This is an honest question. With it being the 13th anniversary, I am realizing that some people on here may not even have memories from this tragic event. I am seeing a lot of back and forth on the blogs about what other countries have done, jokes, comparisons to other events, etc. I wonder if the people with a more cavalier attitude towards it do not remember the actual day, but have only heard about it? I have seen a few posts with references to the Titanic, for example, that none of us remember. Maybe it is the same for some users of this site? I was personally affected on this day and lost loved ones. I remember many details of that day down to smells and feelings. I will not joke about it and I have a dark sense of humor. But if other's wish to joke about it, that is their choice, I am not going to fault them for it. Because their experience, if they have one, is surely different from mine or they may handle uncomfortable situations in a different way. But that is part of what makes the USA great. We are allowed to have and express our own opinion, we have that freedom. And we are also allowed to express our disagreement to other's opinions. On this day, I choose to remember the one's I loved, the many that lost their life, and the hero's of that day and the weeks and years after.
itsaustin - Thanks for sharing! It's crazy to think that you were so young because some days it really feels like it happened just the other day, not 13 years ago. And dumbginger -Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I need to be an ahole about it. And if I said I never laughed at an off color joke I would be a liar
I remember coming home from school and I was eating my dinner, and it was all over the news and me and my family were just watching the news in disbelief :P +
I was 7 years old. I don't remember it all that well except for the fact that the teachers were scattering around the building, and when children asked questions, they told us there was an accident. Some kids got picked up from school, but I didn't.
I'm glad I read this. I try to avoid reading the blogs page on this day (MOST DAYS, ACTUALLY, BUT WHATEVER), as there's plenty of people on this site that don't understand the weight of the situation to some. Alas, I didn't use my brain and ended up reading some really irritating shit. As someone that also lost someone due to this, I needed to read this to put things into perspective and keep my cool.
fritzyyyyy I am glad I could help you in some way. I got a little annoyed at some of the things I read too but then this thought came to me. I had to take a step back for a second and place myself in their shoes for a moment. Thank you for sharing your experience. I am sorry that you lost someone : (
I was 15 wow I can't believe it's been 13 years already and I was in social studies soft more year I remember seeing it and was confused cause I didn't know what terrorists attacks were exactly I was young.
honestly, i was 7 (almost 8), and i don't particularly remember much. but i do live in canada, and they didn't really stop school or anything. i remember hearing something big happening when i got back home, but as a 7 year old, i didn't really ask much about it.
I was six. It was yearbook picture day at school, and I was sitting in the chair when the photographer and my kindergarten teacher got a call from my dad in Pittsburgh saying America is being attacked.
I was in my 20s and I had the day off from workin' at Dunkin Donuts. I was smoking with my friend Robin and my sister was making coffee when the tv said that a plane had gone through the WTC. We watched in horror as the second one hit...and then the third one that hit the pentagon....and then the rogue plane that went down in PA. It was scary. It was the day that America changed.
I remember exactly where I was when it happened. I was 12, in 7th grade computer class, in the library of my high school. We were allowed to go home early if our parents picked us up. Classes pretty much stopped for the day, and everyone was glued to a tv in whichever classroom they were in. It was a very tense time, because our school is relatively close to an Air Reserve Base, which many of the students parents work at.
Thank you all for sharing your stories. I really feel this is an important blog and a great way to share why we all have different feelings about this day and how even though we went through it together, our experiences are all unique
I was 16, in my us history class when it happened. We immediatelt starting watching the news reports, and stayed in our classrooms for a few hours. I did not lose anyone, fortunately dor me, but I do remember the pain of a couple classmates whose mother worked at the wtc
I was at Primary school (elementary school) and when I got home, I just remember seeing the image of both towers standing with smoke pouring out of them. :(
id just finished watching neighbours on bbc1, mini bibs was playing with her toys when there was a news flash. i remember it very distinctly, just when you thought the worst had happened, it just got even more unbelievable.
