It's been eleven years to the day since the tragedies of 9/11 and I would like to just take the time to remember the thousands of lives that were lost that day and pay my respects to the thousands more who were affected by losing a loved one or becoming ill from being around the site while trying to escape or while helping others. It's been a while since the event but America hasn't been the same since and I ask you all to take a moment of your time to remember the fallen and pray for the affected.

RIP all those who lost their lives, You will not be forgotten.

"you take down two of our buildings, we take down two of your countries" - 'Merica

In all seriousness, I have a ton of respect for the rescue workers that dove into those buildings and saved lives at the cost of their own. Real heroes each and every one of 'em.

I second that. What a horrible day it was and we never forget something like that. All my good thoughts to the victim's families.

As a side note OP:

I still can't get over the stupidity and greed of the people in the second tower. Who knows who could have came home if human nature/logic was the name of the game and not greed. Whoever was in a position of authority ought to be ashamed.

I heard that recently America decided to pay for the cancer treatments of the first response workers. Good for them, I say. They deserve it. A long time coming, perhaps.

They really are the real heroes and it's unfortunate that most of them are getting diseases and illnesses like cancer from inhaling all the burning materials and the concrete dust that was in the air.

People to this day are still being effected from the events.


Fortunately the government has set up a fund to completely cover all the treatments for these people.


Edit:

Oh ok, thanks for the heads up. I wasn't aware of that nor did I even think about it. Hopefully it can stay civil.

I would say opinion on this matter, but everyone would hate me, and I would get a warning so I won't. I'll just say this RIP to all those that died.

Remembering this day frustrates me. I remember I was in the 7th grade when this happened, and we saw the 2nd tower hit on TV in English class. Then the class ended, and the math teacher refused to let us watch it and we had to do math instead.

I mean, I get it, but still. Damned if she did, damned if she didn't I suppose.

My English teacher a few years ago was talking about how on 9/11 after the two towers went down she ran outside and was looking at the sky as if I plane was going to crash down where she was. I was like you dumb [censored], I'm sure you were one of their top priorities on that day.

Ooohhh, now I gotta know.


I remember turning on the TV before school just in time to see the second plane hit. All day at school all we watched the news, that's all we did.

You never know. What if 9/11 was simply the start of an invasion? Why not cripple the WTC and the Pentagon first, and then proceed with secondary targets leading to full scale war? Looking back she sounds pretty stupid, but anything could have happened that day.

Because the WTC would have made a horrible target for the beginning of an invasion.

I was 11, in 6th grade, and all my teachers did was whisper about it all day and they never even told us what was going on. Until my class went to gym and that teacher told us. He explained it like someone accidentally flew into a building and seemed as though it wasn't a big deal.

I remember my parents talking about it, and then everybody started to talk about it. I never actually saw the footage on that day though.

Okay, but don't hate on me guys, I do feel bad about what happened, and for the families of those who died. However, I feel we have overreacted to the whole thing, and this is exactly what the terrorists wanted. Being a person that likes to instigate, and mess with people I know that there is nothing more annoying than someone not reacting to something you did to them. So all this stuff we do/did is exactly what the terrorists want/wanted, and we need to stop.
Maybe so, but she would have been a target, out of all the people in the US, I don't think so. She has no significance other than being a [censored] who flirts with her students.

I didn't see the news until after the second plane hit. I was upstairs playing some game and my parents were watching TV, but not a news channel. It wasn't until a neighbour rang the door a bit later that evening (for an unrelated reason) and mentioned the disaster that my parents switched channels and told me to come down and watch.

I heard the plan was to take the 9/11 memorial stuff down a notch after the 10 year mark passed. Sounds like a good idea. Is the difference between this year and the previous years noticeable, in terms of media attention and such?

I get what you're saying. Your opinion does make sense but just because were doing something the terrorists wanted is really no reason to stop. Worrying about how the terroists feel is not looking at what's important. Not taking a minute out of one day during the year to mourn our victims because that's what the terroists wanted isn't going to solve much.

How the media portrays the event and how certain channels run all day marathons of programs that discuss the tragedy does seem to be an overreaction. It has been a long time since it happened and I really don't see it being anolyzed, discussed or even mentioned besides on the anniversary.

Agreed. I think 9/11 was a major victory for terrorism because of what happened after the fact. I won't go into detail because it will become political by it's very nature.

R.I.P to all the victims and their families, it's a real tragedy.

I have a feeling people won't let this comment go though.

9/11 taught me two things: America is vulnerable, and America is resilient.

RIP to all who lost their lives in the attack 11 years ago.

Regarding the media reaction and memorial to it, i think it should carry on every year and would be disrespectfull if it didnt. I remember i was going to school on the day and heard on the radio. Watched the footage on the news at home and everyone was in shock.

Tragic day for the whole world.

Yeah, same here. We were all pretty much led to believe that America was uncapable of getting attacked. I think that's why so many people, even with no direct relation to the attack itself, were so devastated and shocked.

I had just moved into a new high-rise condo in Chicago. My girlfriend called me from work and told me to turn on the TV. I saw from the second plane on live as it aired. Some friends of mine that worked downtown ended up having the buildings they worked in evacuated, so they came over and watched the news coverage. The whole thing was pretty surreal. We had no idea what was going to happen next.

I remember watching the first tower start to fall on live TV...Peter Jennings was talking to someone near the scene on the phone and wasn't watching his monitor. You could actually see people jumping from windows of the building. We were all pointing at the screen and yelling at Peter Jennings to look at his monitor. Somehow that little idiosyncrasy made it seem all the more shocking.

My heart still goes out to the families that lost loved ones that day.

If anything that single day showed that we, as a nation, can still come together for a common cause. It's a shame we forget that 364 days a year.