I don't think you remember... - Page 3

DimHalo · 09-12-2003, 01:55 AM

It is NOT about remembering that day. It is about understanding consequences and learning to live afterwards. Many people lost their lives that day and many people gained an appreciation for what they have. But we also have to remember that things are still gonna go on. And currently there are other issues to think about. While I do feel that it is important for many people to stop and remember the victims and give some prayers. It is not necessary to call everything off. There are many other ways of handling it. That was not my father in one of those buildings and for that I am grateful, and for that I am truly sorry for people that did lose their families. But are you going to try to tell me that I am heartless and don't remember or think about it just because I went about my daily business today? I certainly hope not. My father is in Kuwait on his way to Iraq where soldiers are getting killed everyday because of Bush's stupid plan that is failing miserably. And that upsets me, but I haven't said anything about it until now. Maybe I should make a thread trying to start something with people because they don't spend enough time thinking about the guys dieing in Iraq...

mickydaniels · 09-12-2003, 09:36 AM

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It's still somewhat hard for me to believe that a 110 story building could come crashing down. I remember I was in school going from 2nd to 3rd hour when somebody said that one of the World Trade Centers had fallen down, and I flat out didnt believe it. I mean, I had seen the one World Trade Center burning on TV before I left for school that morning. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think it would fall down. A 110 story building dosent just fall down. Its absurd to think about. I didnt REALLY believe it until I saw it on TV in 4th hour...it was such a shock.

Same thing that I was thinking when I saw the buildings come down. I thought maybe it would burn uncontrollably, but never collapse. Watching it on live TV was just sickening.

Jewels · 09-12-2003, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

It's still somewhat hard for me to believe that a 110 story building could come crashing down. I remember I was in school going from 2nd to 3rd hour when somebody said that one of the World Trade Centers had fallen down, and I flat out didnt believe it. I mean, I had seen the one World Trade Center burning on TV before I left for school that morning. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think it would fall down. A 110 story building dosent just fall down. Its absurd to think about. I didnt REALLY believe it until I saw it on TV in 4th hour...it was such a shock.

i was in 12th grade, i saw the 2nd plane hit before i left for school, then during my first hour, the first tower fell, the teacher wouldnt even let us watch the t.v because i think she was afaid it might put some of us into shock, or scare us on what wil the nation do now, but it still kind of sucked i still would've like to watch it , it was sad.... i watched it later that night and realized... im glad the teacher didnt let us watch it, people were jumping to a pavemented grave, or they were burning inside alive

DeathsHand · 09-12-2003, 01:08 PM

I don't think I woke up until like 1PM that day or something...
I waltz downstairs and my dad is watching TV and I see the buildings burning (Of course, the buildings had already fallen) and I'm like "What the hell's that?" and he says "Probably terrorism. Those towers there aren't there anymore, they collapsed, they'll show it in a minute, they've been showing it over and over again. They hit the Pentagon too" And I said "That's crazy...".... and walked into the kitchen to get food...

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Hey at least my story is different from everyone's who was in school and saw it all happen live *shakes fist*

mickydaniels · 09-11-2008, 09:54 AM

Bumping this for the fact that it's the only thing on tv here today.

Looking back, jeepnut's kind of right about the day off, but I'm not forgetting that day.

Not that smell that came over Brooklyn that night and would greet me every time I entered lower Manhattan on my way to chemo treatments.

For me, there are still plenty of reminders all over this city.

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By the way, whatever happened to terror alert system? They used to be real popular back in the days, and I haven't heard of them for a while. I don't even think they still show them on the Fox News Channel.

Angrist · 09-11-2008, 10:12 AM

Aren't you an hour late?

So yeah, I still remember where I was and what I did.

Professor S · 09-11-2008, 10:49 AM

I think part of us wants to forget such a horrible moment in American history. And while I am not one to operate out of sorrow or fear, there is something to be said for recognition. 9/11 should be recognized as a significant and world changing event; a wake up call that speaks of the dangers of head-in-the-sand isolationism.

What angers me is when poeople want to twist recognition of a significant event into claims that we are all scared and/or hateful because of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. This is not the case. We, or at least most Americans I know, operate as students who learned well at the school of real life.

Here I remember friends lost with one that made it out alive.

GameMaster · 09-11-2008, 11:25 AM

I have no problem taking a moment or even a day of remembrance, but just thinking about all the hokey, cornball phrases that'll be tossed around on the news networks today makes me glad I'm at school and unable to watch TV.

The news networks will try to grab more viewership today by exploiting that tragic day 7 years ago. With 'special segments' dressed up like Hallmark cards coupled with generic piano accompaniments.

Since I'm in California, both attacks had already occurred by the time I was up and getting ready for school. New York and the nation at large were in complete shock and in a state of chaos. I stayed home from school that day to watch the coverage but also because we suspected more attacks might occur in other significant U.S. locations.

I think most work places and schools came to a stand-still that day. Either huddled around a radio or TV.

Its hard to believe its been 7 years. I'm curious to see how people born after 2001 are responding to today's anniversary. They'll never experience it the same way we do.

Professor S · 09-11-2008, 04:30 PM

Jason1 · 09-11-2008, 05:50 PM

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Also, maybe a dead president too!

in retrospect, maybe that wouldnt have been SUCH a bad thing...

Professor S · 09-11-2008, 06:14 PM

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in retrospect, maybe that wouldnt have been SUCH a bad thing...

Not at all, because then Dick Cheyney would be President. Your'e a Conservative after all!

TheGame · 09-11-2008, 08:58 PM

As much as I dislike bush, I wouldn't like to see someone from another country kill him. If someone were to do it, it needs to at least be an american

Jason1 · 09-11-2008, 11:08 PM

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Not at all, because then Dick Cheyney would be President. Your'e a Conservative after all!

Was he not in the White House that day? Damn.

Professor S · 09-11-2008, 11:14 PM

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Was he not in the White House that day? Damn.

Dick Cheyney spends his life suspended in a vat of life-giving gelatin 3 miles under Mt. Hood, his cerebellum wired directly into the world's spy satellites and military super computers. Once a year they pull him out so he can do Larry King Live

The Germanator · 09-12-2008, 12:11 AM

Ya know another tragedy we'll remember on 9/11 now? Sarah Palin's ABC interview. VP FAIL.