Tomorrow marks twelve years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on The Pentagon and the World Trade Center.

 

Most current grade schoolers were not yet born when the attacks took place. Most current high schoolers have no memory of the events, beyond the countless images and video clips that they've seen speckling the media over the last decade or so. Current college students were in grade school at the time of the attacks, and few had a full, un-censored experience of the entirety of the events while they took place.

 

The United States and the world has had twelve years to deal with their emotions of anger, grief, loss, fright, sadness, depression, paranoia, despair, pride, loyalty, sacrifice, coping, or acceptance. So, tomorrow morning, when you wake up and realize what day it is, will you do anything special to reflect on the gravity of the day or to offer remembrance? What does it still mean to you? How has September 11th changed your life?

For those of you who might use this thread to debate agendas of political parties and administrations, or who want to discuss conspiracy theories, please go elsewhere and start your own discussion there.

I was 10 years old and I vividly remember the day.

Sophomore in high school. Sitting in Geometry.

I'm flying to New York tomorrow. It will be Rochester.

I don't fear flying, but that day forever changed my life.

Still ticks me off what one has to go through to travel and I get to go through the priority lines.

 

That's the selfish part, the sad part is what those clowns did that changed the lives of innocent people.

I flew into Boston on Monday. I did, indeed, think about 9.11 since Boston is where it started.

 

 

I think about it every time I fly. For a second I start to get "bothered" by the fact that I have to take off my shoes and belt. I then verbally smack myself.

If you want to stir up some emotions, watch the documentary where the folks just grabbed their cameras on the ground and started shooting. It's really powerful...

If you want to stir up some emotions, watch the documentary where the folks just grabbed their cameras on the ground and started shooting. It's really powerful...

 

Any idea what the name is? I saw the Naudet brothers' documentary several years ago. Gut-wrenching.

Any idea what the name is? I saw the Naudet brothers' documentary several years ago. Gut-wrenching.

 

I think it is called 102 Minutes That Changed America

I think it is called 102 Minutes That Changed America

 

Ahh, gotcha. I came across that the other day when I was looking through the TV schedule for this week. I've not seen it. It's airing on the History Channel tomorrow. I've got my DVR set.

The thing I most vividly remember as it happened was listening to Howard Stern and the raw emotion that poured through as the situation unfolded in NYC. I watched all of the news outlets and reports throughout the day, but it was Stern that made things real live on the air...

There is another one where 6 random people from different angles and walks of life started filming and they put it all together. But I can't remember that one. It's pretty solid too

The thing I most vividly remember as it happened was listening to Howard Stern and the raw emotion that poured through as the situation unfolded in NYC. I watched all of the news outlets and reports throughout the day, but it was Stern that made things real live on the air...

 

I caught a lot of the show on September 11th on the way to class at NKU that morning. It was un-freaking-real listening to it. I also remember being dumbfounded when I got to NKU and saw the parking lots damn-near empty.

 

They re-aired Stern's show in its entirety the next year. At that time I was working as a paralegal, and I was doing some work for most of the morning in the firm's law library. I had to take a break about half way through the morning to literally go vomit.

I honestly still get quite irked and a little mad when I think about 9/11.

 

I can't listen to "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood and not think about 9/11. We had an assembly in high school the week of 9/11 and I distinctly remember them playing this song and what it meant to me that day. I listen to it from time to time, but will definitely give it a listen.

 

I hate thinking about 9/11 because I really do still get mad about it, but it is nice to see the country put everything else aside and come together and be Patriotic for a change when things like 9/11, Boston Bombing, or the death of Bin Laden occur.

 

The more the American public is being patriotic the better for our country.

I was a sophomore in high school but didn't go that day Because I had a doctor appointment. Turned on the news and watched everything happen, very crazy at the time. Remember waking my uncle and telling him the pentagon had been hit and he was like no way they'd shoot it out of the air first.

 

 

One of the few times I wished he had been right. :lol2: