Sept. 11, 2001: Where Were You?

[rastsan]

Working at Ryerson university bookstore through a temp agency (in toronto). They closed down early sent us home with pay and stayed closed the next day.
I remember eating out that night.

 

[darkangel5000]

Well, I was 11 and sat in front of the TV and waited for Dragonball Z to begin. That show was the highlight of my day, since I had only one friend (who was, unlike me, not visiting the gymnasium (a german schoolform), so I saw him only on my birthday and every 2nd weekend), I was really excited about it. Yet my excitement faded quickly away when the second episode was interrupted because of the terrorist attacks on the WTC. So that day wasn't only the saddest day in the history of the USA, no, September 11 and 12 are the saddest days in my whole life.


Remember the friend I was talking about before? Well, his father was an US-American citizen and he died when that whole 9/11-stuff happened. At first I didn't realize what it would mean for me, that he would leave germany with his mother, but on the 12th of September, my birthday, it came clear to me. He wouldn't come to my birthday"party". I've just lost my only friend. I was alone. And so it comes, that I haven't had a single friend or a birthday party for 10 years now. So, while I should be out, drinking with friends, partying and all while the 12th draws nearer and nearer, just waiting to celebrate my 21st birthday, I'm sitting in front of my PC and being depressive. Thank you, Al-Quaeda!

 

[R2DJ]

This might piss people off, but the way I see it, the faster we forget about 9/11, the faster we can heal.

It's a very significant part of history that will be very hard to forget. It's one of those very memorable things that happened to the world, so significant that it has affected people from around the world.

 

[gamefan5]

This might piss people off, but the way I see it, the faster we forget about 9/11, the faster we can heal.

It's a very significant part of history that will be very hard to forget. It's one of those very memorable things that happened to the world, so significant that it has affected people from around the world.

True, but I actually think ShadowSoldier is right...

 

[dgwillia]

I was in the 4th grade i believe. The ironic thing was we LITERALLY had just came back inside from doing a flag dedication outside, when all of a sudden the adults/teachers were acting wierd and crying. My mom worked at my school, and i remember she grabbed me out of class and had me sitting in a room with a few of the other teachers children. Like an hour later i remember seeing on the T.V the people covered in dust from the tower collapse, and the camera feed switching to somewhere in Afghanistan and showing people happily dancing in the streets, and having no idea what was going on. (My mom hadnt told me anything because she was worried my dad might have been in the Pentagon, since he worked there often during that time period, luckily he wasnt there).

Either way, i didnt really find out what happened until like a week later when i saw my dad and he told me the whole thing after he had gotten back from helping in the cleanup at Ground Zero.


And as far as forgetting 9/11 goes, its one of those things i think we shouldnt forget. Its just like the rest of history, it may have been a very gruesome day, but forgetting it seems just as wrong as anything else that happened to those poor people on that day.

 

[Selim873]

I was in the Second Grade, it was just hours after the second plane hit, I was having lunch outside. My Dad pulled me and my brother out of school while I was eating, my older half brother (6th Grade) was already at my house, as Dad drove 45 minutes away to get him out of school without his mother knowing until his school was dismissed. He was crying, me and my younger brother (Was in Kindergarten) had no idea what was happening. My Mom told me everything the next day. I wasn't allowed to tell my younger brother, my parents waited until he was "old enough" to get the story, as I didn't take it very well after being told. I'm now 17, a Senior in High School, thinking back 10 years ago about the tragedy, never forget...

 

[CCNaru]

I was at school, didn't know what was going on back then

Used to live in California then moved to NY a year later

 

[R4Liam]

It is the day my father was born that's all I remember and I remember footage of it too.

I have visited ground zero and I must say it was very eerie...

 

[Hydreigon]

If I remember correctly, I was in first grade when this happened, and I was very, VERY sick. I ended up staying at home instead of going to school. I never heard about this until a day later, when my brother explained everything to me.

 

[Depravo]

It is the day my father was born

11th September 2001? That can't be right.

 

[R2DJ]

It is the day my father was born

11th September 2001? That can't be right.

I'm assuming day =/= date

 

[dgwillia]

It is the day my father was born

11th September 2001? That can't be right.

Time Paradox?

 

[Joe88]

It is the day my father was born

11th September 2001? That can't be right.

I think he just means birthday
on the contrary my birthday is the same day that the last attacks on the trade center took place

 

[hunter291]

It is the day my father was born

11th September 2001? That can't be right.

Many brave men get 5 year old childs when they are 5

 

[exangel]

This might piss people off, but the way I see it, the faster we forget about 9/11, the faster we can heal.

It's a very significant part of history that will be very hard to forget. It's one of those very memorable things that happened to the world, so significant that it has affected people from around the world.

True, but I actually think ShadowSoldier is right...

This is like saying ignorance is bliss and also not seeing the irony in believing that saying is the answer.

If you really think forgetting such great tragedies is necessary for healing, then you're investing in a future where no one will ever grow.
You people who think memorializing this event is just the same thing as opening an old wound really don't understand. I'm also extremely disappointed any of you really feel that way because I remember the 50th anniversary memorial event of Pearl Harbor in 1991, and memorial of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1995, even though I was only in elementary school then, the very idea that we should just forget about those things and "Get over it" would never cross our minds. I may not have been there, I may not have lost anyone close to me; no one in my immediate family tree died in Pearl Harbor or WWII either.

 

[Akotan]

I was sitting in front of my TV, unemployed, watching news coverage and reporters losing their minds. It was totally unbelievable news.

 

[Chikaku-chan]

I was only 7.
So Im assuming I was at school, all I remember about it was when I was at home my grandparents were discussing it and that my auntie was there when it happened and how worried my grandparents were about my auntie. she was in the building but left a good 3 hours after it happened.

 

[notmeanymore]

Here's my tale, keep in mind, I was in 2nd grade at the time:

I was at home, trying to figure out why all my fave channels were showing the news instead of cartoons.
I asked my dad, and he explained it a bit, but I didn't get it at all.
It seemed to affect most of my classmates the next day, I think I was the only one 100% confused by the whole thing

 

[ShadowSoldier]

You people who think memorializing this event is just the same thing as opening an old wound really don't understand. I'm also extremely disappointed any of you really feel that way because I remember the 50th anniversary memorial event of Pearl Harbor in 1991, and memorial of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1995, even though I was only in elementary school then, the very idea that we should just forget about those things and "Get over it" would never cross our minds. I may not have been there, I may not have lost anyone close to me; no one in my immediate family tree died in Pearl Harbor or WWII either.

Ummm what? You can be disappointed all you want, but there are lots of people in the world who believe moving on and forgetting it is the best way to heal from something. I'm disappointed that you would feel that it's okay to memorialize every year (see what I did there?)

Also, I'm sorry, but even if my parents were or family were killed in an accident, I don't want to memorize the date or the reason why they died, I'd just choose to remember them and nothing else. And if you feel that that's wrong, then you can kindly not reply to anything I say again (not meaning to be rude, but lets be honest, there is no way to say that without sounding rude). It's just how I feel, it's what I believe, and it's what I'll stick with. I don't want to be reminded every year "Oh yeah, my family died in a building" or anything like that, and I know for a fact I'm not the only one who thinks that.

 

[angelzbl0od]

i was in spanish class and my mom pulled me and my friend out of class and took us home even tho we were 17 lol she wouldnt stop screaming