How many days,weeks,months or years for your recovery from 9/11 ?

Question

This is the message for paperback writer2003,I'm sorry that you misunderstand my feeling.Actually ,my suffering never been recovered and even for the rest of my life,9/11 damaged /damaging my life and my family.
How much tears for me to think about proples died in the twins tower,on the ground,in those planes,how many days and nights I could not sleep when I think of those innocent people,those bravery policeman/women,firemen and women,doctors,nurses,voluneer,their wives,children,parents,friends.

Answer 1

My actual recovery started about a week after the attacks, when it was very clear that there would be no more survivors, and that what was left was the difficult task of grieving and cleaning up the aftermath. I was able to let it all go, I think, the following month, when the US invaded Afghanistan. I wanted, very desperately, for the US to act immediately, and send a clear message that there would be reprisals for attacks on American civilians.

I think the events of 9/11 did not hit me as hard as they hit many people because of my particular circumstances. I have lived in many places in the world, some of them at times when it was particularly dangerous. I have always felt that the security and comfort we enjoy here at home in the US is, to a great extent, an illusion.

I became very interested in terrorism when I was in high school, and I have read a lot about different terrorist organizations, their motives, and their operations. While I do not condone terrorism in any way, I understand why it happens. For many years I marvelled at the fact that we had not had a major terrorist attack on our soil. We seemed to me to be a big, inviting target, especially for extremists of all types. I remember feeling a sense of relief after the first attack on the World Trade Center because it did relatively little damage, but I also remember feeling that it was not an isolated incident, and that there was more to come. When the Oklahoma City Bombing took place, my only surprise came from the fact that it was carried out by an American. When our embassies in Africa were bombed, I felt a terrible sadness, because I knew sooner or later, Al-Qaeda would bring their fight to US soil, and I knew that when it happened, it would be a terrible day for the US.

Someone asked me several months after 9/11 if I felt good or proud of the fact that I had seen it coming, and had shared my views with others. Was I satisfied because I was right? The answer was and still is an emphatic NO. I just feel sad, and I grieve often for my country's loss of innocence.

Answer 2

I remember being at work, at Tim Hortons(a coffee shop), in the back kitchen and we didn't find out until a customer came in about an hour after it happened and asked if we knew anything about it. Then every customer was talking about it all day. It never really hit me until I got home, because we were hearing so many rumours and conflicting info, that we weren't sure what was really happening. But when I got home and saw the footage, I cried all night.
It took months to be able to get through a day without thinking about it at least once, something would come on T.V. or someone would talk about it and I would get all choked up again. I still cry when they show footage of the planes or the people on the ground, I saw the trailer for the new movie coming out and I cried at that. It will always be there.

I am Canadian, but I felt just as shocked and saddened as any American. It was a great loss of innocence for the whole world to see destruction on that scale. (I'm getting choked up now writing this, remembering that day.)

Answer 3

I have suffered no damage at all. Get over it. It wasnt as bad as Americans make it out to be. Thousands die in genocides, natural disasters, and other means on other sides of the world and Americans do not think twice. You think because some folks died in a building and the US government shot dow a plane and then made a bedtime story for the media about it makes it a tragedy? Even Pearl Harbor never got the emotional b.s. that this got. Get over it and live your life.

Answer 4

Even though I did not loose the love of my life, a friend, a parent, child, relative or aquaintance when so many people were killed, I still mourn for those who did. In April, I was moved to tears when I faced the world trade center site for the first time in person. I do not know when I will say I am recovered from the devastation of this tragedy.

Answer 5

I began recovery the day Saturday Night Live made fun of the terrorists and Lorne Michael asked Mayor Guiliani, "Is it OK to laugh again?" The Onion had a very funny article written from the point of view of the dead terrorists saying, "Hey! Where are the virgins? There are no virgins here." Humor is the first sign of recovery--or maybe the medicine that fosters recovery.

Answer 6

Well, let terrorists blow up the CN Tower and bomb the Canadian parliament on the same day and see how long it takes you to recover from that. I really doubt that you would just sit back, write a folk song about it, and wait for the next attack, now would you? Be honest.

Answer 7

NEVER!!! Just like Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Answer 8

I haven't recovered.

Answer 9

There is NO RECOVERY...NOT EVER!!!! Some days are better than others....

Answer 10

i dont think thats something you can recover from....