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 Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:55 pm
Jo_Momma Kimiko-ue
9/11 shouldn't be forgotten because it's important?
That's how I feel also.I saw that Time magazine with the black border.There was this one picture with people jumping out of buildings that will always come with the thought of 9/11. ;o;
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:39 pm
[~Paper~] You were 10 during 6th grade? ;o;
Nope, 9/11 occurred before my 11th birthday which was end of October.
Because of 9/11, that year my class decorated the windows of our school with flags that we made. :] Made me feel more patriotic.
I still reflect on 9/11 now and then, we talked about it scientifically in Physics last year too. >>
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:40 pm
I was in 11th grade between classes, and they had it on the news in the library. we have a big screen tv in there that is always playing news. cnn stuff like that. I watched both planes hit the building and went on to class... other than it being depressing, me feeling horrible for the people who lost family and such, I really just wanted everyone to shut up about it.
Mass panic never makes me feel good.
Honor our losses and such but don't drag their memories through the dirt kind of thing. Get over it move on.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:48 am
- Skips the question -
I was hoping this topic would pop in one day.
My grand-father was the architect for the air-conditioning design xD
It made me think a few moments about 9/11 and as someone from the inside of America to the outside countries I have just one sentence to say:
The day of 911 killed millions of people, not americans.
It has a deep meaning if thought twice.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:58 pm
I think I was 9, going on 10 when it happened. It was just an average day in my mind until I noticed that everyone seemed to be leaving school early. When my mom came to pick me up I was thinking something along the lines of "what the heck?" (I didn't swear back then... sweatdrop ) and "I wonder what's going on...?" I just remember on the ride home that my mom was explaining the situation. I didn't really watch the news when it happened, though. I was the only one who wasn't in my house. This was also before I had cable, so I couldn't watch TV for like a week because every channel had the news on it. gonk Back then, I was too young to comprehend what had just happened. So, you can't blame me for not giving a crap when it first happened. sweatdrop Damn, I can't believe it's already been 4 and a half years since 9/11. eek Time really flies... sweatdrop . I also remember my dad calling, saying that he saw smoke coming out from the Pentagon. He was also crying because he lived just a few blocks from it back then. ( FYI, My parents are divorced) It was wierd, too. My dad had just came back from New York the week before. While he was there, he was in a meeting with some people who worked at the World Trade Center who all probably died on 9/11. sad This tragedy was proof that the United States, contrary to popular belief, is poorly guarded from Disasters. Katrina was even more proof. Some of you may hate me for saying this, but I truly despise George W. Bush. He's given me an odd vibe from the start. ninja Every time I think about him, I lose more of my faith in the United States. confused
(Wow, I never usually have posts that are this long sweatdrop )
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:03 pm
Where were you on 9/11?
I was at home and leaving for school when the first two planes hit.
How old were you?
I was 14 at the time.
How did it effect you?
Personally, it didn't affect me except for the overwhelming fear that other planes may have been on their way to other big cities, like Seattle where my best friend's (at the time) dad worked in the tallest building.
What images did you feel to be most shocking or effecting?
Definately the footage of people jumping out of windows. I can't imagine how helpless they must have felt that they would go so far as to jump out of a building like that. It was awful. And one video shot by someone showed one of the plane crashes up close. You can just hear the plane roaring overhead and everyone screaming as it just disentigrates into the side of the building. It still horrifies me to this day.
Should 9/11 be remembered or forgotten?
Remembered. Those people shouldn't have died in vain. They deserve to be remembered and respected. I loathe it when people on this site bash it and laugh at it just for a reaction.
Do some people take 9/11 too seriously?
Not at all. Thousands of people died that day. Terrorism like that is not something to be taken lightly.
What do you think about the media and 9/11; all of the movies coming out?
If the movies are just in it for profit, then they should go to hell IMO. And I do think it is a bit early for them to be putting them out. Like that movie, Flight 93, there was one on with the same prinicpal on the discovery channel. I watched it and I was in tears the entire time.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:06 pm
I was 9. I remember all of my friends going home early and I was the only one left in class. Then my dad came all freaked out and told me what happened. Last thing I remember was going through the channels crying, "I want to watch Disney!"
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:14 pm
i pretty much have the same thoughts as kimi
except i think the only reason people like kimi, incon, and me didnt really
feel affected because our age maybe not because we lack emotions
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:58 pm
Cujo Smurf Spamster ILuvSesshy06 Hmm, I can vividly remember that day.
