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Remembering the 9/11 WTC Terrorist Attack

By bluepanjeet on Sep 11, 2008 in Featured, Flashback

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At around 8:50 pm (Manila time) on September 12, 2001, I arrived home from school and saw my family watching CNN. Everyone at home were so quiet as if they were hypnotized by the scenes on Television showing the North Tower of the World Trade Center burning in flames. At that time no one still knew what had happened. All they (CNN) knew was that a giant aircraft hit building. So I hurried towards my room, changed my clothes and was glued on the TV for hours. I saw on TV how the second plane crashed on the South Tower and a third in the pentagon. At that time the WTC was still burning and what I can’t forget is the live footage from CNN wherein hundreds of people where jumping from the building because of intolerance to the 3000 degrees heat generated by the jet fuel. I was stupefied. I didn’t know what to say. I don’t know how to react. I never realize that such things could happen in real life situations. For all i know back then was that those scenes were only seen on Hollywood disaster movies.

After the 2nd plane crashed on the south tower, my cellphone began to receive numerous messages particularly from my mentors and brothers in the seminary, from friends and relatives here and abroad who were so angry with what happened. At that time, there was already a confirmation that it was indeed a terrorist attack. I began to respond and asked them why is this happening?. I remember my priest friend lamented on my cell phone the very words which still rings to my ears to this day “may their (terrorist) kind be expelled to the bowels of hell and that may God render them infertile so that their seed would not multiply”. It was understandable that many Filipinos that day was angry not because America is one of the Philippine’s strongest ally, but because it is so horrifying to even imagine such crimes be perpetuated against innocent civilians.

We remember today the innocent people who died at the WTC and at the four hijacked planes. Below are the scenes that we could choose not to remember, but we are obliged not to forget, in behalf of thousands who were affected, died and injured on that faithful day of September 11, 2001.

The World Trade Center before the Terrorist Attack

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7:58 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 175 departs Boston for Los Angeles, carrying 56 passengers, two pilots, and seven flight attendants. The Boeing 767 is hijacked after takeoff and diverted to New York.

7:59 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 11 departs Boston for Los Angeles, carrying 81 passengers, two pilots, and nine flight attendants. This Boeing 767 is also hijacked and diverted to New York.

8:01 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 carrying 38 passengers, two pilots, and five flight attendants, leaves Newark, N.J., for San Francisco.

8:10 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 77 departs Washington’s Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, carrying 58 passengers, two pilots, and four flight attendants. The Boeing 757 is hijacked
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8:46 a.m. - American Flight 11 from Boston crashes into the North Tower at the World Trade Center.

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9:03 a.m. - United Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the South Tower at the World Trade Center. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York area airports.

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9:05 a.m. - Andrew Card walks up to Bush while he is listening to a Goat Story with 16 second graders in Sandra Kay Daniels�s class at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida. Card whispers in his ear “A second plane has hit the World Trade Center. America is under attack.”

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9:21 a.m. - Bridges and tunnels leading into New York City are closed.

9:25 a.m. - All domestic flights are grounded by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

9:45 a.m. - American Flight 77 crashes into The Pentagon.

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10:05 a.m. - The South Tower at the World Trade Center collapses.

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10:05 a.m. - The White House is evacuated.

10:10 a.m. - A large section of one side of The Pentagon collapses.

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10:10 a.m. - United Flight 93 crashes in a wooded area in Pennsylvania, after passengers confront hijackers.

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10:28 a.m. - The North Tower at the World Trade Center collapses.

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Survivors

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Rescue

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This is what’s left…

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this is New York City skyline after two weeks…

Number of Casualties

WTC — 2819 (according to NYC Medical Examiner) / 2823 (according to NYC Police)
Pentagon — 189
United Airlines Flight 93 / Shanksville, Pennsylvania — 44
NYC Firefighters — 343
Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey Police — 37
NYC Police — 23
Total — 3052 or 3056

Remember that the victims were not americans alone, but of different nationalities. This is a clear attack on all humanity. May God bless the soul of the faithful departed. And may he render the seed of the terrorists infertile!







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  2. By Jules on Sep 11, 2008 | Reply

    very touching post, bluep.. and its sad to think that those who perpetrated this crime is still sowing seeds of atrocities..

    pero hindi naman natutulog ang Diyos kaya magagapi rin ang mga kasamaan nila

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  3. By Kermit Johnson on Sep 12, 2008 | Reply

    Jules..

    You are probably right. I think some of the ones who were behind 911 are still walking around in the USA today.

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  4. By repah on Sep 13, 2008 | Reply

    kuya blue ayan cnicmulan ko ng kumarir dito.. hehehe…

    naku dito sa pinas.. todo handa cla nung 9-11 bka daw kc tyo atakehin… gudluck naman kung may mapasabog cla dito.. hehehehe…

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  5. By haze on Sep 13, 2008 | Reply

    This is one of the most tragic events in the whole history of America and to the whole world. Things will never be the same for them co’z a lot of lives were taken. Let’s just hope that that they will find inner peace after especially for those who lost their love ones!

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  6. By joy on Sep 13, 2008 | Reply

    People will always remember 9/11 but I wish more good will come out of it instead of pain. When we were in NYC last year we considered going to Ground Zero, but thought it wouldn’t be such a great idea because when I went to the Bali blast site in 2001, I felt the spirits and their agony. I didn’t want the same thing to happen to me in New York.

    Many thanks for your visit to A Pinay in England and leaving your comment. Have a fab Saturday and see you back there again!

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  7. By reyna elena on Sep 13, 2008 | Reply

    I get very emotional with 911 and I honestly will never ever forget that experience. That will forever be etched in my life. It’s very hard to describe, all i know was that it was that day that well… i’ll stop here… kasi iba-blog ko sya hehehe.

    One more thing, i fast forward to the comment section because i don’t want to see the pictures. :-)

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