I was at the fire station on duty that day. We were playing basketball when it came on the tv at the rec center. First thing we all thought was those poor guys are gonna be working their ass’s off today…little did we know then. We spent the rest of the day locked down in the stations except for emergency calls…in front of the tv in disbelief of what we were seeing…
RIP 343…
[quote]bigflamer wrote:
Just waking up after a long 24hr shift at the station. I got a call from my dad to turn on the news and watched the towers come down and people fleeing down the street. I drove up to the station right after that and watched it with all of the other fireman on duty.
It pisses me off when I hear assholes say that we should just “get over it”.
Let’s never forget.[/quote]
I’d say “just get over it” is an assholish thing to say to anyone directly affected by it, but I disagree with the common belief that it was the most significant moment any of us will ever experience and that it should dictate the way everyone lives their lives.
Approx 3000 people lost their lives, and that is a lot. But how that worse than 240,000 people dying in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake? You never hear anyone saying “Never forget” about that. I just refuse to let people tell me that I have to rank this above everything else or I’m an asshole
[quote]JonP wrote:
Approx 3000 people lost their lives, and that is a lot. But how that worse than 240,000 people dying in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake? You never hear anyone saying “Never forget” about that. I just refuse to let people tell me that I have to rank this above everything else or I’m an asshole[/quote]
Earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that are beyond our control. The loss of lives in these circumstances is devastating.
9/11 was no natural disaster. It was a murderous attack, planned by evil cowards, on innocent people in the workplace. The loss of lives in these circumstances is unforgivable.
I was working in a house trimming windows in Victoria MN.
[quote]youngguns516 wrote:
this thread reminds me of that lame ass “where were you” country song about 9/11. i think south park ripped on that country-music fuck for writing some crappy tear-jerker about terrorism to make some money.[/quote]
Jesus fucking Christ. Can’t you show some respect!
[quote]Yo Momma wrote:
JonP wrote:
Approx 3000 people lost their lives, and that is a lot. But how that worse than 240,000 people dying in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake? You never hear anyone saying “Never forget” about that. I just refuse to let people tell me that I have to rank this above everything else or I’m an asshole
Earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that are beyond our control. The loss of lives in these circumstances is devastating.
9/11 was no natural disaster. It was a murderous attack, planned by evil cowards, on innocent people in the workplace. The loss of lives in these circumstances is unforgivable.
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I know they’re not exactly the same, I just think 9/11 was blown way out of proportion. The 04 Earthquake had the loss of life of 80 9/11s. Hiroshima had the loss of life of 34 9/11s yet (I know it was a war time situation so no need pointing that out).
I’m not saying 9/11 wasn’t a significant event, I just don’t think it was as life altering to the people not involved as everyone likes to say it is
Half hungover, gobbling down a pair of poptarts, and trying to make it to Thermodynamics class on time. Saw the video of the first plane crashing into the tower on a hallway TV. Didn’t believe it was real and kept walking. Wasn’t until Texas A&M closed for the day that I realized it wasn’t some hoax.
[quote]youngguns516 wrote:
this thread reminds me of that lame ass “where were you” country song about 9/11. i think south park ripped on that country-music fuck for writing some crappy tear-jerker about terrorism to make some money.[/quote]
W. O. W.
[quote]JonP wrote:
Yo Momma wrote:
JonP wrote:
Approx 3000 people lost their lives, and that is a lot. But how that worse than 240,000 people dying in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake? You never hear anyone saying “Never forget” about that. I just refuse to let people tell me that I have to rank this above everything else or I’m an asshole
Earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods and volcanic eruptions are natural disasters that are beyond our control. The loss of lives in these circumstances is devastating.
9/11 was no natural disaster. It was a murderous attack, planned by evil cowards, on innocent people in the workplace. The loss of lives in these circumstances is unforgivable.
I know they’re not exactly the same, I just think 9/11 was blown way out of proportion. The 04 Earthquake had the loss of life of 80 9/11s. Hiroshima had the loss of life of 34 9/11s yet (I know it was a war time situation so no need pointing that out).
