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Good morning and welcome to the Question of the Day for Sunday, September 11, 2016. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are writers O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), D.H. Lawrence and Jessica Mitford; American football coaches Bear Bryant and Tom Landry; Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos; actresses Betsy Drake, Virginia Madsen, Kristy McNichol, Roxann Dawson and Amy Madigan; actor Earl Holliman; director Brian dePalma; rockers Mickey Hart and Moby; guitarist Leo Kottke; singers Lola Falana and Harry Connick, Jr.; and rapper Ludacris.
A trivial or humorous QOTD struck me as being out of place because today is the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and a difficult day for many Americans. Because the memory of 9/11 looms so large in everyone’s minds, I will make it the theme of…
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11?
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not?
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings?
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? If not, would you visit if you had the chance?
Today in History: 1297 - Scotsman William Wallace defeats the English forces of Sir Hugh de Cressingham at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1499 - French forces take over Milan, Italy. 1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River. 1695 - Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks at the Battle of Zenta. 1709 - An Anglo-Dutch-Austrian force defeats the French in the Battle of Malplaquet. 1714 - Spanish and French troops break into Barcelona and end Catalonia's sovereignty after 13 months of siege. 1776 - A Peace Conference is held between British General Howe and three representatives of the Continental Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge). The conference fails, and the American war for independence continues for seven years. 1777 - American forces, under General George Washington, were forced to retreat at the Battle of Brandywine Creek by British forces under William Howe. The Stars and Stripes (American flag) were carried for the first time in the battle.
1786 - The Convention of Annapolis opened with the aim of revising the articles of the confederation. 1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury.
1814 - The U.S. fleet defeats a squadron of British ships in the Battle of Lake Champlain, Vermont. 1842 - 1,400 Mexican troops captured San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans retreat with prisoners. 1855 - The siege of Sevastopol ends when French, British and Piedmontese troops capture the main naval base of the Russian Black fleet in the Crimean War. 1875 - "Professor Tidwissel's Burglar Alarm" is featured in the New York Daily Graphic and becomes the first comic strip to appear in a newspaper. 1877 - The first comic-character timepiece is patented by the Waterbury Clock Company. 1883 - The mail chute is patented by James Cutler. The new device is first used in the Elwood Building in Rochester, New York. 1897 - A ten-week strike of coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio comes to an end. The workers win an eight-hour workday, semi-monthly pay, and company stores are abolished. 1904 - The U.S. battleship Connecticut is launched in New York. 1910 - In Hollywood, the first commercially successful electric bus line opens. 1926 - In Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, the Aloha Tower is dedicated. 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam. 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U. S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time. 1941 - Charles A. Lindbergh brought on charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the U.S. into World War II. 1941 - In Arlington, Virginia, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon takes place. 1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from both directions. 1952 - Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaces a diseased aortic valve with an artificial valve made of plastic. 1954 - The Miss America beauty pageant made its network TV debut on ABC. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, is the winner. 1959 - The U.S. Congress passes a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps. 1964 - "Friday Night Fights" is seen on TV for the last time. 1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in South Vietnam and is stationed at An Khe. 1967 - The Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS. 1970 - The last "Get Smart" episode airs on CBS-TV. 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" makes its television debut. 1974 - The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets set a National League record when they played 25 innings. It is the second longest game in professional baseball history. 1977 - The Atari 2600 is released. It is originally sold as the Atari VCS. The system will be discontinued on January 1, 1992. 1985 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) achieves hit number 4,192, breaking the record held by Ty Cobb. 1985 - A U.S. satellite passes through the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet. It is the first on-the-spot sampling of a comet. 1990 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush vows that "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush speaks of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace". 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announces that thousands of troops would be drawn out of Cuba. 1997 - John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 - Scotland votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. 1999 - The Wall Street Journal reports that Bayer Corp. had quit putting a wad of cotton in their bottles of aspirin. Bayer had actually stopped the practice earlier in the year. 2001 - In the U.S., four commercial passenger jets are hijacked and intentionally crashed. Two hit the World Trade Center, which collapses shortly after, in New York City. One airliner hits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people are killed. 2012 - Terrorists attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans are brutally murdered and ten others are injured.
Word of the Day: epithet /ˈepəˌTHet/
noun 1. An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality or characteristic of a person or thing. “Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty.’” 2. An epithet as a term of abuse. “The woman begins to hurl racial epithets at them.”
