I was down in San Diego. My parents had died in July and August, and I remember thinking "Thank goodness they did not have to see this." I spent the whole day glued to the TV. Nothing has been the same since.
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I will never forget.
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i'm with you , bro ....
i remember thinking it was all some tragic accident ...then , the second plane hit .
i'll never forget...
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Everyone makes a big fuss about the 4500 or so US/Brit soldiers who have been killed (remember that these people CHOSE to fight) and glosses over the unknown number of Iraqi civilians (these people are innocents, who did not choose to fight) who have been killed as part of the war - some estimates are over 1,000,000.
The sad thing about this is that just like pearl harbor, in 50 or 60 years, people will forget the day this happened except in history books or the people who lived through it or remembers when it happened. Ask a friend or a stranger if they remember the day pearl harbor was attacked and if they remember the lives lost in that day. It is something i feel it is inevitable. I don't mean to sound hostile. My uncle was lucky enough to get out of the towers right when the planes hit and i was worried about him. So, RIP everyone who had died in the towers and hope this day is remembered as long as possible.
I remember being in 3rd grade at the time, and all of a sudden, the lady came over the loudspeaker, and said not to turn on any TVs, probably as not to cause any alarm, but they did anyway, because it made us wonder why the TV's couldnt be turned on, but our teacher tooks us all for a bathroom break, and when we were coming back, we saw parents, BY THE TENS, coming to get their kids, and crying. I didn't find out what really happened until I got home. It was SOOO terrible. Flight 93 actually flew right over my school that day in West Middlesex, PA, which is about 56 miles north of Pittsburgh, because, we were outside at recess, and I vaguely remember seeing a plane fly over head, and it was flying LOW, an dI mean, LOW, and then, later, it donned on me that that HAD to be Flight 93, because I checked the flight path, and it did indeed go right over my area.
Also; you guys don't understand that these people ****ing CELEBRATED the fact that they destroyed they killed thousands.
Here's a news broadcast. Now they're innocent.
I'm not fan of war; but I think some things were needed.
Here's a news broadcast. Now they're innocent.
I'm not fan of war; but I think some things were needed.
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If you think 9/11/2001 was bad, imagine living in a country that got bombed to the extent that Iraq has or even Afghanistan has. Imagine how those people must feel, tens of thousands dead, bombs dropping every day, not just one day, but every day. How many remembrance days should they "celebrate"? Every day? Imagine a place where just about everyone there has lost some relative or friend as a result of the war. Keep in mind these people experience this directly, not watching it on TV.
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Bombs are not dropping every day in either country. In fact, they didn't drop for long at all - there is no air campaign going on in either country. Any bombs going off in either place are being set off by residents, not Coalition forces.
I remember I was late to work that day. Stationed in Missouri. I walked in looking for the first wise crack only to see that everyone had gathered in front of the floor model TV in our lounge, silent. I wanted to ask, but just observed in shock. It was at that moment that I looked down at my uniform as the truth of that moment sat it and said, "Well whatever happens, it was I that raised my hand". Lets do it.
that was one mixed emotion day for me. my daughter was born the day before. I was at the hospital with her when I heard about it and turned on the news. I also work for an airline and our hub is Newark, I thought for sure it was a couple of our planes that hit.
Explain.
There seems to be a minority of the population that deals better with pain by ignoring the memories, rather than talking and thinking about them. I think I may be one of those people. Having said that, we shouldn't forget 9/11.
I moved down here from NY ~18 months before 9/11. I worked around the corner from WTC.
Lets just say I have VERY vivid memories of what transpired that day. Unless a person was here, I don't think they could truly understand. I was able to smell burning smoke weeks after it happened. Fighter jets woke me up in the middle of the night flying over my house (I didn't know if we were getting hit again or not those things are so loud) Not being able to contact family or friends was horrific. It was complete chaos. Nobody knew what was going on let alone what to do. I knew a couple of people who perished that day and I will always remember THEM. Don't get me wrong if people want to memorialize that day and it helps them grieve so be it. I don't need to open up old wounds and relive that day on a yearly basis. Just my opinion.
Let me also say this as Ive never heard ANYONE take it from this angle.
As much as we are angry at the terrorists and their like for the tragedy of today which began the global war on terrorism (and rightfully so), do you ever stop to think about the fact that the hijackers all had IDs, pilot licenses, and many other materials gained illegally and from people. Think about that the next time you sell or obtain a fake ID or are too lazy to check the credentials of ppl to make sure they are legit at your job/store/etc. Your ppl in uniform should be a last resort, not a first one. Stand up and be a proud citizen of where ever you are. We've come to rely too much on authoritative ppl to police up around us instead of being apart of the standard and contributing in keeping each other safe.
As much as we are angry at the terrorists and their like for the tragedy of today which began the global war on terrorism (and rightfully so), do you ever stop to think about the fact that the hijackers all had IDs, pilot licenses, and many other materials gained illegally and from people. Think about that the next time you sell or obtain a fake ID or are too lazy to check the credentials of ppl to make sure they are legit at your job/store/etc. Your ppl in uniform should be a last resort, not a first one. Stand up and be a proud citizen of where ever you are. We've come to rely too much on authoritative ppl to police up around us instead of being apart of the standard and contributing in keeping each other safe.
I was driving to work and we heard the news on NPR just as we pulled into the parking lot that an airplane hat hit one of the towers of the World Trade Center. Reports were unclear and several were inconsistent but they were saying that it was likely to have been a small airplane like a Cessna accidentally crashing into it.
Several of us turned on a radio inside our workplace and continued to listen to the news as we sometimes did. Then newsman said a second plane had just hit the other tower and my coworker immediately said "Well, that's obviously a terrorist attack. It sure as hell can't be anything else." We went into a supply closet and got out a tiny old black and white TV and all of us at work including the owner of the company watched the news for about 4 hours until the boss sent us home for the day.
I had to drive my daughter that night about a half an hour away to visit her mother and I remember the drive was surreal. There was almost no traffic on the roads and the afternoon sky was perfectly blue. This was odd because we live just west of Chicago and the sky is always filled with dozens of jets and other aircraft and contrails are always present along with the airplane noise. I remember I stopped my car by the side of the road and stared at the sky for about 5 minutes and there was no sound from airplanes or cars the entire time.
I remember thinking just as I got back into my car that the world had fundamentally changed in just one single day and there was going to be a new reality and I had no idea what that reality would look like but I imagined it would be something like the reality that took place in the years following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Several of us turned on a radio inside our workplace and continued to listen to the news as we sometimes did. Then newsman said a second plane had just hit the other tower and my coworker immediately said "Well, that's obviously a terrorist attack. It sure as hell can't be anything else." We went into a supply closet and got out a tiny old black and white TV and all of us at work including the owner of the company watched the news for about 4 hours until the boss sent us home for the day.
I had to drive my daughter that night about a half an hour away to visit her mother and I remember the drive was surreal. There was almost no traffic on the roads and the afternoon sky was perfectly blue. This was odd because we live just west of Chicago and the sky is always filled with dozens of jets and other aircraft and contrails are always present along with the airplane noise. I remember I stopped my car by the side of the road and stared at the sky for about 5 minutes and there was no sound from airplanes or cars the entire time.
I remember thinking just as I got back into my car that the world had fundamentally changed in just one single day and there was going to be a new reality and I had no idea what that reality would look like but I imagined it would be something like the reality that took place in the years following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
To those who compare the bombing that occurs in warfare where military targets are selected and civilian casualties are deliberately avoided to terrorist attacks that specifically target civilians, I say that these two things are not comparable in any way and concocting some kind of moral equivalence to the two is incomprehensible to me.
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