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Dejosa wrote on 2011-09-11 15:54
Since this day was probably printed into our minds, because of the attacks...
I want to know what was you doing at the time during the attacks.
Here's a few questions as well:
What's the difference in America from 10 years ago (before the incident) and now?
What major changes happened with our country?
Do you think the changes affect our country in a positive or negative way? Why?
Do you think there will be another repeat of "9/11" again in the future?
When the incident went down, it was literature time in my 3rd Grade Class.
We was riding some story, when the teacher next door knocks on the door.
She told the teacher she received a call from her sister about the attack.
Since then, our class was interrupted and we watched the news unfolded.
Also, they allowed us to have free-time after the major attacks on the tower.
[SIZE="1"](That's when I played the hell out of Pokemon Gold, which I was trying to grind for Unown Letters.)[/SIZE]
The district allowed us to operate on an early-release schedule and leave at 1 PM.
When my sister and I came home from school, we continued to watch the Television.
All of us (my sister, my mother, my father and I) watched the continuation of the stations.
I remember there was continuing coverage of the incidents for days on end.
No airplanes was allowed to fly for several days, security lock-down on boarders, etc.
That was probably, the most frightening and paranoid time of my life.
I've noticed that many people are more together after this incident.
People are more friendlier to each other and brought patriotism to our hearts.
However, racism (towards Muslims, Arabians, and Middle-East Countries) worsen over the year.
Probably because of the paranoia or afraid there was terrorists inside of our country.
Security in airports, transportation stations, and government offices has stepped up a bit.
The negative part is the time to get into your destination and have to arrive earlier.
The positive part are less terrorist attacks and more prepared for situations like that.
Was it worth it? Yes, but just a bit time-consuming.
The possibility of another "9/11" is very possible, because there will always be a breech.
Doesn't matter how high the security is... there will always be a breech.
It could be in a matter of days or decades down the road.
Not everything can be perfect and it can happen in the future.
The higher security can delay it, but it can't always ensure of the breeches.
So, let's hope that we don't have to experience something like that again in our lifetimes.
:whistle:
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Cynic wrote on 2011-09-11 19:05
I'm probably the only person I know who honestly didn't and still doesn't give a crap, rofl. (inb4 "heartless", "troll", etc)
But no, really. I had nobody I cared for suffer from it, therefore it doesn't concern me. /shrug
A lot of people cry over it still though.
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Excalibuurr wrote on 2011-09-11 19:37
Quote from Dejosa;584798:
Since this day was probably printed into our minds, because of the attacks...
I want to know what were you doing at the time during the attacks.
Here's a few questions as well:
What's the difference in America from 10 years ago (before the incident) and now?
What major changes happened with our country?
Do you think the changes affect our country in a positive or negative way? Why?
Do you think there will be another repeat of "9/11" again in the future?
When the incident went down, it was literature time in my 3rd Grade Class.
We were riding some story, when the teacher next door knocks on the door.
She told the teacher she received a call from her sister about the attack.
Since then, our class was interrupted and we watched the news unfolded.
Also, they allowed us to have free-time after the major attacks on the tower.
[SIZE="1"](That's when I played the hell out of Pokemon Gold, which I was trying to grind for Unown Letters.)[/SIZE]
The district allowed us to operate on an early-release schedule and leave at 1 PM.
When my sister and I came home from school, we continued to watch the Television.
All of us (my sister, my mother, my father and I) watched the continuation of the stations.
I remember there was continuing coverage of the incidents for days on end.
No airplanes was allowed to fly for several days, security lock-down on boarders, etc.
That was probably, the most frightening and paranoid time of my life.
I've noticed that many people are more together after this incident.
People are more friendlier to each other and brought patriotism to our hearts.
However, racism (towards Muslims, Arabians, and Middle-East Countries) worsen over the year.
Probably because of the paranoia or afraid there was terrorists inside of our country.
Security in airports, transportation stations, and government offices has stepped up a bit.
The negative part is the time to get into your destination and have to arrive earlier.
The positive part are less terrorist attacks and more prepared for situations like that.
Was it worth it? Yes, but just a bit time-consuming.
The possibility of another "9/11" is very possible, because there will always be a breech.
Doesn't matter how high the security is... there will always be a breech.
