Does 9/11 still get to you?

[ACR]

Such a tragedy, my heart is broken since that day ...

 

 

nope

[Raavi]

Well partially on account of 9/11 and a wonderful man called Alan Greenspan- we're now in a financial crisis. So yes, it still gets to me.

[LibertyKing]

It still gets to me, even if I was two years old at the time. I watched the original movie of 9/11, seen some news reports... from Quebec. And, as always, the anchorman said "Fortunately, no people from Quebec died.", like they will do after for the Boston Bombings. These guys are always happy when no local died. So what? I mean, there are still thousands of people who died. Who cares if they're not from here? They were still killed. IMO, most people here are selfish. Or just freaking racist. They talked about 9/11 for what, 3 days. But there was a shooting at a daycare in Quebec, 2-3 months ago, and they still talk about it.

 

All that to say that here, the media doesn't care at all if some people died in another country, or even other province.

[Node]

It still affects me, everytime I see the event unfold I feel saddened.

 

Just the other day I watched "Man on wire" (Decent documentary, I recommend it) Then I remembered, the buildings aren't there now.

The Tightrope walker "Phillipe", Signed a beam on the top of the towers, Viewing that picture with him next to the beam saddened me even more.

 

Plus, I'm extremely interested in aviation and it's incidents (Kinda like people are with Trains and their models).

I must have watched 3/4 of "Air crash investigation/Mayday" seasons 1 - 10.

[Fireman]

It seriously surprises me that people remember where they were or what they were doing.

 

I can't even remember what year it was in. I only know the date because everyone calls it 9/11.

[H. León]

So the internet trolls that like to poke fun at 9/11 are actually just using the stupid jokes as a coping mechanism because they're so emotionally broken by the whole thing?

 

Sorry, I don't buy it.

I'll just tell you and finn4life that sometimes it's easier to laugh than to cry.

[LittleBlueTroll]

When i watch videos on Youtube i find it hard to not feel emotion. Just watching people willingly jump from the top floors, just imagine how bad the conditions were inside the building if jumping from that high was a better alternative. Just imagining being in there that day should be enough to scare the sh*t out of anyone.

 

Has anyone ever seen the video, when the police operator is on the phone to a guy trapped on the upper levels when the whole building collapses? It's harrowing.

 

The video is here, for those interested.

 

 

[Moonshield]

It seriously surprises me that people remember where they were or what they were doing.

 

I can't even remember what year it was in. I only know the date because everyone calls it 9/11.

Really? Talk to people in their 50s and older, they'll tell you where they were during the moon landing, and when Kennedy was shot, etc. People remember iconic sh*t that was covered all over by the radio/tv news media.

 

That said, it was really surreal watching it, but all I could think about is my family and friends that lived in Manhattan - all of whom ended up being safe (though my aunt works a couple of blocks away from ground zero).

[Gray Wolf]

 

A lil bit. But the main traumatization is gone now. But what DOES get to me is when people make fun of the situation. Mainly it's lil kids who weren't even born or was too little to remember what happened that day. No respect this generation I tell you.

Or maybe traumatized people who want to cover up by mocking the incident.

No.

 

9/11 was such an extraordinary event, it's still pretty shocking to see the images and footage of that day. Planes going into buildings, people jumping to their deaths, iconic buildings collapsing. I don't think you ever get used to that.

It was a truly disastrous event that made the day stand still, but it's no good weeping over what happened, sure many families were broken apart due to the loss of their loved ones but it's better to move on and continue with life rather than continue the torment

 

"If you don't laugh you cry" it's one of the things i stick by and is partially true

 

Of course you should always remember those that was lost on that day but moving on is something that everyone must do

 

Terrorists do this to break us like they intended to do with the Woolwich murder, every time we weep about the disaster it makes what they done more worth while, so no disrespect but we must get over it and continue with life, move on and remember those that was lost

[Vercetti42]

 

I'm still pissed that they didn't show The Simpsons on TV for weeks because they couldn't stop running news about it.

What's more important? A stupid TV show series or one of the worst disasters to have struck humanity?

 

Well it's really sad to see the videos I was just a year old at that time, it's just really sad. Especially when a similar tragedy called 26/11 struck in the same month in 2008 here in India. It went on for 3 days a terror attack in 3-4 different places, what a relief it was when it all ended, but I know that 9/11 was much worse. Here is a video of 26/11 if any one is interested:

 

 

[sivispacem]

Don't talk to me about Mumbai. I spent 36 hours locked in our crisis response room which was locked down whenever an SOS got triggered at my old work. There's only so long you can sleep on glass desks and only so much pizza you can eat before you just want the whole thing to end. We got some great publicity out of it in the end as the guy on our service was keeping the Beeb notified via us. We ended up on the 10 o'clock news.

