jttheclockman
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Hard to believe but next Saturday will be 20 years to the day that such a horrific tragedy happened that not only had such a huge impact on so many lives here in the States but around the world. We mourn so many lives these days due to this Pandemic and it too will become etched in all our minds as to the where and whens they happened. But on a fantastic looking September morning of the 11th, 2001, all our lives were changed and had another image implanted in our brains of such senseless destruction and cause of lose of life that to this day it is still hard to understand the whys. As we move further and further away from this horrific day in history we must not forget and so many young people not even born then must still learn of this. Just as with this Pandemic which will be written about in history books, so must this story of what happened to this country on 9/11/2001. So many people are still suffering from this event weather emotional or even physically due to working on the pile or even around it. To all I say my prayers are with you and the losses will not be Forgotten.
I write this with a twofold agenda. The first just to remind everyone and the second to reflect back individually as members of this great site. If you feel up to it maybe you could share your thoughts and even experiences of that horrible day. I would also like to make note of a great documentary special tonight on CNN about 2001 and this Tragedy. 8:00 PM eastern time. It is a must watch and puts it all out there as raw as can be.
For my story I will keep it short but as with everyone I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. Working on an office construction job working on some security work in Piscataway NJ. Bright sunny morning and you could see for miles. Happen to be working on some alarms for doors when a AC guy working on the roof leaned over and shouted down that a plane hit the Trade Center. Now he did not see it but heard on the radio. At that point everyone who had radios on heard the news flash and were tuned in. Now from the roof you could actually see the Twin Towers as clear as if they were right in front of you. It was that clear of a day. In a short time you could see the smoke from the tower. Right then we knew it was no small plane. I went to the roof to see for myself and as it happened the second tower was hit. Now we could see the towers burning. to shorten this we watched as the first tower fell and could not believe what we were watching. Panic was setting in on the radios and all over. Just then a whole fleet of FBI and State Troopers pulled up to our new construction site as well as the main building which we were building this annex to. to shut it down and guard it. Evidently this building had government ties and security was at the utmost important. We all decided to go home but worried about crossing bridges and other roadways but we all did leave. Went home and watched the rest of the day on TV and just could not believe what was unfolding. As I watched, in my mind I was flashing back to my time spent working in NY for 6 years back in the 80's. I use to walk right past those towers everyday as I walked down to wall street. At that time so much construction was going on all over NY. Worked on many highrises that you look out the windows and you saw those beautiful towers and knew many members that worked on them when being built.
To wrap this up and bring it back to the pen turning portion I always wanted to make a pen commemorating this event and have a few ideas and I gathered some props over time but as with many of my projects they get sidetracked. I know there have been a few pens done over the years depicting this event and they were well done. you could do a search here to see some. I really did want to be done for this anniversary but it did not happen so I will post a photo of a scrollsawn piece I did around that time of the event. I did sell a few of these back then. It is red oak with a blue stain glass background to represent the clear sky of that day. Hope others chime in. We Will Not Forget!!!!!
I write this with a twofold agenda. The first just to remind everyone and the second to reflect back individually as members of this great site. If you feel up to it maybe you could share your thoughts and even experiences of that horrible day. I would also like to make note of a great documentary special tonight on CNN about 2001 and this Tragedy. 8:00 PM eastern time. It is a must watch and puts it all out there as raw as can be.
For my story I will keep it short but as with everyone I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. Working on an office construction job working on some security work in Piscataway NJ. Bright sunny morning and you could see for miles. Happen to be working on some alarms for doors when a AC guy working on the roof leaned over and shouted down that a plane hit the Trade Center. Now he did not see it but heard on the radio. At that point everyone who had radios on heard the news flash and were tuned in. Now from the roof you could actually see the Twin Towers as clear as if they were right in front of you. It was that clear of a day. In a short time you could see the smoke from the tower. Right then we knew it was no small plane. I went to the roof to see for myself and as it happened the second tower was hit. Now we could see the towers burning. to shorten this we watched as the first tower fell and could not believe what we were watching. Panic was setting in on the radios and all over. Just then a whole fleet of FBI and State Troopers pulled up to our new construction site as well as the main building which we were building this annex to. to shut it down and guard it. Evidently this building had government ties and security was at the utmost important. We all decided to go home but worried about crossing bridges and other roadways but we all did leave. Went home and watched the rest of the day on TV and just could not believe what was unfolding. As I watched, in my mind I was flashing back to my time spent working in NY for 6 years back in the 80's. I use to walk right past those towers everyday as I walked down to wall street. At that time so much construction was going on all over NY. Worked on many highrises that you look out the windows and you saw those beautiful towers and knew many members that worked on them when being built.
To wrap this up and bring it back to the pen turning portion I always wanted to make a pen commemorating this event and have a few ideas and I gathered some props over time but as with many of my projects they get sidetracked. I know there have been a few pens done over the years depicting this event and they were well done. you could do a search here to see some. I really did want to be done for this anniversary but it did not happen so I will post a photo of a scrollsawn piece I did around that time of the event. I did sell a few of these back then. It is red oak with a blue stain glass background to represent the clear sky of that day. Hope others chime in. We Will Not Forget!!!!!