So there I was this date 6 years ago walking down Broadway and 23rd st. heading to my doctor’s office suffering from kidney stone pains. All of the sudden I hear a loud KABOOOOOOM followed with an eerie rumble. .
“Chit, what the fuk is that? I keep walking and a few minutes later, another KABOOOOM but this time I see the sky slowly getting covered with a light grayish dust coming from a few blocks south. Cars heading north were all cover with dust. I continued walking clueless to what was going on, until I see people gathered outside an electronics store and all channels are tune in to the burning Twin Towers, the rest is history.
I was here before they were built and I was here when they went down, but never once entered those buildings, something I very much regret.

By elmodefoque on Sep 11, 2007, 05:19 in Friendly Talkzone.
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 05:22: might not be colombian related but over half a million colombianos live here ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Sep 11, 2007, 05:26: I sure rememebr the day Elmo, though I wasn't in NY, I rememeber watching TV when a news Special cut into regular programming to show what was going down,,,I visited the Twin Towers in the '80s and what a View. I also purchased a 1/2 dozen Postcards from that Restuarant (windows of the world) that day as Momentos and recently discovered them. Like the day I purchased them,,,Hard to believe 6 Years later the Guy responsible is still alive and smiling for Videos threatening US Citizens,,,,Whatever happened to the "We'll Smoke him out of his cave Bravado" uttered the Next day by Bush,,, "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 05:35: You know what was surreal about that moment, all we had to do was look up and see the burning twin towers live yet many of us kept watching it on TV. ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 05:45: MIke, my borther worked 3 days a week at "windows of the world" but that day he was off. ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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miamimike says on Sep 11, 2007, 06:12: Elmo, who would have thought that it was to be their "Last Breakfast" ?? For Any of us really who visited the Towers, it could have our Last Visit, only our Roll of the Dice hadn't been rolled yet,,,The View was worth the Risk at any rate. My Favorite NYC Highrise is still the "Empire State Building" and its Art Deco style. King Kong and The Empire Lives,,, "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Miguel says on Sep 11, 2007, 07:08: elmodofoque, thanks for the thread. It seems that, with every passing year, the rememberances become fewer. It feels like it happened yesterday.
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Monpirri says on Sep 11, 2007, 08:41: Elmo, I remember that day I was working at a local high school and the classroom had TV monitors. Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 08:55: Will Jimeno (born November 26, 1967) is a Port Authority Police officer of Colombian origin who survived the World Trade Center attack on September 11th. He was buried under the rubble for nearly 12 hours, but survived, along with fellow Port Authority officer John McLoughlin. ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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morphus says on Sep 11, 2007, 09:01: I slept through it. I was working nights at the time. I used to work in World Trade 2 on the 25th floor. The company I worked for was smart enough to get out after the first bombing in 1993.
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toneloc24 says on Sep 11, 2007, 09:07: From a personal perspective, what a day it was. "Don't tase me, bro!!!!" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Osamayor says on Sep 11, 2007, 10:05: Two stories Elmo: Lujoso apartamento o cuarto a un razonable precio a solo dos cuadras de la Embajada Americana. Luxury apartment or rooms with cheap rates only 2 blocks from US embassy welovebogota.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LA_MONA says on Sep 11, 2007, 10:17: http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=1282287 Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Sep 11, 2007, 10:21: I had that day off and would have been asleep. But the cable guy showed up 2 hours early. When he was finished, he had me turn on the TV to make sure I had a good signal. Of course you know what I saw. I couldn't stop watching for a while. Then, I got so depressed I drove off of Fort Myers Beach and over to Sanibel Island. I just sat on the sand and pondered. Later that evening I drove into Fort Myers, and the US government building had all the streets shut down around it and SWAT types around it. But there were hardly any cars on the road. It was very eery, almost like something out of a movie. BEWARE of gold diggers. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Sep 11, 2007, 10:26: I saw the thing on TV. My heart goes out to the innocent victims. I thought Penn 'n Teller's Bullshit episode on 9/11 was kind of enlightening too -- they have not done a good job since this tragedy. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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poco says on Sep 11, 2007, 11:32: ALERT: "When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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kalder says on Sep 11, 2007, 11:59: MT- I saw that Penn & Teller episode too (in Colombia, incidentally). Very depressing. "kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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LA_MONA says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:11: Rubito wow well done you admitted defeat, is this a first ;-) Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:22: many mohawks from upstate and onondaga reservation (then living in Brooklyn) built most of nyc skyscrappers and now injuns from mexico are rebuilding the entire city of new orleans. ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:26: I don't care who builds the buildings, as long as the topping out ceremony includes a Christmas Tree and an American flag, not the Injun (Mexican) flag.
