9/11 - Seven years on - Page 7

Jonny69 · 11-09-2008, 14:10

I can't remember why, but I was just arriving at my folk's house in London because I was working in Bath at the time. Saw it all live. Can't remember if I saw the second plane hit but I saw the buildings come down. Then it was an agonising wait to see if my friend was ok who worked there.

Haly · 11-09-2008, 14:12

I was in my first year of college. Went home to get some lunch and it was on the radio, so turned on the TV to watch with my parents. I remember after the first one hit my Mum saying 'it must be some terrible accident', as she said it the second one hit along with the realisation that it wasn't.

Then I went back to my English class and we spent most of that discussing it and wondering what was going to happen next. As we were all only 16, it all seemed pretty unnerving despite the fact we lived in a very small, quiet place.

Dee · 11-09-2008, 14:14

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Originally Posted by Jonny69

The it was an agonising wait to see if my friend was ok who worked there.

And? All ok I can only guess?

leowyatt · 11-09-2008, 14:21

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Originally Posted by Dee

And? All ok I can only guess?

I was thinking the same but assumed it was all ok

then again

Glaucus · 11-09-2008, 14:51

I had walked out my job the day or two before and was sat at home watching the tv. Waiting until the weekend to go to uni.
The first thing they did was stop the crap day time tv and show a plane hitting the tower. Initially with no commentator. I thought It was just some pc game advert at first.

Jonny69 · 11-09-2008, 15:27

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Originally Posted by Dee

And? All ok I can only guess?

Yes, she was fine

Davey_Pitch · 11-09-2008, 15:36

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Originally Posted by chumpychops

OK, ok, im sorry.

I would like to express my distaste that commemorations of 9/11 only highlight the apparent ignorance of many people towards the far greater disasters that have occurred both before, and since the WTC attacks.

Peoplae are, of course, welcome to commemorate the attacks, but if they do so without also acknowledging these other events then, in my humble opinion they are at best ignorant, or at worse guilty of the kind of developed world myopia that will only make such attacks more prevalent in the future.

Better? I didnt even swear.

I understand your point, but in a thread titled "9/11", asking specifically and only about 9/11, surely the replies and focus are only going to be about that particular disaster. It doesn't mean people are ignorant about other horrors going on around the world, it just means this thread isn't about them.

Glaucus · 11-09-2008, 16:38

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Originally Posted by chumpychops

OK, ok, im sorry.

I would like to express my distaste that commemorations of 9/11 only highlight the apparent ignorance of many people towards the far greater disasters that have occurred both before, and since the WTC attacks.

Peoplae are, of course, welcome to commemorate the attacks, but if they do so without also acknowledging these other events then, in my humble opinion they are at best ignorant, or at worse guilty of the kind of developed world myopia that will only make such attacks more prevalent in the future.

Better? I didnt even swear.

what are you on, it's about time-scales and the personal affect. It's the single biggest part of history most of us have seen and been through.

Humans only remember what has affected them and what they have lived through.

We also have commemorations for other stuff, but on the day it happens. like 11 of November.

chumpychops · 11-09-2008, 16:42

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

what are you on, it's about time-scales and the personal affect. It's the single biggest part of history most of us have seen and been through.

Humans only remember what has affected them and what they have lived through.

We also have commemorations for other stuff, but on the day it happens. like 11 of November.

Apparently being aggressive (as you are) is frowned upon in this forum.

If you'd care to rephrase your points in a more friendly manner, I'll address them.

Glaucus · 11-09-2008, 16:59

that is not aggressive...
The points are fine..

11-09-2008, 14:10	#61
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	I can't remember why, but I was just arriving at my folk's house in London because I was working in Bath at the time. Saw it all live. Can't remember if I saw the second plane hit but I saw the buildings come down. Then it was an agonising wait to see if my friend was ok who worked there. __________________ Last edited by Jonny69; 11-09-2008 at 15:28.

11-09-2008, 14:12	#62
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I was in my first year of college. Went home to get some lunch and it was on the radio, so turned on the TV to watch with my parents. I remember after the first one hit my Mum saying 'it must be some terrible accident', as she said it the second one hit along with the realisation that it wasn't. Then I went back to my English class and we spent most of that discussing it and wondering what was going to happen next. As we were all only 16, it all seemed pretty unnerving despite the fact we lived in a very small, quiet place. __________________ Halycopter

11-09-2008, 14:51	#65
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	I had walked out my job the day or two before and was sat at home watching the tv. Waiting until the weekend to go to uni. The first thing they did was stop the crap day time tv and show a plane hitting the tower. Initially with no commentator. I thought It was just some pc game advert at first. __________________

11-09-2008, 16:59	#70
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	that is not aggressive... The points are fine.. __________________