Your Memories of September 11th 2001

ANGRYWOLF said:
I worked second shift.I was at home asleep that morning when the phone rang.One of my coworkers called and told me to turn on the tv.I did and watched the second plane hit the second tower.She said don't come to work.They're closing us down for the rest of the day.
So I sat there and watched the news all day.

shrugs.

The person that said chickens were coming home to roost was insulting.I don't believe he intended to be insulting but he was to all Americans.
There was no justification for what bin Laden did and if you asked most Muslims , even those who dislike the US, they would probably say, if they were being honest, that the attack was counterproductive.It certainly didn't help their cause what ever that cause might be.Whether it was the US support for Israel or US bases in Muslim countries, or the first gulf war or whatever. Bin Laden failed to destroy the USA, Israel still exists, the US still has bases in some Muslim countries, hundreds of thousands of people died who would still be alive if there hadn't been a 9-11, bin Laden is dead and he achieved nothing positive for Muslims.

The person who made the chicken comments was 11 when it happened.He said he didn't understand then and it's obvious he still doesn't understand now.

shrugs.
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I agree with everything said. As an American, I think the chicken comment was insensitive but what can we do? He's trying to debate when this thread isn't for that. Best advise is to just not comment on it.



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I cannot recall that day without sounding "over dramatic" so I'd rather not go into details. All I'll say is that, that day I learned what death and war was like. I now knew what it felt like to fear for others and know that this was an end for them. I was only 10 and I had seen some malicious attack planned on innocent people, people that had no part in any war. It wasn't an army base full of people who know what threat they face. These were people that got up one September morning to go to work... they never did anything to anyone, especially to these terrorist. And before I get lectured, I don't support the causalities of Iraqi/Afghan innocents killed either. It doesn't change the fact that that day, a terrorist group targeted normal day-to-day people, that did nothing more than go to work and live their lives.

All muslims are not to blame for 9/11. They didn't physically do it. The book of their religion, however, is to be blamed. I am not getting into a debate about Islam or Islam VS any other religion, either. That's not the point of this day.


And our God might have been absent that day but I can tell you with certainty that the idea of the Islamic God and it's beliefs was not. These extremists made it very very clear to us that their version of god was what inspired them and what was lingering over that atrocious day and its malicious events.


I can only hope that all the victims' families and friends can somehow find a moment of peace through the hell of knowing that their loved ones were taken from them by a bunch of cowardice damned murderers.
 
this was my best friend's 13th birthday. we went to the cinema that night, but i can't remember what it was we saw since its been 10 years. i think it might have been signs, but i could easily be wrong. :hmmm: my friend also had a sleepover.
 
I honestly don't remember when I heard the news, where I was and how I responded to it. I was about 8 at the time, and understandably unless something very personal happened to me, I don't have that many memories of my earlier childhood days. For some reason I do recall seeing the image of what became known as The Falling Man, and that was just a horrific image that I can still recall to this very day without ever having to look at it again. That image alone haunted me a lot more than seeing the World Trade Center itself in flames, and it still does. I guess it's the implication that this person, who resorted to actually jumping to his death, is essentially an unknown victim - just an ordinary individual and could have been anyone - just one of many victims of that day. Looking at that as a kid, I could only think of the horrific prospect that if somewhere as seemingly safe as New York City in the States could be attacked, then as it seemed, nowhere was safe.
 
I was in the fourth grade, doing some work. And all the teachers were talking to themselves, trying to keep it quiet. But I was a smart kid, I knew something was up. Kids kept being picked up early, and when I got home myself my mother was crying.

It was all the worse for me, living in New York. Everyone was terrified, and it is STILL a tragedy.
 
I was 11. Just started year 7 and I remember them calling an assembly to discuss what happened. I was indifferent to it back then, I didn't really care enough to understand any of the long term implications and it didn't particularly shock me seeing as I knew at the time of some of the more gruesome events in American history like the battle of Mogadishu and the Vietnam war. I knew of Islamic fundamentalism too so I didn't really understand the shock other people felt over it. I do now though obviously.

And honestly, what's with the declarations God was absent? lulz.
 
Muslim extremists have done it and they dont represent the whole muslim community.. About God and its absence well He has always been absent..believers should believe this happened for a higher purpose...

Anyways it happened on my mother's birthday and when we heard about it we immediately switched on the tv.. We watched it all on tv and I knew my mother's birthday would never be the same. 14 I was but still remember the footage...people jumping out the tower was terrible to see..