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elmodefoque says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:27: a christmas tree? ASK NOT WHAT THE PUSSY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT PUSSY!!!!!!!!!! CAT LOVER 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:34: Yeah, look around sometime. Ancient ironworkers tradition.
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gringoloid says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:37: I was an ironworker in NYC, and those Indians also fall off the most. Who are the three blind men? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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poco says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:47: Humm: R says:I think actually they used some highly flammable material on it. "When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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El Polo says on Sep 11, 2007, 12:52: The irony Gringoloid, behind that is that those mexican that dont fall off have to go make the breakfast run for all those ironworkers at a nearby deli where the mexicans are cooking the food!!!!
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El Polo says on Sep 11, 2007, 13:01: Poco. Just remember some people are alive because it is illegal to shoot them.
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poco says on Sep 11, 2007, 13:22: Polo Says: Poco. Just remember some people are alive because it is illegal to shoot them. "When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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scotty says on Sep 11, 2007, 13:24: someone told me that 20 Colombians also died in the twin towers? Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Ekdog says on Sep 11, 2007, 13:31: My heart goes out to all of the innocent victims and their families and also to the innocent victims of the Bush-Cheney "shock and awe" demonstration and the thousands of dead and wounded Iraqis, Americans, Brits, and so on that this insane invasion of Iraq has caused.
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Monpirri says on Sep 11, 2007, 13:35: The firt report by Univision, "Aumenta el numero de desaparecidos de los paises de America Latina." They had Colombia with the most casualities around 200, Argentina 5, Brazil 55, El Salvador 100, Mexico 19, Honduras 1 Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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scotty says on Sep 11, 2007, 14:14: Monpirri - wow 200 you say? I did not know the number of Colombians killed was that high. I had heard so many different numbers i hear 20, 28, 128, once even heard 300 Colombians died. Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Ekdog says on Sep 11, 2007, 14:44: "what has SHOCK AND AWE got to do with showing respsect for 9/11?"
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scotty says on Sep 11, 2007, 14:50: Ekdog well thats exactly my point this is 9/11 we show respect to all those who died in 9/11. if you want to start a Shock and Awe day of remeberence then maybe you should do so. Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Ekdog says on Sep 11, 2007, 15:03: Come on Scotty! You can't really be that dense, can you? The 9/11 attacks were only the beginning of a series of tragic events that have caused thousands upon thousands of deaths and untold suffering. It is highly appropriate that we remember all of them today.
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Mr. Hollywood says on Sep 11, 2007, 15:03: I recently read "The Looking Tower" by Lawrence Wright. He does a great job of reconstructing, not a conspiracy but, rather, a remarkable series of bureaucratic fuckups that kept the FBI and the CIA from sharing information that might have prevented the attacks. Basically, the CIA had the intel that Al Qaeda guys were in the US and planning something big but didn't want to share that info with the FBI, who could actually arrest people, because, A) The CIA hated the FBI guy in charge of the Al Qaeda file, who apparently was a bit of a bully and a prick, and B) The CIA was afraid to "compromise intelligence sources" by sharing what they knew.
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miamimike says on Sep 11, 2007, 16:14: Scotty, Pearl Harbor is a poor comparison to use in comparing 9/11 attack to our Invasion of Iraq. Big Difference is the USA was attacked by the Japanese and our retatlation was completely justified when we gave them "Shock&Awe in return. Did Iraq attack us on 9/11? Hardly and even today on the Nightly news 30 minutes ago, Brian Ross on ABC had a special that showed 6 years later, AQ Terrorists camps are up and running, training new Terrorists readying to do us harm. Furthermore, he showed that the Major Money for AQ funding was flowing from a nation of one of our so called Allies, Saudi Arabia. Keep buying that $70 per barrel to run those gas Guzzling Suvs Boys! Don't let the USA become Energy Dependent so the Flow of $$$ to the Saudi Terrorists stops! Trouble is BACK IN 2003, we shocked and Awed the Wrong country! As a result of the USA taking the focus(troops and money) off Afghanistan and invading Iraq, Al Queda and Osama Bin Laden are alive&well andSmiling on Videos ,,, "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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gringoloid says on Sep 11, 2007, 16:40: It was revealed in the 70s that President Roosevelt knew many hours before the Pearl Harbor attack that the Japanese were just off the coast of Hawaii poised for battle. He ignored it. Who are the three blind men? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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scotty says on Sep 11, 2007, 17:02: ok dog lets take today a day of rememberance for all those who lost their lives from an attack on america 9/11and turn it into a day where we remember every single battle or attack on any country anywhere in the world at anytime in history including your favorite rememberance Shock and Awe. happy now? Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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poco says on Sep 11, 2007, 19:43: Quote: someone told me that 20 Colombians also died in the twin towers? "When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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poco says on Sep 11, 2007, 20:12: Quote: Something took the world trade towers down........probably thermite "When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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christobeldawg says on Sep 11, 2007, 20:27: as this day closes here on the east coast, I feel for all that we lost on that day. admittedly, arriving can feel great too 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lily03 says on Sep 11, 2007, 21:05: Wow..6 Years ago. Such a tragic event to this day it still gives me goose bumps and brings tears to my eyes.
