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Little Known Story of 9-11

This is a little-known story from the Pentagon on 09/11/2001:

During a visit with a fellow chaplain, who happened to be assigned to the Pentagon, I had a chance to hear a first-hand account of an incident that happened right after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon..

The chaplain told me what happened at a daycare center near where the impact occurred.

This daycare had many children, including infants who were in heavy cribs. The daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they needed to evacuate, was in a panic over what they could do. There were many children, mostly toddlers, as well as the infants that would need to be taken out with the cribs. There was no time to try to bundle them into carriers and strollers.

Just then a young Marine came running into the center and asked what they needed. After hearing what the center director was trying to do, he ran back out into the hallway and disappeared. The director thought, 'Well, here we are, on our own.' About 2 minutes later, that Marine returned with 40 other Marines in tow. Each of them grabbed a crib with a child, and the rest started gathering up toddlers. The director and her staff then helped them take all the children out of the center and down toward the park near the Potomac and the Pentagon.

Once they got about 3/4 of a mile outside the building, the Marines stopped in the park and then did a fabulous thing - they formed a circle with the cribs, which were quite sturdy and heavy, like the covered wagons in the Old West. Inside this circle of cribs, they put the toddlers, to keep them from wandering off. Outside this circle were the 40 Marines, forming a perimeter around the children and waiting for instructions. There they remained until the parents could be notified and come get their children.

The chaplain then said, "I don't think any of us saw nor heard of this on any of the news stories of the day. It was an incredible story of our men there. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. The thought of those Marines and what they did and how fast they reacted; could we expect any less from them? It was one of the most touching stories from the Pentagon." Remember Ronald Reagan's great compliment: "Most of us wonder if our lives made any difference. Marines don't have that problem."

God Bless the USA, our troops and you.

If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the military, please pass this on and pray for our men and women who have served and are currently serving our country and pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

Pass this on to all your friends!!!

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marknfran

Thank you! I have passed it on.

MTS

Sorry. It's false.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/glurge/daycare.asp

amyjo

that's too bad. it sure made for a nice story. But the best was when the colonel went with his son to daycare and his cubicle was a direct hit and they thought he was dead along with the rest of the personnel in his office.

blueangel

Why do these stories get started if they are false,

sewwhat85

i dont know if it is true or not but i wonder why people believe snopes.com more than the other story. Who made then the authority over all the stories on the internet. I guess it is just whoever you want to believe there is no way to really know

qbquilts

Maybe because they reference credible sources that either refute or confirm the various stories on the internet?

Sienna's GiGi

I love marines!

countrycottage

How wonderful!

MTS

Or common sense.

Or it's all a conspiracy.
We're actually all just little pieces in a huge game of "Land of the Giants."

We're all actually in a shoe box and some 7-year old girl is jerking our collective chains.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I LOVED that show.