What are your thoughts on the 9/11 remembrance coverage today?

Question

A lot of people ar dealing with grief so if you want to add to it...Don't

Do you think the news coverage is repectful, helpful, covering all aspects with dignity?

Answer 1

As a retired law enforcement officer, as well as being a volunteer firefighter, I am impressed with the respect shown not only to the emergency services personnel being honored, but also to the citizens who lost their lives in the WTC, the Pentagon, and on the airplanes used to commit such atrocities. It is a shame that it takes such horrific events to bring people together. God Bless the USA !!!!!

Answer 2

Respectful, yes, covering all aspects with dignity, yes, but not sure about helpful. Every year for the past 4 years we've all been taken back to that day and experience the sadness all over again, almost to the extreme of the very day it happened. Not sure the families, or we as a nation, can heal from this when we re-live it to the extreme that we do, every single year.

Answer 3

Its a waste of time. They are not telling us anything that we have not been hearing over the last 5 years. My heart goes out to those who lost their loved ones but I really do not care that someone who died was a carpet cleaner who loved his job at the WTC. And I really do not care that their daughter has grown up and learned how to ride a bicycle.. and I could care less about what those kids think about the storybook that dubya was reading to them.

Not to make light of the situation, and not to make fun of a terrible event but just once I would like to see someone being interviewed talk about how cool it was that the buildings fell and shot that big cloud of debris dust down the street. Everyone has the same speech about how terrible it was and everyone that they ask about all say the same thing.Lets get some different answers and view points.. like for instance, I would like to see someone say, "Yeah, man! I really didnt want to go to work anyhow!" or, "I sure picked the perfect time to go on vacation" or, "Uhhh.. I think I left my hat upstairs"

Answer 4

I am not watching TV, but it is all over the on-line news... I think it is a little extensive, but it is OK, because this day needs to be remembered. I also think that the buzz will subside later... maybe years from now. But today the memories are still too fresh and the pain is too sharp for us to go all day without thinking what happened five years ago.

Answer 5

it rather is basically like on line gaming vs the actual life. Like Wizard101, you are going to be speedy acquaintances, basically with the help of clicking the 'upload buddy' button. in spite of the fact that it takes extra desirable than a talk or 2 to strengthen into related to have a friendship-relationship.

Answer 6

Just another media event. No honor in politicizing a tragedy.

I resent feeling obligated to feel like the poor schmucks who were just trying to do their jobs and lost their lives, or were on the wrong airplane on the wrong day, are national hero's to be exploited by the powers that be.

Grief is a personal thing. Vocalize and speak your mind and Ann Colter makes a buck off your loss.

Answer 7

I didn't bother to watch it. There are multiple, daily terrorist attacks in other countries. How many remembrances will they have?

Answer 8

great documentries on why and how it happened. The more of those we see the less chance it will happen again.

Answer 9

respectful and bringing back unpleasant memories

Answer 10

i think its a real life tear jerker.