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I salute the American people in their hour of remembrance of the 9/11 atrocity and I salute President Trump on his speech which I just listened to on BBC News here in the UK.

I used to work just around the corner from the towers, saw them first on my first visit in, I think, 1971 and have been on the top platform of he (north?) tower back in about 1986,
when I lived on the corner 23rd/7th.

I am certain that terrorism in any form will never break the American resolve for freedom!

My best wishes
Gunter
NRA Life 1974

And many of us here salute you, Gunter, for your well-spoken sentiments AND for being an NRA Life Member from clear over there when the majority of this country's gun owners cannot get off their pratts and support our 2nd Amendment rights in their own back yard.............

With appreciation,

Rob Harris

Thank you Gunter, for those words and for your support of American freedom, and support for our gun rights.

Rob, your comment is spot on, and I agree with you 100%. Good to see you posting. I hope you are doing well.

No war is over until you recognize the enemy and terminate the threat...Geo

My Wife and I were in the UK celebrating our 25th anniversary and when we stopped at a petrol station and the folks there said they were "sorry about our troubles" We didn't know what "troubles" they were talking about, but they soon informed us. Rushed back to our friend Max's home in Kingsthorpe in time to see the towers come down. Spent the rest of our trip at our friends stationed at JAC Molesworth caring for their boys while they were both working long hours.

"You never realize what you had until you lose it." is a common phrase.

Regarding horrendous 'acts of war' on US soil by foreign terrorists.... we enjoyed such innocence until 9/11.

That 'innocence' is lost but in its place stands a much stronger vigil.

We must crush ISIS and the Islamic Jihad-- just as we bombed Japan in August 1945, in part to pay them back for Dec 7-1941-- the Day of Infamy- then repeated on 9/11/2011 buy another non-Christian nation of brutal terrorist. I am re-reading Vince Flynn's novel- "Memorial Day" and we must destroy Islam and Isis and all the camel-humping rag heads who view American as the "Great Satan"--9/11 caught us "Asleep at the switch" just like the Japs did in Dec. 1941-- "Kill 'em all, let Allah sort 'em out"!! RWTF

I will never forget 9-11. First it is my Wife's birthday. On 9-10 of 2001 she began havig chest pains during the night so I carried her to the emrggency roomm of our local hospital, where they put her in ICU. I already had an early morning Dr's appointment for the 11th for blood test to check my sugar level. Wife told me to keep it before I came to the Hosp.

I was not to eat before my test so I got up & dressed to go for my appointment & did not turn on the TV.No one apparently at the DR's office had gotten the news. I did not find out about it util I got to my Wife's ICU room. Seems the TV in her room had been left on all night & first thing she saw when she woke up was the planes crashing into the towers & she thought she was having some kind of nightmare. When she got fully awake she realized it was no dream, but for real.

As things turned out my sugar was too high & I was put on medication. My Wife was transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville TN that afternoon & on the 12th underwent a tripe bypass surgery.

Incidentally one of the passengers on flight #4 which they managed to Crash in Penn without reaching its target was a Mr Bingham. He took an active part in subduing the terrorists & is a "Distant" relative of mine, my Mothers maiden name was Bingham. One of my first cousins as deeply into gemology at te time & made the link, so not just based on him having the same last name.





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9/11 I was in the air flying back to Louisville. Mandatory landing ended up in Detroit. Nobody knew why until Ww saw a tv monitor. I got on my phone and reserved a rental at Budget car. By the time I reached the rental car agency they had a regular line out the door. I was an express member so went into the line with only three people in it. I got my rental and within two minutes they were sold out of units at the airport for budget. They told everyone in line that they were out of cars but we�re trying to bring in cars from other locations.

It was a mad house. In a loud voice I told people around me where I was heading and that three people were welcome to ride along if that got them closer to home. I ended up with four people. One lady and three men. The five hour drive was a bit cramped and very quiet. We all made it home that day. Two got dropped of along the way, one was five miles from my house and the last had someone waiting for her by the time we got home. People pulled together that day.

Ten days later I walked by ground zero. Until my last breath, I will never forget the smell, the sight. I have no real words for my respect to those men and ladies who ran into the building. Ran in to try and save others. God bless them.

Like the dastardly attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 and the murderous events that occured in New York City, Washington, DC and at a farmers field in Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001; these are days that will live in infamy...

If we really want to honor the fallen and insure that they did not die in vain, then we as a society need to be on guard and ever vigilant...against the threats of mass murder by insane individuals...regardless of where they come from or their motives...

We need to look out for one other...When all is said and done, it's not up to the gubmint, nor is it up to the police alone to protect us...it's up to all of us...The Second Amendment guarantees our right to keep and bear arms; the basic tools necessary for civil defense...But like other tools, they can be dangerous without skilled hands to guide them...We don't need less tools...What we do need is more skilled hands...