Did living in NYC during 9/11 change my life..hell yea?

Question

what would you think?

Answer 1

I live in Los Angeles and saw the whole thing on television. It scared the crap out of me . I started calling friends and family in New york , I was so nervous that I kept dialing the wrong numbers and stayed on the line with a total stranger for an hour......
You are all very brave.

Answer 2

9/11 was horrific! I live in NJ right were the path station is that used to go straight into the towers. A lot of people used to take the path to wtc in my town. So when 9'11 happened some kids that lived arround me lost there parents.
Every time I put a foot on a plane I cant help but to wonder if this flight will be used as a terrorist attack. I look at every face that gets on that plane, and when I land I thank god! :( Its horrible because my only hobby and true love is traveling

Answer 3

No doubt it was a terrible, terrible day. One that never should have happened.

But I absolutely refuse to live the rest of my life marking time by that day - as if "before 9/11" was one life and "after 9/11" is another one. People have been victims of terrorism for thousands of years and it didn't start on 9/11. In 1922 in New York City, anarchists blew up a car bomb outside the Stock Exchange. (The pock marks on the facade of Federal Hall were caused by that car bomb). And throughout the 1970s, the Puerto Rican nationalist group FALN also blew up cars on the streets of New York. Did the city shut down? Did people cower in their apartments afraid to go outside? No. Because people knew how to be adults and get on with their lives.

Quite frankly, I'm tired, so bloody tired, of people being so completely self-absorbed that they act as if any event that happened to them (or worse yet, just witnessed) marked mankind's epochal turning point. Enough already. Suck it up and deal.

Answer 4

I was on my way to school that day and saw it all happen right in front of me. The whole madness, people running, screaming, crying, many people bleeding etc. Life will never be the same for me after that day. I'm not paranoid but I always have the fear of terrorism in the back of my mind. Before I get on a plane, crowded malls, theaters, trains I'm always a little nervous.

Answer 5

You definitely feel a little bit more aware after 9/11. You see more cops and more screening. and yeah it feels good but sometimes you think... do they actually do anything? My mom fell in the train station and was bloodied up. She passed by some cops at 34th and penn station. They didn't do anything. so safer? who knows. but there a whole lot of confusion now. there's rules for everything,. flying is even more hectic. jobs have been harder to get. our economy is really bad. it's just sad.