9/11 We Remember...

"From now on, every airline ticket purchased is a vote for Freedom, and every flight flown is a victory over terrorism.  So thank you for your patronage, thank you for your  patriotism, and God bless America!” 

Freedom One RNAV Arrival into DCA...

MEMORIAL SITES/TRIBUTES

—Inmemoriamonline

—911MEMORIAL.ORG

—Nat Geo Images

—"Best Sites" link

—911-remember.com

—CNN Memorial 

—Flight 93 Nat'l Memorial
—Honorflight93 
—ALPA

FLIGHTS

—AA FLIGHT 11 LINKS

     —Story

     —People

     —Crew 
 

—AA FLIGHT 77 LINKS

     —Story

     —People

     —Crew

—UA FLIGHT 93 LINKS

     —Story

     —People

     —Crew 
 

—UA FLIGHT 175 LINKS

     —Story

     —People 

     —Crew 

GROUND ZERO/PENTAGON/SHANKSVILLE

  

—WTC

—Pentagon 
—Shanksville

—Planes

FIRST RESPONDERS

     —FDNY

     —NYPD

     —Health Issues

OTHER COOL STUFF

—Memorial post by Miss TWA 

"LET'S ROLL" 

The rallying cry of America's First Counterattack against fanatical terrorism

—The Todd Beamer Story
—"Let's Roll"

MY 9/11 STORY

As an airline pilot, I am often asked about my personal 9/11 story. 
While I had many airline friends “on the road” that day, I fortunately was off and at home.
Our first indication came when Tawni (my wife at the time ) and I were dropping our two kids off at grade school.  They were attending a private Christian school run by their grandma, who came running out to inform us.
We went inside to watch CNN and try to make sense of the news.  The 2nd plane had just hit, so we all knew it was a terror attack.  We spent the day riveted to the screen, while the teachers tried valiantly (and in vain) to give the kids a routine day of classes.
I was scheduled to fly the next day, but Tawni put her foot down and demanded I stay home.  The point turned out to be moot, as the FAA took the unprecedented step of grounding ALL U.S. air traffic for the next 3 days.
Airline crews were strewn and stranded across the country, having been diverted inflight to the nearest suitable airports—and then grounded.  Flight crews did their best to make the best of it, miles away from worried loved ones.  Three days later, they became some of the many unsung heroes of 9/11, being the very first to return to America’s Free Skies.
When I finally flew again, about a week later, passengers and crew alike were still understandably skittish.  In the back of my head I had prepared a pre-departure speech, which I’ll try to recreate here:
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking.  Welcome aboard Flight XX, with service to XYZ.
“I understand that you may feel a tad nervous being onboard today given the week’s unprecedented events.  Let me personally assure you that we as a flight crew and airline have done our very best to give you the safest and most secure flight possible.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to point out that, from now on, every airline ticket that you purchase is a vote for Freedom, and every flight flown is a victory over terrorism.  So thank you for your patronage, thank you for your  patriotism, and God bless America!”

And yes, I got a rousing round of applause from the cabin for that one...

9/11/12 "Freedom Flight" (Thanks to Bon for the track and pic!)

9/11/12: I voted today!

My dispatcher agrees!

and finally...

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!

The war against terrorism isn't over.  Regardless of your politics, PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!  A few links:

—US Troop Support

—Network for Good

—Troop Support.com (many links)

—Operation US Troop Support 

Of course there are a million more sites recounting 9/11, honoring the victims, etc., and unfortunately a thousand whackjob conspiracy sites, scumbags celebrating it, etc...

Feel free to list in the Comments Section your favorite sites HONORING 9/11...

ADDENDUM
Honoring the life of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, brutally murdered with his staff and dragged through the streets of Libya in protest over. . . a MOVIE he had nothing to do with!

Please, Islam, you keep professing you are a "peaceful religion," but we out West are NOT seeing it!  Please prove us wrong!!

Addendum #2: An Encouraging Sign!

A few brave souls in the Muslim world are standing AGAINST violence and terrorism!  I hope this becomes a HUGE grassroots movement.  I see this as the ONLY  WAY out of this worldwide mess . . . but it takes GREAT courage, for they could be "martyred" by fanatics for their nonviolent beliefs!

—Link to article