I volunteered at Ground Zero in the days after 9/11. My friend and I drove down to New York and served meals to firemen in a food tent near the still smoking, devastated site.
One day, a policeman who had come through the tent a few times asked us if we wanted to see Ground Zero for ourselves---and at a time when virtually no one had access to the site beyond the country’s politicians and tireless public safety teams.
I remember that when he asked us we immediately put down whatever we were doing and followed him without saying much, but we knew we were being given unique access to something both tragic and historic--something few people would ever see and something we would never forget. We were aware that the scene would be etched into our dreams for the rest of our lives, and become a part of our own story.
And I think we both wondered as we walked why he had chosen us. This policeman, who was now our guide, was solemn and dutiful---not at all using the moment he was leading us to for any other reason than to share it with us. It was clear that he wanted us to see it, wanted these two meal makers from the food tent to bear witness to something that he faced everyday.
He led us up a street and through a police barricade and told us not to take any pictures and then we walked into Ground Zero--- us two young mothers from Massachusetts who hadn't been doing anything special on September 10th.
To describe what we saw inside will always be impossible.
It's everything you saw on TV, but it was the feeling inside the site that I remember most. Not the twisted steel and the abandoned plates of eggs on a restaurant table---but the feeling. There was this heavy silence, but it wasn't---at least to me---the silence of death but the silence of reverence.
It was reverence.
Even today---all these years later---that reverence is what I carry as the remnants from that day.
It's a reverence for those who died, those who searched and rescued, those whose lives were touched so intimately by that tragedy.
And I will remember how small I felt standing amongst the piles of steel and dust and leaving with my head bowed but with an incredible feeling of hope...that one day this hell would lead us to a world that has no rubble...
I don't know where this notion that the people asking questions somehow don't care about the victims came from, but it needs to end NOW. Not one person theorizing and seeking justice against the real criminals is trying to diminish the memory and sacrifice of the victims.
AMEN .. in fact it’s for the ones who were murdered that we continue on for the truth to be known and for those responsible to be Marked forever in history with blood on their hands !
Agreed. It's like saying the murdered victims should be remembered, but forgetting to bring justice to the murderers.
This is a victim mentality and a slave mentality. It's not ok.
What happened on 9/11 was publicly "mourned" by both the victims and the murderers. The human factor has always been present and played up to disguise the true evil.
We need to hold these Pharisees accountable. Their public prayers hold no weight and mock any true mourning that can occur.
Well said, and I agree. I was about forty south of the towers, on the coast and we could see the brown smoke drifting down just offshore. One of the women I worked with lost her son who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, and many people in our area lost loved ones as well. This is a somber day of remembrance in my opinion.
The PTSD every day people ended up with because of 9/11 is the single Largest event for PTSD.
Every day children that watched the impacts on TV ad nauseum for days in end was real. Many kids felt the second they saw a plane in the sky it was going to crash.
This was the exact reason these images were shown, on loop. The intent was to inflict mass trauma
The Political Cabal actually said: "We need another Pearl Harbor". So they made one.
They also knew about Pearl Harbor in advance, and moved their most important ships away. Americans didn't want to enter WWII, so they created Pearl Habor. After that practically all Americans wanted to enter WWII.
Correct.
McCollum Memo.
They also intercepted via the FBI anyone that heard, read, or otherwise knew that the Japanese said they would attack Pearl.
The Bushido Japanese could not dishonor themselves with a surprise attack.
They said exactly what they were going to do. Any pretext they did a surprise attack was false.
Reminder that the WTC 93’ Bombing was also FBI.
I had a client a couple of years ago who was supposed to have been on Flight 93. This would have been 2018/2019. He told me the story how he changed his flight plan the night before so he could spend some extra time in the city. You could tell in his voice it still shook him.
I understand where you're coming from. And was not trying to accuse you directly of being anything. You pointed something out and while it is important to mourn, the emotional manipulation is where I have problems. People hide behind taboos as an excuse to not seek truth and I am fucking sick of it. If the truth about 9/11 came out tomorrow, I would still mourn as I do. And with mourning comes continuation with life. I think we honor them better by trying to have the best day possible and living our lives as we would want them to were the roles somehow reversed.
Thank you fren....I went to PA, to the field the morning after it happened....that's when I knew it was a great lie being told....at least about there.. I wrote about it last night.. those responsible will burn in hell.
