Never forget . Can’t believe it’s been 22 years.
The 60 minutes FDNY episode is on right now.
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9/11
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RIP to all who passed on that horrible day !
I used to work in the WTC ( as did my Dad) and 9/11 is and will always be very personal to me.
May we never forget !
I used to work in the WTC ( as did my Dad) and 9/11 is and will always be very personal to me.
May we never forget !
Unfortunately Rutgers has forgotten for game days
Maybe just let it go. This was spoken to in the flyover thread. Our resident FDNY poster and someone who worked near the WTC both indicated that in their view, it was not needed. There are ample opportunities for people to remember in their own way, either privately by going to one of many memorial sites throughout New Jersey or to a local ceremony. Our town had one today.
didn't understand why no mention that i saw at game... i guess the drone display was planned at first night game.. but some recognition 2 days prior to event should have occurrred
Recognition matters. Letting it go is akin to forgetting. Its not like we are in Idaho. You understand what I am saying
Can't believe it has been so long. I was starting my 2nd MBA year at RU. I heard about the first crash just before heading over to the campus. At the time, it was reported as a horrible accident (listening to Imus in the Morning). By the time I was at RU, everything else happened. Classes were cancelled and I headed home.
Matters to whom? It's personal to some people, and when they go to a sporting event, they may not want to think about it. Everybody is different, and when I said let it go, stop trying to put this as some kind of failing on Rutgers part. See what was said by people in the other thread who had a very close connection to that day and lost close friends and co-workers. I'm not saying you are wrong--I'm just saying we view this differently.
That entire day is sill sharp in my memory. I was a supervisor at Merrill Lynch at the time and there was a TV hanging from the ceiling above my cubicle. I was watching Mark Haines and Joe Kernan talking about the plane that hit the North tower, and while I was on a work call with this girl Nicole from ops, I looked up and saw a black spot flying across the screen to hit the South tower. I'm telling Nicole a plane just hit the other tower, and the stunned silence on CNBC is finally broken by Mark Haines saying now we know this was deliberate. My wife was on her last day of maternity leave from our first and was supposed to go back to Deutsche Bank in Jersey City the next day. My one buddy's wife worked at AIG in the South tower. She was late to work that day, which we didn't know at the time, and she got stuck at the Path station in Jersey City. On her floor, which was well above where the second plane hit, there were two departments. When the first plane the North tower, one department manager told all his people to evacuate and leave the building immediately. When they announced over the intercom everything was OK, the other department's manager told his ppl go back to their desks. The first guy's ppl all made it out of the building, the other group never had a chance.
Deutsche Bank told my wife stay home for another month. They were in the building across the street, the one with Century 21 on the ground floor, and ppl were sitting two and three to a desk, with many having lost friends or family members. Just an awful time.
Deutsche Bank told my wife stay home for another month. They were in the building across the street, the one with Century 21 on the ground floor, and ppl were sitting two and three to a desk, with many having lost friends or family members. Just an awful time.
I think a moment of silence would have been appropriate, but I'm not annoyed they didn't do it.
I had a very early, long class session that day in the SCILs building and we had a quiz. A few cell phones rang during the quiz, which seemed unusual. After class I was walking back to my house at Easton and Ray when I saw a girl sitting in her car and looking horrified. She wasn't on her phone, so I knew she had to be listening to radio and hearing shocking news. Before I would get to my house, I ran to my car and turned on the radio and I am certain that the first sentence I heard was "the second tower just collapsed".
Myself and everyone at work were following the events in the morning. I called my girlfriend at home who had the day off.
She answered: "Hi! What's up?" I responded: "You don't know... -turn on the TV."
Now somewhat anxious, she said: "uhm, okay. What channel?"
I told her: "It doesn't matter".
She answered: "Hi! What's up?" I responded: "You don't know... -turn on the TV."
Now somewhat anxious, she said: "uhm, okay. What channel?"
I told her: "It doesn't matter".
The "motto" of 9/11 is Never Forget
From 2002 to 2020 there was a moment of silence & a scrolling of the names of the 37 RU alumni murdered that day.
In 2021 RU football made a big showing with uniforms & gloves & photo ops at ground zero.
In 2022 & 2023 not even a moment of silence.
From 2002 to 2020 there was a moment of silence & a scrolling of the names of the 37 RU alumni murdered that day.
In 2021 RU football made a big showing with uniforms & gloves & photo ops at ground zero.
In 2022 & 2023 not even a moment of silence.
Hopefully we'll right the wrongs of that and honor them this Saturday
I know it's late, but it's the right thing to do
Maybe we can email Hobbs so he's aware
I was driving to work listening to Howard Stern (this was before he went crazy) and they start talking about it. They were not taking it too seriously, they thought it was a tourist helicopter or or small plane at first.
