Remembering 9/11 2001

God, I just read through this thread and it was as if I was reliving September 11 all over again, especially with all of the unconfirmed reports, and rumers flying about. Truly a day of Infamy. If we catch any of the bastards that were responsible for the planning of this should be drawn and quartered on national television.
 
Thisthreadis really interesting. Shows how people reacted.. Everyoe started argueing, people said 70,000 dead...don't let this thread be deleted.

Tomorrow, people...
 
I was in my history class, we were discussing hypothetical scenarios for how the (American) Civil War could have turned out.

The phone rang, and my teacher turned on the TV. There they were, both buildings, still standing at this time, both with the smoke bellowing out from the upper floors. We'd just got word the Pentagon was hit, too.

I sat there in disbelief as they played the tape over, to show what had happened if you'd just tuned in. The thing I'll never forget, though, is some kid in the back of the room say "sweet" when the planes drove through the buildings.

I don't know who said it, but I guarantee you, if I found out who it was (at that time) -- I swear would have walked up to him and punched the sorry sack of crap right in the face.
 
So that was a tenth grader?!!!!!
:eek::eek::eek:

Thats about the most immature and offensive thing I have ever heard, did your teacher have a discussion on what that kid said later on?
 
I live in suburban northern NJ. We could see the towers and empire state building from where I live. On that day I was in school, also in history class like RM. I don't remember what we were discussing. History ended. It was somewhere around 9:30, I think. Come out of class, my friends comes up to me and tells me a plane has crashed into WTC. I thought he was joking. Only a few weeks earlier there was an incident with somebody gettting stuck on the Statue of Liberty, which I thought was a joke too, but it turned out to true. This time I thought he was joking, but he was serious. I went to the cafeteria. There the TV was running.

My father works in WTC #7, the one that fell later that day. I was worried. I called home. My mom told me she hadn't been able to get his cell phone. I was gettting upset. Later I saw one of the towers collapse. I called home again. My father had called, he was ok, and out of NYC. I somewhat forgot it for a few periods. I thought it really didn't happen and my mind was elsewhere, and then it came back to my head. I was talking to my friend. We thought, there would be thousands dead. 20,000. I said this is something that people will remember. its the biggest thing this century. Fourtanetly it turned out to be only 3000, which is bad enough but better than my prediction.

One of slighty more distant friend's father died that day. I think there were a few other people also, but I didn't know them too well.
 
Originally posted by Perfection
So that was a tenth grader?!!!!!
:eek::eek::eek:

Thats about the most immature and offensive thing I have ever heard, did your teacher have a discussion on what that kid said later on?
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The teacher didn't say anything, he just stood and stared at him...he knows he didn't have to stare at anyone.
 
Like, Curt I caught the reports live as they came in on late night TV.

As I was finishing off some last minute work (as usual). I broke for coffee, caught some TV. I just happened to catch the initial report on the late news here.

As I wasn't really paying attention the news, I just caught.
'and a plane has crashed into the world trade center'

I stopped drinking my coffee, looked at the TV somewhat puzzled.
Thinking...
'Did I hear that right?'
'It can't be right?'
'Maybe I just misheard what was said'

And again the same report was repeated on another channel

Again I was thinking...
'Sh*t I did hear it right'
'A plane?, hmm maybe it was a light plane crash'
'Some inexperienced pilot or a pilot suffering a stroke/heart attack at the controls?'

Then I saw the first images of the burning tower before the second strike
again I was thinking

'There is no way in hell that was a light plane crash'
'This is not good'

Then I saw the images of the second tower get hit

'My god, a civilian airliner - just went straight into it'
and I was thinking...
'This is really bad'
'This is no accident...'
'Terrorists it's the only explanation'

Then the next reports broke..
'A plane has hit the pentagon'

Then I was thinking...

'Sh*t, Sh*t oh sh*t... first the WTC, then the Pentagon'
'Holy F**k next it will be the White House, Langly...'

Then the next images I saw was the first tower collapse..
thinking

'Oh no, there will be no survivors if any'
'My god, get the people on the ground out of there now
'The first one has gone down, the second will fall too...sh*t'
'Maybe, just maybe the second tower will hold by some miracle...maybe'

The next tower fell...and I was thinking

'No, no... why couldn't it hold and give those people at least a chance...
'Jesus... the death toll I don't even want to think about it'
'F**K, I got friends living and working over there
'F**k, one of my mates has got relatives over there
'Sh*t 2 a.m. it's late, should i call my mates let them know whats happening..'
'Damn I should tell them, but it's late and if I wake them with this..
'Hmm better I let them wake to it in the morning, when more facts come in..

Then as I drank some fresh coffee, as my other I let go cold...
I was trying to finish off my work, but I lacked all enthusiam.
I was tired but I couldn't sleep. All I could think about it was what had happened.
And thinking to myself...

'Please, let know one I know over there die in this catastrophe'
'hmm, this is going to have consequences...'
'Damn, this is going to lead to nothing but war...'
'Damn, lines are going to be drawn and decisions made....'
'More people will die...'

They say we Must never forget.. and I know I wont't forget ever.
 
