September 11th Terror Attacks: 5th "anniversery"

[Alpha]

next month will be the sixth anniversery of the September 11th attacks in New York & Washington.

a few questions:

is this the last we'll ever see of the terrorists??

will terrorism EVER be wiped out?

what were you doing and what do you remember most about the Twin Tower attacks in New York??

[Kasabian]

I was feeding my daughter her baby food when I see the newsflash, then I pretty much watched it for the rest of the day.

I don't think terrorism will ever be wiped out, 'one man's terrorist is another man's hero' as they say when they try to defend atrocities to humanity or, more likely, because the PC swing has swung so far over that it's broken off and is hurtling across the sea and people won't tackle the issue at hand from fear of being labled 'racist'.

[Ck]

I was making tea in the kitchen when my Son shouted through that the TV wasn't working properly. When I went to see what he meant I saw that all channels were reporting the same news. Tea got burned 'cos I couldn't stop watching it as it all unfolded.

I can't see that terrorism will end, too many people are openly showing their hate.

[Time Meddler]

It'll be the fifth anniversary actually.

I don't think we'll see the end of terrorism in our lifetimes.

That day, I was at work, and then went to university in the afternoon for a lecture (I was at uni at that time). We had a break between 3 and 4 and then another lecture until 5. The towers had been hit at around 2pm our time and it wasn't until I got to the wife's office after 5 that I heard the news. When she told me what had happened, I couldn't believe it. I told her that it must be exaggerated as buildings as big as the Twin Towers could not just collapse like that. Then I saw it on TV. It was so shocking that I sat and watched the news for the rest of the evening, just numb with shock.

[Ck]

The actual collapse just seemed so surreal. It was bad enough that the terrorists had even made plans to fly into the buildings but they couldn't have hoped in a million years that they would actually cause them to crumble like they did.

[Alpha]

thanks, title changed. also i apoligize to anybody if this discussion opens old wounds and memories

i was watching the Neighbours first run, after that finished it went straight to News 24 of a close up of the top of the towers, i thought the screen looked upside down. a relplay of the second plane hitting the tower was played and i thought straight away, it wasn't just an accident i watched it all day too and i was kind of scared, but i was only 16 at the time.

[Time Meddler]

The actual collapse just seemed so surreal. It was bad enough that the terrorists had even made plans to fly into the buildings but they couldn't have hoped in a million years that they would actually cause them to crumble like they did.

I know. I remember thinking that they would have been very satisfied with their day's work. I also remember seeing the pictures with people on top of the building. It was like "Towering Inferno". I wondered on their chances of being rescued, only to realise shortly afterwards that they were already dead, as the towers had collapsed hours before I even heard the news. That, and the images of people jumping out of the windows, were really hard to bear.

[Time Meddler]

i thought straight away, it wasn't just an accident

Yes, I knew that as soon as the wife told me that planes had hit BOTH towers.

[Ck]

It sends shivers through me to even think about it.

I don't recall the people jumping as such, hearing about the ones that called their loved ones and the conversations they had and the messages they left seem to have stuck with me more for some reason.

[Time Meddler]

It sends shivers through me to even think about it.

I don't recall the people jumping as such, hearing about the ones that called their loved ones and the conversations they had and the messages they left seem to have stuck with me more for some reason.

Yes, and the one who phoned his wife and she wasn't there so he had to leave a message, and she heard the message after she knew what had happened. Heartbreaking.