9/11

I was in my freshmen year at college. I was walking in the hall when I looked up at a TV showing the footage. I went to my classroom and the TV was on in their as well. Shortly then after I left college and went home. It felt surreal and I was fearful, but I did not panic.

 

It has nothing to do with just people dying.

 

PLease, Fbu, do explain what people are upset about if it's not the death?

 

The insecurity, the threat of war, the uneasiness in your own country, etc. There were a myriad of problems that conspired to rob us of our serenity. The death of three thousand innocent, while a big deal, is not the only reason people are upset. Even if you think 9/11 was a conspiracy, even if you think your own government used 9/11 as a means of control and even if you think the war in Iraq is just an extension of the NWO it is still a loss, it is still a tragedy and it is still distasteful to say that just because the government "might" have done it, in your mind, we shouldn't worry about the lives lost. Above all to pity the buildings over the ruined families is just distasteful.

 

And above all, the horrible sense of complete helplessness.

 

Nitrous, you severely misinterpret my words!

To think my country would plan an attack on yours!

 

I had my omniscience off. Obviously you had reason and sensibility turned off if you couldn't comprehend what I was saying after I mistook you for an American.

 

Australia!

I was in 4th grade when it happened. I remember waking up and turning on the TV to watch Pokemon and instead the news was on. I was disappointed in the no pokemon and had no idea what had really happened.

 

We can all agree that we will remember the day when lives were wasted.

I was round my cousin's house.

 

The first point stands true no matter what country you are in.

This is what I was getting at.

 

I live in Manhattan, so I actually saw the cloud of dust in the distance when the first tower fell. I was a little kid, so I didn't fully realize what happened until I saw a video of the towers falling on the news. R.I.P. everyone who died. =(

(P.S: I was the one who left the tag "achievement unlocked!" =P)

 

I don't really think a threat of war counts if it's you that starts it.

 

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Wow, that memorial looks fantastic. But, honestly, I wouldn't want a visual reminder of that size if I had been affected by it. Still, it least it is a beautiful memorial.

It was a terrible disaster, and I think we will always share our deepest sympathy for those who lost loved ones.

 

Regardless of bullshit government stances try and picture this. You're about 7-8 miles away from Manhattan. You suddenly hear an explosion, one like you really see in movies but this time it's reality. As a few minutes pass by it's on local news, and people are crowding in the streets trying to recover loved ones at work, or gather their children. Then, on live television, you see hundreds of people die in an instant. The second plane crash. Later, you witness thousands of people die. What I'm trying to get across is the feeling of not knowing what's happening. Any second you felt a bomb could crash through your roof, or your friends would be perishing. And above that, no matter what ****ing country you come from, respect people that died in cold blood. People who were at work, undeserving of a terrible fate. Have some respect. Or just try and imagine in the middle of this chaos, having your uncle working there that day. Later to find him be dead. Edit: Sorry, Enter doesn't seem to be properly doing it's job on my computer.