9/11 - Page 2

Joeiss · 09-11-2005, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid

When has any Canadian said something like:

"Damn I'm proud to be Canadain, thanks to SARS."

Hahaha... I actually am, we scored an awesome concert out of it!

Jason1 · 09-11-2005, 10:04 PM

I remember 4 years ago today very well. I woke up and got ready to school with only one of the towers hit. At that time they had no clue what hit it, they were still sepculating on a missle or a bomb or something. I went to school not thinking much of it. My 1st hour class was Biology, and my teacher in there saying that both towers were hit and now the Pentagon was hit...I still didnt think a whole lot of it. After my first hour class, as I was walking outside the school to my PE class which is in a different building, someone said that one of the towers fell down. I told him something along the lines that thats bull, a 110-story tower dosent just "Fall down." I dont think I was really aware of the total extent of the whole thing until in my 4th hour class, English, we watched the news. And I saw it first hand. Everyone has a similar story like this im sure.

DeathsHand · 09-11-2005, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason1

Everyone has a similar story like this im sure.

Mine is very similar...

I woke up around 1, walked downstairs and my dad was in front of the TV...

They were replaying some footage of when the towers were still standing, and I was rather curious... "What's all this about?"

"Terrorist attack... This is footage from earlier, those buildings aren't standing anymore... They hit the pentagon, too.", says dad... (The Pentagon being here in Arlington, for anyone who doesn't know)...

"Crazy... *walks into kitchen to get food*"

True story...

Swan · 09-11-2005, 11:08 PM

I believe I was sleeping, my mom came and kicked me to wake me up. Told me to put it on CNN. I call my dad. That's all I remember.

Fox 6 · 09-11-2005, 11:12 PM

I remember that my alarm woke me up, so I hit snooze like usual and turned on the radio and heard what happened.

Professor S · 09-12-2005, 12:23 AM

9/11 will eventually become another date that is remembered in our history, like D-Day, Pearl Harbor, etc. Right now its still very fresh in many people's minds, so I have no problem with our government and it's citizens putting it in the forefront. Afterall, we overthrew two nations and are still fighting because of it. It should be heavily recognized right now.

Ginkasa · 09-12-2005, 12:50 AM

I was in 8th grade. I remember in my first hour class I was supposed to be looking up stuff on some classical musician or something, but instead found out I share the same birthday with Mark Twain.

Then I went to second hour Earth Science and heard of few whispers of something about a plane and the WTC, but not enough to know what was happening.

Then I went to 3rd hour US History. My teacher told us, "I know we were supposed to have a test today, but this is a US History class and history being written right now." (or something like that). He then took us to the media center where several teachers had been taking their classes to watch the news footage (MSNBC) on the TV in there...

So I watched it...

And then I went to 4th hour where I was an office aide in the attendance office. I spent the whole hour running around the school getting kids out of class so they could be checked out because of the attacks...

And then it was hardly mentioned in my 5th (Algebra) or 6th (English) classes. Then I went home and tried to watch my normal after-school shows, but Cartoon Network had taken Gundam off the air (too war-ish), so I switched to the news again...

Yep...

/me shrugs and walks away

Dylflon · 09-12-2005, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Professor S

9/11 will eventually become another date that is remembered in our history, like D-Day, Pearl Harbor, etc. Right now its still very fresh in many people's minds, so I have no problem with our government and it's citizens putting it in the forefront. Afterall, we overthrew two nations and are still fighting because of it. It should be heavily recognized right now.

Speaking of which...how did Bush manage to convince everyone that going into Iraq was a good idea on the grounds of 9/11? I find this especially perplexing considering that almost all of the terrorists were Saudi Arabian.

Professor S · 09-12-2005, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylflon

Speaking of which...how did Bush manage to convince everyone that going into Iraq was a good idea on the grounds of 9/11? I find this especially perplexing considering that almost all of the terrorists were Saudi Arabian.

I'm not quite sure why you seem to be confused, as we have discussed this topic... TO DEATH... already. I'm not going to repeat myself for the 80th time, especially not in a 9/11 memorial thread.

Dylflon · 09-12-2005, 11:38 PM

Either past explanations made little sense or I forgot what they were. It's been a while.

Professor S · 09-13-2005, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylflon

Either past explanations made little sense or I forgot what they were. It's been a while.

You can't forget what you never bothered to listen to.

Any further non-9/11 posts that are not in the spirit of the anniversary will be deleted.

Krypton · 09-13-2005, 06:11 PM

Remembering this day, brings back so many depressed and unwanted feelings.

I hope to god nothing like Hurricane Katrina or 9/11 happens again