It could be in a matter of days or decades down the road.
Not everything can be perfect and it can happen in the future.
The higher security can delay it, but it can't always ensure of the breeches.
So, let's hope that we don't have to experience something like that again in our lifetimes.
:whistle:
I think those two were incorrect usages of "was". Probably more but too lazy right now.
I also don't remember the 9/11 event at all.
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-09-11 19:45
Quote from Cynic;584830:
I'm probably the only person I know who honestly didn't and still doesn't give a crap, rofl. (inb4 "heartless", "troll", etc)
But no, really. I had nobody I cared for suffer from it, therefore it doesn't concern me. /shrug
A lot of people cry over it still though.
:XD:
This post is crazy, man. You live in the United States of America. By definition, what happened on 9/11 affects you and everyone else living in the United States today. It doesn't matter if you didn't lose anybody on that day. That day changed everything for this country and that's something to be concerned about. Wars, huge government spending on defense, people dying, discrimination against Muslims, the economy, the TSA groping you at airports now, etc.
Not only that, but sympathy and compassion are two human qualities everybody should have.
People cry about it because it's sad. You don't wanna think about it. Just like when someone goes into a high school and shoots up your favorite teacher and some of your friends. That's sad.
Granted, it's been 10 years since then and a lot of people have been able to move on, but to say you don't even care is a bit silly. It's your country after all.
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Shizuo wrote on 2011-09-11 20:52
I was at school when it happened since I was 9 years old. At about noon, we were sent to the church before the buses arrived to take us home. My parents didn't get home until after the second plane hit because they were evacuating the city. We then watched it on TV and I remember thinking that it was a movie orz;;
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Kenny? wrote on 2011-09-11 21:39
My parents almost died that day... I remember my parents coming to pick me up and that night nobody talked
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paladin wrote on 2011-09-11 21:41
I was too dumb and young to understand what happened that day
All i remmeber was the teacher gasping and making us quiet for a short time
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-09-11 22:14
As horrible as it is, that event really pissed me off because for the next week or two I didn't get to watch any Simpsons after school like I normally do.
I think I was 14 at the time, and I'm canadian, so other than that I didn't care, and still don't care about the event in general. I care more about the strong possibility that the official story of what happened/how it happened is a lie than anything else when it comes to 9/11.
These days I feel bad about the lives lost on that day, but I still find it hard to care or express any kind of sympathy when your leaders exploited the situation to start all kinds of wars in the middle east and create bull**** like the TSA and all kinds of other inconveniences that either are or are very close to be unconstitutional. Doesn't help that the event caused a large amount of the american population to discriminate against muslims.
I don't remember when it was exactly but the death toll on americans caused by the war in the middle east has exceeded that of the victims of 9/11, not to mention the amount of innocents killed over there is ridiculously higher than the innocents killed on 9/11.
As far as I'm concerned, those involved in that are no better than the people who flew those planes into the towers.
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starpaw7 wrote on 2011-09-11 22:29
Quote from Osayidan;584877:
As horrible as it is, that event really pissed me off because for the next week or two I didn't get to watch any Simpsons after school like I normally do.
I think I was 14 at the time, and I'm canadian, so other than that I didn't care, and still don't care about the event in general. I care more about the strong possibility that the official story of what happened/how it happened is a lie than anything else when it comes to 9/11.
These days I feel bad about the lives lost on that day, but I still find it hard to care or express any kind of sympathy when your leaders exploited the situation to start all kinds of wars in the middle east and create bull**** like the TSA and all kinds of other inconveniences that either are or are very close to be unconstitutional. Doesn't help that the event caused a large amount of the american population to discriminate against muslims.
I don't remember when it was exactly but the death toll on americans caused by the war in the middle east has exceeded that of the victims of 9/11, not to mention the amount of innocents killed over there is ridiculously higher than the innocents killed on 9/11.
As far as I'm concerned, those involved in that are no better than the people who flew those planes into the towers.
As little as I know, I come to understand this to be "main actions" after the event:
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To say the truth, I was too young at the age of 4 to really know how it was, and I never noticed any of the political impacts until recently
My father did have a cousin who died in there, but the remorse that I do have is for all of the life lost, then wasted because of the wrong actions afterwards.
