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September 11, 2001: A World Trade Center
Survivor's Account

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 9/10/2021 11:59:37 PM

Editor’s Note: This account was originally shared on the political message board “RightNation.Us” on September 11, 2003. It details the firsthand experience of “Tilly” — who miraculously lived through that harrowing day. “Tilly” was kind enough to let me share this on FTRRadio.com (on “Gillespie” which I co-hosted or possibly my own show, “Q With a View”) several years ago. I am excerpting it here but highly encourage you to read the entire account. I return to read it every year. And it always delivers a gut punch. This year, I made a point to take my time with it; to stop and visualize the directions

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Never forgive. Never forget.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Timber Queen 9/11/2021 2:23:45 AM (No. 910645)
Read the link to the whole story.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Rinktum 9/11/2021 4:11:43 AM (No. 910666)
This should be required reading in every junior high and high school. Our children should know the horror that was unleashed upon this country by radical Islamists. They need context. They know nothing about what really happened that day and why we mourn so deeply for those lost. My heart is so heavy as I think about how quickly we have forgotten the absolute hell these people suffered. Then when I think about the friends and families of those who were lost. God bless them and comfort them today. Americans will remember and mourn with them.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 9/11/2021 10:38:37 PM (No. 911536)
I read Tilly's entire account. Because I was in Dhanbad, India on a business trip where Indian news programs are spoken in Hindi, I missed many of these first-hand accounts. It was years later that I learned one of my college buddies Vic Saracini who was piloting United 175 had that departed from Boston Logan Airport on 9/11 was killed when his plane was hijacked and flown into WTC 2. My eventual return trip from India back to the states is another story for another time. It is a long and difficult story.
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