Comments on: I Wasn’t Going To https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/ For three minutes in the 80's, I was awesome. Sat, 16 Mar 2019 19:06:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 By: Gunfighter https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2068 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2068 I drove past the impact point (about 50 yards away) at the Pentagon about 3 hours before the attack.

]]> By: Jill https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:46:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2016 It’s such a shared experience. Everyone remembers just what they were doing, how beautiful the day was, the sense of surreal horror.

We were in NYC on Labor Day 2001 and have this dorky touristy picture of us with the Twin Towers in the background. There we are smiling, the husband, me with a pregnant belly just starting to pop and our two grinning older sons. What a difference a week made.

]]> By: Christine https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2014 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2014 I found out I was pregnant just a week or so before the attacks too and I had the very same thought. What am I bringing a baby in to?

My mom lived in Jersey and worked in New York most of my life. Thankfully, she was living in London in 2001. But in 2003 she was back, living in Jersey City with a fantastic view of Manhattan. Only the view was so different without the Twin Towers. The events of that day and the lives that were lost…it’s just so sad.

]]> By: Gina https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2013 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:46:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2013 Thank you for the reminder. I wasn’t so brave but I’m so glad some are. You’re right, we must remember.

]]> By: jessabean https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2012 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:13:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2012 I too thought it was weird that not a single person at work mentioned the date yesterday. I’m on the yellow/blue line so I ride past the Pentagon every day and it’s impossible not to think about it…

]]> By: Shannon https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2011 You brought tears to my eyes. Having lost someone in the towers, I think I stuggle with the memories more (or at least differently) then the others around me. I was so mad yesterday when there wasn’t a single person in my office who even acknowledged the anniversary. I feel if so many are starting to forget.

]]> By: Girl https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2010 Agreed, moving post. Left me wordless.

]]> By: Pinks & Blues https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2009 Wonderful and moving post. We lived in NYC pre and post, it still makes me physically emotional to go downtown. Thanks for sharing this.
– Audrey

]]> By: Lawyer Mama https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2007 I can’t drive by it without thinking of it too. I will always see a crater with smoke rising from it, no matter how long it’s been.

]]> By: Paige Jennifer https://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.mammaloves.com/2007/09/i-wasnt-going-to/#comment-2006 Writing about is good. It gets out what’s inside and with regard to this day, will resonate with probably every American. Nicely put, Mamma.

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