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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Road Side Pub
09/11 Anniversary
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<blockquote data-quote="Sapperstang" data-source="post: 14409189" data-attributes="member: 17157"><p>This day means something different for me than most people. I think this is because I was in the active duty military when it happened. I had just returned from a year in Korea and was home that day to receive my things from overseas. I was waiting on the movers to arrive when my girlfriend got a call from a friend who told her we were under attack. Not believing such a thing I turned on the TV. I figured it must have been an accident and went back to what I was doing. The TV was still on and when the second plane hit I knew it was no accident. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't long that my unit called me (82nd ABN) and told me to get my ass to the unit area with all my gear. Due to the closing of Bragg's gates backing up traffic it took me several hours to get to my unit. We were all just standing around waiting on somebody to tell us something. Eventually we had a formation where what was known was relayed to us. We were told to go home after that. The next morning it took me 12 hours to get to work due to all the traffic jams caused by closing Ft. Bragg's main gates. </p><p></p><p>In the weeks following the attacks things definitely took on a different focus with our training. We suddenly had rotations to the National Training Center in S. California among other stuff that was different. We were issued the newest body armor and a few guys from the unit were deployed including a guy in my squad who had useful language skills for the Mideast. </p><p></p><p>I remember that day as if it happened just last week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sapperstang, post: 14409189, member: 17157"] This day means something different for me than most people. I think this is because I was in the active duty military when it happened. I had just returned from a year in Korea and was home that day to receive my things from overseas. I was waiting on the movers to arrive when my girlfriend got a call from a friend who told her we were under attack. Not believing such a thing I turned on the TV. I figured it must have been an accident and went back to what I was doing. The TV was still on and when the second plane hit I knew it was no accident. It wasn't long that my unit called me (82nd ABN) and told me to get my ass to the unit area with all my gear. Due to the closing of Bragg's gates backing up traffic it took me several hours to get to my unit. We were all just standing around waiting on somebody to tell us something. Eventually we had a formation where what was known was relayed to us. We were told to go home after that. The next morning it took me 12 hours to get to work due to all the traffic jams caused by closing Ft. Bragg's main gates. In the weeks following the attacks things definitely took on a different focus with our training. We suddenly had rotations to the National Training Center in S. California among other stuff that was different. We were issued the newest body armor and a few guys from the unit were deployed including a guy in my squad who had useful language skills for the Mideast. I remember that day as if it happened just last week. [/QUOTE]
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