A Friendly Reminder...

[ishoot308]

Saturday, September 11th, all US Flags should be at Half Staff from Sunrise to Sunset in memory of the 2,993 Americans lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

All Americans are also asked to observe a moment of silence beginning at 8:46 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Time), the time the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.


Dan

[NoRegrets]

Thank you so much for the thread. Please remember -

David P. Kovalcin, 42, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was a Raytheon Co. senior mechanical engineer for electronic systems in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. He had worked for Raytheon for 15 years.

He was on flight 11. He lived 4 doors down from us. He left a wife, 1 and 3 year old daughters, and their pet chocolate lab.

I still have the painfull voice mail my wife left me when she found out he was killed. Neighbors still place flowers in front of their mailbox and the town has a memorial service that my wife has attended every year.

[Meredith lady]

My family member, Garnet "Ace" Bailey of the Boston Bruin's. Ace was flying to LA on that fateful September morning as the Director of Pro Scouting for the LA Kings. He was on United Airlines 175. Ace lived in Lynnfield, MA. Survivors include his wife and son and a huge extended family. I will never forget...

[WinnDixie]

I will never forget that awful moment, after the second plane hit, when it dawned that the chaos was all horribly deliberate. We all lost that day, but my special condolences to those of you who knew some of the people who were lost. What a terrible day...and all America needs to remember it well!

[Just Sold]

2 of the many who died that fatefull day.

Donnie Ditullio and Janis Lasden of , Peabody MA were on their way to a vacation in CA on Flight 11 when it was crashed into the World Trade Center.

I recieved a phone call shortly after the plane crashed from Donnie's brother-in-law who is my best friend and he said that Donnie and Janis had to be on that plane and as it turned out Donnie and Janis were. I have never before or since heard such painful sorrow in my friends voice as he kept repeating Donnie was on that plane.

An excerpt from Donnie's Eulogy given by his neice Ellen:

"Over the last week, we have experienced many different emotions. Shock, sadness, anger. A tremendous sense of loss. A week later, I think we all intellectually understand that Donnie and Janis have died. We understand death to be a normal phase in our lives. It is how they were taken from us that is so difficult to understand, if not incomprehensible. I know most of you, myself included, have imagined what the last hour of their lives was like. Although we’ll never know for sure what happened on that plane, we know that both of them were very resourceful and would have fiercely protected each other, or helped each other if they were hurt. Imagining anything else is too painful. ...............
Uncle Donnie and Janis - You are at peace and you are free. We love you and miss you every single day. You will be in our hearts forever. God bless you both and God Bless America."

That day and week and months after are forever etched in my memory.

[SAMIAM]

Thanks for the reminder, ishoot........VK flag will definitely be at half staff

[Argie's Wife]

Robert LeBlanc, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of New Hampshire, (United Airlines Flight 175).

[Long Pine]

I could have put this in the Outdoor Recreation section but figured I would just respond to this post. I had not seen anything on the Forum about it this year so thought I would mention. Each Sept 11th since 2001 (actually the weekend day closest to 9/11), groups of volunteers sign up to take an American flag to the top of each of the 48 4,000 ft peaks in NH and fly them from 12 noon to 2pm. I had the pleasure of hiking today over Monroe, Eisenhower, Pierce, and Jackson. We were in the 12-2 window on both Eisenhower and Pierce and got to see the flags flying there. It was very cool. With binoculars, you could also look around and see flags flying on at least 7 other peaks from up there. What a nice tribute. It evidently all started a few days after 9/11/2001, when some friends brought a huge American flag with some PVC pipe, rope, and duct tape to the top of Mt Liberty and proudly flew it there. The idea caught on and has been an annual tradition since on all of the 48 peaks. It was a gorgeous day for it today and there were a lot of people up there in the Presidentials. If you are looking for a reason to go on a nice hike in September next year, do it for this event -it's a great experience. You can get more info at www.flagsonthe48.org (including pictures, although I don't think the 2010 ones are posted yet).

[Lakegeezer]

The weekend after 9/11, a flotilla of about 100 winni forum boaters went around the lake with flags flying. It was quite an event. This shot is "The Eagle"