2007-06-26 23:52:42 · 14 answers · asked by 2012 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I ran from the World Trade Center on 9/11. I lived a block away from the World Trade Center and we were evacuated from my building by police and volunteers. We ran through dust and debris as the second tower was falling and we were put on boats to cross the Hudson to escape the area. I was displaced from my home for months. I finally moved from downtown Manhattan. I also worked in the downtown area and breathed in polluted air for a while. I periodically fill out health surveys from the National Health Registry. Fortunately I have suffered no physical ill health effects. The psychological effects based on what I witnessed that day are an entirely different matter.
2007-06-27 00:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by tribeca_belle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it did. I live in New Jersey but work in New York, and when the World Trade Center towers collapsed, it destroyed the PATH station, which was located under the WTC complex.
I had to start taking a bus into the Port Authority Bus Station until the PATH station was rebuilt and train service resumed.
2007-06-27 00:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I became a patriot again and valued what America had again, because I knew I didn't want to lose my country. I wonder why people who don't care about 9/11 and America are answering this question. Their answers sound like they come from defeatists' attitudes.
2007-06-27 00:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I responded to 9/11 from the water with the USCGAux. It is something that will haunt me for the rest of my life. It left me with a deep and burning resolve. This must never be allowed to happen again. We must, MUST destroy the evil people who would do such things. If they love death so much, then death they shall have!
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2007-06-27 00:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I lost my job.
I was working as a receptionist in a small hostel in the South of Spain; we had a lot of cancellations and a lot of our American guests shorted their stay.
Personally it was very dramatic, I have friends in New York, and my husband is American. I share the guest anguish, since it wasn't almost impossible to communicate with the States.
the Muslin people that we know express their condolences (sorrow) and repulse to the attacks to my husband. It make realize that we are all part of a global family. I wished it wasn't due to something so terrible.
2007-06-27 00:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by eva m 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well I felt bad about it of course. But it was more of the ignorant things my government chose to do after it that are impacting, and will continue to impact my life.
2007-06-27 00:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by Mystery Lady H 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I was little and never had heard of terrorists, it scared me a little.
But as of now, I'm not preoccupied with it happening again and I don't reflect on the event.
2007-06-27 01:06:38 · answer #7 · answered by BBg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was shocked that it happened, saddened for the people who died and all lives that touched each and every one of them. I knew our country would never be the same but didn't anticipate Bush and Co. putting us in a position that he took away more of our freedoms in the name of protecting us than the actual event itself.
2007-06-27 00:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by Debra D 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Not really. I was too busy with trying to stay alive with a near-death experience with pneumonia, my wife was battling ovarian cancer. (Which she survived--after the doctors removed a 16-pound ovarian tumor from her.)
But we did lose our jobs eventually, and my chances at getting published traditionally was lost.
If you're talking about the attacks *themselves* affecting me directly, my answer would be NO.
2007-06-27 00:20:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
*shrug*
Laws and Rights that would never have been broken before 9/11 were broken due to 9/11, that's for sure.
2007-06-27 00:15:18 · answer #10 · answered by flushles 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