Your personal memories from 9/11

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   Osama Bin Laden is dead. So let's remember those he cold blooded murdered. 

What is your personal memories from 11. September 2001 ? 
I was working for a multi national company just off Sandy Row in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The scene of some terrible atrocities against the mankind during the last 30 years. A place where we just had one bomb scare. I also had reasons, later confirmed, to believe that one of my work mates was a Provisional IRA member and another one was involved in UDA (not confirmed). Both of them designated terrorist organisations, btw. But those two worked fine along each other and there was no problems whatsoever. I have a deep admiration and love for the people in Northern Ireland based on my work with them.   
I was alerted by a friend who accidently put on CNN and spotted the first plane hit the towers. I knew about that B 17 hitting Empire State Building during World War 2 in heavy fog and I thought it was a sightseeing plane hitting the tower, and falling down to the ground without damaging anyone inside the tower. Sad for the deceased, but relative harmless in a town full of sightseeing planes. 
I was off course wrong and the next hours..........

I walked home that night not so sure if 12. September would come. Frankly; I thought it was the end of the world. I was scared. Very scared. I made my peace with God that night. It was the peace a doomed man waiting for his excecution at the gallows pole makes with his maker. 
I have a sincere wish noone of the coming generations will ever experience 9/11. That day was hideous beyond comprehension. This day were ten to hundred times worse for you guys in USA and in New York though. 
Never again. Never again !!

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	Osama Bin Laden is dead. So let's remember those he cold blooded murdered. What is your personal memories from 11. September 2001 ? I was working for a multi national company just off Sandy Row in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The scene of some terrible atrocities against the mankind during the last 30 years. A place where we just had one bomb scare. I also had reasons, later confirmed, to believe that one of my work mates was a Provisional IRA member and another one was involved in UDA (not confirmed). Both of them designated terrorist organisations, btw. But those two worked fine along each other and there was no problems whatsoever. I have a deep admiration and love for the people in Northern Ireland based on my work with them. I was alerted by a friend who accidently put on CNN and spotted the first plane hit the towers. I knew about that B 17 hitting Empire State Building during World War 2 in heavy fog and I thought it was a sightseeing plane hitting the tower, and falling down to the ground without damaging anyone inside the tower. Sad for the deceased, but relative harmless in a town full of sightseeing planes. I was off course wrong and the next hours.......... I walked home that night not so sure if 12. September would come. Frankly; I thought it was the end of the world. I was scared. Very scared. I made my peace with God that night. It was the peace a doomed man waiting for his excecution at the gallows pole makes with his maker. I have a sincere wish noone of the coming generations will ever experience 9/11. That day was hideous beyond comprehension. This day were ten to hundred times worse for you guys in USA and in New York though. Never again. Never again !!