2nd plane hit the second I parked my truck at my job.
I’ll never forget the feelings I had that day for the victims and our country.
2nd plane hit the second I parked my truck at my job.
I’ll never forget the feelings I had that day for the victims and our country.
cept that Rutgers lost a TON of graduates in that terrorist act.
Agree. What happened to the never forget thing. I always check news sites to see who mentions the anniversary on this day. Pretty pathetic how it’s covered. Don’t let these people die twice. Once that day and then again as generations to come have no idea about it.
We have month long talks and whatever you want to call it about all kinds of topics and shows of display. This one. Not a peep.
We have month long talks and whatever you want to call it about all kinds of topics and shows of display. This one. Not a peep.
Yes. Not going to prolong the discussion or debate. People feel differently about this.
As a firefighter (who was not there), I personally do not feel the need for a public ceremony, but I know other firefighters who feel the same and feel differently about the topic.
It will always be stuck in the memory of those of us who are old enough. One of three events I will always remember where I was (JFK and Challenger), but almost none of todays college students were even born in 2001. Unless they have an older relative that died they don’t really understand what the day felt like.
so in that case my friend shouldn't their wishes be met and others can choose not to participate? (you can have the last word if you choose to ..see what I did there
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Annual National Sales, Marketing, and Planning conference for Kraft Foods in Chicago. My session wasn't until the next day but darn near everyone was already out there. Heard the news about first plane and went down to watch on the gym TVs. Saw the second and then knew I wasn't going anywhere (had plane tix from Newark to Chi for 9:30am next day).
Meeting cancelled and the ENTIRE group had to take buses back from Chicago.
When I finally got home around 2pm..like the other poster above..my wife and her girlfriend from up the street were drinking wine and making food in the kitchen completely oblivious to the events. "What are you doing home?" and then I walked them into the living room and turned on the news.
NEVER FORGET! I WONT.
Meeting cancelled and the ENTIRE group had to take buses back from Chicago.
When I finally got home around 2pm..like the other poster above..my wife and her girlfriend from up the street were drinking wine and making food in the kitchen completely oblivious to the events. "What are you doing home?" and then I walked them into the living room and turned on the news.
NEVER FORGET! I WONT.
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not asking for a ceremony. Asking for a moment (15 seconds) of silence in remembrance of the 37 RU alumni and the other almost 2000 that were murdered along side them.
"never forget" means NEVER forget
Every 9/11 needs to be memorialized by everyone in this country especially those organizations/communities directly impacted, including Rutgers. However, the game was played on 9/9, not 9/11. If the game was actually on 9/11 and it was ignored, I would be raging mad.
He didn't throw it from the temp pad but stood on top and nailed the throw too.
When 9-11 happened I wasn't surprised because the FBI (they admitted) had been intentionally diverted from surveilling Islamic terror groups. The big news stories of the early fall were Chandra Levy missing and allowing homosexuals in the Boy Scouts.
The day itself was stressful and I knew people who died (like Samuel P. Oitice Ladder 4) but I wasn't gutted or anything like that. The worst part as I recall were the endless funerals that went on for weeks and weeks.
The funeral march was long and tedious. Remarkably, Rudy Giuliani just kept going to funeral after funeral. Now corrupt pols and legal apparatchiks are trying to destroy him with third world lawfare (and Rudy - who saved 1000s with NYC crime reduction - is one of dozens if not hundreds).
So yeah I'm all done with the yearly 9-11 "Never Forget" kabuki. People are more corrupt and dumb than they were in 2001. Now the lunatics have us moving into the biggest war in history while America's ability to fight it is going down the toilet (on purpose).
If people have faith they aren't continuously morbid about death. The heroes go on and the others do too but not in ways they hoped.
"We don't want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don't have any hope."
1 Thessalonians 4:13
The day itself was stressful and I knew people who died (like Samuel P. Oitice Ladder 4) but I wasn't gutted or anything like that. The worst part as I recall were the endless funerals that went on for weeks and weeks.
The funeral march was long and tedious. Remarkably, Rudy Giuliani just kept going to funeral after funeral. Now corrupt pols and legal apparatchiks are trying to destroy him with third world lawfare (and Rudy - who saved 1000s with NYC crime reduction - is one of dozens if not hundreds).
So yeah I'm all done with the yearly 9-11 "Never Forget" kabuki. People are more corrupt and dumb than they were in 2001. Now the lunatics have us moving into the biggest war in history while America's ability to fight it is going down the toilet (on purpose).
If people have faith they aren't continuously morbid about death. The heroes go on and the others do too but not in ways they hoped.
"We don't want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don't have any hope."
1 Thessalonians 4:13
It was a cool crisp morning.From the morning of September 11, 2001.
Greg addresses 9/11 at beginning of his presser today.
