Never forget. Never. Forget.

I was working for my uncle doing roofing. We stopped back at his place because he left something and it was on TV. We thought it was a smaller plane. We watched for like 10 mins and left and put on Howard Stern as we drove. When we stopped at a gas station on the way, they had the news on a small TV behind the counter saying a 2nd plane had hit... News about the Pentagon came from Stern as we worked...

They ARE going to do this again.

Never Forget.
 
From Flight 93. Phone conversations between Tom Burnett and his wife Deena
Transcript of Tom's Last Calls to Deena.

> 6:27 a.m.( pacific time) First cell phone call from Tom to Deena

> Deena: Hello
> Tom: Deena
> Deena: Tom, are you O.K.?
> Tom: No, I’m not. I’m on an airplane that has been hijacked.
> Deena: Hijacked?
> Tom: Yes, They just knifed a guy.
> Deena: A passenger?
> Tom: Yes.
> Deena: Where are you? Are you in the air?
> Tom: Yes, yes, just listen. Our airplane has been hijacked. It’s United Flight 93 from Newark to San Francisco. We are in the air. The hijackers have already knifed a guy, one of them has a gun, they are telling us there is a bomb on board, please call the authorities. He hung up.

> 6:31 Deena calls 911
> 6:34 The phone rang in on call waiting, Tom’s second cell phone call.

> Deena: Hello
> Tom: They’re in the cockpit. The guy they knifed is dead.
> Deena: He’s dead?
> Tom: Yes. I tried to help him, but I couldn’t get a pulse.
> Deena: Tom, they are hijacking planes all up and down the east coast. They are taking them and hitting designated targets. They’ve already hit both towers of the World Trade Center.

> Tom: They’re talking about crashing this plane. (a pause) Oh my God.
> It’s a suicide mission…(he then tells people sitting around him)
> Deena: Who are you talking to?
> Tom: My seatmate. Do you know which airline is involved?
> Deena: No, they don’t know if they’re commercial airlines or not. The newsreporters are speculating cargo planes, private planes and commercial. No one knows.
> Tom: How many planes are there?
> Deena: They’re not sure, at least three. Maybe more.
> Tom: O.K….O.K….Do you know who is involved?
> Deena: No.
> Tom: We’re turning back toward New York. We’re going back to the World Trade Center. No, wait, we’re turning back the other way. We’re going south.
> Deena: What do you see?
> Tom: Just a minute, I’m looking. I don’t see anything, we’re over a rural area. It’s just fields. I’ve gotta go.

> 6:45 a.m. Third cell phone call from Tom to Deena

> Tom: Deena
> Deena: Tom, you’re O.K. (I thought at this point he had just survived the Pentagon plane crash).
> Tom: No, I’m not.
> Deena: They just hit the Pentagon.
> Tom: (tells people sitting around him “They just hit the Pentagon.”)
> Tom: O.K….O.K. What else can you tell me?
> Deena: They think five airplanes have been hijacked. One is still on the ground. They believe all of them are commercial planes. I haven’t heard them say which airline, but all of them have originated on the east coast.
> Tom: Do you know who is involved?
> Deena: No
> Tom: What is the probability of their having a bomb on board? I don’t think they have one. I think they’re just telling us that for crowd control.
> Deena: A plane can survive a bomb if it’s in the right place.
> Tom: Did you call the authorities?
> Deena: Yes, they didn’t know anything about your plane.
> Tom: They’re talking about crashing this plane into the ground. We have to do something. I’m putting a plan together.
> Deena: Who’s helping you?
> Tom: Different people. Several people. There’s a group of us. Don’t worry. I’ll call you back.

> 6:54 a.m. Fourth cell phone call to Tom to Deena

> Deena: Tom?
> Tom: Hi. Anything new?
> Deena: No
> Tom: Where are the kids?
> Deena: They’re fine. They’re sitting at the table having breakfast. They’re asking to talk to you.
> Tom: Tell them I’ll talk to them later.
> Deena: I called your parents. They know your plane has been hijacked.
> Tom: Oh…you shouldn’t have worried them. How are they doing?
> Deena: They’re O.K.. Mary and Martha are with them.
> Tom: Good.