[GrandMaster Smith]

I can't believe how long it's been.. I remember being in 4th grade when it all happened, at the time I thought it was just some Cessna style passenger plane that crashed into some building until I saw the actual news.

 

I stayed in New York not too long ago, about a block away from where it all happened. After I returned home I watched footage of people's own recordings of the events and it's horrifying to imagine going through something like that in such a populated city. It must've been absolute chaos and so surreal to them all.

 

 

It'll still get to me watching videos of it, I mean just imagining 3,000 people losing their lives over the matter of a few hours is horrible. The worst part about it is how we as a country linger this attack like no other.. I could still feel the resonance of the attack when I visited New York even over a decade after the attacks, it almost feels like the terrorists won. I have less rights as an American citizen now than I did before the attacks.. we let the attacks cripple us horribly.

[sivispacem]

GMS, I know we don't always see eye to eye but that was very poignant and extremely well put.

[GTASAddict]

On 9/11/2001, I was 8 years old, in the 3rd grade; I walked into class, noticed the television on (not having a clue what was happening or if it was even real) and thought: "Yippee, movie day", then "boo, this is boring". So, so disheartening.

[FAH-Q]

Yes, especially when you know people who lost their lives that day.

[Kalvin]

Well, not really.. I have no point as to feel saddened by it.

I also kind of, celebrate it in a way.. as it's my birthday (9/11), people always ask if I'm joking when I say my birthday's on 11th of september, but I never am.. on 9/11/2001, I was turning 1

[Sgt. Foley]

There's a girl in my school who's birthday is also on September 11th.

 

Anyway, it doesn't really sadden me, but I like to remember the heroes who passed on that day.

[K20]

Was in college, all i heard was a plane crashed in USA. didn't see it as a big deal. until i got home and saw the news, and how big of a deal it really was.

 

there was drama/documentary that came out after a few years called Path to 9/11. best documentary i seen. anyone seen it?

 

a part of me still believe that this was indeed a demolition job.

[sivispacem]

part of me still believe that this was indeed a demolition job.

Thankfully support for this view has waned dramatically, primarily due to the fact it is mathematically, logistically and physically impossible.

[Wolf of Badenoch]

 

When i watch videos on Youtube i find it hard to not feel emotion. Just watching people willingly jump from the top floors, just imagine how bad the conditions were inside the building if jumping from that high was a better alternative. Just imagining being in there that day should be enough to scare the sh*t out of anyone.

 

Has anyone ever seen the video, when the police operator is on the phone to a guy trapped on the upper levels when the whole building collapses? It's harrowing.

 

The video is here, for those interested.

 

 

That call is one of the most harrowing and haunting things I've ever heard. But it was from the South Tower, not the North.

I was only 6 when it happened and I was too young to remember it. But reading up about it later in life made me realise how damaging it was. Also the fact that we lost so many lives along with two of the greatest buildings ever made me realize, even at the age of 11, that life is too short and we can't waste it grieving and move on with our lives.

Edited June 7, 2013 by Valenta

[ExtremoMania]

I was only 5 years old back then when the WTC terror bombing flash out of the TV. That day was also my birthday and were celebrating it at the same time. Back then I watch the horror of the people who died in that terrorist event and was shocked even to see the aircraft on collision towards the two towers. Years later and I wasn't bothered about that, but that day sure really leaves a mark on the world actually.

 

I don't even know why some of you believe it's all of conspiracy about this, even that damn Osama Bin Laden claimed his participation of the bombing.

[Danz.]

No. I hardly hear about it nowadays.

 

However it still seems to affect many american citizens. And that's understandable, since it was a big tragedy back then.

[Chris Fromage]

No, It's not that I don't care about it. It's just that horrible things happen everyday...

[Hip Hop]

I don't care about 9/11.

I don't care about America.

I don't care about the people who died.

I don't care about the people that did it.

 

The Government is corrupt. It was planned. Even if it wasn't, we went to war for reasons other than bomb scares.

 

Things happen all over the world. Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate frequently upload beheading videos of rival gangs. People are starving all over the world, living in absolute squalor. People bitch about the most minor of things, and in other parts of the planet, children are being forced to walk miles per day to acquire safe drinking water. For every 1 terrorist that is killed, 50 innocent lives are taken also. There is so much suffering in this world, I don't even care anymore, I just observe.

