9-11-01: Six years later

Hello everyone. Although it has been a month since I’ve blogged on here, I need to do something about 9-11.

As I’m sure you all know, six years ago today, terriorists got their way, and hit our soft spot. And unfortunately, people, lots of people, lost their lives from it.

Windjue came the intercom this morning and had us have a moment of silence. He also mentioned that it had been six years. That got me thinking: What was that day like six years ago?

In reality, I remember it quite well. I was in the sixth grade. That Tuesday morning I strolled into Detroit Lakes Middle School. Ironically enough, it was picture day. I first went to my locker, and made sure I had my picture packet. I did, and stuffed it into my binder. I walked across the hall to where my homeroom was. I walked in, and Ms. Bartel had CNN on. Everyone else in the room was watching attentively. I looked up at the screen, and sure enough, fire and flames emerged from the Trade Towers. At first I thought,”Why would a plane fly into a tower like that?”. Then CNN showed the title overlay at the bottom. Sure enough, the word “Terriorist” appeared, and everything made sense, kinda.

We discussed it all day. At lunch, on the bus even in class. Every class I went to that day had the TV on. From Mrs. Fankhannel’s FACS class to Mrs. Mickelson’s English class. In fact, she even spent the whole 45 min class period discussing what happened.

At home, my Mom had Fox News on. We all did different things that afternoon, but when the President was on, everyone gathered around and watched intently.

So why am I telling you this? It just goes to show (1.) the amount of things we remember on a day like that- every last detail. And (2.) how much an event like this affects us. Six years later we still look back at that day’s events- every last detail.

Anyway, take time today to remember the fallen of September 11th, 2001. Okay, I’m done- time for bed.

- Jake

Man Makes Wrong Turn, Finds His Stolen Car

Talk about hilarious. I guess people in the Twin Cities are just that lucky.

A wrong turn during the morning commute had an unexpected bonus for a Mendota Heights man.

Dane McKenzie says he couldn’t believe it when he got lost taking the back roads to his Minneapolis job on Monday, only to find his 2006 Chrysler Sebring — two days after it was stolen from his driveway.

McKenzie says he was trying to avoid congestion on Interstate 94 yesterday morning when he made a wrong turn on Larepenteur Avenue. He then saw a familiar looking Sebring parked in a strip mall.

After confirming by license plate that the car was his, he phoned police and parked nearby. A man came out of the mall and drove the car away, and McKenzie followed him to a Maplewood apartment building.

Police arrested the driver of the vehicle on site.

Did I mention that’s why I never want to live in a big city? Or maybe that’s why you drive an old car.

 Man Makes Wrong Turn, Finds His Stolen Car [wcco.com - Digg It]

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Scared Shitless: I-35W Bridge falls into Mississippi

As you may have heard, a tragedy occurred yesterday in the Twin Cities. The I-35W Bridge collapsed.

The entire span of an interstate bridge suddenly broke into sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening bumper-to-bumper traffic Wednesday, sending vehicles, concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water.

Hometown newspaper The Star-Tribune reported that nine people had been confirmed dead. The Associated Press put the number at seven so far. Authorities said the death toll was expected to climb.

Asked about the possibility of finding more survivors, Fire Chief Jim Clack said, “The likelihood is fairly slim.”

“This will be a very tragic night when this is over,” Mayor R.T. Rybak said.

Another news source has said the bridge was inspected by MNDOT (MN Dept. Of Transportation) in 2006 - the report showed hairline cracks in the understructure.

My Dad is in Minneapolis right now. He’s okay (in fact, he was no where near the bridge), but, none-the-less, it scared me shitless. Please Pray for the victims and their families today.

9 thought dead as Minneapolis bridge collapses [MSNBC]