Well for me, that day started when i woke up and heard the radio. I heard them saying that the WTC Towers have collapsed, It realy didn't hit me. I dont mean to sound ... well i dont know what word to use here, but it didn't hit me untill i saw it. It was one of those things that you couldn't believe or fathom utill you saw it. The planes hitting the buildings and bursting into huge fireballs is something I wont forget. Infact there are 3 things i remember of that day. 1) the planes hitting the buildings, i mean huge jets just flying into the city, these planes just over the buildings 2) People who felt that they would have a better chance at survival by jumping out of a building by their own free will. I mean seeing people plunge over 70 floors is a sight you do not forget( i think that this was the most heartbreaking and difficult things I've ever seen) 3) the buildings collapsing, I could not believe it, these two giant towers seemed to simply dessintigrate, they dissapeared in a cloud of smoke.

That day we got no work done in school. in all my classes we prayed and watched the CNN feed. I went to a Private Christian school so its not like we were forced to pray. But that is one day that I think i will remember for the rest of my life. My hearts go out to the families of those who lost family members and friends. however, not to sound cold and like a bastard, I am getting tired of hearing about 9/11. It is getting insane, media companies are using this solely as a gimmick to sell papers. I mean we're seeing the same stuff over and over and over again and it isn't even the anniversary yet. I think that the media is simply making a huge deal out of this event and isn't treating it as seriously as they could, to me it seems incredibly disgusting. Mind you that is just my opinion on this. For example, the news stations and some of the newspapers i get here in Vancouver, BC, are doing a week of remembering 9/11, this event, horific event, should not be flaunted around as it is now. I have no problem with the 9/11 memorials being televised and the special programming on sept 11 2002, however the fact that i have heard about this for 1 year non stop makes the anniversary less "special". It looses its impact as we are constantly being bombarded with spet 11.
 
For me i was at school in second period, in Computer Programming I. And we turned on the TV right after news of the first plane, and we watched as did every other class room as the 2nd plane hit the tower's.
We saw them collapse and everything.
And another scary thing is that at lunch we were all leaving school most of us were going home for lunch. And we heard on the radio that Memphis International Airport lost an airliner. And we saw 2 F-16's flying over my city looking for the plane.
Unfortunately don't remember what exactly happened but obviously they found the plane.
 
I was just about to leave for school, but I was running a few minutes early. I never watch TV, which is why it was so odd that I would choose to flip on the TV on this morning. I was watching the Today Show for about 30 seconds when Matt whathisname said they were going to a special report and a plane had just struck the WTC. My first instinct was it had been some small plane and probably an accident.
When I first saw the image of the one tower hit, I didn't have a concept of how big it was, and how big the hole was. The camera was panning the damage on the tower and then I saw a huge ball of fire from the other tower (I didn't see the plane flying towards it, it was from the other angle). It was the most surreal thing I had ever seen.

Thing that annoyed me is the school didn't have the decent sense to cancel classes, even though none of the teacher bothered teaching anything and just sent us back home (about half the class showed up). I remember watching a TV someone had wheeled out into the hallway of the coverage, and there was a fairly large crowd of people around it. I was sitting at the back, and the most annoying thing was that there were people walking, stopping, glancing at two buildings on fire, and then kept walking (& talking, or whatever).
It takes a certain amount of seperation from curious reality to see buildings on fire on TV and a huge crowd, and decide you're not interested.
 
It was the afternoon and I was leaving my flat for some classes I took in the evening when there was news talking about some attack to USA.
Of course first it didn't look bad but I knew it was terrorist attack...I had this thought in my mind that someone is digging his nose for blood.

When I drove to the school as we were adults there in the class...we more talked about the attacks than anything else.

I can say that I felt bad for the victims and their families...and most importantly I felt bad for the human kind as we will seem to feel no remorse at all.
However I didn't felt bad for US in overall...I think 911 has been coming for long time even though some not might realize it. Later when I saw people in TV in USA starting some patriotic chant I felt disgusted. The sorrow of victims and human kind had changed to the idea of vendetta.

World changed that day...and now I can see it didn't change for the better. Human kind learned nothing.
 
Hello
I don't know if any of you use the heavengames network, but every time I try to get into a heavengames site, I get a splash screen of a remember S11 memorial, which is acceptable given today’s date.
The thing I am having trouble with is that its not redirecting to the page I want. Yes, today is a sad day, but is it really necessary to shut down the website for it. I'm not sure what it's like in America, but over here in Aus its been hyped up, and every TV channel is showing planes and buildings.
Yes, it is a terrible event, and it will be hard to get over, but if we shut down the planet, are we just conceding defeat to the terrorists.
Maybe its time we got on with our lives, and remember those who lost there lives, but at the same time, keep the world running.
 
i was visiting a radio station with my class that day. we were going to make a radio drama and when we were writing down the plot came a girl and said that a plane had crashed into world trade center in new york. the radio station were filled with tvs and just when i arrived to one them came the first pictures from the second crash.

we cancelled the radio drama later that day and sat down with two journalists and talked about what had happened.
 
I was at work and it seemed like a bit of a joke at first (I thought it would be some fairly minor accident that had been initially blown out of proportion) until I got home and saw the TV reports - the first few dozen posts on this thread sum up the reactions over here too - confusion, shock, anxiety, followed by anger.
 
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