 

I actually get excited when terrible things happen. The Boston bombing fascinated me. The stabbing in London was a despicable act, but it damn well opened people's eyes; if only for a brief time. The other day I saw a video of a woman being beheaded, for the killer to then repeatedly stamp on her face, twisting her neck and literally ripping her head from the ligaments attaching it together. It was a retaliation murder for a rival Mexican gang.

 

You see things like that, and nothing matters anymore. Maybe everything does. Maybe it's out of our control. It's a shame the average person is blind to these things.

 

I'm tired.

[Vercetti42]

I don't care about 9/11.

I don't care about America.

I don't care about the people who died.

I don't care about the people that did it.

 

The Government is corrupt. It was planned. Even if it wasn't, we went to war for reasons other than bomb scares.

 

Things happen all over the world. Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate frequently upload beheading videos of rival gangs. People are starving all over the world, living in absolute squalor. People bitch about the most minor of things, and in other parts of the planet, children are being forced to walk miles per day to acquire safe drinking water. For every 1 terrorist that is killed, 50 innocent lives are taken also. There is so much suffering in this world, I don't even care anymore, I just observe.

 

I actually get excited when terrible things happen. The Boston bombing fascinated me. The stabbing in London was a despicable act, but it damn well opened people's eyes; if only for a brief time. The other day I saw a video of a woman being beheaded, for the killer to then repeatedly stamp on her face, twisting her neck and literally ripping her head from the ligaments attaching it together. It was a retaliation murder for a rival Mexican gang.

 

You see things like that, and nothing matters anymore. Maybe everything does. Maybe it's out of our control. It's a shame the average person is blind to these things.

 

I'm tired.

Are you serious? You don't have a heart do you or are you just trolling for attention whatever the reason please get out of this topic.

[sivispacem]

 

I'm tired.

Don't worry, when you crawl your way out of your mid-teens, learn the ways of the world, and stop getting caught masturbating by your parents, you might learn some compassion, or to see the bigger picture. Sounds like a fair few years to go for you, though.

 

Doing your own washing might be a good first step on the journey to adulthood, by the way.

[Typhus]

I still remember reading about how the Palestinians were dancing in the streets after it happened.

[Vercetti42]

I'll expand my post a bit:

 

 

I don't care about 9/11.

I don't care about America.

I don't care about the people who died.

I don't care about the people that did it.

 

 

I don't care about you.

I don't care about whatever you say.

I don't care about what you do.

I don't care about if you get banned.

 

 

The Government is corrupt. It was planned. Even if it wasn't, we went to war for reasons other than bomb scares.

 

It was planned to kill more than a 100 people and destroy what was once the worlds most tallest building? You're saying the Government are having a laugh with the terrorists saying "Hey why don't you go kill some people and destroy the WTC?" you know how retarded that sounds?

 

 

Things happen all over the world. Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate frequently upload beheading videos of rival gangs. People are starving all over the world, living in absolute squalor. People bitch about the most minor of things, and in other parts of the planet, children are being forced to walk miles per day to acquire safe drinking water. For every 1 terrorist that is killed, 50 innocent lives are taken also. There is so much suffering in this world, I don't even care anymore, I just observe.

 

Do you know the only people who laugh at these kind of stuff are terrorists? You just proved yourself one.

 

 

You see things like that, and nothing matters anymore. Maybe everything does. Maybe it's out of our control. It's a shame the average person is blind to these things.

 

And it's such a shame that your brain is so narrow minded and you don't have a heart for these things.

 

 

I'm tired.

 

 

I hope you have a horrible dream that will being you back to your senses.

[Triple Vacuum Seal]

I'm tired.

Don't worry, when you crawl your way out of your mid-teens, learn the ways of the world, and stop getting caught masturbating by your parents, you might learn some compassion, or to see the bigger picture. Sounds like a fair few years to go for you, though.

 

Doing your own washing might be a good first step on the journey to adulthood, by the way.

If that doesn't do it, then having kids will. I know people who say they were always too young to get shook by tragedies while being too old to get shook at the same time until they had kids.

[Tyler]

GMS said it well. I'm surprised by the the event even to this day, and the implications of what happened next were even more nonsensical. We stand in stale war where our own men are killing themselves in higher numbers than being killed by the enemy. People continue to complain about the loss of privacy and rights while doing nothing. 9/11 wasn't the root of it all, but it did open a new chapter of American history and, being as young as I am, the first real generation that I remember in full. It's weird.