9/11 attacks

[Jessica]

for those of you that live in the United States, did you remember that day? (September 11th, 2001).


take this moment to honor those that died in those attacks and send your prayers to their families.

I didn't remember what happened. I was a 2nd grader, and did not remember the news.

[laepelba]

I was teaching school about two blocks from the Pentagon. They didn't have time to tell us what was happening. They only were able to put the school into "emergency lock-down". It was VERY scary because we heard (and FELT!!) the explosions. The students in my classroom were very scared ... and as their teacher, I had to be calm and reassuring, even though I didn't have any idea what was going on. It was a very LONG and very difficult day. I can't imagine how it would have been to be in New York.

I have several friends who were in that wing of the Pentagon that day. One was thrown out of his chair at his desk, but escaped unharmed. Another was burned severely all over his body, and spent another year (or more) in hospitals and has permanent scars over most of his body. He has started a non-profit organization to raise money for burn patients....

[CrOtALiTo]

I was in my house here in Mexico, and well just I watched the news in the TV.

[laepelba]

I have to say that I am SO glad that I didn't see a television that day until after 9:00pm. I didn't leave my school until after about 8:00 that night. Apparently, during the day, they were broadcasting some of the more distasteful things without restraint. But later, by the time I turned on the TV, they were refraining from broadcasting certain horrific images. I have never seen them.......

[poli]

Podía ver las torres desde mi ventana. Aunque nunca me gustaba su arquitectura era horrible verlas envueltas en humo a la misma vez verlas en la television. Es una memoria casi inverosímil. Después el olor de incendio eléctrico envolvió la ciudad--un olor que duró hasta diciembre.

Ocho años después aun hay un hueco donde habían los edificios. Habían planes de construir edificios visionarios con un estupendo estación de trenes deseñado por Calatrava, pero ahora todo parece en paro. No lo
entiendo.

[Fazor]

We talked about this in another forum, so I'll just copy and paste my response from there:

I was living in downtown Pittsburgh for school, and with the plane that came down in Pa., that was interesting. But to start at the beginning. . .

I was at my friend's apartment (down the hall from mine, think dorm rooms), as I had slept there that night. Her boyfriend called and told her to turn on the tv. He said a plane had hit one of the towers. There it was, smoke billowing and reporters talking about the bizzare, horrific "accident". Then there was this bewildered "oh (snap!)" moment, when I don't think anyone in the entire world could process what was taking place, as the second plane smashed into the second tower.

One of those things where you instantly knew what was happening, but still couldn't process it. At that point I went back to my dorm to wake my three room mates and tell them what was going on. That was certainly a conversation that no one could process. Me: "Planes just hit the twin towers." Sleepy room mates: "What? Towers? Plane accident?" Me: "Not an accident. We've been attacked." Room mates: "What? No. Towers? Planes?" Me: "Yes, attacked. Wake up." That type of thing.

Then just numbness. The city was evacuated, partially because it was a city, and partially because of the 4th plane that no one was quite sure where it had been headed. It wasn't out of reason to think one of Pittsburgh's buildings had been an intended target. Lots of phone calls, when the lines weren't down from being overloaded. One of my room mate's parents drove from Michigen to get him and take him home. I thought that was overkill but we all handle things our own way.

For weeks, you couldn't walk the streets in that city without passing Hummers and armed military guards. Could have struck a scary "we're at war!" feeling, but to me, it was awesome to see how quickly and efficiently they came to our aid.

[María José]

I listened to a radio programme a few days ago about a British lady whose husband had gone to New York on business and died that day. Just one second can change one's life for ever.

[Jessica]

aww that's sad

my mom was watching TV on that day 8 years ago and it happened to come on

[ookami]

I were ten years old, I watched it from tv when I arrived home but I didn't cared(how can I say care in past?) too much.

Originally Posted by Fazor

but to me, it was awesome to see how quickly and efficiently they came to our aid.

With all the wars that have created, if the army is not efficiently...

[Jessica]

yes, care in the past tense is cared

[CrOtALiTo]

It was very sad for the world.

Why people kill more people.?

[ookami]

Thanks Sofía for the correction.

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

It was very sad for the world.

Why people kill more people?

With that question you can be all the life doing research.
But take in account you can kill people in many ways. When knowing there is a lot of people near you dying from hunger, when you eat more than you can or when you throw food: aren't you a kind of murder? And when you buy things you don't need? "Oh, but I win that money whit effor" -> ... I'm going out of topic.

[irmamar]

Ookami, I'm going to be depressed because of your answer Anyway, I try to help others as much as I can do. But I think that an individual is not able to help a lot, but governments and companies should do. I don't think I'm killing somebody, or I hope so.

[ookami]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Ookami, I'm going to be depressed because of your answer Anyway, I try to help others as much as I can do. But I think that an individual is not able to help a lot, but governments and companies should do. I don't think I'm killing somebody, or I hope so.

Sorry for make you sad The idea was to show that it isn't something so linear: "take a knife, kill someone", "put a bomb, kill someone".

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

It was very sad for the world.

Why the people kill to more people.?

because some people are very cruel.

just think of the Holocaust.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by ookami

Thanks Sofía for the correction.



With that question you can be all the life doing research.
But take in account you can kill people in many ways. When knowing there is a lot of people near you dying from hunger, when you eat more than you can or when you throw food: aren't you a kind of murder? And when you buy things you don't need? "Oh, but I win that money whit effor" -> ... I'm going out of topic.

Teacher, I have the habit to spend a lot money in vacations, I'm sorry, you've reason.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by jchen

because some people are very cruel.

just think of the Holocaust.

It's absurd think in the holocaust today with bad people living in this planet

[Jessica]

yes definitely

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes.
For example people who participle in the murder of another people inside of the jail


The famous Pena de muerte.

I don't agree with that.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

It's absurd think in the holocaust today with bad people living in this planet

George Orwell:

Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past.

Jorge Ruíz de Santayana

El que no pueda acordarse del pasado, está condenado a repetirlo.