In memory of the victims of 9/11

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This is a memorial topic for the events of 9/11. Everyone here can show their respects for this day, the people who lost their lives, and the families who lost them. And if you have any stories or stuff, feel free to tell them. My dad works EXACTLY near where this took place, so I remember that day, my family was scared. Luckily, he was alright and everything's fine with him thank God. He had to go back to work through out the week, and he would come home covered in sud. It was a very tragic day, especially for the people who lost their lives...

Share your respect here, guys. And Please, everyone show some decency and not joke crap or whatever like last year, please..
 
Nearly 3,000 people died thanks to three hijacked planes crashing into the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. It was a very sad day. I was watching it on television before school in 5th grade, and continued to watch it when I got to class. No one from any part of my family got hurt, as they were nowhere close to New York or Pennsylvania (though I think my aunt was living there at the time). I can't believe it's been 12 years since the buildings collapsed. I feel extremely sorry for those who were affected and those who lost lives. My prayers go out to them.
 
Kneeling on my knees for those lost while watching George Bush on National Geographic. I was too young(Three years of age) to remember what happened and remained in the dark until 9/11 fourth grade: Mom told me she heard it on the radio at a gas station as she carried me. We had a moment of silence in school, that was it. We took it personally for the last two. She worried if I couldn't handle it; while I got through school, I can't feel sad enough for a true tragedy shared among our own people; almost 12 hours, 12 years ago.
 
I don't have a dramatic story because the event didn't affect anyone in my family personally and I was relatively too young to understand what was going on. Today was just another day for me, I don't dwell on an event that happened 12 years ago. It's understandable for those affected to but for the majority of people it's just empty words.
 
I pray especially for the people who resisted some of their aerial captors, killing themselves to help other citizens of the US... But I pray for all injured and deceased on that horrible day. I hope that the families that were affected by this disaster are okay and I put my heart out to them. May they be blessed that they're loved one has reached a special spot in heaven.
 
MattC said:
I don't have a dramatic story because the event didn't affect anyone in my family personally and I was relatively too young to understand what was going on. Today was just another day for me, I don't dwell on an event that happened 12 years ago. It's understandable for those affected to but for the majority of people it's just empty words.
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Exactly. While it's an awful thing that happened, dwelling on it 12 years later isn't going to do much.

To put it bluntly, this was... really nothing. There are bombings around the world that happen daily and get no media attention. The only reason this is still talked about every year is because of the media.
 
Try telling that to people who actually have a soul. 3,000 innocent civilians and government workers: husbands, mothers, children, etc.; relations to people born in this generation, people still alive who lost their friends and family, is a huge deal! To people who remember it, it's in their blood. It's in the national consciousness with a true fountain memorial and everything! To say that no one cares is just sick! I don't need someone else to tell me what to forget! I still set aside April 14 & 15 as days of mourning with my own heart and blood on my own!
 
To be fair, we don't really ever put our hearts out really to the hundreds of people who died in the Korean War. Or World War II. Or the Iraqian war.

9/11 is indeed extremely tragic, though, affected over 7000 people physically and over Three billion people mentally. It's also one of the few days in American history where an outsider has harmed a mass amount of citizens on American soil, the other major one being Pearl Harbor day.
 
It's easier to just say "get over it" when you have no real connection to it. If you lived in New York, or had family who died, almost died, or were helping with the after effects... It's always going to be brought up to us because it's a big deal that happened in our state (hell our country), in one of our biggest cities. And it wasn't like 50 years a go, this happened 12 years a go.

I understand other bombings don't get enough attention, that's wrong, but that's no reason to look at 9/11 like just a casual thing. I don't see how bringing it up one day a year can cause harm to anyone. People need to be respectful of other people's mournings.

 
Snowy said:
MattC said:
I don't have a dramatic story because the event didn't affect anyone in my family personally and I was relatively too young to understand what was going on. Today was just another day for me, I don't dwell on an event that happened 12 years ago. It's understandable for those affected to but for the majority of people it's just empty words.
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Exactly. While it's an awful thing that happened, dwelling on it 12 years later isn't going to do much.

To put it bluntly, this was... really nothing. There are bombings around the world that happen daily and get no media attention. The only reason this is still talked about every year is because of the media.
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I can give condolences but I don't dwell on it as of now because I'm sorry but something that happened decades ago is not going to make me sad or anything. I know for a fact it didn't have a direct impact on my therefore I am considerate of others feelings but personally, I am starting not to care about it. It's not even an event that came to my head (Truth be told)
 
Luigifan3DSGCN said:
Try telling that to people who actually have a soul. 3,000 innocent civilians and government workers: husbands, mothers, children, etc.; relations to people born in this generation, people still alive who lost their friends and family, is a huge deal! To people who remember it, it's in their blood. It's in the national consciousness with a true fountain memorial and everything! To say that no one cares is just sick! I don't need someone else to tell me what to forget! I still set aside April 14 & 15 as days of mourning with my own heart and blood on my own!
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I wonder if you know about the number of innocent people killed in Iraq because of the war. But I'm going to assume that you don't because you think that 3000 dead is a large number.

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Right now you're looking at around 120,000 innocent people killed in just Iraq since 2003. Also mind you, that's just Iraq citizens. That isn't counting the thousands of soldiers that have been killed.

SpiderStaryu said:
It's easier to just say "get over it" when you have no real connection to it. If you lived in New York, or had family who died, almost died, or were helping with the after effects... It's always going to be brought up to us because it's a big deal that happened in our state (hell our country), in one of our biggest cities. And it wasn't like 50 years a go, this happened 12 years a go.

I understand other bombings don't get enough attention, that's wrong, but that's no reason to look at 9/11 like just a casual thing. I don't see how bringing it up one day a year can cause harm to anyone. People need to be respectful of other people's mournings.
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I had family in New York at the time. We didn't hear from her for... 3 days? I think that sounds about right. But you know what? She's fine. And she's still fine. I got over it because she was okay.

The only reason I've said something it because people have sort of turned it into a holiday with how much mourning there is. I want you to go on Tumblr. FaceBook, Twitter, etc. and just look at the massive amount of "9/11 never forget" posts. Half of them have no connection to it and are just saying it because muh amerikkka.
 
Someone who loses a very close loved one (parent, sibling, relative, etc.) are very much affected by the loss and continue to mourn and remember years after the fact. A friend of the person who lost that loved one is also affected, but mourns less and remembers less. Someone random who found out about the death on the news mourns and remembers even less, if at all.

It's the same thing with 9/11. We shared that together and we as a nation treat it like we lost a parent. I'm sure other countries don't do the same because they are the "friends" or even the people who "found out through the news" from the example above. I'm pretty sure we were still remembering Pearl Harbor 12 years after it happened.

Yes, there are things much, much worse in the world, but we aren't as a nation personally attached to those people or places. I am by no means saying that this is a good thing, not at all. I'm just saying that it makes sense that we are still talking about 9/11 so many years later.
 
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