09/18/11 - DVCers Take Over the Dream (S.S. Member Cruise 2011) - Thread #5

[friends with mickey]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

Thank you for sharing your heart warming story and keep that flag flying. God Bless the USA.

 

[friends with mickey]

How are you Tex?

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Doing just fine. Our lows have dropped into the 50's and the high's will be in the 70's and not a cloud in the sky. This is as close to California weather as it gets.It is a great day to be in Texas. We will be enjoying our Mustang convertible today!

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

Nice story - gave me goosebumps!

 

[stitchnbead3]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

My coworkers are all wondering why I am sitting at my desk crying. This is such a heartwarming story, thanks for sharing!

 

[DizDragonfly]

I dunno, if DizDragonfly was here, this would NEVER have happened!

 

[Hoosier John]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

Thank you for sharing such a touching story Vicki. Excellent examples of how the community pulled together immediately (if NYC can be called a 'community'). Looking foward to meeting both you and Chuck on the cruise.

PS I probably would have gotten in trouble for getting my suit dirty

 

[friends with mickey]

Thank you for sharing such a touching story Vicki. Excellent examples of how the community pulled together immediately (if NYC can be called a 'community'). Looking foward to meeting both you and Chuck on the cruise.

PS I probably would have gotten in trouble for getting my suit dirty

And in more trouble for being late, forgetting the milk and eggs, as well as not wiping your feet at the door.

 

[M & N Potter]

Hi everyone! Hope your mid week day was good!

 

[friends with mickey]

Hi everyone! Hope your mid week day was good!

Since my days off are Wed. and Thurs. my mid week day has been great.

 

[dvc deernut]

Overall, everyone in my area is exceptionally happy and has been from the moment the news first broke. For many, this is a giant step towards closure but it also makes the memory of the attack fresh again.

There is more of a sense of closeness here it seems. It had faded a bunch but now it has surged again.

Of course, this is all accompanied by a renewed vigilance. I think most people were prepared to be more on guard as the anniversary approaches but this just magnifies those concerns.

The fact of life remains that "if you see something, say something" will be our mantra from now on. While his death may bring some comfort it does not change the fact that everything changed forever on that fateful day.

I can't speak for everyone but most people I know appreciated the outpouring of caring back then and still do today. Hopefully that sense of closeness and watching out for your neighbor becomes a "forever change" throughout our nation also.

The old wounds sting again and I wanted to say thanks to everyone who expressed their support and caring.

HI EVERYONE, I hope I dont sound like im repeating things but i wanted to also thank ANDY and all his fellow FIREMEN and Policemen and women who sacrificed so much during 9 11. I dont remember where i was during the Kennedy shootting but i know exactly where i was during 9 11. I was still working at the time in Niagara Falls Canada in a small Printing shop. I was listening to WGR 55 from Buffalo when they said a plane had crashed into the trade centre. We thought are they joking and was it a small private plane. Then more details came across the radio. To make a long story short we were glued to the radio the rest of the day, in a daze. Laura had been working nights at the hospital so she had been sleeping all day. When i got home from work I told her what had happened. Im not afraid to admit i had tears. Well like everyone else i was glued to the TV. In the past 10 years i have met a few who were fleeing from that area, and was speechless listening to their story. Im not that good at expressing myself on here when it comes to this so i hope everyone knows that i feel for everyone who was involved!!!!!!!! Ive seen that movie a couple times about the true story about the Firemen trapped in the rubble. The one that star Nick Cage.
ANDY, Im looking so forward to meeting you, to thank you and just listen to your experiences of 9 11 but only if you can talk about it.

THANKS to all INVOLVED!!!!!! IAN

 

[dvc deernut]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

Thank you Vicki for sharing your story. I didnt know that, when we met on the ship last year.

 

[lilliansmommy]

Happy Tuesday Everyone. Hotel Booked (Thanks Junior/Debbie), Flights Booked and Groupon Booked for Chicago Dismeet. Just waiting for June 17th to come around.

WOOT WOOT!!!!! I am so excited!! I need to talk to Jim and see if he will fork over the cash for the weekend. He says..."we live so close, I don't want to spend the night downtown." Um, I said..."If I am drinking, I am stayin"!! OK?????????????????????????

 

[lilliansmommy]

I am finding all these stories and tributes about September 11th so moving. I think it is amazing we can share and learn a bit more about each other in the process. Thanks for this. I salute anyone and everyone who had any part in the search, rescue, recovery, construction, and of course, protection when it relates to that horrible day.

