On the Today Show this morning, I watched a video that I want you to watch too...you may find it just here. You might remember the men who stopped the attack on the train from Amsterdam to Paris last month, this video is an interview of two of the men. It is well worth five minutes of your time, I promise!
Mark Moogalian and Spencer Stone discuss their heroic efforts to stop a gunman on a Paris-bound train, and how Stone was able to save Mooligan’s life.
This time last year, Richard and I were in London. We spent quite some time in Southwark Cathedral. I lit a candle there in memory of all those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. I remember today also.
Wonderful interview...such brave men. I know there are more wonderful people in the world than bad ones...it's nice to see the good ones get a moment to shine. In my little town today the University placed American flags all over campus for everyone who died in 9/11 attacks and one of the nursing homes put flags out for all the first responders...it was a lovely morning but rained by the afternoon..I just wish I had been able to take pictures of all the flags...it was very touching. I know I'll never forget that day.
ReplyDeleteI loved this interview and was grateful that it was done and shown on TV! You are so right, we need to shine a light on the positive!
DeleteA high school girl in the Atlanta area (at her high school, I think) has put up American flags on 9/11...one for each person who was murdered in the attacks that day. (And I remember reading, we really should call it murder...each and every one of those who died had to have a death certificate, and the cause of death is not listed as "terror" but "murder".
I remember all the American flags after 9/11, we just couldn't get enough of them, remember that?
"This video can only be streamed inside the USA", I am told when I click the link... But I trust your word on that it is a good interview with two real life heroes.
ReplyDeleteThere were several programs on telly about 9/11 this week. I've watched one or two of them and remembered how I simply couldn't believe what was happening, let alone what repercussions it would have all over the world.
Oh, I am sorry you can't see it! It's a shame too, since one of the men lives in Paris, I am sure that those who know him there would like to see it too! (I think he has lived there for 20 years or so.)
DeleteAs time goes by, it seems that there is always less and less about it on TV.
There was a storm in NYC on Sept.10th and there was a beautiful rainbow just behind the new building that was built in the place of the World Trade Center.(I can't remember what it is called, you might know me well enough I can't ever remember the proper names of things.)
I was in the bedroom making our bed, when I heard David yell, "What? What?" I rushed to the living room and saw on TV the jets ramming into the twin towers on 9/11. Just horrible. I will never forget the carnage.
ReplyDeleteI will never forget it. I was working that day and since all flights were stopped, it was strange to try to concentrate on work and also realize that all the planes that you normally heard and saw flying to the Atlanta airport were just not there.
DeleteThat attack happened while we were in England this year and I was so proud of those men!
ReplyDeleteIt is the kind of story that I cannot get enough of!
Deletebeautiful cathedral. we need to honor the heroes more. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree on both counts!
DeleteBy the way, I LOVE your photos of birds! And the last video you had of the roadrunner, that just blew me away in that it made me see how much they got right in the cartoon! :-)
I saw the second plane slam into the tower when it happened. I immediately called my sister and told her that someone had just declared war on us. It was a terrible time for America. Unfortunately a lot of other people took a great deal of glee from the death and destruction.
ReplyDeleteOne of the those who took over the planes trained in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
DeleteThey said later that he wanted to fly but didn't want to know how to LAND a plane. (My feeling, could that not have given anyone some CLUE that he was up to no good? What person would not want to know how to land ?) Evil.
I remember those men from the news, brilliant! Xx
ReplyDeleteThese men should be honored for their bravery. And I am also remembering the Frenchmen, the first one to tackle the gunman but wishes to remain anonymous...God bless him, known only to those few on the train and to God.
DeleteThe video won't play here...but I did see footage of the brave fellows being interviewed on our TV screens here.
ReplyDeleteI still can't look at any scenes from 9/11. I did watch the whole horrendous tragedy unfold from beginning to end though (It was night here our time in Australia - and I sat transfixed to my TV throughout the night...I didn't go to bed - I couldn't). The visions will remain forever embedded in my memory.
Like everyone else, at first I thought I was watching a movie...but within seconds the horrible reality set in....Lest We Forget
Sorry you can't see the video! The interviewer gives the two men time to talk to each other and it was heartwarming to hear one man thank the other for saving his life! And promise to meet up again and have a beer together!
DeleteSeptember 11, 2001 will be a day that I will never forget. Alan Jackson wrote a song "Where Were You When The Day Stopped Turning". That about sums it up in that one line.