GREG SCHIANO: Before we get started, just take a moment to pay tribute to the over 3,000 people who lost their lives on this day 22 years ago. It's very personal, obviously, to us, being in our backyard and to the 37 Rutgers alums who lost their lives that day and their families. Our thoughts are with them. We don't forget.
And here:
Q. I know you touched on this in your opening remarks, today, the anniversary, what were your memories of 22 years ago? I know you said you saw smoke on the field?
GREG SCHIANO: It's very personal. I lost neighbors from when I grew up in north Jersey. Yeah, it was very personal. We were meeting. It was -- we were meeting at third down. I remember I was up at the board, drawing on the board and one of the assistants came in and said a small plane hit one of the towers, and then as we know, ten minutes later or whatever it was, when everybody started to realize it wasn't a small plane and the second plane hit.
And we had a coach on the staff whose wife was working in New York, so he was scrambling, couldn't get ahold of her. We had two players whose parents worked in the World Trade Center by the grace of God didn't go to work that day. We had a bunch of people who had, obviously, connections.
It was scary. I remember we gathered the team together and they -- they wanted to stick together. They didn't want to go. They didn't want to leave the building. We knew Bob Mulcahy told me, "There's no game Saturday." Doesn't matter what anybody says, we were the first ones to cancel our game. Kind of obvious. Why I mean, you stand on our practice field, you can see the smoke.
But they wanted to go out and practice. I'll never forget that. No, let's go out and do something. They didn't want to just sit around. We wasn't out knowing we weren't having a game but we went out and practiced and you know, the coach whose wife was working, he spent all his time trying to get ahold of her. It was scary for all of us, right, and especially in the proximity, having it be in our own backyard.
That's why I say, last year, what was it, two years ago, when we played at Syracuse -- was that last year? Two years ago. That special uniform that Adidas made for us which I was really nice, we were able to send those to the families.
I don't know if you remember, they had our names on the helmet and those were the people we could get ahold of and had permission to put their names on the helmet. We were able to send each one of them a commemorative jersey from the game which they were very grateful for.
As a country, I saw a sign the other day on the highway, it said, "Report any suspicion of terrorism," and it's something that we have to be constantly vigilant about. But I think we all know that that day changed our world, and -- for everybody, but especially for the people who lost loved ones.
GREG SCHIANO: Before we get started, just take a moment to pay tribute to the over 3,000 people who lost their lives on this day 22 years ago. It's very personal, obviously, to us, being in our backyard and to the 37 Rutgers alums who lost their lives that day and their families. Our thoughts are with them. We don't forget.
And here:
Q. I know you touched on this in your opening remarks, today, the anniversary, what were your memories of 22 years ago? I know you said you saw smoke on the field?
GREG SCHIANO: It's very personal. I lost neighbors from when I grew up in north Jersey. Yeah, it was very personal. We were meeting. It was -- we were meeting at third down. I remember I was up at the board, drawing on the board and one of the assistants came in and said a small plane hit one of the towers, and then as we know, ten minutes later or whatever it was, when everybody started to realize it wasn't a small plane and the second plane hit.
And we had a coach on the staff whose wife was working in New York, so he was scrambling, couldn't get ahold of her. We had two players whose parents worked in the World Trade Center by the grace of God didn't go to work that day. We had a bunch of people who had, obviously, connections.
It was scary. I remember we gathered the team together and they -- they wanted to stick together. They didn't want to go. They didn't want to leave the building. We knew Bob Mulcahy told me, "There's no game Saturday." Doesn't matter what anybody says, we were the first ones to cancel our game. Kind of obvious. Why I mean, you stand on our practice field, you can see the smoke.
But they wanted to go out and practice. I'll never forget that. No, let's go out and do something. They didn't want to just sit around. We wasn't out knowing we weren't having a game but we went out and practiced and you know, the coach whose wife was working, he spent all his time trying to get ahold of her. It was scary for all of us, right, and especially in the proximity, having it be in our own backyard.
That's why I say, last year, what was it, two years ago, when we played at Syracuse -- was that last year? Two years ago. That special uniform that Adidas made for us which I was really nice, we were able to send those to the families.
I don't know if you remember, they had our names on the helmet and those were the people we could get ahold of and had permission to put their names on the helmet. We were able to send each one of them a commemorative jersey from the game which they were very grateful for.
As a country, I saw a sign the other day on the highway, it said, "Report any suspicion of terrorism," and it's something that we have to be constantly vigilant about. But I think we all know that that day changed our world, and -- for everybody, but especially for the people who lost loved ones.
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^^^ Why is there always one in every crowd ?
I'm trying to figure why I don't have you on IGNORE.
This is such a solemn occasion. It is sad that MAGA's like ASHOKAN have to make it political.