I cant hate certain races for I dont like humankind overall..I see it from a bigger perspective and outside the box...humans are selfish, destructive, hypocrites etc no matter what the race..its what humans are ..

Wait till our natural sources are depleted in 50 years and other sources become scarce. you'll see humans true nature and colours.
 
I think between Sept 11 2001 and August 29 2005, I was never the same. Two major anniversaries kinda close together. For me, the last decade really has been a hell of a learning curve that really kicked itself off from this day. It's hard because over the last 10 years there's also been a lot of personal affliction during this time as well especially from August-October. The hard part is dealing with the reminders.

From what I remember as an 11 year kid was, I was home that day. School was canceled that day and the day after. I woke up and my folks had it turned on to CNN and I just sat and watched the whole event take place, not really knowing what to think or what sort of outcome we would expect. It was scary because at the time the city where I lived in Ohio had a big Air Force Base. I remember on the day of the attacks and for a while after the attacks happened, the base had all their planes flying everywhere. The F-16s, F-18s, F-117 jets were constantly flying around the city, along with the Apache and Chinook helicopters. The big bomber planes were also flying out. It sounded like a war was getting ready to take place and I was nervous that day because I wasn't sure if something was gonna happen to the city or the base. Then when the newspapers starting printing out about headlines such as "Acts of War" "War On Terror" then I got really nervous because I had never experienced what it was like to live in a war era.

That day really changed a lot from all the loss and everything. Unfortunately politics went far down hill in the months and years after Sept 11 and began to push an agenda to a corruptive level never seen before in this country. The very words by Bush uttered in Nov 2001: "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists" really set the tone of the era and the administration. Essentially if you did not agree with their direction, even if it may seem irrational, you were deemed a terrorist, which was a scary feeling. What kind of a direction as a country were we heading into? The Bush Administration had chose to thrive on fear rather than be of comfort during such a fragile time, which was very psychological. It almost felt like in some way history was repeating itself and as I got older, I found out... it kinda did.

It's bizarre looking back through all my newspapers I saved from Sept 11 and after. Looking at all the chaos and reflecting where things are at today. Are things better now? Or is it more chaotic than ever?
 
I can't remember much. I think that I was 9 ? We were all meant to go on a school trip that day, and getting up early that day and watching Television. I didn't understand what was going on. My mum was really concerned, but I didn't really understand. The school trip wasn't canceled, and most other kids there didn't understand either.

Mum tried to explain to me what happened after the school trip, but I just... didn't. I didn't really know how much of a huge impact it was, and how much of a tragic event it was, until I was about a early teenager.

I think I was really worried when I was about ten, about 2002 ? I was really worried that those scary airplanes would come over here... kept on having nightmares....
 
I was sick that day so I stayed home from school. I was annoyed that there was news coverage of it on every channel. At the time I wasn't moved by the event, I actually thought that that kind of thing was common.

Now that I'm older, 9/11 still doesn't really move me. I feel sympathy for the victims and their families though.

Cali said:
All muslims are not to blame for 9/11. They didn't physically do it. The book of their religion, however, is to be blamed.
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Technically the book didn't physically do it either.
 
SaShman said:
Technically the book didn't physically do it either.
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Yeah, the Muslim extremists were pretty much going against it. Their religion is against killing in any form.

The Dоctor;958483 said:
the islamic and christian gods are the same being, essentially.
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True, but don't go telling that to them :P
 
Wow... Reading through all the posts in here made me really remember that day.

I was 3 at the time. I had just woke up and went to the living room and Mom was sitting on the couch crying. She told me everything that happened and I sat and watched the news with her. We lived in Brooklyn NY at the time. We were so close to it, that I remember looking out the window and actually seeing the smoke from everything that was happening. I also remember wanting to watch cartoons. Those were literally the only channels not showing the news at the time.

The worst part was that my Dad worked only a few blocks away from those two buildings. I just wanted my Dad to come home that day. Luckily, he made it back okay.

It was a bad day. Years later, I'm realizing just how.... Crazy this whole thing was. I'll never forget that day.
 
I believe I was 7 years old, in school. I can't recall if it was a school day or not. 0.o

I do remember being home though with my family and my old man pops throwing conspiracy theories left and right watching a man named Alex... something :gonk: Infowars? I believe is what its called but Idunno for sure :hmmm:

I watched the event go down on the television... I just remember thinking about all the smoke and the destruction. I don't believe I formed an opinion about how horrible the event actually was, but it was a tragedy.
 
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