentagon plane crash).
Tom: No, I’m not.
Deena: They just hit the Pentagon.
Tom: (tells people sitting around him “They just hit the Pentagon.”)
Tom: O.K….O.K. What else can you tell me?
Deena: They think five airplanes have been hijacked. One is still on the ground. They believe all of them are commercial planes. I haven’t heard them say which airline, but all of them have originated on the east coast.
Tom: Do you know who is involved?
Deena: No
Tom: What is the probability of their having a bomb on board? I don’t think they have one. I think they’re just telling us that for crowd control.
Deena: A plane can survive a bomb if it’s in the right place.
Tom: Did you call the authorities?
Deena: Yes, they didn’t know anything about your plane.
Tom: They’re talking about crashing this plane into the ground. We have to do something. I’m putting a plan together.
Deena: Who’s helping you?
Tom: Different people. Several people. There’s a group of us. Don’t worry. I’ll call you back.

6:54 a.m. Fourth cell phone call to Tom to Deena

Deena: Tom?
Tom: Hi. Anything new?
Deena: No
Tom: Where are the kids?
Deena: They’re fine. They’re sitting at the table having breakfast. They’re asking to talk to you.
Tom: Tell them I’ll talk to them later.
Deena: I called your parents. They know your plane has been hijacked.
Tom: Oh…you shouldn’t have worried them. How are they doing?
Deena: They’re O.K.. Mary and Martha are with them.
Tom: Good.

(a long quiet pause)

Tom: We’re waiting until we’re over a rural area. We’re going to take back the airplane.
Deena: No! Sit down, be still, be quiet, and don’t draw attention to yourself! (The exact words taught to me by Delta Airlines Flight Attendant Training).
Tom: Deena! If they’re going to crash this plane into the ground, we’re going to have do something!
Deena: What about the authorities?
Tom: We can’t wait for the authorities. I don’t know what they could do anyway.
It’s up to us. I think we can do it.
Deena: What do you want me to do?
Tom: Pray, Deena, just pray.

(after a long pause)

Deena: I love you.
Tom: Don’t worry, we’re going to do something...

http://www.tomburnettfoundation.org/

[tcdawg]

^^^

chills, straight chills

[j3ff3ry_j33p]

^X2

I go down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole about twice annually. Somethin about workin & being down at Turner’s CNN tower when it happened ( plus, we moved the live news desk up to 10th street studio in basement w/in 2 hours - disaster plans since no one knew if all tall buildings were gonna be hit in any city... ) broadcasting resulted in me having large screen ( for the time) and uninterrupted QuickTime streams from CNN field reporters via satellite of it directly from the field feeds to my desk ...so I watched it all very closely . And,  yeah...I get major chills whenever I think about that morning or dialogue from those poor individuals that were taken.

[DOUG]

Thanks Pat, I've seen that and it shakes me every time I see it including now.  How some can hide the events of 9/11 is beyond me.

Live tape from the day
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1151859712001/?#sp=show-clips

[tjsahara00]

I've said before.... I was laid up after ACL transplant
and watched while it was happening.
I WILL NEVER FORGET.....

So those who disrespect our flag.... f_ck you!

[longarmwj]

Been a minute since I have been on here but even though I was in first grade, I remember it clearly. Sitting in the classroom with the teacher watching the TV crying.

Never forget.

[Trailabite]

Thanks Pat, I copied it and posted on FB page.

I was working out of our office in Upper Marlboro and we were outside in the parking lot listening to the news about the planes hitting the towers. About that time we heard a loud explosion, we instantly thought the Capital building was hit. We later learned that it was the Pentagon that got hit.

I still remember the sky was full of fighter jets. Those things were buzzing around low enough that you could read the letters on them, which was awesome to see in itself, just wish it was for different reason.

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[Blue J]

Thanks Pat that brings tears. I was at home sick with the flu and saw it unfold on TV live. I will never forget.