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2024-09-11 --Tech & Moderator Notes

On this day in history, September 11, 2001, US experiences the worst terrorist attack in American history

A reminder: Rantburg on 9/11.
Scroll forward, day by day, to see it as it was.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-11 05:41|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top
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#1 9/11 survivor recounts haunting escape from 81st floor of World Trade Center tower

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-11 05:48|| 2024-09-11 05:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Never forget, never forgive.

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-09-11 07:34|| 2024-09-11 07:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Last night the current VPOTUS said Jan 6 was the worst attack on the country.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-11 08:47|| 2024-09-11 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 ...till they let loose their illegal immigrant army on its own citizens?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-11 09:36|| 2024-09-11 09:36|| Front Page Top

#5 September 11, 2001, I arrived at my job as systems technician at the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center. After checking the previous maintenance logs and catching up on the e-mails, I decided to get my first cup of coffee. I happened to take the route through the control room. I noticed something was happening by the number of raised, excited voices and the number of people rushing about. I arrived at the coffee room to see on the TV the first tower smoking and thought to myself about the WW2 bomber hitting the Empire State building. As I stopped to watch the screen, I saw the second plane hit the second tower then I knew it wasn't an accident.
Never forget!

Posted by `AlmostAmonymous5839 2024-09-11 12:55|| 2024-09-11 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Never Forget!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-09-11 13:38|| 2024-09-11 13:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Mercutio: Correct me if I am wrong, there were more killed on 9/11 than as a result of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Posted by S MAI 2024-09-11 13:42|| 2024-09-11 13:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Watching a lot of videos on the Battle of Midway and marvel at the incredible bravery of US planes flying into almost certain death to bomb those carriers.

Most seem to have done so to avenge buddies lost at Pearl Harbor.

Yet 9/11 is hardly a blip on the radar for most these days.

Posted by Regular+joe 2024-09-11 14:09|| 2024-09-11 14:09|| Front Page Top

#9 ...that was 23 years ago. That means anyone under the age of 23 only has 'historical' connection to the event. They have no personal emotional impact as to what happened.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-11 16:43|| 2024-09-11 16:43|| Front Page Top

#10 It was the dogs. The dogs are what got me.

It was the dogs. The dogs are what got me.

A few years ago we visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and we saw a lot. Twisted steel girders. Baby-faced portraits of the deceased. Mutilated emergency vehicles.

But it was the dogs that wrecked me.

The dog exhibit is pretty small. Located in the far corner of the museum, with photographs of search and rescue dogs.

You see dogs nosing through rubble, wearing safety harnesses. You see them in their prime. They’re all deceased now. But they were spectacular.

There was Riley. Golden retriever. He was trained to find living people. But, he didn’t find any. Instead, he recovered the remains of firefighters. Riley kept searching for a live survivor, but found none. Riley’s morale tanked.

“I tried my best to tell Riley he was doing his job,” said his handler. “He had no way to know that when firefighters and police officers came over to hug him, and for a split second you can see them crack a smile—that Riley was succeeding at doing an altogether different job. He provided comfort. Or maybe he did know.”

There was Coby and Guiness. Black and yellow Labs. From California. Surfer dogs. They found dozens of human remains.

And Abigail. Golden Lab. Happy. Energetic. Committed. Big fan of bacon.

Sage. A border collie. Cheerful. Endless energy. Her first mission was searching the Pentagon wreckage after the attacks. She recovered the body of the terrorist who piloted American Airlines Flight 77.

Jenner. Black Lab. At age 9, he was one of the oldest dogs on the scene. Jenner’s handler, Ann Wichmann, remembers:

“It was 12 to 15 stories high of rubble and twisted steel. My first thought was, ‘I can't send Jenner into that…’ At one point, [Jenner] disappeared down a hole under the rubble and I was like, ‘Ugggggh!' Such a heart-stopping moment..."

Trakr. German Shepherd. Tireless worker. Worked until he couldn’t stand up anymore. Trakr found Genelle Guzman-McMillan, who was trapped for 27 hours among the debris. Genelle was as good as dead, until the cold nose poked through the mangled steel.

