9/11, again

[tower912]

That has never not been stupid.

[Skatastrophy]

A girl I grew up with, Caroline, happened to film 9/11 while she was at NYU. She went on to write/produce shows like Smallville and Vampire Diaries so she stuck with the film thing despite the trauma.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

A girl I grew up with, Caroline, happened to film 9/11 while she was at NYU. She went on to write/produce shows like Smallville and Vampire Diaries so she stuck with the film thing despite the trauma.

PMed you

[Skatastrophy]

PMed you

I appreciate the feet pics but I'm not going to pay you

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I appreciate the feet pics but I'm not going to pay you

I just wanted you to reciprocate

[cheebs09]

I just wanted you to reciprocate

[Shaka Shart]

Looking forward to this year's Famous alumni's feet pregame threads

[nyg]

Typical Scoop, just like class clown Rico turning every thread into a comedy.  This one into a feet discussion.  RIP to the 3,000 lost and the hundreds of first responders and civilians who were lost due to airborne chemicals.

RIP to my friends in the North Tower:

John O'Neill
Paul Sarle
George Morell

[Shaka Shart]

Typical Scoop, just like class clown Rico turning every thread into a comedy.  This one into a feet discussion.  RIP to the 3,000 lost and the hundreds of first responders and civilians who were lost due to airborne chemicals.

RIP to my friends in the North Tower:

John O'Neill
Paul Sarle
George Morell

I hope your friends are at peace.

But man this wasn't derailed by comedy, but by bad faith whining.

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No doubt, some Scoopers think 9/11 was great. Disgusting, vile peoplej.
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[tower912]

And humor and cheap comedy are more important than ever.

[The Sultan]

I mean, if you are coming to Scoop for serious discussion about 9/11 24 years after the fact, I don't know what you are expecting.

[Warriors4ever]

I'm in NYC right now, and went to the Memorial pools between 9 and 10 pm last night. Lots and lots of people, but I was struck by how many would have no personal memory, due to their age... and many were taking photos just like any tourist attraction. I chose not to, as I was there as an observance and to reflect.Amy flowers, flags and pictures and notes left at individual names.
What was very disconcerting was that there was a group of very loud motorcyclists that kept circling and then pulled over, and also were blaring music that really was not appropriate for the day and location.
On several occasions several of us would just stand there, look at each other, and go What the F?$@@?
The. There was a pipe and drum group that was marching through, clearly planned, and at least drowned out the motorcyclists.
Did find out that there is now an area set aside for those first responders who have subsequently died of ailments like cancer that resulted from their exposure at the site - I made sure to go there as well.

[Skatastrophy]

Typical Scoop, just like class clown Rico turning every thread into a comedy.  This one into a feet discussion.  RIP to the 3,000 lost and the hundreds of first responders and civilians who were lost due to airborne chemicals.

RIP to my friends in the North Tower:

John O'Neill
Paul Sarle
George Morell

Great point. @mods should ban Rico for always discussing #feet

[Uncle Rico]

Great point. @mods should ban Rico for always discussing #feet

I hate feet.  They're disgusting and men should never wear sandals

[Skatastrophy]

I hate feet.  They're disgusting and men should never wear sandals

Socks-with-sandals enjoyer, Rico. How am I not surprised?

You sure you didn't go to UW-Madison? Mr. Birkenstocks with wool socks?

[Biggie Clausen]

Has anyone been to the 9/11 museum?  If not, it's a must.  An absolutely stunning, moving experience.  The room with photos of everyone who died, along with a story of each person from a loved one if you pick up a phone, is almost too much to take. 

[Uncle Rico]

Socks-with-sandals enjoyer, Rico. How am I not surprised?

You sure you didn't go to UW-Madison? Mr. Birkenstocks with wool socks?

Wool socks save us from seeing each others feet

[MU82]

Has anyone been to the 9/11 museum?  If not, it's a must.  An absolutely stunning, moving experience.  The room with photos of everyone who died, along with a story of each person from a loved one if you pick up a phone, is almost too much to take. 

My wife and I went to the museum in 2015 during the same trip we went to see MU win the Barclays event. You are right about it being an intense experience.

[tower912]

As a training class, I got to listen to the fire radio traffic while watching synced up video.  I'm good.

[Skatastrophy]

As a training class, I got to listen to the fire radio traffic while watching synced up video.  I'm good.

Yeah, I'm not sure I need to dwell further on my own memories. I'm sure it's an excellent museum with great storytelling, though.

[Scoop Snoop]

Twenty-five years later. My memories are still fresh of that day. I was conducting a meeting with my DC area reps in Vienna Va when we learned what was had happened not only in NYC but also at the Pentagon.

On I95 and heading back to Richmond with some of my Richmond employees, stuck in a traffic jam of people getting out of the area, the thought crossed my mind that a jet could be crashed into I95 right where we were. I kept those thoughts to myself, as my employees were already very rattled.

In the following weeks I was on a sales call with one of my reps and heard the customer and the rep sobbing loudly. The woman's daughter had worked at the Pentagon, right where the plane crashed. I drove past the Pentagon before the huge, blackened portion was shrouded in massive tarps. I will never forget that sight.

[JWags85]

Yeah, I'm not sure I need to dwell further on my own memories. I'm sure it's an excellent museum with great storytelling, though.

I was recently reminded of something similar.  We/my company rented an apartment in NY for business starting in mid 2002.  43rd and 11th in Hells Kitchen.  Even in the time we were there (much more so in the last 10+ years since we moved locations) it had started to build up closer to the water on the West Side of Manhattan.  But in 2002 and the first few years from our place on the 41st floor, you had a pretty clear straight shot view south to end of Manhattan, and obviously of the 2 tallest buildings in NYC. 

While we rented, our next door neighbor was an older guy who had lived there 15+ years.  Around the time we moved in, his unit was for sale.  My mother struck up a conversation with him one day and learned that he had been having his morning coffee in his kitchen looking out the window, as he normally did, and had a front row seat for both impacts.  He couldn't ever look at the view the same again and though he loved the apartment and the neighborhood, the memories were just too jarring and he and his wife moved farther uptown.