2001/09/15
On September 11, 2001, the United States of America was subjected to several brutal terrorist attacks. Two hijacked airliners were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, another made impact with the Pentagon in Washington D.C. A fourth airliner, thought to be on an attack run for one of several targets, was downed in the forest outside of Pennsylvania.
Here at LUGNET™, many people found up-to-the-minute news from ground zero and around the world. They found a compassionate shoulder to cry on, and a caring ear to hear their pain. There was a united outpouring of sympathy from fans of LEGO® toys from all four corners of the Earth.
In the time following this disaster, many people from the community contacted the groups, to check in on friends thought to be near the sites of the attacks, to express thanks to the community for the news updates, or simply to express their thoughts and prayers for those who perished, and for those who survived.
I urge you to provide what support you can. Donations of money to aid relief efforts can be made through The American Red Cross, PayPal, or Helping.org. Donations of blood can be made through your local hospital or Red Cross field office. Good thought and prayers can be made wherever you are, and whenever you can.
You may have noticed the title I’ve placed at the top of this page. It is taken from the subject line of message posted by Eric Sophie. I thought it appropriately summed up both the feelings and experiences shared by all of those at LUGNET the day of the attacks, as well as offering a unique summary of both the people who frequent these groups, and the hobby of LEGO toys that brings us here. Let’s hope that we can continue to come together, and continue to build with our LEGO bricks, in freedom and liberty, for the rest of time.
Sincerely,
Matthew Gerber
I have gathered some of the LUGNET posts from this tragic time below. Please take some time to explore these posts...some are stories of hope and survival, some are words of sympathy and love. They all represent LUGNET at its best.
Scott Sanburn is the first to post news, with no idea how terrible the events of the day are yet to become...
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| To All, I just heard a plane crashed into the World's Trade Center. However, none, and I mean none, of the internet sites seem to be connecting! (Fox News, CBS, ABC, CNN, etc.) Does anyone know anything? I don't consider this fun, but it seems the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | As we gather and begin to use LUGNET as a news and message site, Suzanne Rich posts her approval...
| | | | Tragedy
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| I feel helpless and shocked as I hear of the horrors today. I'm speechless... my tears and sympathy for the huge many involved. I see that some of us have begun to use this message site for communications and news related to the tragedies. I am (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Ed “Boxer” Jones’ story of his day at ground zero, the WTC...
| | | | Ed Boxer - I'm OK - A day I will never forget
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| First of all, to all the people who have e-mailed me - both Joe and I are fine. We greatly appreciate your concern. As to the terrorist attack, allow me to provide a little color. I work in the World Financial Center - directly across West Street (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Christopher J. Dean also works in the World Financial Center, at ground zero, WTC...
| | | | On this horrible day, please pray.
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| Hi everyone. I regularly read Lugnet, but I rarely post. Tonight, I cannot help myself. I work in the city (Manhattan). This whole thing is really too close to home for me. As some of you maybe notice, I work for Deloitte. I work out of the World (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !
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| | Doug Kern was there too...
| | | | Re: Ed Boxer - I'm OK - A day I will never forget
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| (...) I was in that building too. My office is not there, but I have a client there who I work on site with twice a week. This is what happened to me. Warning this account is graphic as well. Well went to what I figured was a usual day, up on the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general) !
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| | And Sid Mark Dinsay, has an extremely lucky day off...
| | | | I'm only one person...
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| Guys, For those of you who know, I work for the Mayor of New York City. On Tuesdays, however, I am off--and, as it turns out, a bit lucky. I was nowhere near ground zero when this cowardly attack happened, but many of my friends were, many of them (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Benjamin Medinets heads out to lend aid...
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| | Eric Sophie’s post, which inspired the title on this page...
| | | | We all came together
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| Folks, during all of this and admist this terrible tragity, we here at Lugnet came together. I found information not avail. to me otherwise, as well as a place for general support and a place to talk about the shock we all experienced. We also (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.people)
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| | Joe Franco weighs in...
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| | Jason Sutherland gives us news of LEGOLAND California...
| | | | Lego flags at half-mast
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| I just thought I'd share something I saw at Legoland yesterday that I thought was very cool. All of the small Lego flags in Miniland that are in front of the Capitol and in front of various other monuments and buildings have been remade with the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Words of sympathy, sent by Selçuk Göre...
| | | | We all with you our American Friends
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| To all friends here and especially to our American friends, I just want to inform you that our hearts are with you. I can't even imagine the extend of this tragedy and I can't stand to think about the millions of individual tragedies within. All I (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.people)
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| | René Hoffmeister sends wishes from Germany...
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| | Mark Sandlin creates a memorial image...
| | | | My small gesture
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| (URL) you have a website, I urge you to upload some kind of image of support... even if it's just a small flag. Let us stand tall. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | As does Ashley Glennon...
| | | | Nanofig World Trade Center
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| It is with mixed emotion that I post a very small scale creation of the World Trade Center. I have built this tiny scene not only as a tribute, but to also healthfully release the grief that consumes me. (URL) am thankful for the LUGNET community (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | I offer my words, as President Bush declares a national Day of Prayer...
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| | A call goes out from Hjalmar Haagsman...
| | | | Rebuilt the WTC!
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| Everybody has heard the news about the attack, it's awful. Now show your feelings and rebuilt the WTC of your LEGO-bricks. Show the world you're shocked by the disaster, rebuilt the WTC and put it on your brickshelf gallery account or website or (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | And Ross Crawford answers it...
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| | Rob Hendrix creates a .dat file of the American flag...
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| | And Gary E. Blessing renders it in POV Ray...
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| | Amy Hughes shares a gallery of photos, sympathy from around the world...
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| | Jason Cicchini offers his sympathies...
| | | | My deepest condolances
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| Hey guys. I just uploaded some new pics of the monument i created for those who passed today in the tragedies in New York, D.C. and Pittsburg. My heart goes out to those touched by this unthinkeable sadness, and can only offer my sincerest regrets. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce)
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For more information about the events of September 11, 2001, and the LUGNET response to them, follow the threads from the posts above, or see the newsgroups. If there are any other posts you would like to see included here, or if you have any questions or comments about this page or the events related to it, please feel free to contact me.
My thanks to Sean Kenney for giving his permission to use pictures of his LEGO World Trade Center, and to Rob Hendrix for creating the .dat file of the American flag.
Also, my thanks go out to Todd Lehman and Suzanne Rich for providing LUGNET, both for the gathering of those in our hobby, and as a gathering place in this time of tragedy.
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