> (a long quiet pause)

> Tom: We’re waiting until we’re over a rural area. We’re going to take back the airplane.
> Deena: No! Sit down, be still, be quiet, and don’t draw attention to yourself! (The exact words taught to me by Delta Airlines Flight Attendant Training).
> Tom: Deena! If they’re going to crash this plane into the ground, we’re going to have do something!
> Deena: What about the authorities?
> Tom: We can’t wait for the authorities. I don’t know what they could do anyway.
> It’s up to us. I think we can do it.
> Deena: What do you want me to do?
> Tom: Pray, Deena, just pray.

> (after a long pause)

> Deena: I love you.
> Tom: Don’t worry, we’re going to do something...
 
“Are you guys ready? Let’s roll.”

Some people spend their entire lives saying or wishing that someone would do something - then there are those who refuse to be victims - those that voluntarily step into the breach and fucking make shit happen.
 
I was woken up staff duty who whom was calling for every company's armorer that lived on or off post, to report to Bn, sign for our things, and open up the arms room and standby. A friend from Bravo Co. 725 MSB (I was in HQ&A Co., same Bn) that I was neighbors with and carpool sometimes, made his way over wondering WTF had happened as he was told there was a recall formation in battle rattle. We heard that the towers had been struck later on and then collapsed, then the hit on the Pentagon and the failed one that had crash landed.

This was in Schofield Barracks, 25th ID. Wife was with a six month old, alone, and scared along with the rest of the wives. Was a somber yet interesting day. Bros and sisters that wanted nothing to do with the Army ever again to include me, was reenlisting weeks afterwards. I did it over Kolekole Pass for reasons because that's where the Japanese used to attack while our legacy was sleeping. And I too was sleeping when what happened had happened.
 
I was on my way to work in Stamford CT when the 1st plane hit. Spent the next few hours calling my Marines from my unit. (Could see the smoke from my office window) My reserve unit was out of Long Island NY. Quite a few of our Marines were and are FDNY and NYPD. We lost a couple of that day including Cpl Sean Tallon, one of our Weapons Co Machine Gunners. He was FDNY. Attack was on a Tuesday.... Spent Thursday through Sunday at Ground Zero with the recovery.... Then spent the next 2 years on AD including Iraq in 03..... One of my Marines, who was FDNY lost his entire engine co that day.
 
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I was on my way to work in Stamford CT when the 1st plane hit. Spent the next few hours calling my Marines from my unit. (Could see the smoke from my office window) My reserve unit was out of Long Island NY. Quite a few of our Marines were and are FDNY and NYPD. We lost a couple of that day including Cpl Sean Tallon, one of our Weapons Co Machine Gunners. He was FDNY. Attack was on a Tuesday.... Spent Thursday through Sunday at Ground Zero with the recovery.... Then spent the next 2 years on AD including Iraq in 03..... One of my Marines, who was FDNY lost his entire engine co that day.
There's tower steel outside the entrance to Compass lake Training Center in Chino Valley, and Prescott valley every year puts out flags for each person that died during 9/11. It's only temporary. There are mil boots for those whom were in and teddy bears for the children. And a firemen's hat for the NYFD and cop hats for NYPD. Each flag regardless of whom it was in remembrance of, has a name along with a short bio of each person.

If you ever want to pay some respects over here in AZ leading up to 9/11 and would like the company for whatever, well my comms here are open brother.
 
There's tower steel outside the entrance to Compass lake Training Center in Chino Valley, and Prescott valley every year puts out flags for each person that died during 9/11. It's only temporary. There are mil boots for those whom were in and teddy bears for the children. And a firemen's hat for the NYFD and cop hats for NYPD. Each flag regardless of whom it was in remembrance of, has a name along with a short bio of each person.

If you ever want to pay some respects over here in AZ leading up to 9/11 and would like the company for whatever, well my comms here are open brother.
Thanks Brother. How long do they stay up?
 
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