Apollo. German shepherd. An NYPD police dog. Coal-black muzzle. Liquid eyes. The first dog on the scene, only 15 minutes after the attacks. Apollo worked 18-hour days. Once, he was nearly killed in a fire during his search. But Apollo had been drenched in water and he was quick on his feet. No injuries.

Jake. Labrador. As a puppy, Jake was found on the side of the road in Dallas. Abandoned. Left for dead. Like trash. He had a dislocated hip and a broken leg. They made him a rescue dog.

Jake worked until his body threatened to collapse from exhaustion. After his shifts, local New York merchants saw his rescue-dog vest and treated him to free steak dinners in upscale Manhattan restaurants.

And, of course, there was Bretagne. Golden Retriever. Easygoing. Dutiful. Obsessed with food. Her owner and trainer, Denise Corliss, a firefighter from Harris County, Texas, brought Bretagne to Ground Zero while the rubble was still hot.

Bretagne went straight to work. She worked for 10 days solid. Ten agonizing days. Bretagne never quit. She napped onsite.

Denise recalls: “...There are images of Bretagne going to where she was directed to search, into the unknown, the chaotic environment. But even then, she knew who needed the comfort of a dog, and which firefighter needed to hold her close and stroke her fur.”

After 9/11, Bretagne also helped recovery efforts during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and Ivan. She retired at age 9.

Old age finally overtook her, she had a hard time using stairs, so Denise installed an above-ground pool to keep Bretagne’s joints limber.

In retirement, Bretagne became a reading dog at a local elementary school. First graders, too shy to read aloud, would read to a white-faced, elderly retriever who looked them in the eyes and smiled.

Bretagne visited students with special needs. She visited students with autism. She visited everyone.

She suffered kidney failure at age 16. She was put to sleep on June 7, 2016, and became the last of the 9/11 rescue dogs to end her earthly career.

Bretagne hobbled into the Cypress, Texas, animal hospital, one sunny Monday, only to discover the sidewalks and hallways were lined with firefighters, first responders, and rescue workers who saluted her.

Her remains were later escorted from the hospital, draped in an American flag.

We do not deserve dogs.

- My dear friend posted this, and I share it with you.

Posted by Beavis 2024-09-11 16:57|| 2024-09-11 16:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Man's best friend, indeed.

Posted by Bobby 2024-09-11 17:42|| 2024-09-11 17:42|| Front Page Top

#12
At the time, I was the North America International Practice Arch for the IT Security group of my F-300 company that I was with.

I was in the Atlanta office and on Conference call with our NY Sales Group and our Sales VP, When all hell broke loose, as the 1st plane hit and things started falling past his office window.

Knowing, we had over 140+ staff on the building. I clicked on CNN and pulled up a World CAMS website for NY.

For some stupid reason, I said. "It looks like someone has played with the rabbit." A Mil tech term for Dirt landing strip signal beacon.

The Sales VP was pissed I interpreted his meeting. A few days later, he would call and apologize to all of us. All of our staff survived.

But, it took us over a week to find the last staff member.
He went home and locked himself in his apt. and curled up was a basket case after that.

A few hours later I got an NRT call-up call and was on a plane Sept 14th to do a recovery task up there. It was a mess. Even my Chinese restaurant across the street from the WTC was gone.

The whole area was a total mess, occasionally things would fall on 1st responders and recovery personnel, as they dug for trapped people, bodies and special missing items.

I had a staff member on a ITSEC engagement that was halted and could get a ticket and had to drive home .... home was South Fla.

BTW: Besoeker did they ever explain why that small plane out of Arkansas that crashed up there in your neck of the woods was flying during ground halt?

Word has it, it was actually shot down and not a crash.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-09-11 18:18|| 2024-09-11 18:18|| Front Page Top

#13 When I first followed Fred and Insty

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-11 18:57|| 2024-09-11 18:57|| Front Page Top

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