Quote of the Day:
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” – Jessica Mitford
Today is
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
Grandparents’ Day
Make Your Bed Day
Pet Memorial Day
Hot Cross Bun Day
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? I was at work early that morning and getting a cup of coffee when I walked by the conference room where several other employees had the TV news on. After I returned to my equipment room I called the boss and asked if he had the radio turned on. I told him to get to a TV set in their other area and watch what was happening. The entire day was lost as everyone was watching and praying that things would not continue. It was the worst day of my life seeing NYC and the towers come down.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? I agree with MSNBC we need to "never forget". And "yes" I will have the TV on again to view moments that I might have missed over the years.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? No, I will continue my life as normal as possible ~ if not they win.
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? If not, would you visit if you had the chance? Not yet but if I'm in NYC I would visit the area.
Today in History: 1297 - Scotsman William Wallace defeats the English forces of Sir Hugh de Cressingham at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1499 - French forces take over Milan, Italy. 1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River. 1695 - Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks at the Battle of Zenta. 1709 - An Anglo-Dutch-Austrian force defeats the French in the Battle of Malplaquet. 1714 - Spanish and French troops break into Barcelona and end Catalonia's sovereignty after 13 months of siege. 1776 - A Peace Conference is held between British General Howe and three representatives of the Continental Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge). The conference fails, and the American war for independence continues for seven years. 1777 - American forces, under General George Washington, were forced to retreat at the Battle of Brandywine Creek by British forces under William Howe. The Stars and Stripes (American flag) were carried for the first time in the battle.
1786 - The Convention of Annapolis opened with the aim of revising the articles of the confederation. 1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury.
1814 - The U.S. fleet defeats a squadron of British ships in the Battle of Lake Champlain, Vermont. 1842 - 1,400 Mexican troops captured San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans retreat with prisoners. 1855 - The siege of Sevastopol ends when French, British and Piedmontese troops capture the main naval base of the Russian Black fleet in the Crimean War. 1875 - "Professor Tidwissel's Burglar Alarm" is featured in the New York Daily Graphic and becomes the first comic strip to appear in a newspaper. 1877 - The first comic-character timepiece is patented by the Waterbury Clock Company. 1883 - The mail chute is patented by James Cutler. The new device is first used in the Elwood Building in Rochester, New York. 1897 - A ten-week strike of coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio comes to an end. The workers win an eight-hour workday, semi-monthly pay, and company stores are abolished. 1904 - The U.S. battleship Connecticut is launched in New York. 1910 - In Hollywood, the first commercially successful electric bus line opens. 1926 - In Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, the Aloha Tower is dedicated. 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam. 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U. S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time. 1941 - Charles A. Lindbergh brought on charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the U.S. into World War II. 1941 - In Arlington, Virginia, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon takes place. 1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from both directions. 1952 - Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaces a diseased aortic valve with an artificial valve made of plastic. 1954 - The Miss America beauty pageant made its network TV debut on ABC. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, is the winner. 1959 - The U.S. Congress passes a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps. 1964 - "Friday Night Fights" is seen on TV for the last time. 1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in South Vietnam and is stationed at An Khe. 1967 - The Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS. 1970 - The last "Get Smart" episode airs on CBS-TV. 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" makes its television debut. 1974 - The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets set a National League record when they played 25 innings. It is the second longest game in professional baseball history. 1977 - The Atari 2600 is released. It is originally sold as the Atari VCS. The system will be discontinued on January 1, 1992. 1985 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) achieves hit number 4,192, breaking the record held by Ty Cobb. 1985 - A U.S. satellite passes through the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet. It is the first on-the-spot sampling of a comet. 1990 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush vows that "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush speaks of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace". 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announces that thousands of troops would be drawn out of Cuba. 1997 - John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 - Scotland votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. 1999 - The Wall Street Journal reports that Bayer Corp. had quit putting a wad of cotton in their bottles of aspirin. Bayer had actually stopped the practice earlier in the year. 2001 - In the U.S., four commercial passenger jets are hijacked and intentionally crashed. Two hit the World Trade Center, which collapses shortly after, in New York City. One airliner hits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people are killed. 2012 - Terrorists attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans are brutally murdered and ten others are injured.
Word of the Day: epithet /ˈepəˌTHet/
noun 1. An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality or characteristic of a person or thing. “Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty.’” 2. An epithet as a term of abuse. “The woman begins to hurl racial epithets at them.”
Quote of the Day:
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” – Jessica Mitford
Today is
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
Grandparents’ Day
Make Your Bed Day
Pet Memorial Day
Hot Cross Bun Day
Good morning and welcome to the Question of the Day for Sunday, September 11, 2016. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are writers O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), D.H. Lawrence and Jessica Mitford; American football coaches Bear Bryant and Tom Landry; Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos; actresses Betsy Drake, Virginia Madsen, Kristy McNichol, Roxann Dawson and Amy Madigan; actor Earl Holliman; director Brian dePalma; rockers Mickey Hart and Moby; guitarist Leo Kottke; singers Lola Falana and Harry Connick, Jr.; and rapper Ludacris.