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gringoloid says on Sep 11, 2007, 23:31: poco....how can kerosene, which is jet fuel, melt or blow up steel? Who are the three blind men? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Sep 12, 2007, 01:07: Gringoloid. I am not a chemist nor a physicist. But, I know fire can be made hotter with the addition of oxygen with an ample supply of fuel source. I know people for thousands of years have made steel, melted steel, and produced steel with simple coal fires, stoked by the addition of oxygen. Can you cut steel with burning jet fuel like an acetylene torch? Of course not. But can steel be weakened and caused to fail under extreme loads and stress, caused by the loss of several supports due to severing, and extreme heat? Obviously yes. If a jet's exhaust burned at 700 degrees, my oven could almost handle that. Why do jets have ceramic exhaust ports, instead of steel, if it was a measly 700 degrees? You wanna bet me that the exhaust I see coming out of the F 15 fighter jets that fly over my house almost everyday is 700 degrees? There are blue and white cones of heat ... and their fuel is essentially the same as any commercial jet. Anybody that is in the "know" can back me up with this. BEWARE of gold diggers. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Sep 12, 2007, 01:27: I am still haunted by the mental images of those poor, doomed people, leaning out of the windows and jumping. BEWARE of gold diggers. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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scotty says on Sep 12, 2007, 01:45: gringoloid Roosevelt did not know the japanese fleet was getting ready to attack Pearl Harbor. however he was looking for a way to get involved in WW2 but not with the Japs he was trying to get involved with Germany(different ocean). Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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gringolondinense says on Sep 12, 2007, 03:43: Funny you mention the Japs Scotty...they were the first suicide bombers to attack the U.S.
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gringoloid says on Sep 12, 2007, 07:08: Scotty, it has been proven for 40 years that a telegram was received at the white house 9 hours before the attack on pearl harbor. I'll find a link, but I'm real busy today. Who are the three blind men? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) says on Sep 12, 2007, 13:57: With respect to Colombia's history post-independence up to the cocaine bonanza, I disagree. Using nothing more than rifles and machetes the country has proven itself quite capable of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of its own citizens without any "help" from the outside. To be fair, many other countries have done the same, including the U.S. The exceptional thing about Colombia is that there have been so many internal conflicts and the one they have right now is going on 60 years if you start counting at 1948. Oh well, they've got nothing on old Europe...
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Colombiche says on Sep 12, 2007, 14:04: I agree with the bit about Colombia, we were pretty good at hacking ourselves up with peinillas during the violencia era....without anybody else intervening. Now we are using slightly more advanced weapons, but there is still plenty of violence going around. I doubt that the present Colombian conflict can be blamed on outside influences to a significant degree. No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Sep 13, 2007, 00:02: dos veces, Mona; que rico! Where do we go from here? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Sep 13, 2007, 00:04: I was fortunate to have had dinner late one night, back about 1989, at the top of one of the towers. One of the best ever.. it was a ... serial...killa! muy rico! Where do we go from here? 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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famsearch says on Sep 13, 2007, 20:40: one thing we have to remember about pearl harbor is this, the japanese navy sent out hundreds, if not thousands of false radio messages, including the one for the attack on pearl harbor, in order to confuse anyone listening in. it worked very well, since we knew at the time, that an attack was in the works, but with all the false messages, no one knew for certain where it would be. dan 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 17, 2007, 14:28: Where did you get your info? I got it from the must trusted source by the hispanics in the US and the most watched by 'some' Colombians. Univision is not my cup of tea, anyway I've scanned two pages which confirm the death tolls of the countries mentioned above and I'll be glad to send them to you, and if you wish you can post them here. Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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