Blessings to you as well..
I searched and found your PA explanation. Even the aerial photos were suspect at the time. Thank you both for sharing your history on 9/11.
Building 7 is the real smoking gun. Nobody ever explains why it fell, as if it never existed. Nobody I know is even aware of Building 7.
Swept under the rug..
That one has always been a head scratcher and we still get crickets. Like you said, so few even know that it, too, collapsed.
Problem is people aren’t curious enough to do research. They simply don’t care.
That blows my mind.
Still bothering me after 20 years.....
Blessings...
I have always thought in my soul, that the plane that went down in PA was shot down by our Gov.
I agree that it was shot down, but it didn't go down in Shanksville PA...no way.
Agree...no plane went into that field.
Nope...
Agreed 👍
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11: The Mysterious Plane Crash Site Without a Plane - United Airlines Flight 93
William Baker, of the Somerset County Emergency Management Agency, recalled: “When they said it was a 757, I looked out across the debris field. I said, ‘There is no way there is a 757 scattered here.'” Baker said, “The biggest piece of debris I saw would have probably fit in my pocket.” [19] And Paul Bomboy, a paramedic who responded to the initial call for help, commented: “It was a very strange thing that there weren’t normal things going on that you would have expected. When a plane crashes, there is a plane and there are patients.”
Patrick Madigan, a commander with the Pennsylvania State Police, described: “When I looked at the pit, I didn’t realize that was where the plane had crashed. I thought, at first, that it was a burn pit for the coal company.” A fireman said this was where the plane went into the ground. “I was amazed,” Madigan recalled, “because it did not, in any way, shape, or form, look like a plane crash. I thought I would see recognizable plane parts. But at the pit, there was nothing that looked like a plane.” [17] Craig Bowman, a colleague of Madigan’s, recalled: “Until that point, I had never been to a large plane crash. I was thinking that I should be seeing parts of the plane, seats, etc.” However, he said, “There was nothing that was recognizable to me as a plane.”
http://themillenniumreport.com/2014/09/shanksville-pennsylvania-on-911-the-mysterious-plane-crash-site-without-a-plane/
Yep, I've read things like this before which makes me think no plane went down in that field.
A crash is one thing, a missile strike is another. https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-plane-crash-video-missile-2020-1 https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/middleeast/iran-air-flight-655-us-military-intl-hnk/index.html
And most anti-aircraft missiles are made to down a huge and fairly well armored airplane, bombs, fuel, everything into dust is possible. So imagine this thing getting turned into bits smaller than a soup can. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Tupolev_Tu-95
If it was an AIM-54, an AMRAAM, or SM-2.. Most Navy missile boats have the SM-2/RIM-67B ready to go to intercept any sub launched short range missiles, they have the AEGIS coverage so they're more selective at range, and it'll simply get there before anything else. Or, what was AEGIS, before it was full blown AEGIS.. Which is a fucking 1300 page novel if there ever was one.
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/RIM-67_Standard https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Aegis_Combat_System
I agree
I love you - did you see the sliced beams, too?
Cheney killed them all - and the thousands of first responders that died from leukemia etc after because the EPA said the air was safe.
I don’t mean to be insensitive -
Millions.
Think about that.
What you felt was darkness - pure darkness.
I have such sadness for all the volunteers who are dead or are now sick and dying. They said the air was safe knowing it was not. Interestingly, 18 years after volunteering I was diagnosed with breast cancer. We caught it early, but I was standing there for days breathing in all the acrid smoke. We’ll never know for sure!
Breast Cancer was common enough @ Ground Zero that Multiple Male First Responders Developed Breast Cancer
I am praying for you and your health.
For what it’s worth - I feel joy in even what you type here.
That’s a radiant and gorgeous presence.
God loves you - clearly - if you were diagnosed and remain here to sit, type, and cast a smile upon my face.
Thank you for your service sister
I think you deserve a thank you for your service.
Starving firemen and abandoned children in unison: "they had one fucking job..."
Funny comment! But yeah, I really felt called to go down and help, like a lot of people. Also, I have a great husband!