A trivial or humorous QOTD struck me as being out of place because today is the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and a difficult day for many Americans. Because the memory of 9/11 looms so large in everyone’s minds, I will make it the theme of…
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? Taking a nap on the couch in the den. Wife woke me and the first plane had just hit the WTC. I watched as the 2nd plane hit and knew immediately that some evil, satanic, group was carrying out the most inhumane acts imaginable on the innocent.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? We'll never forget regardless.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? Just a hatred for satanic demons.
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? If not, would you visit if you had the chance? Haven't but sure... Today in History: 1297 - Scotsman William Wallace defeats the English forces of Sir Hugh de Cressingham at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1499 - French forces take over Milan, Italy. 1609 - Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River. 1695 - Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks at the Battle of Zenta. 1709 - An Anglo-Dutch-Austrian force defeats the French in the Battle of Malplaquet. 1714 - Spanish and French troops break into Barcelona and end Catalonia's sovereignty after 13 months of siege. 1776 - A Peace Conference is held between British General Howe and three representatives of the Continental Congress (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge). The conference fails, and the American war for independence continues for seven years. 1777 - American forces, under General George Washington, were forced to retreat at the Battle of Brandywine Creek by British forces under William Howe. The Stars and Stripes (American flag) were carried for the first time in the battle.
1786 - The Convention of Annapolis opened with the aim of revising the articles of the confederation. 1789 - Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury.
1814 - The U.S. fleet defeats a squadron of British ships in the Battle of Lake Champlain, Vermont. 1842 - 1,400 Mexican troops captured San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans retreat with prisoners. An all out invasion continues. 1855 - The siege of Sevastopol ends when French, British and Piedmontese troops capture the main naval base of the Russian Black fleet in the Crimean War. 1875 - "Professor Tidwissel's Burglar Alarm" is featured in the New York Daily Graphic and becomes the first comic strip to appear in a newspaper. 1877 - The first comic-character timepiece is patented by the Waterbury Clock Company. 1883 - The mail chute is patented by James Cutler. The new device is first used in the Elwood Building in Rochester, New York. 1897 - A ten-week strike of coal workers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio comes to an end. The workers win an eight-hour workday, semi-monthly pay, and company stores are abolished. 1904 - The U.S. battleship Connecticut is launched in New York. 1910 - In Hollywood, the first commercially successful electric bus line opens. 1926 - In Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, the Aloha Tower is dedicated. 1936 - Boulder Dam in Nevada is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam's first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam. 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U. S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time. 1941 - Charles A. Lindbergh brought on charges of anti-Semitism with a speech in which he blamed "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" for trying to draw the U.S. into World War II. Knucklehead. 1941 - In Arlington, Virginia, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon takes place. 1951 - Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel from both directions. 1952 - Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaces a diseased aortic valve with an artificial valve made of plastic. 1954 - The Miss America beauty pageant made its network TV debut on ABC. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, is the winner. 1959 - The U.S. Congress passes a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps. 1964 - "Friday Night Fights" is seen on TV for the last time. 1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrived in South Vietnam and is stationed at An Khe. 1967 - The Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS. 1970 - The last "Get Smart" episode airs on CBS-TV. 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" makes its television debut. 1974 - The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets set a National League record when they played 25 innings. It is the second longest game in professional baseball history. 1977 - The Atari 2600 is released. It is originally sold as the Atari VCS. The system will be discontinued on January 1, 1992. 1985 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) achieves hit number 4,192, breaking the record held by Ty Cobb. 1985 - A U.S. satellite passes through the tail of the Giacobini-Zinner comet. It is the first on-the-spot sampling of a comet. 1990 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush vows that "Saddam Hussein will fail" while addressing Congress on the Persian Gulf crisis. In the speech Bush speaks of an objective of a new world order - "freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace". 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announces that thousands of troops would be drawn out of Cuba. 1997 - John Lee Hooker receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1997 - Scotland votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England. 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. 1999 - The Wall Street Journal reports that Bayer Corp. had quit putting a wad of cotton in their bottles of aspirin. Bayer had actually stopped the practice earlier in the year. 2001 - In the U.S., four commercial passenger jets are hijacked and intentionally crashed. Two hit the World Trade Center, which collapses shortly after, in New York City. One airliner hits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people are killed. 2012 - Terrorists attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans are brutally murdered and ten others are injured. Nothing was done to prevent it.
