Sept 11th, 2009 thread

**fly351** · 09-12-09, 12:42 AM

I was in class, someone came to the door and told my instructor that the World Trade Center had been hit by an jet, so she turns the TV on and proceeds to try to teach english, the whole time not looking away from the TV. Within 5 minutes the 2nd plane hit... such a sight I will NEVER forget. It felt like the blood from my entire body had been drained...

**reject_wolf** · 09-12-09, 01:11 AM

I came home from school to eat lunch, and my dad's van was in the driveway. He rarely comes home from work for lunch so I knew something unusual had happened. I came inside to see CNN on and what had happened and my dad explained everything that had happened up to 11 am. I then cried knowing the magnitude of what had happened, regardless of my nationality (although I am only 6 km away from the boarder.) The rest of the day was very weird without knowing all the details we know now and what was going to happen next. I was in 7th grade at the time, but I felt like I was one of the only people in the school who understood how serious this was. I also remember people thinking that the GM Renaissance Center was going to be attacked next because of the extreme paranoia, regardless of the fact that all planes were grounded and the air space was heavily guarded.

**Xavsnipe** · 09-12-09, 01:18 AM

Hopefully you guys make an effort to remember this day, every day, not just on it's anniversary.

**fly351** · 09-12-09, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Hopefully you guys make an effort to remember this day, every day, not just on it's anniversary.

of course. maybe not ever day for me, but many many times between anniversary's I remember what happened...

**Red_Lizard2** · 09-12-09, 05:57 AM

I don't remember everything of that day but i do remember some of it (can't help that my memory is shit). Pretty much when i first woke up it was on the t.v. but in a tired dazed i thought it was just a story about a building collapsing or something (like those accidental ones they show sometimes) and went back to sleep for a bit. Wasn't til it was being talked about in my 6th grade class that i found out what happen.

As far as i recall the school day wasn't canceled or anything, and went along the same schedule. The one big thing is i guess the school ended up telling all the teachers at our school that no-one could turn on the t.v. at all that day.

I know my dad saved the Republic from the 12th, which would be something interesting to see sometime.

**CallousDisregard** · 09-12-09, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by fly351

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Hopefully you guys make an effort to remember this day, every day, not just on it's anniversary.

of course. maybe not ever day for me, but many many times between anniversary's I remember what happened...

Every time I come down the Bruckner and look over at the skyline I remember.
Yesterday, at 10:28am I was passing a firehouse on E Gun Hill Rd and I was the pumper start to pull out, so I stopped.
They didn't have the lights on so I started to go again and then I saw another firefighter come out to the curb, then 2 more then it looked like the whole house was coming out.
I looked down at realized what time it was and I just started bawling and had to pull over.
My family was incredibly lucky because out of about 10 relatives who either worked in or around the WTC or are firefighters or cops only my cousin lost his life.
It was his second day at his first post-college job.
Cantor Fitzgerald.

I did notice something yesterday during all the coverage that they kept saying 3000 Americans lost their life when really the WTC had people from all over the world working there, hence the name, so this tragedy struck many countries.
I would also ask that when you think of September 11, 2001 do not forget the Madrid bombing or the London bombing or the Bali bombing or any of the hundreds of attacks that have killed and maimed since that day.