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Manhattan FSX 2009 911

Simply , i woke from a slumber , early hours ... 0500 NZ time i guess ..

Today , ... we still talk about it , i look .. how dose a building the length of an aircraft carrier fall in on itself , the damage was from above .. why did it not shear the top and give to fall in the direction of impact !

how come ..

I'm all for America .. but something stinks here ..
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At home looking at the news (CNN) together with my daughters then heard about the first plane. The oldest one, since I was an Air Portugal crewmember (retired now) and flew hundreds of times to NYC asked me how such a disaster could happen. As I was trying to explain that someone, either a pilot or controller hada messed up, puzzled and finding that impossible on such a clear weather, when sudenly came the second plane. First we were astonished and thoughed that was a replay image, then I noticed both towers have been hit. My daughter was the first one to realize it was an atack.
It was a terrible thing to look at, a terrible insane act, an atack to all of Humanity.
 
9/11

I was at my airbase working, when i heard from the first impact over the radio. We discussed the probability of this being an accident or an attack. Then the second airplane impacted, and we all responded simultaniously: terrorist attack!, we're going to war!. Been on deployment fighting the culprits twice since that black day.​
 
i was at the Chino Airport when the Air Raid sirens whent off, we made a dash to the big hanger and watched in horror as the planes hit the towers. then we heard the afterburners of the local fighter group scambling for another possible attack. in the end, i will NEVER forget those who died that day.
i will also NEVER forget those who have died to protect us here in the states.
 
Just off I-5, south of Sacramento, getting ready to go down to LA to pick up a load of tires. Turned on the TV, as usual, while having my first cup of coffee. The first plane had already hit, rumors flying about what had happened, what size of plane it was, etc. Was seeing what I thought was a replay when the second plane hit, live, and I knew it was a terrorist attack. The world changed at that moment.

I stayed glued to the TV most of the day, the tire load forgotten. The next week was surreal, to say the least.

God bless all those who fight for freedom.
 
I had originally loaded FSX on the Sept 11 date to see if they had an easter egg of the two memorial beams..they obviously were not there..they probably forgot.. So I include them here freeware attached..They only appear on Sept 11 of any year,,:USA-flag:
 
MHAircraft said:
I was driving to work when I heard on the radio that an aircraft hit the WTC. I thought it was an accident. Didn't really know what happened until I reached the office and saw everyone in the lobby with eyes glued to the TV.
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That is how it went for me as well.

We live in the flight path to both KDFW and KADS and I remember standing in the backyard looking up and knowing not a single aircraft was in flight anywhere in the USA. Another moment that stands out was tuning in to the news that evening and seeing video of our National Anthem being played at the changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Very moving.

To this day I still can't watch any documentaries about the events. It's too upsetting.
 
I had to go back to work. Spent the day and those that followed working 16 hour days for 2 weekes straight with no day off. Digging. Never forget the brave 23 NYPD, 343 FDNY, 37 PAPD and all civilians lost that day.

Scotty
proud American
proud member of the NYPD
 
some of the things i will never forget are

A) one of my co-workers, IMMEDIATELY upon hearing the news replied
"it must have been that !@#$% bin-laden guy i saw on the history channel last week!" in my mind, if he could figure it out that fast, the implications are...well, i won't go there.

B) at some point, i don't remember exactly when, 3 fighter jets flew over my shop in wilmington. they were way under 1000', and the were really movin fast to the north east. they were the last planes i saw in the sky for weeks.
living and working so close to the dang base, and being just south of kphl, that's just creepy to not see any planes in the sky.

3) in my mind, the changes resulting from that horror are just as much a tragedy as the actual event.
 
noshadez said:
I had originally loaded FSX on the Sept 11 date to see if they had an easter egg of the two memorial beams..they obviously were not there..they probably forgot.. So I include them here freeware attached..They only appear on Sept 11 of any year,,:USA-flag:
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Thanks
noshadez, installing them now.

I woke up to live coverage on tv. They were reporting that a small plane crashed into the tower. Then I saw in disbelief the second plane hit. I new as everyone else new we were under attack.
 
Shylock said:
I had to go back to work. Spent the day and those that followed working 16 hour days for 2 weekes straight with no day off. Digging. Never forget the brave 23 NYPD, 343 FDNY, 37 PAPD and all civilians lost that day.

Scotty
proud American
proud member of the NYPD
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Salutes you, Sire!
 
Shylock said:
I had to go back to work. Spent the day and those that followed working 16 hour days for 2 weekes straight with no day off. Digging. Never forget the brave 23 NYPD, 343 FDNY, 37 PAPD and all civilians lost that day.

Scotty
proud American
proud member of the NYPD
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God bless you sir!
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I was at work when a guy told me a plan hit the tower. I thought he meant a small GA or something. I had to go out later for a security badge or something and stopped at a Sears to watch everthing on TV. On my way home that day I saw contrails in the sky heading from west to east and realized it was Air Force One and it's fighter escort.
 
I had gotten up early that morning. Getting ready to go into work early that morning for some testing that needed to be done.
I was watching Fox and Friends that was getting ready to end for the morning... they closed saying some report of a plane hitting one of the towers... I remember feeling some dread as I knew it would not be an accident and recalling the previous attack in the early 90s.
Got in the car for the 10 minute drive to work... listening to the radio... reports of a passenger aircraft. Got into the office.. told some people and we ran over to the conference room to see on TV there.
They still had no details of the first jet hitting and why... on screen commentators discussing.... when the second jet came into view and hit the building.

First thing that came to mind... we were at war.

I watched as the first then the second tower came crumbling down. Heard about the Pentagon attack, the approach of the failed 4th jetliner... then going down in PA... tried calling my friend @ her office a few blocks north of the White House... lines busy. Finally got ahold of her via email.
Crazyness in DC... cars parked near the FBI building and rumors of the Supreme Court and Capitol Hill being attacked.

For weeks the skies were empty.... unreal.... no contrails in the sky.
 
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