9-11 Caring Carolina

Quotable Quotes

By reading these quotes, we see history repeats itself and gives us strength. It also paints a picture of how our nation and state have reacted and changed and how we are all going to heal.

National Quotes:

From an AOL Newsroom Chat, 9/11/2001

9:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time

“Hi Mom…I love you very much. I’m calling from the plane. We’ve been taken over.”

-Mark Bingham, to his mother

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“People jumped online and they IM’d me and said, ‘Are you okay? Is your brother okay? Do you know anybody who’s missing?”

From an AOL Post, 9/16/2001 12:57 PM

Eastern Daylight Time

Subject: Re: Help me deal with this

"I felt such fear when I first learned about these horrific attacks on our peace and way of life…Being 51 years old, I’ve been through some nasty episodes in my lifetime…I know that if I’m going to feel safe again, I’m the one who’s going to have to take the steps to feel that way."

“We have never been braver. We’ve never been stronger.”

-Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani

“I was in a wheelchair, on the 46^th floor. Two of my coworkers carried me down, through all the heat in the stairwell. I kept telling them to go on ahead, but they wouldn’t leave me behind.”

-Survivor from Tower 2, 9/12/2001

“I was thinking we were doomed because there was so many people on the stairs and it wasn’t moving. Dozens and dozens of firefighters were running past us, telling us to stay calm and keep moving. I remember looking into their eyes, thinking how brave they were.”

-A worker from the 83^rd floor of the

 World Trade Center Tower 2

“I will never look at a firefighter the same way again. What compels them, hundreds of them, to run into a burning building while everyone else is running out, just to save people they don’t even know? Their bravery has become part of our collective national legacy. The bravery dignifies us all.”

-The Reverend Bill Hybels,

Willow Creek Community Church,

South Barrington, Illinois

“It is time to hug your neighbor and embrace your nation.”

-Bob Hope

“I say to our enemies, ‘We are coming. God may show you mercy. We will not’.”

-John McCain, Arizona Sen.

“I never thought I’d see the World Trade Center pass by me in a dump truck.”

-Craig Chester, a volunteer rescue worker

“Dear America, You supported us in two world wars. We stand with you now.”

-Rob Anderson

“I’m Arab, but if the Arabs did it, then I’m ashamed. But if some Arabs did it, you can’t say all Arabs are bad.”

-Hanah Nehmeh

“The ultimate determinant in the struggle that’s now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets, but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, and the ideals to which we are dedicated. You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, ‘There is a price we will not pay.’ There is a point beyond which they must not advance. This is the meaning of the phrase ‘peace through strength’.”

-Ronald Reagan, President of the United States 1981-1989

“We’re mad. We were assaulted. But our spirit wasn’t assaulted. And our fighting spirit wasn’t assaulted. You don’t attack America like this and get away with it.”

-Colin Powell, Secretary of State

‘I WILL NOT RELENT’

Holding the shield of George Howard, a hero cop, Bush vowed to crush terrorism…

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.”

-William Shakespeare