Guardians in the Sky

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 09/11/2017 at 10:02 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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One of the F-15s scrambled from Otis AFB on 9-11 now sits at a museum.

If you haven’t read the story of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of 9/11, you should.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:15

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Wow. What a shitty day (obvious thing is obvious) but what else can you say?

Chariotoflove > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:16

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I didn’t start out today being choked up, but now I am.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:19

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Damn.

McMike > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:44

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*Hollywood leans in to Maverick*

“ Gutsiest PIT maneuver move I ever saw ...”

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:45

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As we were putting on our flight gear … Sass looked at me and said, ‘I’ll ram the cockpit.’ And I had made the decision that I would take the tail off the aircraft,” Penney recalled.

Damn. There was a lot of heroism on that day.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 10:49

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Wow. “Let’s roll”, the call to action of the passengers of Flight 93, which could also be easily applied to these pilots (and so many more of our men & women in uniform) — willing to sacrifice their lives for the good of their fellows citizens — makes me so proud to be an American and gives me great hope for the future our our nation and our civilization as a whole.

WilliamsSW > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 11:07

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So, so many people were heroes that day - demonstrating the *best* of humanity in juxtaposition to the worst.

That’s part of what we need to remember today, too. Thanks—

William Byrd > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 11:55

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Oh man, I read/watch a lot about 9/11 every year being around DC, but have never read that. I also tear up a bunch each year on this day, this was my first. Amazing story.

Hammerdown > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 12:14

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Any more info on the F-15 in the top photo? Location?

Jcarr > Hammerdown 09/11/2017 at 12:17

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http://pacificcoastairmuseum.org/discover/exhibits/9-11-first-responder/

Hammerdown > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 12:20

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Thanks

Urambo Tauro > Jcarr 09/11/2017 at 20:42

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If you haven’t read the story of the would-be kamikaze F-16 pilots of 9/11, you should.

I hadn’t seen that before. Thanks for the link!