I was in the 8th grade and I was getting ready for school, I walked to school at the time and I lived real close so I was putting on my shoes watching the news for some reason. (Normally I don't watch the news at all.) So anywho, I actually saw one of the planes crash into the buildings on T.V. I called my mom and told her about it, and how the news people were speculating on the attack on the U.S. and such, I told her to be safe and stuff since she works in a decently sized building in downtown. Dallas is kinda big and what not so they said we might be a target...I didn't think much of it at the time...but later it hit me when we were watching the news winding down the day... lots of kids were being pulled out of their classes and stuff...everyone was scared. It was frightening. Teachers were crying too... sad It was interesting to sorta witness something important in U.S. history...
The images of the people running and falling out of buildings was the worst for me.
I think it should be remembered that way it doesn't happen again and we can remember all the people that lost their lives trying to help and such....
I liked one of the 9-11 movies...the one with all the Bush-bashing. D: I dislike Bush. ><; I LOVE YOU SESSHY. heart heart heart
Cujo : I agree with the part that some people go overboard. If one of your loved ones died in 9/11, you have all the right to be pissed off. But if you're a spoiled rich kid in Toronto, Ontario, and you're still crying about it, then I think something's wrong.
confused umm... don't you live in Toronto? Yes, but that's why I said it. A lot of my friends were pretending to be hurt and saddened just for the sake of being dramatic and seeking empathy. It's those people that anger me; those who take advantage of something so terrible.
And thanks everone for responding; it's great to hear everyone's stories.
3nodding heart heart
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:26 pm
I live in America but I'm not all that Patriotic. I'm Hispanic so I don't show much American Pride. During the Pledge I sit down but if the teacher tells me to stand up I say "I don't support america"
America= Good place to live.
People who live there= Suck.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:27 pm
At the time I believe I was 9 or maybe 10, this had happened while I was at school. Everybody was leaving early from school and I despised school as a child so I just went along with leaving early and was actually glad even though I had no reason why I was leaving early. I wasn't really effected by 9/11 the only thing that happened was that the crash of the pentagon was close by. Nothing was really shocking to me because when I was little I pretty much didn't give a damn for the news so I just played outside. I didn't really understand what had actually until the next day when everyone in school was talking about a crash. It's been a little over four years now since this tragedy and I can't believe how easily most poeple are forgetting it. I don't think poeple take 9/11 too seriously because of all of the losses and destruction, families were torn apart.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:45 pm
[~Paper~] I live in America but I'm not all that Patriotic. I'm Hispanic so I don't show much American Pride. During the Pledge I sit down but if the teacher tells me to stand up I say "I don't support america" America= Good place to live. People who live there= Suck.
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:40 pm
[Satan] 2.0 [~Paper~] I live in America but I'm not all that Patriotic. I'm Hispanic so I don't show much American Pride. During the Pledge I sit down but if the teacher tells me to stand up I say "I don't support america" America= Good place to live. People who live there= Suck. In the 5th grade my teacher taught me that When you say the pledge of allegience your are saying that you will fight for this Country against any other country no matter what. If my home country Dominican Republic was in War the US I side with Dominican Republic. Why? Because that's my home country, all of my family lives there, and other reasons about poverty. So since then I've never said the pledge. Except once on the Phone with Pac~man but that was for something diffrent. wink
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:45 am
[~Paper~] [Satan] 2.0 [~Paper~] I live in America but I'm not all that Patriotic. I'm Hispanic so I don't show much American Pride. During the Pledge I sit down but if the teacher tells me to stand up I say "I don't support america" America= Good place to live. People who live there= Suck. In the 5th grade my teacher taught me that When you say the pledge of allegience your are saying that you will fight for this Country against any other country no matter what. If my home country Dominican Republic was in War the US I side with Dominican Republic. Why? Because that's my home country, all of my family lives there, and other reasons about poverty. So since then I've never said the pledge. Except once on the Phone with Pac~man but that was for something diffrent. wink
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:33 am
[Satan] 2.0 [~Paper~] I live in America but I'm not all that Patriotic. I'm Hispanic so I don't show much American Pride. During the Pledge I sit down but if the teacher tells me to stand up I say "I don't support america" America= Good place to live. People who live there= Suck.
Yeah, I don't really care for pledge either and since I moved to TX I have to recite another pledge The Texas Pledge. [Satan] 2.0 I agree with you because there isn't only one belief, and didn't you say you were an atheist.
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