Remembering September 11th!

bagladyrn, RN · Sep 10, 2008

I hope this is not a sensitive issue......I apologize if I have been inappropriate by asking.
Are there any nurses on this site who were working that terrible day in New York?
My thoughts and prayers are with all Americans on the anniversary of this day.

Brissygal -There were nurses on here from the areas hit on 9/11. If you want to see what was on this site that day (and the days after) take a look in the archives and read some of the posts from those first days. I did that a couple of years ago. Some are chilling, from witnesses, some inspiring, revealing, and I think we can all do with the reminder how almost everyone put aside differences for a little while and just cared.

allnurses Guide · Sep 10, 2008

Here are a few links to the threads on that day.

At war

8 hours away

My daughters Journal

Search for World Trade Centre date: Sept 11th 2001

Nurse Volunteers

General Nurse Forums Sept 11th

semiller36545 · Sep 10, 2008

I think we can all do with the reminder how almost everyone put aside differences for a little while and just cared.

Amen.

Editorial Team / Moderator · Sep 10, 2008

Let's not forget the hit that the Pentagon took in Virginia, too. I was a paramedic student at the time and wasn't involved, but I know many people who were there. I also had the privilege of caring for Pentagon survivors on a burn unit as part of my clinicals. Amazing people. I'll never forget them.

And the folks that downed the plane in Pennsylvania ... I shudder to think what would have happened if that one had hit its intended target.

allnurses Guide · Sep 10, 2008

I think all of our hearts and thoughts are with you as a nation for tomorrow,

In the UK I remember the day clearly, watching it unfold on the news in the coffee room in EU with a feeling of dread, would we be prepared, could we have coped as well as you all did.

It changed a great many things for staff where I work, major incident plans were re-written, mobile medical teams formed and trained and we all lived with the knowledge and fear that it could so easily be us.

I can't imagine having to deal with that as a healthcare provider or on a personal level, I have friends in London who described what they dealt with in the London bombing. I have nothing but respect and admiration for anyone who had to deal with the injured and dying

I cannot express the sadness I feel that fellow humans could do take such horrific actions.

indigo3 · Sep 10, 2008

My husband & I were vacationing in NYC, and were scheduled to fly out that afternoon. We were stranded for another 24 hours before Amtrak started running. We checked back into our hotel, and watched it all on TV, same as you did. The call went out repeatedly for blood donations, for emergency personnel to report for work, for construction workers to aid in the rescue, for medical professionals to skip their day off. It haunts us to this day, how useless we were in the face of such awful need right outside our door. I'm in nursing school right now, primarily because of 9/11.

nightmare, RN · Sep 11, 2008

09/11/2001

On that day,

Hearts and minds united,the World stood still.

Today,

Hearts and minds, united the World stands,still.

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Sep 11, 2008

It was the most shocking, horrifying day of my life. God bless the heroes, the victims, and the families of all those whose lives were taken that day.

suzy253, RN · Sep 11, 2008

http://attacked911.tripod.com/

turn your speakers on to hear voices of angels singing

allnurses Guide · Sep 11, 2008

Suzy, thank you for that link, I have already said this in the Break room. My daughter was only 5 at the time of 9/11 she was too young to know and doesn't remember.

I sat with her and watched that link explaining the pictures, the planes, the towers and then the people. How did they get out Mam, won't jumping kill them, why did they do that. How many planes, how many people on them, how many on the ground in the buildings.

I explained about the towers, pentagon and the other plane. I told her about the emergency services who rushed to thier aid and those who died trying to save.

Answers that made me and her cry. It is important for our children to know, the day that changed everything.

Again as I said in the break room. I am British and fiercely proud to be so. If you cut me in half I would have a union jack in the middle. But today I stand my my American friends in remeberance, sadness and anger at what happened. Today I put my union jack aside and fly the stars and stripes as a tribute to those who died, those who lost and those who helped.

jodi_cmsrn · Sep 11, 2008

Thoughts and prayers to all as we remember this day in history. Thank you for sharing the link above, it was AMAZING!!