Word of the Day: epithet /ˈepəˌTHet/
noun 1. An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality or characteristic of a person or thing. “Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty.’” 2. An epithet as a term of abuse. “The woman begins to hurl racial epithets at them.”
Quote of the Day:
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” – Jessica Mitford Today is
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
Grandparents’ Day
Make Your Bed Day
Pet Memorial Day
Hot Cross Bun Day
Thanks Bay! Nice job!
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? We were on a cruise ship about 15 miles from Cuba, our 1st day out to sea, heading to the Panama Canal when we got the news. We were leaving the room for breakfast our room steward was nearby and asked if we had heard the news, we said no, he said you better go back to your room and turn on the TV. We did, shocked and po'd we missed breakfast as we were glued to the TV. The rest of the 10 day tour was quite a somber one.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? We still watch the re-runs, it is an event that everyone should watch and remember. It's history now and youngsters born after that need to know what happened as they get old enough to understand. I still remember when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the atom bombs dropped in Japan. We should never forget.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? No.
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? If not, would you visit if you had the chance. Have not, and yes I would.
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? I was in a meeting at work. One instructor got news updates in his email. When he told us about the first plane we figured something screwed up with the plane. Then the second hit and we knew better. My wife was working as a civilian employee at Ft. Campbell, Ky. (101st Airborne) I called her and she said all military bases were under lock down and she didn't know when she'd get to go home.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? All you have to do is go to youtube. They have all the television coverage on there.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? Nope
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? If not, would you visit if you had the chance? Nope. We were in Scranton, Pa. a few weeks before 9/11 and talked about going to NYC, but didn't want to fight the traffic to see everything.
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? I was on a college campus in the student union and stood with students and staff watching the TV monitors.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? I think MSNBC is right to a degree. If anyone finds it to be "death porn" they're already a sick individual. Meanwhile it reminds people of what could and may well happen again which may be preferable to them forgetting in this time and place where the media and public attention span are both often equal to that of a gnat. I have watched, though not in a few years. I may watch it again some time in the future if I need a reminder of the gravity of what happened that day.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? No fear.
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? I haven't. If not, would you visit if you had the chance? I might if in NYC and had time. Imo it's more important to remember than to visit a place.
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Reason: clarify
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? I had gotten laid off from my job the Friday before (9/7/2001), so I was at home watching the events unfold on TV. It was very mind-numbing.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not? Those of us who are old enough to remember that dreadful day will never forget, no matter what.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings? No. My trepidation regarding tall buildings usually relates to living in Earthquake Country, not a 9/11-style attack.
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City? No. If not, would you visit if you had the chance? I would definitely make it a point to visit next time I'm in NYC.
Good morning and welcome to the Question of the Day for Sunday, September 11, 2016. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are American football coaches Bear Bryant(Unv. of Alabama) and Tom Landry(Dallas Cowboys) - two of the very best, legends in their own time!
A trivial or humorous QOTD struck me as being out of place because today is the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and a difficult day for many Americans. Because the memory of 9/11 looms so large in everyone’s minds, I will make it the theme of…
Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11? Listening to the radio at home while getting dressed that morning when they started reporting the first plane had crashed, then the second, and so on. Didn't take long to realize this was not a normal occurrence, followed immediately w/phone calls to/from my kiddos, their business days getting cut short as their TX high-rise buildings were also evacuated, the gathering of all the local family together, including picking up my GD from school, and much, much time spent thereafter glued to the TV news and aftermath and many, many more calls to/from distant family/friends to insure their safety and welfare.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.”
What do you think? I know that I'm far from being alone in remembering every detail of all the events that transpired that day and the many days that followed, so it would be an impossibility to ever forget.
Would you watch, and why or why not? Will watch some of those that pay tribute to those that suffered and lost so much.
Has 9/11 had any lasting effect on you, such as fear of flying or tall buildings?
Have you visited the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center in New York City?
If not, would you visit if you had the chance?
Today in History: 1842 - 1,400 Mexican troops captured San Antonio, Texas. The Mexicans retreat with prisoners. 1941 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave orders to attack any German or Italian vessels found in U. S. defensive waters. The U.S. had not officially entered World War II at this time. 1967 - The Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS. 1974 - "Little House On The Prairie" makes its television debut. 1974 - The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets set a National League record when they played 25 innings. It is the second longest game in professional baseball history. 2001 - In the U.S., four commercial passenger jets are hijacked and intentionally crashed. Two hit the World Trade Center, which collapses shortly after, in New York City. One airliner hits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth jet crashes into a field in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people are killed. 2012 - Terrorists attack the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Four Americans are brutally murdered and ten others are injured.