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SoulSeige wrote on 2011-09-11 23:48
I was in Grade 1 at the time, it was probably a Pro D-day so we didn't have to go to school or my parents let me stay home. Anyway, I remember my Mom just staring at the tv while feeding my Brother who was born just a week before 9/11. I asked her what she was watching, she said that something bad was happening so I started watching with her. I remember watching the second plane hit, It sent chills down my spine. I was so immersed with what was happening I missed breakfast, I left the tv on the whole day just watching what was happening.
I actually visited New York a few months ago for a week long art field trip. We went everywhere, the Bronx, Soho, Harlem. I saw the new tower from a boat tour. I remember everyone on board went silent as we passed by taking pictures and thinking about that day.
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Guyverunit4 wrote on 2011-09-12 01:51
I remember I was in school, 5th grade, helping a teacher move some textbooks from the teacher's lounge to the supply room (or something like that). When I got to the teacher's lounge, there was a bunch of teachers and staff in there watching it on t.v. I remember one of the teacher's say "Now wait, this might just be a normal accident or something..". The teacher I was helping rushed me out of the room and told me to go back to my class. By lunchtime a lot of kids were taken out of school by their parents, and I told all my friends what I saw on the t.v. My school was about an hour away from the city, so people were kinda scared. Last I remember when I went home I watched Dragonball Z, it was the episode where Goku fought Pikon in the Underworld Tournament. My best friend was from Afghanistan, so I kinda had to defend him sometimes in the days following.
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Zeo wrote on 2011-09-12 03:49
Quote from Cynic;584830:
I'm probably the only person I know who honestly didn't and still doesn't give a crap, rofl. (inb4 "heartless", "troll", etc)
But no, really. I had nobody I cared for suffer from it, therefore it doesn't concern me. /shrug
A lot of people cry over it still though.
I would have to say the same thing... I don't really care about it the time it happened and doesn't really give a crap about it today still.
No one I know that suffered from the incident as well, so like Cynic said, it doesn't concern me as well.
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Chockeh wrote on 2011-09-12 03:57
I was watching cartoons and didn't really understand what was going on. I live in Canada though, so my family didn't really panic.
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Bride wrote on 2011-09-12 04:12
Quote from Phunkie;584848:
:XD:
This post is crazy, man. You live in the United States of America. By definition, what happened on 9/11 affects you and everyone else living in the United States today. It doesn't matter if you didn't lose anybody on that day. That day changed everything for this country and that's something to be concerned about. Wars, huge government spending on defense, people dying, discrimination against Muslims, the economy, the TSA groping you at airports now, etc.
Not only that, but sympathy and compassion are two human qualities everybody should have.
People cry about it because it's sad. You don't wanna think about it. Just like when someone goes into a high school and shoots up your favorite teacher and some of your friends. That's sad.
Granted, it's been 10 years since then and a lot of people have been able to move on, but to say you don't even care is a bit silly. It's your country after all.
i agree with nearly everything on here. and while sympathy and compassion are things all human beings
should have, it doesn't look like many actually do. from what i've observed over the years, most people are uncaring, but what can you do
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-09-12 04:20
Quote from Phunkie;584848:
:XD:
This post is crazy, man. You live in the United States of America. By definition, what happened on 9/11 affects you and everyone else living in the United States today. It doesn't matter if you didn't lose anybody on that day. That day changed everything for this country and that's something to be concerned about. Wars, huge government spending on defense, people dying, discrimination against Muslims, the economy, the TSA groping you at airports now, etc.
Not only that, but sympathy and compassion are two human qualities everybody should have.
People cry about it because it's sad. You don't wanna think about it. Just like when someone goes into a high school and shoots up your favorite teacher and some of your friends. That's sad.
Granted, it's been 10 years since then and a lot of people have been able to move on, but to say you don't even care is a bit silly. It's your country after all.
You're being way too nice. D:
Myself, I was pretty shocked when I came home from school and saw it on the news. What I am disappointed in is the resulting US foreign and domestic policy. The justification for the wars is debatable, but things like some US government officials (and lots of average american dumbasses) claiming that the terrorists entered the US through Canada's "weak" border (when all the terrorists in fact entered the US directly) and Canadians no longer able to cross the border to the US without a passport are simply insulting.