9/11

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? Does your employer observe a moment of silence? How do you feel about it?

anna.oskar · September 2009

I do my last employer did I'll be observing my moment of silence at the base of Mount Rushmore tomorrow.

shellydiane820 · September 2009

YesNo, I work at a mall.Its bittersweet. It's so sad to think about the families that lost a loved one, but then I like to think how far the American spirit has come. I think it shows people how lucky we are to have our freedom.**Wow, that was a cheeseball answer, I apologize.

sucrets4 · September 2009

Yes, but I try not to think about it too much. It's my coping mechanism.Yes, even my school in Arkansas does. They have a memorial service downtown and the AP History class goes to participate. I'm all for moments of silence, but don't think that the kids really get it.

lpstl · September 2009

I think it's a solemn day that should be treated as such. My company has decided to throw a football party tomorrow, which I think is grossly inappropriate. The fact that it was 8 years ago shouldn't matter, time doesn't erase history.

BecW2be · September 2009

Yes. They have in years past. I assume they will later today. It's heartbreaking and inspiring all at once. Every single one of us changed that day. Forever. We became weaker and stronger at the exact same time. I mourn still for those who lost loved ones, and my hope is rekindled in the same thought. It's a bizarre day for me.

beatlesgirl25 · September 2009

Yes and yes. It makes me sad and really grounds me to think about it on the day of, though I'm ashamed to admit I didn't realize it was tomorrow until you posted this.

laladypoet · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? yesDoes your employer observe a moment of silence? my employer is a university, and my actual boss is never there, so that's moot.How do you feel about it? how else can you feel about it?? it was terrible.

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

I do. Last year, we didn't and this year our CEO didn't send an email but my senior manager did for the moment of silence. It changed the direction of my entire life. Some doors closed with lost opportunities and I had to make changes. I think differently about my safety here. I worry about going to work tomorrow for a meeting that I need to take the subway for. My perspective is different because I was there when it happened and ran for my life.

LaFemme86 · September 2009

1. Yes... it was a devastating day.2. My previous employer in Canada did. I will ask DH if they observe it here tomorrow.3. It's depressing. I lived in New Jersey for 10 years and New York for 2. I still have lots of family and friends there, including some who were in the building (fortunately they are ok physically, although emotionally scarred). It hit close to home.

saschaduran · September 2009

Yes.No.I still feel my stomach drop when I think of watching the buildings fall on tv. I had just moved to Vegas and knew no one and felt really alone and afraid and devastated.

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

What the fuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am watching the news on NBC, it is on late because of football. During some story just now, they did the emergency test, yeah on 9/11, and to top it off, there were pics of giant flames and smoke. Are they trying to give people heart attacks?

beatlesgirl25 · September 2009

E, that's crazy... I think we all get flashbacks of our experience of that day on the anniversaries, which for me was the feeling of seeing it on TV and feeling so helpless and disbelieving. But that must be so scary for you to reexperience your ordeal. I don't think I'd be brave enough to go out if I was worried about safety on that day.

beatlesgirl25 · September 2009

Yikes. I hope the media doesn't think they have to pair the awful images with the anniversary to help people "remember." Nobody needs help with that, I'm sure.

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

Yeah, it was really horrible for them to just do that. It didn't freak me out but it annoyed me. A lot of people I work with have stories about walking uptown after and feeling smoke. I think people are going to be weird about it and we will probably have a lot of security.

saschaduran · September 2009

Seriously? I think that sounds really disrespectful. They don't normally post those images do they?

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

No, sorry, the news story was unrelated about the space shuttle but the images at the same time as the emergency alert were of fire balls and smoke. It was still horrible and bad timing to even have the emergency alert today.

Travis&Cari · September 2009

Yes. More now than before. (Also, it's my brothers birthday)I'm unemployedI feel so many things about it that I don't want to discuss with a bunch of strangers. However, I will say that as a former firefighter and soon to be a firefighter's wife it really hits home. It haunts me and upsets me in so many ways. Also that is totally messed up about the news. I remember 2 years ago CNN (I think it was CNN), replayed the ENTIRE day of newscasts to commemorate it. It was scary to watch. It was as if it was happening all over again. It was like watching a scary movie that you'd already seen. You know how it ends and you can't help but hope something different would happen this time.

ricksang · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? Yes. It was THE MOST important event in current American history. It changed this country. It changed my way of thinking. It changed my political views. Does your employer observe a moment of silence? I don't work, but my school did not observe that I know of. How do you feel about it? Well, my niece was born on Sept 11th two years ago so I now try to think of it as a happy day. I can't imagine how families felt watching their loved ones die on television. The whole thing is shocking. I remember where I was and what I was doing at the moment it happened.

