9/11 5 Years On

[Louise]

Well, 5 years to this date.
Can you fooking believe 5 years have gone

I’m writing this in a merry state. I’ve just gone onto a forum; I couldn’t post due to it being in a mark of respect of the 9/11.
5 years have past, so, so very quickly. I can’t believe it.
Such a sad sad day.
I remember, I was 17/18 in bed. Dad came into me (I was listing to head phones) Said 'one of the twin towers is on fire.
Me being me, didn’t give a shit, didn’t know what the hell it was ect ect. I just said 'oh right ok'
But after 10 mins it intrigued me to go look.
Low and behold, it was on TV - every channel.
I was interested how such a big building was on fire like that.
Carried on watching, could see, what seemed a helicopter very close to the building, the wing of it (TV was broadcasting quite far way)
Then 'Bang' the 2nd plane went it. My mouth dropped. Heart sank. Mind wondered.
Thinking WTF is going on. I felt very weird, two tall buildings attacked, one buy a plane (back then I didn’t even think it was two planes that went in to them)

I just remember this day back 5 years ago, very clearly, I remember every moment.

Mum comes home from work, 11am roughly, told her twin towers were under attack.

Both mum n dad knew what they were... But, I just didn’t have a clue.

We were all glued to the TV.... A building like that, 110 stories high if I am correct...... Both struck above the middle floors, surely can survive..... I put the hope into the bruvs and sis of the NYFD
(For who don’t know, I am myself trying for the fire service so we all call each other bruv)

Watching and watching, then one just collapses...

I can’t tell you what I was thinking back then, I really can’t.
Going from something I don’t know, to something I feel for is a lot.
So many minutes after, the other collapses.
I’m sickened with hate (I didn’t know who done it) But to all those people who died, who were trapped.
Who did this? I don’t know, I wasn’t worried then. I was just shocked, shocked to fook with what happened.

The mess, the aftermath - The pentagon, the United airplane also.
I just could not understand what went on.


But, 5 years on today it’s still remembered. Remembered with good faith. Every Firefighter/Police/Paramedic will remember this morning what went on 5 years ago.


I Believe the US government had a lot to do with this.
I’ve seen the films, persuaded me. The truth needs to come out.
Once and for all.

This post may have bored a few of you, but I feel so strongly about 9/11.
And may god rest there soul.

RIP 9.11.2001 11.9.2001

[anders]

I have been following all the programs, horrific stuff.

Rip to all those and my support and feelings with the families an friends.
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Think everyone knows where they were.
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[JonB]

Dunno, think the amount of allies killed in the "War on Terror" now outnumbers those killed on "9/11". Think I will be thinking of their poor families just as much.

But you are right, those 5 years have flown by.
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[Robby]

RIP 1 million+ iraqis and afghans.

Not really bothered about 3000 wealthy americans.

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[mr jamez]

The thread on the london bombings anniversary pretty much sums up my feelings on the world trade center attacks of 2001. I have slowly lost any empathy I felt towards America when I saw the towers collapse due to their behaviour since then. Unless you have lost someone you knew, I don't see the point in mentioning it.
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[akaDAVE]

I can see Robs point but I wouldn't want to directly offend someone by saying I 'don't care'.
Whenever someone dies an untimely death it is a trajedy, all humans feel the same pain.
However I don't like the fact that the deaths of those in the towers are seen to be any more tragic or unjust than many of the people killed since in retaliation or in any other act of violence or terrorism accross the world.

So, when these huge anniversaries come around I do find myself getting annoyed with it, you lose sympathy first and then it turns to a negative sentiment. I think the year after it happened there was a 3 minute silence , instead of the usual 1. That pissed me off quite frankly.
I just remind myself that it was sad that those people died and I feel sorry for those that lost loved ones, but that's it, I try to keep it in perspective and keep the political significance separate from the human one.
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[TheShaggyDA]

Here's an interesting piece on 9/11 that I read last week :-

https://ranprieur.com/essays/911FAQ.html
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[Mister James]

I lost interest as soon as I started reading, but managed to hang in there long enough to read this little gem:

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[tokarev]

I can still remember that day quite clearly in my head.

I was on the bus just coming into Victoria Station with some friends after college. There were loads of police about (some armed and others on horseback). We all wondered what was going on, but assumed it was just another bomb scare (lots of these happen at Victoria Station). So just got off the bus and split, thinking nothing more of the incident.

Got home and put on the TV as I normally do so that I could relax, but I was greeted with the news on all channels showing a smoking building. I was watching thinking "shit, that is pretty unlucky, to lose control of a plane and hit that tower". Then all of a sudden the camera focused on another plane which then smashed straight into the second tower. I was astonished at what I just saw and had shivers down my spine. First of all I thought "Surely not a second accident...no way!!". I was in disbelief that this just happened but then came to the conclusion that this was a deliberate act.

I sat there watching the events unfold as reporters were broadcasting live from the bottom of the two smoking towers. Then I remember them showing people jumping out of the towers to their deaths, hitting the ledges of the building on the way down. All this live on tv. Very sad to see.

After a little more time, I then remember seeing the building just crashing down onto itself, and seeing the people running from the falling debris and the cloud of dust that was swallowing the streets. Then the second fell.

I was shocked that such a thing had happened and continued watching the news to find out as much as I could.

Obviously this a a terrible event that has happened and lots of innocent people have died. But also the fact that this event was used as the reason for war in the Middle East and Afghanistan, where lots and lots of innocent people have been killed.

So RIP to all innocent lives that have been lost in the 9/11 attacks and also in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[plugger147]

I was in the workshop when the first one hit and the radio just said a plane had hit the wtc, followed by lots of jokes along the line's of didn't he see the bloody thing it's not as if there's that much to dodge when your flying (we were expecting it to be a small plane too). . I did feel a bit of a twat when the second hit and more details came through. Scince then and all the media coverage,american reaction,conspiracy theories and the rest of it I'm getting a bit fed up with it all tbh. The family and friends of people who died have my deepest sympathies but it must really piss them off have it in there faces all the time.

[Didge]

[JonB]

Yeah I think Robby knows that.

But it's also quite sad that we have to kill many more people than they did to get "our" point across.
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[byke95]

I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but the recent run of 9/11 programming do seem to 'pump the terrorist agenda'. It just feels like propoganda.

We, as an 'allied' force have killed and continue to kills tens of thousands of innocents in the name of the 'war on terror', with no obvious successes (or even a clear target - will capturing/killing one man end his legacy or simply make him stronger?).

As G (and Robby) point out, America is by far the more aggressive 'terrorist' at present.

[killa]

I remember it was strange day, I knew of the towers but didn’t know exactly what the deal was inside them.
The BBC red tickertape thing scrolled across the bottom of the screen, I got a bowl of cereal and flicked between channels, I left it on BBC and tried to take in some of the information and then I saw the second plane hit the other tower.
My thoughts went straight away to all the workers in the surrounding area just trying to get through their day, it was a little weird seeing it all unfold on the small screen.
Forget all the bullshit about caring for East just as much, we have strong connections with America, we wouldn’t be where we are now if it wasn’t for them, although this is a strange time for both countries I did feel a lot for the people over there who are just like me.
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