The 9th anniversary.

[Keanumoreira]

9/11.

 

Todays the ninth anniversary... :(

 

Anyone else remember?

[grannywils]

Yes, Keanu. I remember. Today is the birthday of a good friend of mine. We had a long talk about the anniversary yesterday. I come from NYC, and she still lives there. She is originally from Cuba, and we talked a lot about history, and communism and Che Guevara, and what it means to be free and live in a country like this one. She also happened to move here on this date, 45 years ago. So this date is quite significant and now somber for her. In addition, I used to work in the World Trade Center. So, yes I do remember....

[Keanumoreira]

Yes, Keanu. I remember. Today is the birthday of a good friend of mine. We had a long talk about the anniversary yesterday. I come from NYC, and she still lives there. She is originally from Cuba, and we talked a lot about history, and communism and Che Guevara, and what it means to be free and live in a country like this one. She also happened to move here on this date, 45 years ago. So this date is quite significant and now somber for her. In addition, I used to work in the World Trade Center. So, yes I do remember....

 

Really?

 

Wow, so your story is unique than most Americans huh? You weren't happening to work on the eleventh were you?

[grannywils]

No, I didn't mean to mislead you. I was no longer working there at the time of the tragedy. I had moved to Arizona, and watched it tearfully on television along with millions of others. My employer allowed us to go home, as many of us were so devastated by watching what was happening. I have not gone back to New York City since that date. My brother does still live there and was actually on a subway on his way into the City when the explosions took place. If I allow myself to focus too long on the events of that morning I still become very emotional. It was just something so incomprehensible to me. That's it for me for now...

[AliasTheory]

Ah, so it didn't go by unnoticed on this forum.

 

I'll never forget waking up that morning and looking at the TV. Every channel...all the same. Those burning towers. It is one of the many scars I have and will always remain.

[Keanumoreira]

No, I didn't mean to mislead you. I was no longer working there at the time of the tragedy. I had moved to Arizona, and watched it tearfully on television along with millions of others. My employer allowed us to go home, as many of us were so devastated by watching what was happening. I have not gone back to New York City since that date. My brother does still live there and was actually on a subway on his way into the City when the explosions took place. If I allow myself to focus too long on the events of that morning I still become very emotional. It was just something so incomprehensible to me. That's it for me for now...

 

I understand Granny, and I'm sorry if I did bring back bad memories. I just don't want people to forget that horrible date.

[Keanumoreira]

Ah, so it didn't go by unnoticed on this forum.

 

I'll never forget waking up that morning and looking at the TV. Every channel...all the same. Those burning towers. It is one of the many scars I have and will always remain.

 

Of course not, it's just that most people probably don't want to talk about it. But I feel that the memory should be kept alive, to honor the heros who never made it out.

[AliasTheory]

Of course not, it's just that most people probably don't want to talk about it. But I feel that the memory should be kept alive, to honor the heros who never made it out.

 

I think you are absolutely right in regards to making this topic, Keanu. The heroes who died that day will have lost their lives for nothing if we are not reminded of their sacrifice.

 

I'm feeling particularly nice today. Kudos to you.

 

Oh, and yes. Edit button.

[Keanumoreira]

Of course not, it's just that most people probably don't want to talk about it. But I feel that the memory should be kept alive, to honor the heros who never made it out.

 

I think you are absolutely right in regards to making this topic, Keanu. The heroes who died that day will have lost their lives for nothing if we are not reminded of their sacrifice.

 

I'm feeling particularly nice today. Kudos to you.

 

Oh, and yes. Edit button.

 

Not just the firefighters and police though, but the actual victims. Their death would make us stronger and the world safer. Their passing is not in vain, and that, I think, makes me happy that the terrorists failed that day.

[Vindekarr]

I remeber it vividly.

 

I was only 10 at the time but even I knew something was massively wrong when the pre-impact alert was aired on live TV. Australia often looks to America for political guidance-aswell as a huge part of our economy, so a lot of TV here is American and many TV stations have reporters on permanent assignment to New York and Washington.

 

I agree that this is the sort of thing that should never be forgotten. History needs to be preserved for so many reasons-chiefly to remember the victims, alive and dead, but also to keep the memory of what happened here alive itself. We cant let ourselves forget what happens when we get complacent-or the risks of fanaticism of any sort.

 

I also remember even more clearly what happened here AFTER 9/11. It was a hideous disaster, but the aftereffects effected a lot more than just America. Here, we suddenly had a vastly increased police pressence, airports swarmed with assault rifle carrying security guards in full combat armour, politicians were pointing fingers and trading insults, and our misguided leaders, thoughtlessly in hindsight, jumped into a vengeance war in the Middle East.

 

I also cant help but wonder what would have happened if we'd waited, gathered our forces, contemplated tactics first, maybe we'd have wasted less lives, maybe not, it's a grim day anyway, but one we will have to remember.