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Sending out all my thoughts to those who were affected in the New York 9/11 tragedy. May time heal your pain Elaine x

Well said Elaine. xx

May I add to that......A sad day for many people. Bob

We have some of those brave firefighters visiting Manchester, this month, sharing their experiences - one of them said that watching the TV and seeing the towers collapse (knowing that colleagues would be in there) was the worst moment of his life, hard to imagine what relatives felt too, about all victims. Lily

Sending love, thoughts and prayers to anyone affected in any way by that day's awful events. Mandy xx

I dont think anyone could imagine what it is was like and seeing it happen but must of been horrific. My prayers and thoughts are with you all. It will never been forgotten. Yvonne

I cant believe its been four years..yet its still as raw.the world will be thinking of all those affected by this terrible tragedy.x

110 Stories By Sasha Taylor 110 stories fell on top of me today, I didn’t think the pain would ever go away. When it finally did I realized where I was at, Sitting at the gates of Heaven was exactly where I sat. I tried to remember; at last it finally came, Could this be a joke? Is this some sick twisted game? A loud explosion from upstairs, People panic and start to yell, A man in a wheel chair starts to cry, All I could think of was I was going to die. Step after Step we ran from our fears, I thought I would drown from the flow of our tears. People started panicking and going insane, I knew exactly what they were feeling for I felt their pain. Nobody knew what happened, All we knew was we didn’t have long, To get out of the building before it was collapsed and gone. All of a sudden I felt the ground start to shake, None of this was real it was totally fake. Then the floors started to fall, I froze from panic, and couldn’t believe what I saw. The smoke was so thick I couldn’t see, Why in the world was this happening to me? My life is now gone; on this earth I have no more time, Even though I'm innocent I never committed the crime.

Who Am I By Kimberly Dunne I am no one special. I'm the little boy that gives up his favorite teddy bear so that a stranger might be comforted. I'm the single mother who has been trying to teach her child to sleep in their own bed, who holds them tight long into the night, thanking God it wasn't her child that died. I'm the old man, angry and resentful that his military doesn't want him because of his age. I'm the teenage girl that spends hours cutting ribbons for others to wear as a symbol of remembrance. I'm the young man who doesn't understand why his father was running up the stairs as the building fell, trying to save just one more person, instead of saving himself. I'm the old woman who will never see her grandchild again. I'm the little girl, playing with her doll, who can't understand when someone screams hateful things at her because of where her family is from. I'm the police officer, trying to keep idiotic reporters safe, when his wife is still among the missing. I'm the fire fighter that called in sick that day, only to discover that someone else died in his place. I'm the man who survived the falling building only to learn that his sister and baby niece were in the plane. I'm the secretary, angered by the seemingly callous response of those around her. I'm a spelunker, who is climbing down into the remains of a building, hoping to find someone still alive. I'm the dog handler, searching for bodies, that has to comfort my animal when only death remains. I'm the woman who stands in line for five hours in order to give blood, hoping to help strangers in need. I'm the man who gets up and goes to work every day, in spite of the tragedy, because he still has a family to feed. I'm the first passenger to get back on a plane, even though I'm terrified, because I know somebody has to be first. Who am I? I'm nobody special. I'm just an American.

sorry but didnt want to think about tomorrows date while we were watching the news of the twin towers daughter was in hospital in germany misscarrying twins it was a very sad day all round ann xx

How awful Anne. Its a date that you will never forget {{{HUGS}}} Elaine x

i cant believe its been 4yrs to every one affected by 9/11 my thoughts and prayers are with you angie xxx

It's a day that I'll never forget as it's my birthday! I hope that those left behind have managed to rebuild their lives and look to the future whilst still remembering those poor lost souls. Louise

My sympathies to all that have suffered as a consequence of that awful day. Jill xx

09/11/01 I had a phone call from my next door neighbour. Neighbour : 'Have you got the tv or radio on ?' Me : 'no why'' Neighbour : 'Just hang up and turn on sky news now'. I sat in disbelief. I thought it was a terrible accident, then another plane hit the twin towers. Realisation set in, this was deliberate, News later filted through of a plane going down in Pennsylvania and also a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. I was shocked, the world was shocked. In a few hours the world had changed. Elaine x

During the next several weeks be very cautious about opening or launching any e-mails that refer to the World Trade Centre or 9/11 Do not open 'WTC Survivor' It is a virus that will erase your whole 'C' drive. It will come to you in the form of an E-Mail from a familiar person. That means someone who has you in an address book has already been infected and the virus is using the address book to spread itself. Len

Len its a hoax Summary of the eRumor An alarming email warning to watch for a virus named 'WTC Survivor', 'WTC', or 'World Trade Center.' The Truth This virus warning is a hoax. It sounds alarming and claims that the WTC virus will erase the entire hard drive on your computer. Some versions warn not to open any files that refer to the World Trade Center. This false virus warning has circulated since 2001, the year of the Attack on America and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers in New York. It tends to circulate freshly each year on the anniversary of the attacks, September 11

The day, the terror, the missing, the seeking, the dead, the mourning. Always remembered - never forgotten.

A date that none of us will ever forget.... those effected will certainly be in my thoughts tomorrow c x