Remembrance day

Yes, was a tragedy. I have one familiar who died in the 11 M here in Madrid too.

 

R.I.P

 

i'm with you all, friends. my suggestion is just to make the day a special day to be lived at the best, not jjst a day of mourning.

making out of it a day of mourning just makes the day "the day of terrorist's victory". just remember the death, and enjoy life.

 

Never forget.

 

I never forgot what i saw and did that day.

Let's hope that someday people will stop killing each other.

 

The 60's generation always say they remember precisely where they were when they heard when JFK was assassinated. Our generation shudders at the words World Trade Centre or the numbers 9/11. I'll never forget the images, the live TV feed, watching the second airliner slamming into the other tower and the instant comprehension that this was no tragic accident, but a terrorist attack. That feeling was only deepened when each of the towers fell. I still feel numb whenever I see those images. R.I.P.

 

i was kinda young, and i had no idea wtf the WTC were...

but...I Do remember exactly where i was when i found out the news.

 

wait... how old are you?!

 

I felt the exact same way. When i first saw the smoke i thought it was an accident. A minute later the other plane slammed the other tower. I was like totally speechless

 

I remember exactly where I was, I was at high school going to our art class when the Principal came running and yelling like crazy and turning on all the TVs and putting CNN.
In spite of the images I can't even imagine how it was for the ones who died there... I was really worried for a couple of days because one of my best friends back then, went to live to New York a couple of months before, luckily nothing happened to him.
I think the ones who survived must have a totally different perspective of life that only an event like that can cause.
I'm with Karsten on not just making it a day of mourning, remember of course and pay our respect for the ones who died, but also cheer for the ones who survived.

 

I'll never forget. My boss called me at 3AM and told me to be at work by 6AM. Retarded Japanese/Korean stock exchanges actually opened that day, tanked, and my company made a mint. So shameful, but hey, out of our hands.

And not to taint the image, but I'm pretty sure we will *all* remember as long as we continue to pillage middle eastern nations under the facade of making the world a "safer" (finger quotes) place.

 

unfortunately 9/11 is the new excuse, the new Nazis, the new Pearl Harbor. It's the politics behind it that don't allow us to forget and get over a morbid fact, not unlike all the wars and tragedies around the world.

I will certainly not forget how such buildings were driven vertically into the ground defying the laws of physics in relation to a lateral hit by an airplane pretty high up

 

I had just turned 13. I knew what they WERE, those two tall buildings in NYC. What their purpose was - I had no idea.

At first, i related it to the Oklahoma City bombing from 94 (or was it 95?), I had no idea the spiral that it would lead to.

 

Same.

 

I was on my way to school, about 7:00 in the morning. with my dad and we were listening to the radio. we were hearing what was going on and we were in shock.

my dad, who obviously wasn't thinking straight said, "well, at least it's on the east coast so there aren't a lot of people in the buildings."

i said, "no, it's like 10 am. everyone is in those buildings..."

 

I was living in Colorado at the time and was getting ready for school and watching the news and suddenly it happened. It was pretty shocking.

 

I was going to my bus stop, and then someone at my bus stop (geina) told me.

It wasn't until 2nd period I learned how big a deal it was. My First period was PE and it was just a normal day...

 

i was just entering in a videogames shop i swear!

i entered and noticed all in fron of tv and nobody playing. i came closed and saw the towers smoking. 5 minutes later the other plane came.

i remember i told the shop owner to chance channell because he was tuned on berlusconi's tv and they were famous for a fake scoop they had few month earlier. i tought it was fake until the 2nd plane came...

 

It was my day off work and I was at home with my youngest daughter. As normal I made breakfast, had her in her high chair and was listening to the radio when they announced that a plane was reported to have collided with one of the World Trade Centre towers.

Curious, I turned on BBC News 24.

The live coverage was showing a replay over and over of the far side of the tower and lots of smoke. The reporter was saying something about reports that a small plane had struck the tower and as I watched the second plane came into view and I think, like the reporter I did a double take as if to say 'Hang on, where is that coming from?'

The most incredible thing was that I sat all day and my youngest daughter, crawling on the carpet actually stood up and walked towards me. So, the date 9 / 11 marks one of the saddest moments of my life tinged with watching my daughter stand up for the first time and walk towards me.

At the time my ex-wife was working for a Government office and they were immediately evacuated and she walked home, along with thousands of others in almost total silence.

A very eerie and sad day!