I went to NYC for work a couple years after 9/11. My hotel was a few blocks away and I decided to go to Ground Zero. The hustle and bustle of the city was in full force, but as I got closer It became quiter and then about a half a block away it became absolutely silent - lots of people but no one said a word. The crater was gigantic and I remember walking up to a memorial of flowers on the fence, next to the steel beams that were seared off in the form a Cross. I shed tears just standing there in pure reverence - my best description would be spiritual peace or spiritual reverence, I truly felt the Holy Spirit that day. I will never forget that.
I saw the completed memorial for Ground Zero around 2006. I was only 11, almost 12, but I remember the site, and the museum holding pieces of the wreckage. I also remember that area of the city being so much quieter than the rest. It felt like a shock to be in such a quiet place after hearing all the noise from the city. I was only 6, almost 7, when 9/11 happened, but I remember that day pretty clearly. So when I saw the site where the towers were I tried to imagine tall skyscrapers standing where there were giant square holes in the ground. It was hard. There was nothing but empty air above them. But that place felt calm, everyone was respectful there. Probably the one area of the city where that's the case.
Thank you for helping the rescue and recovery efforts. Thank you for describing what you saw and felt. You are appreciated.
Yes, thank you.
I went there long after the rubble had been cleared. I never saw the disaster or the dust or anything like that. But I know exactly what you mean about the heavy silence. Even months later. I was on a family vacation so most of the trip was fun and games, but when we went to ground zero, we were all silent. We felt the same reverence you did. We signed the wall. The thing I remember most: The giant cross made of steel beams that was put up in the center. Till this day I don't know if it was naturally found like that or not. But it was a symbol of hope. I doubt if the attacks happened today (God forbid) that they would even put up a cross. But I'll never forget that silence, or the hope I felt after.
On the first anniversary I was on a shuttle bus with co-workers going to work. Usually a lively and talkative bunch, but that day there was total silence on the bus.
Thank God for that police officer’s discernment in choosing you and your friend as a witness to what happened. Thank you for telling your story so poignantly. Reverence indeed
Thank you for your service, oorah
I went there in 2003, it was surrounded in fences; some of them chainlink so you could see through; but that's what I remember too, the strange and eerie silence.
I traveled on a business trip from Melbourne, Fla through Atlanta to Newark on 9/10. At Atlanta, boarding the plane to Newark, I passed on the flight to my seat 2 muslims that greeted me with a very angry stare. When we landed in Newark they left the plane with no luggage (strange). At the luggage carousel they were not there (no luggage, stranger yet). On 9/11 after the horrific scenes I witnessed across the river (about a mile away), I emailed the FBI about the 2 muslims on the Atlanta-Newark flight noting what seats they are sitting in. My hotel room faces the missing and smoldering Twin Towers. I was stuck in there for 2 weeks waiting to return home in Melbourne.
My emotions went from crying daily to absolute anger. A month later I went to Manhattan on business just blocks away from the fallen Twin Towers. There was still ashes falling from the buildings.
20 years later I am still angry now that we know all we have been told and what we have shown on TV is nothing but lies. It seems to have been an inside job by the deep state and our leaders at the time. The Twin Towers, the Pentagon, Flight 93, the 3000+ lives, the mysterious planes, the taking away our rights. All lies, same people involved as the JFK murder. Yet, no one was held accountable. Not yet anyway.
Want an incredible story! And wow, how eerie about the two Muslim men on the plane. I wonder who the hell they were. Obviously part of the story.
Mark 13
1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Indeed, sister. There is a place where there is no more ruble; the kingdom of heaven. That precious place which we who've believed and still believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God, who died and resurrected to give us that inheritance. We will be there one day. I look forward to speaking to the Christians that God took home that day. I'd love to know what they saw. What God saw. May the Holy Spirit teach us humility of this event. Those there God bless you for the unique gift of such magnitude you were given to witness, In Jesus name amen.
What an experience, and what a blessing to be able to be ushered into one of the greatest tragedies of our country, and still come out understanding what reference means. God bless you
Thank you for YOUR service during the days following. It might have seemed like a small contribution, but to the men and women who stopped by, it meant a lot. God bless.
Thank you for sharing. Was there anything that felt... Inconsistent? The cop said not to take pictures, yet showed you anyway. Do you recall him pointing anything out in particular?
It's okay if you don't. I can only imagine through your experience the intensity of just being in the rubble and the overall somber mood of everyone around.
