[MRCA] [Milsurplus] Rembering 9/11, 25 years later
B. Smith
smithab11 at comcast.net
Fri Sep 11 16:40:18 EDT 2026
All of aviation was grounded, even short hops in the pattern for a
maintenance test flight. If by chance you took off from a uncontrolled
field and did not check NOTAMs you were screwed.
Z
On 9/11/2026 1:12 PM, Scott Pastor via MRCA wrote:
> It was the second or third week of Fall semester of my freshman year
> at Michigan State University. I had signed up for Army ROTC as an
> elective because I had always been interested in a career in the
> military. By the end of the school year our ROTC class looked very
> different than it did on that day. Somehow, many of the cadets with
> four-year scholarships that morning found other ways to finance their
> higher education, and those of us who remained knew exactly why we
> were still there, and that we had a job to do.
>
> 73, Never Forget,
>
> Scott Pastor, kc8kbk
> Major, U.S. Army (retired)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM KD2GIY via MRCA
> <mrca at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> Gene,
> Thank you for that story, it's good to see our hobby was able to
> help that woman.
>
> I myself reflect on this day in a thankful way.
> I'm thankful I'm still alive because on that day I was in the
> world trade center. Specifically the PATH train in the basement. I
> would take the PATH train from journal square then walk through
> the mall in the trade center then a few blocks to South ferry to
> go back to Staten Island.
>
> Never again, never should have happened.
>
>
> Best regards
> Dave
> KD2GIY
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 12:18 PM Gene Smar via MRCA
> <mrca at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> Twenty-five years ago, I was working from home when my wife
> called me from her work as a nurse at the local hospital. She
> asked if I were watching TV. I said no. She said turn on the
> TV and hung up.
>
> I saw the smoking North Tower. Minutes later the second plane
> hit the South Tower. I turned on my HF radio to monitor for
> any emcomm nets.
>
> In early afternoon I heard a call on 40M from a W2 Ham asking
> if anyone could place a phone call to Rockville, MD, my home
> QTH. I answered and offered to make the call. The message was
> from a woman in NJ whose fiance lived in Rockville but worked
> in the Pentagon. She'd been trying to reach him at work and
> home all morning, but could not get through - "fast busy"
> signal from the jammed telephone circuits between NYC and WDC
> areas. She wanted to know if he was ok.
>
> I dialed his home number and, after a couple of rings, he
> answered. I explained that I was a Ham radio operator and had
> a message from his fiance. He told me he was OK. He didn't go
> into work that day. He asked me to pass along to his fiance
> that he was safe at home, that he would call her that evening
> if he could, and that he loved her.
>
> I hung up the phone and called the W2 on 40. He responded and
> I told him I spoke with the fiance and passed along his
> message. He told me he'd contact the woman with this
> reassuring news.
>
> A couple hours later, while I was still listening to 40, the
> W2 Ham called me again. He said the woman was relieved with
> the news from her fiance and was grateful for our help in
> contacting him.
>
> May the victims all rest in peace.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
> Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 11:06 AM, n2lxm--- via Milsurplus
> <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> I was a volunteer for the local Red Cross Chapter in
> Central New Jersey on 9 / 11. I got the call to get to the
> chapter and load up. We were needed in the Atlantic
> Highland’s. We spent hours getting people off of boats and
> onto buses. I could see the smoke across the bay. The look
> on the people’s faces is something I will never forget.
> May All that were lost that Day Rest in Peace. And Bless
> All those who responded to the Call,
>
>
>
> N2LXM
>
> American
>
> Patriot
> Proud Father of Two
> U.S. Marines
>
> Semper Fy
>
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