Where were you on 911?

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

Its not insulting to others -- its insulting to you. Thats how you feel, great! Good for you. But its not insulting to be geocentric - its natural. Enlightenment can change this but not being "open to the problems of the world" doesnt make you any less of a person either. Its natural to look out for #1.

I mean, what have you done in regards to all of the horror happening around the world? What is your contribution?

DigitalExile

Can he remember what he had for breakfast when America slammed rockets and bullets into innocents in retalliation? No, because "that's war for you!" Anyway, it wasn't personally directed at him. I was making a point that used what he said as a basis.

Well it hits closer to home for a lot of people because it happend at home. I mean, do YOU remember what you were doing when we slammed rockets and bullets into innocents in retalliation? Do you remember what you were doing when the Genocide in Darfur began? Do you remember what you were doing when the Tsunami hit?

I was at home looking up the games for the BC Lions.Vilot_Hero

Go Lions!

Anyways, I was at school and they told us that New York was being attacked. I was pretty young and didn't realize how serious it was, well I am also canadian. I remember my mom not letting me and my older brother watch tv because she didn't want us to see the attack.

I was at home and my sister whose in the military called saying something like we're at war. The first building was already hit and then I watched the second plane hit. And then I went to automotive class later that afternoon and watched it on the tv that was there. I believe they let us go home early. Then we saw the buildings collapse.

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

Its not insulting to others -- its insulting to you. Thats how you feel, great! Good for you. But its not insulting to be geocentric - its natural. Enlightenment can change this but not being "open to the problems of the world" doesnt make you any less of a person either. Its natural to look out for #1.

I mean, what have you done in regards to all of the horror happening around the world? What is your contribution?

DigitalExile

Can he remember what he had for breakfast when America slammed rockets and bullets into innocents in retalliation? No, because "that's war for you!" Anyway, it wasn't personally directed at him. I was making a point that used what he said as a basis.

EDIT: Darn, Sajedene is just better/faster than myself.

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

Its not insulting to others -- its insulting to you. Thats how you feel, great! Good for you. But its not insulting to be geocentric - its natural. Enlightenment can change this but not being "open to the problems of the world" doesnt make you any less of a person either. Its natural to look out for #1.

I mean, what have you done in regards to all of the horror happening around the world? What is your contribution?

DigitalExile

Can he remember what he had for breakfast when America slammed rockets and bullets into innocents in retalliation? No, because "that's war for you!" Anyway, it wasn't personally directed at him. I was making a point that used what he said as a basis.

you obviously dont realize then that when a person is shocked or traumatized that it is human nature to remeber things you normally wouldnt ive a crap about but when you are shock or traumatized that memory is pasted into your mind.

Sure, it's terrible when you think of it that way but that's human nature. You're always going to care more about something that directly affects you. Much like various people in the US don't care too much about random small events in Texas, I don't care too much about what happens in Rhode Island. It's just on a greater scale with national tragedies and other countries. Sure, I note suicide bombings in Israel, but I don't feel the personal connection that I did to 9/11.

EDIT: Darn, Sajedene is just better/faster than myself.

Notsogr8one

Ah dont worry - your input is as appreciated as anyones. :) And I'm not better if I'm saying the exact things you're saying O-o

Ah dont worry - your input is as appreciated as anyones. :) And I'm not better if I'm saying the exact things you're saying O-o

Sajedene

This seems appropriate, given the title of the thread. I can't listen to it and not tear up. :(

I was only in 5th grade, they refused to tell us what was going on. Most kid's parents came to pick them up, mine didn't. So I sat in a classroom with like 10 after the initial morning evacuation then like 5 for the rest of the afternoon. We played cards while the teachers wept. We saw people running through the hallways crying and we had thought there was a shooting in the high school attached to my grade school. I still wonder why they never told us what really happened. I had family in the city at the time since I'm from New York, luckily they were all okay. So when I got home I learned wtf was going on I pieced everything together but cynical as it sounds I was emotionally unaffected I was just like oh too bad.

This seems appropriate, given the title of the thread. I can't listen to it and not tear up. :(

wallymartin

I will not be sleeping tonight. I clicked -- and then kept clicking at all of the suggested videos. Videos of the Ken Cosgrove call... videos of people jumping. I mean, how horrible was it that I cannot comprehend -- that people were driven to the point of jumping.

I'm so sad and upset right now :(

I used to work really late with a friend of mine and we would stay up late and play games. He went home and I decided to turn on the news while I cleaned up my apartment. One of the towers had just been hit and there was still a lot of confusion. They seem to think at first that just a small plane had hit it and it was just a freak accident.

Then the second plane came seemingly out of nowhere and hit the other tower as I watched.

I didn't work the next day so needless to say I was up all night and watched with surreal horror as the towers collapsed and fell and all hell broke loose.

I was asleep when it happen, those seven years ago. I live in Oregon and I was in the seventh grade, so when eventually saw the replay on the news I was WTF!!, then I thought, so.... what do we do now?, what happens next?

BTW it is 12:10am Pacific Time, I didn't realize I posted this on the eleventh and not the tenth.

God Bless America

I was getting ready for this stupid math class when I turned on the tv. It was so disturbing since I saw the second plane hit. To this day I still get emotional about it and I still cant watch any footage or even any movie about it.

Sajedene

I remember I was about to go to school,when my mom turned on the radio and there were mentions bombings in NYC.I remember every minute of that day.

I was home from school, didn't feel like going, yes I was lazy back then. :oops: I woke up to find that it was happening at the sametime I opened my eyes and looked at the t.v. :|:?

I was home that day and was watching tv. I didn't actually notice what was happening for a while until I started surfing through the channels and noticed the same burning building on 12 different channels. I ended up watching that for most of the day. Doubt I will ever forget it.

I will never forget.

It was an overcast morning (I live on the West coast) and I was going early to high school to review football films. I was dragging my tuba behind me and I walk into the room not to see the previous week's game in the screen, but the two towers on screen.

Throughout the rest of the day, we watched it in class and I think the first tower fell during chemistry. This girl next to me ran out because her father was supposed to be there. Fortunately he wasnt.

I cant describe the feeling. It was like an emotionless out of body experience. Idunno if the shock was too great or what but I just remember seeing it happen and not being able to really comprehend it.

I was in 9th grade art class an the teacher was called to another room. He came back not really knowing what was going on but knew something was happening to the World Trade Center. My next class was World Geography and the whole time we were all glued to the tv not knowing what to do and afraid something else was about to happen.

That evening I laid on the couch literally feeling sick from thinking about what was happening... thinking of the number of people that had died. I went to church that night for a meeting as did many other people just to be comforted by the pastor's words.

For a while it was difficult to think about but it was good to see the country united for once. I miss that unity...

Going to work

i was on the brooklyn bridge and i witnessed it happening on the ramp up to it

Needless to say i put that car in reverse and i tried to get out

ROFLCOPTER at some of the posters.:lol:

How weak can you be crying on this at that time and still feeling sad:| .Dont know why would anyone be sad on such a thing just becasue they happen to see it on TV.Many people die everyday,just becasue it was the WTC,doesnt mean that now you have to get sad lol.:lol:

Hitman_887

Yes, people die every day, but most deaths aren't in the public eye as much as 9/11 was. Over a thousand people died when the towers collapsed and it was there for all to see, from dozens of sources. You don't need to mock the users here who still feel upset about it. They have something called EMPATHY.