The cop told us that since the site was essentially a burial ground, it would be out of line to snap photos. That didn’t seem too strange for me because I travel a lot and most churches don’t allow pictures inside. To this day, I don’t know why the cop brought us inside. I think he really just wanted to share it with us and he could. As far as him pointing anything out—-he walked us into the site, which really felt like indoors because of all the rubble—and then he walked away after telling us not to walk around or snap photos. He left us in front of what used to be a restaurant near or beside one of the WTC, but the front facade was missing. Within the restaurant, the tables still had plates and coffee cups on them. It was dark, but one lone cooler full of Coke’s and water was still working and casting an eerie glow. The restaurant had obviously been abandoned after one of the planes crashed. We just stood there for about ten minutes watching the little figures of firefighters climbing piles of rubble off in the distance. You could see their fire hats bobbing up and down. After a time, the policeman came back and led us out.
From where we stood, the piles weren’t giant because the space was so immense. It was truly vast, so everything seemed smaller in this huge space. The first pile of rubble was like a football field away from us but it looked more like two.
At the time, I didn’t suspect our own government, but looking back now how weird it was that they had built actual grandstands for dignitaries to visit and view the ruins. In hindsight, how absolutely disgusting. Like, “Look! Come and see what we did!” It reeks of narcissism, to put it mildly. This poor policeman who brought us to the site...he’d lost friends. And meanwhile, the perpetrators were building grandstands to show the world their handiwork.
Maybe he needed your comfort at that exact moment and so he saw two mothers who cared and who better to ask to walk with him. He probably couldn't tell you that but maybe it was his way of reaching out in that moment.😥
Agreed
Thank you for sharing.
That is kind of wild how the cooler full of Cokes still was working.
We got married a year after 9/11 (November) and we delayed our honeymoon to spend Christmas with my husband's family in Ireland. We came back through NY and spent New Years. We went down to Ground Zero which by that point was a gigantic hole in the ground. I had been to NY before and been in the towers. I have pictures from that trip and it is weird to see the towers in them from different vantage points across the city. But I could see them in the foot prints. Eerie.
We had lunch at a little Cafe a couple of blocks away and talked with the owner. He shared getting people inside and in the back of the restaurant right before they fell. He said outside the windows looked like a blizzard. I remember seeing pictures of a similar business and boulders were flying by like you were tossing a rolled up piece of paper.
But what I do remember is the St.Paul's Chapel and how it was untouched. There were pictures attached to the fence. Memorials of those that had died. They were faded from the weather and being outside.
And that is holy ground. Interesting little piece regarding that church. It survived a massive fire in 1776. God does indeed work in mysterious ways ..
https://www.guideposts.org/inspiration/miracles/gods-grace/9-11-miracle-the-little-chapel-that-survived
Thank you for that! I remember the first time I visited the site when the memorial was open; I was there probably a year after it opened, because they had a reservation system in the beginning that made it difficult to visit. I arrived with a solemn attitude, only to be disgusted by kids playing around and people generally treating it like any other park. I witnessed the same thing at the Viet Nam memorial in DC. Parents have no clue on how to train their kids how to behave, or themselves, when visiting such places.
Wow. That was beautifully said. If you are not a writer, you should be.
It was the Jews Mossad.
Thank you so much. What a tribute. We appreciate your insight.
Thank you for sharing
Being on the ground did you hear all the chatter about a 2nd explosion? I’ve heard the montage of first responders and victims are describing the blast coming from inside.
God bless you, fren.
Thank you
That was beautiful.
Dear God bless the world and America, God bless all of our fallen and passed Patriots, all of those serving today, and all who will serve in the future. God bless our White Hats, Trump’s 16+1 Team, Anons, and people across this great nation working to free us from The Cabal, so we may in turn help free the world once again. God bless us all with the strength and faith in the Best is Yet To Come. Bless the Vaccinated to heal and the unvaccinated to stay healthy. Dear God bless our future together. In Christ’s name we ask for these blessings, Where We Go One We Go All. Amen.
Now combine your memories with the realization that israel did 9/11 (+ many other attacks)
Now we must wake up to the truth and realize who our “most trusted ally” really is, what their goals are, and what it will take to stop them.
you see a lot of passports in the wreckage?
Haha! No. Not one! 🤣