I’m not saying 9/11 wasn’t a significant event, I just don’t think it was as life altering to the people not involved as everyone likes to say it is[/quote]
For me it was life altering. My grandparents had pearl harbor, my parents had the JFK assassination. I have 9/11, and unlike those previous generations, I watched it happen live on TV. I have never seen a human being die, either on TV or in real life. But I saw the second plane hit the tower, live, and I knew that several hundred people, perhaps even several thousand, had just had their lives taken from them.
I don’t need public memorials, essays, poems, bumper stickers or country music to remind me. I’m going to remember that day forever.
[quote]JonP wrote:
I’m not saying 9/11 wasn’t a significant event, I just don’t think it was as life altering to the people not involved as everyone likes to say it is[/quote]
To turn your argument around, why would the Indian Ocean tsunami affect anyone in the States or anywhere else in the world if they didn’t know someone affected in the floodings?
If you go to the Indonesian coast and other countries’ coastlines in Southeast Asia around December 26, I’m pretty sure you’ll see all sorts of “Never Forget” remembrances. Do you think there’s as many 9/11 ceremonies today over there comparatively speaking? I’d say not. It’s just another day there.
This is how it generally works:
If an event affects you, it affects you.
If an event doesn’t affect you, it doesn’t affect you.
If 9/11 wasn’t a major event in your life, that’s fine. If you think it was blown all out of proportion, that’s fine too, it’s your opinion and you’re certainly entitled to it.
Besides, for all your mentioning of Hiroshima, the tsunami and whatever other disasters/mass deaths you’ll bring up for the comparative larger numbered body count, I’m pretty sure those deaths/events weren’t life altering events for you in any way so what’s the point in bringing them up in the first place? To enlighten everyone who’s reading the thread that people die every day and every so often a lot of people die at one time?
This thread is for people to say what they were doing on 9/11 – if they want to – and how it affected them on that day.
Is that really such a big issue?
I was at work delivering plumbing supplies to a construction site. The radio show (Mancow) I was listening to had said about a half an hour earlier that they were going to pull a prank and that everyone listening could call in and be in on the prank. So when they said that something happened at the WTC I thought it was the prank along with other people who called into the show and said that aliens had blown up the WTC and stuff like that.
It wasnt until the host of the show told people to change the station if you dont believe me. So I did and thats how I found out it was real and not a hoax.
JonP
I know that there have been more people killed in other events in the world. And innocent people have died in things like the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands in several countries. And that is a horrible thing to have happened.
This was an attack on our way of life, on our freedom and our values. The number of people killed is not even an issue here. Its not how many people you kill that makes it more important its the message that matters and these terrorist want to kill our way of life. I served in the Marine Corps in the mid to late 80’s and I came across this group of people in Beirut and let me tell you from first hand experience that these people are not out to just kill us they want us destroyed and everything that we stand for.
Its not how many of us died that makes this important Its how we live and remember and to never let this happen again ever that makes it imparative.
Sitting here at work like I am right now. Trying to get info on CNN.com.
Have a cigar buddy up there in NY, and he was in the second tower hit, they were gathering for a meeting that morning, and he felt a shudder and heard the crash (the first building being struck) he immediately got out of there but his co-workers stayed actually making an issue of him leaving he said. When he got to ground level he looked up and saw the building he was in struck.
And that was the last time he saw his co-workers.
I was there…That’s really all I have to say about 9/11.
I was awakened by the news, and was getting ready to go to work at the Long Beach WTC when I decided to take the day off and figure it all out.
I was in 1st year of college (in canada), sitting in class. We had this real jokester of a teacher who was always saying crazy stuff…he walked in a few minutes late and said “someone is flying planes into the world trade center…looks like terrorism.” No one really believed him and we finished class, walked up to the cafeteria and watched the coverage with about 500 other students on a small tv with grainy coverage.
I was working the till at the gas station I used to work at. People kept coming in asking me if I heard about what happened to the twin towers; lol, I didn’t even know what the twin towers were at the time.
Walking to 2nd period social studies class, in 11th grade. The offices had their tvs on and there was a lot of talk about something happening. When I got to class, our teacher put on the tv and said this is history in the making, something we would never forget. We didn’t even have a real class, as we watched the tv. I remember later that day how nice it was outside, playing tennis in gym class.