Word of the Day: epithet /ˈepəˌTHet/
noun 1. An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality or characteristic of a person or thing. “Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty.’” 2. An epithet as a term of abuse. “The woman begins to hurl racial epithets at them.”
Quote of the Day:
“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.” – Jessica Mitford
Today is
Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
Grandparents’ Day
Make Your Bed Day
Pet Memorial Day
Hot Cross Bun Day
Thanks Bay, great Sunday Remembrance QotD!
Wishing all of you a good day... after all, we're still here!
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Today’s Questions:
Where were you and what were you doing when you heard the news of 9/11?
At work in the Washington DC area. One of the secretaries called us over to her PC when the first plane crashed into the North Tower. When the plane crashed into the Pentagon they sent the whole Federal government (but not the FBI) in the DC area home.
Every year on this date, the TV network MSNBC reruns raw news video of 9/11 in real time, just as it happened. Some say recreating that terrible day is “death porn” and a PTSD trigger. MSNBC maintains that they do this to ensure that we “never forget.” What do you think? Would you watch, and why or why not?
I watch the 9/11 specials every year since I am from NY and was in DC when it happened. I alternate specials. One year I'll watch a special on Flight 93 and another year, I'll watch one on the Pentagon and another year one on the WTC. I also have DVDs and books from that day. If you would like to read a good book, I can recommend 2. One is called "Firehouse" by David Halberstam. It's about the NYC firehouse that lost 12 of 13 men that responded that day. The book is only 201 pages but it's very sad. The other is 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn. 102 minutes represents the time from when the first plane hit the North Tower until that tower, which fell second, collapsed.
September 11 is also the 4th anniversary of the attack on our embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
"On Sunday night at 9:00P Fox News will run a Fox News Reporting: 9/11: Timeline of Terror presents a complete timeline of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. It has no host, narration or commercial interruption. This story is told using “real time” sources from events of 9/11: the cockpit recordings from the hijacked airliners, cell phone calls from people on the planes, FAA and Air Traffic Control recordings, emergency 911 cell phone calls, FDNY dispatches, and press updates by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Fox News Channel’s anchor and reporter coverage connect the events as the story unfolds. It begins at sunrise as President Bush jogged in Florida before his education event at the Booker Elementary School in Sarasota and ends just after sunset when the President returned to the White House and addressed the nation. It features interviews with both survivors and rescuers from the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the relatives who talked to those who died fighting the hijackers on Flight 93. Additional interviews detail the movements of President Bush that day. Those interviews include press spokesman Ari Fleisher who was in Florida with the President, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who were in the White House."
On that terrible day I just turned on the television news. We are five hours in front of New York City, so it was the afternoon. There was a camera pointed at one of the twin towers. The commentator was saying a plane had flown into the building. I watched, thinking to myself, "that's a large hole....... what sort of plane had done that" Surely not an airliner?" The next thought was, "I wonder how they'll get the people out above the impact?"
The tone of the newscaster was calm, just puzzling how this accident had happened. All of a sudden, I noticed another low flying plane flying by behind the towers. Within seconds, it turned, and flew into the other tower. I couldn't believe my eyes, and sat down in shock. It dawned on me, and the rest of the world this was a deliberate act of terrorism. I then spent the next few hours glued to the tv. When the people started jumping out of the buildings, I felt ashamed to be watching this. It seemed sort of like something I shouldn't be doing.
When the first one collapsed, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Then it was the waiting for the same thing to happen to the other. As they fell, I knew I was watching people die, and I knew police and firemen would be down below, and in the buildings dying also. It was a day of horror I will never forget.
The year after, my wife and I visited New York City. I didn't know what to do, and whether we should go down to the site. I decided we should, if only to pay our respects to all the people who died there. When we arrived, there was a fence all round with photos and messages pinned to it. I walked up to the fence and looked down into the big hole. There were men and vehicles working down there.
Some tourists were taking photos, but I didn't think it was appropriate to do so. We didn't stay long, I just felt I needed to go there to pay my respects, and then we left. It was hard to believe what had happened there just a year before. We visited New York again the year after that, but I didn't go down there again. Once was enough.
This terrorist act didn't put me off flying, and I still do so. But it's always in the back of my mind. I tend to look around at other passengers........ flying is a sort of a lottery, and I try not to think too much about it. I'm always glad to get off the plane at the end of our journey. But, I guess it's the only real way of visiting faraway places, so we do it, but I must admit a little reluctantly.
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