It is a day that will forever be rooted in my brain. Whenever I write a check with that date, schedule a meeting for that date, and especially when I write that date on the whiteboard in my classroom every year, I can't help but get a chill. I was teaching 2nd/3rd grade that year and around 10am that morning, the teacher next door came over with tears in her eyes and told me a plane had hit the towers. The school office had the radio on, and the principal was listening closely. As time passed, the reports/thought was that Chicago might be next. Teachers were told to keep our kids indoors, as they knew these were terrorist attacks. We could not go out for recess or P.E. I remember the drive home from work, I could see people crying in their cars along the expressway. I was glued to the TV the rest of the night and just cried and cried. My roommate and I decided to go out for a walk to get "away" and I have, to this day, never seen anything like it. All I can say is...GHOST TOWN! There was ablsolutely nobody on the streets. No cars, businesses were closed, stoplights were stuck on green, dead silence. It was the strangest feeling I have ever experienced. The worst part for me was going back to school the next day and trying to explain to my 7 and 8 year old students how a person/persons could do such a thing to America. They had so many questions and were so scared. I have been teaching 13 years, and that is still the HARDEST thing I have ever had to go through with my students, seeing the complete fear in their eyes. It was so sad and there was nothing I could really do to help/explain to them. September 11th was just so senseless.

Thanks for listening/reading. Thanks for sharing your stories and for being such good DIS friends. I can't wait to meet you all!

 

[friends with mickey]

I am finding all these stories and tributes about September 11th so moving. I think it is amazing we can share and learn a bit more about each other in the process. Thanks for this. I salute anyone and everyone who had any part in the search, rescue, recovery, construction, and of course, protection when it relates to that horrible day.

It is a day that will forever be rooted in my brain. Whenever I write a check with that date, schedule a meeting for that date, and especially when I write that date on the whiteboard in my classroom every year, I can't help but get a chill. I was teaching 2nd/3rd grade that year and around 10am that morning, the teacher next door came over with tears in her eyes and told me a plane had hit the towers. The school office had the radio on, and the principal was listening closely. As time passed, the reports/thought was that Chicago might be next. Teachers were told to keep our kids indoors, as they knew these were terrorist attacks. We could not go out for recess or P.E. I remember the drive home from work, I could see people crying in their cars along the expressway. I was glued to the TV the rest of the night and just cried and cried. My roommate and I decided to go out for a walk to get "away" and I have, to this day, never seen anything like it. All I can say is...GHOST TOWN! There was ablsolutely nobody on the streets. No cars, businesses were closed, stoplights were stuck on green, dead silence. It was the strangest feeling I have ever experienced. The worst part for me was going back to school the next day and trying to explain to my 7 and 8 year old students how a person/persons could do such a thing to America. They had so many questions and were so scared. I have been teaching 13 years, and that is still the HARDEST thing I have ever had to go through with my students, seeing the complete fear in their eyes. It was so sad and there was nothing I could really do to help/explain to them. September 11th was just so senseless.

Thanks for listening/reading. Thanks for sharing your stories and for being such good DIS friends. I can't wait to meet you all!

Another amazing story, thank you for posting it. What do you think those 7 and 8 year olds think now as 17 and 18 year olds that have spent most of their lives in a post 9-11 era?

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Just one story to share to show people how pulled together on that awful day. Chuck worked in NYC-he saw the towers come down and along with everyone else tried to leave. Nothing was operating so he started to walk and walk and walk. A store owner who owned a sneaker store was calling out to all the women in heels to take off the heels and grab a pair of sneakers-for free. People were linking arms helping people to walk. Other shop owners were giving away water for those who needed it. Chuck finally got to the bridge when he saw a landscape truck [with the name of a town near us on it]. They told him to jump in the back and Chuck [in his suit] did and they proceeded to fill up the back of that truck with people trying to get home to Long Island. He was dropped off a good mile away from where I worked [no cell phone at this time so I had no idea where he was]. Once again he walked this time to me. When he got to my office he was exhausted and covered with soot. I heard claps and screams when he walked in. When we got home my daughter ran out to him and cried in his arms. The first thing Chuck did was to hang the American flag up!!
Just wanted to share-Vicki

I loved reading your story. I hear stories on the tv or have read some but none have been first person from someone I "know". It was neat to hear how the business' just gave away shoes and water. The only other thing that comes close was on 9/11 I was at the hospital with an injury from work while everything was happening and heard that a lady ran out of the hospital in hysterics because her daughter worked at WTC. I've always wondered how that turned out but I'll never know. I saw them break in with coverage during one of the silly NYC morning shows. I missed the second plane because they put me in the room to look at me. I heard some screaming and the dr. and I came out of the room to see the replay. We then were glued to the tv till after both towers had fallen. She looked at my injury then discharged me. I went back to work and they told all of us to take the rest of the day off. I went home to Deb and our son who was almost 2 and watched the news all day long. Kelly talked about it being a ghost town. My memory is how ther wasn't a plane in the sky at all except for military jets. I live under the flight patterns for both midway and ohare and it was eerily quiet for several days. Anyways, thanks for sharing.

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

Hey John! Here's early congratulations on you 1000th post!

 

[W@LL-E]

Good Evening Everyone!!!

 

[W@LL-E]

Hey John! Here's early congratulations on you 1000th post!

...and here's an early congrats on 1300th

 

[Steamboat WillyNilly]

...and here's an early congrats on 1300th

Thank you!!!

 

[W@LL-E]

Thank you!!!

What movie did you guys watch?