nda_roxybabe · September 2009

Yes, absolutelyNoIt's a day I'll never forget. Very tragic

Ciaram22 · September 2009

YesNo. I work at a grocery store no real time to do anything in our busy environment.It was a tragic day, and forever changed this contry.

arbolita · September 2009

Yes.I don't remember off the top of my head if they do or not, but I know the university does something in the evening for it every year.It still makes me tear up when I think about it, and cry if I see/hear any footage. It was my senior year in high school and my teacher that period was from New Jersey and knew so many people who worked in those buildings, and I just remember him reacting to it, then trying to hold it together for the sake of the class. And watching firefighters walking into the second building minutes before it fell. I cried for hours because I just cannot comprehend the level of hate for someone to do something like that.

banana468 · September 2009

I do pay attention to it.My employer observed a moment of silence for the first anniversary but now we don't.I still get chills. Even writing this I remember being on the phone with my then BF watching the towers fall. I was a senior in college at UConn and an RA at the time and I just remember the students' frantic phone calls to their parents to make sure that things were OK. It's one of those memories that just hasn't faded at all.

WildRumpus · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? YesDoes your employer observe a moment of silence? I work in a daycare, so I doubt that we will.How do you feel about it? It's still hard to believe. I was in 8th grade.. I can still remember exactly what I was doing (sitting in American History-ironic, huh?) when we found out, and just staring at the TV, not being able to process what I was watching. I kind of look at it as my "loss of innocence" you know? That bad things do happen for no reason, and that sometimes, there's just nothing you can do but try to pick up the pieces...

banana468 · September 2009

I still get chills thinking about what I was doing that day.The one conversation I remember was calling my BF at the time to see if he knew what was happening. He'd just woken up and I said, "Put on the TV."He asked, "What channel?"All I could say was, "It doesn't matter."

bbyckes · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? Passing. I probably should pay more.Does your employer observe a moment of silence? No.How do you feel about it? It was an event that was more than tragic. Devastating. I have to put it in the context of other terrorist activities. What happens on American soil is no more tragic than terroristic activities that happen on foreign soil. Humans perish and it is terrible, unnecessary and shocking. Those who died during 9/11 (excluding the culprits) need to be remembered and memorialized. However, those innocents in other countries who have perished as a result, should be remembered also.

mandapanda78 · September 2009

I pay attention to it. I'm from NYC, two of my cousins were part of the recovery team (I'm NY Irish, and yes, I have a firefighter cousin and a cop cousin- stereotypes come from somewhere) and I commute through the Pentagon everyday to boot. Hard not to pay attention, honestly. This is my first 9/11 with this employer and I'm not aware this is on today's agenda. I don't know what to feel about it. 2001 was the worst year of my life. My city was attacked. My father died a month later. My niece died a month after that. I feel it's important to memorialize but honestly, sometimes I wish I could just ignore it.

kristinanddan · September 2009

Do you pay attention to it? Absolutely. Living in the suburbs of NYC, it is never all that far from my mind. Does your employer observe a moment of silence? No, which I find surprising, considering my company has a fairly large prominent office building in Manhattan.How do you feel about it? Sad. I will never forget walking into my dorm room after class and seeing the entire floor there watching tv. I walked in right before the second tower fell.It is especially sad for me because my cousin decided to join the Army after 9/11, and he was killed in Iraq in 2005.

bintmejnuna · September 2009

I pay attention to it. I'm military, so we're usually doing something for it, if not a moment of silence. I remember when it happened I felt really detached, and it took a while for it all to sink in. I still can't watch shows about it without tearing up, especially if they actually show the footage. It's weird now tho, because it's also my FI's birthday. It seems weird sometimes to celebrate on 9/11 but it's part of moving on.

BecW2be · September 2009

9.11 was my first day back to work after my maternity leave with Chloe. I was heartbroken over having to leave her, and I was showing a co-worker some photos of her when another co-worker came in and said something had happened. I watched the towers fall on a tv in the cafeteria, left work and got my baby, and held her constantly for the next week. I don't think work thought I was coming back at all. I was scared for a long time to be without either of my girls. Sending Manda to school terrified me. It was a combination of post-pg hormones, working mother stress and the horrific events of 9.11, but I think I went a little crazy for a month or so after.

NuggetBrain · September 2009

I do. I've only been here 3 years, but I know that last year they had a moment of silence and this year they just put up a banner of remembrance on their webpage. Horrible. I was still in college when it happened, I remember standing in the hallway with a bunch of other students around one of the TV after the first plane hit, and we were watching when they said a second plane hit. Everybody screamed, or "Oh my God"ed, because that's when we realized it wasn't just some freak accident and something bigger was going on. One girl in my logic class was from NY, she wasn't in class that day or for the rest of the semester. A friend of hers in class told us later on that her dad worked in the North tower and her uncle worked in the South tower, and she lost them both.

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