What went thru your mind on 9-11-01?

Question

The first thing i thought, was bush did it, i knew he loves war just like his father. I was almost certain those planes were under remote control by bush, and thermite and expolosives brought down the towers, in the afternoon i was positive a missle hit the pentagon and it was the us government and us military

Answer 1

I still remember vividly that day and my thoughts on what was happening. I recall thinking of bin Ladin's likely involvement in the attacks fairly quickly, given what had happened in Kenya, Tanzania, and Yemen shortly before. After the Pentagon was hit, I thought, "What's next?"

I was listening to the radio at the time, so when Tower 2 collapsed, I had thought that it fell over like a tree would, on its side, and guessed that casualties on the ground would be enormous. Later, I saw on the television Tower 1's collapse, and the sights of people plunging to their death out of the windows still can haunt me. I also thought that this was the new Pearl Harbour.

As the day progressed, I began to think about how interconnected humanity really is, how a good or evil deed can spread to other people, much like a chain reaction. I had thought that I would work for good from that point. However, this was before seeing the long queues at petrol stations and thinking how idiotic it was that people were in such a panic.

11 September 2001 was a day of mixed thoughts and emotions. I suppose that they are more intense than other days of this nature. Regardless, it was a day that I knew that needed to be etched into my memory.

Answer 2

I was thinking about how it was going to make the employment situation even worse. A year-and-half later I still hadn't found work, and Bush declared war on Iraq. I remember a comedian saying, "If Cuba attacked us, would we declare war on Peru?" I finally gave up on finding a job, and went back to college. I've earned three more degrees since then, and war is still dragging on. Maybe 9/11 was an inside job, maybe not. My mind has been on finding suitable employment in the country of my birth ever since it happened.

Answer 3

I never thought Bus did it, but I knew it was a set up even that very day.

Let's don't say Bush did it because he didn't. Bush was sitting in a classroom reading My Pet Goat to children. He let it happen at the most, but he has no power because he's a puppet.

Answer 4

I'm a teacher and I thought about how my students were going to take this news. Trying to explain such a horrific act to 2nd grade students was one of the hardest things I've ever done. If we don't know how or what really happened, how can we explain it?

Answer 5

That I was watching the beginning of WW3 and I felt so bad for all the families that were to watching the same thing as me.

Answer 6

Wow, political bigotry even way back then!

Unimpressed.

I thought about the people dying.
I thought about how my family escaped Islam in the 1950s.
I thought, here it comes, we've been expecting this war for decades.
I thought, President Bush, you better be a darn strong President, because these people want to convert, enslave, or kill (I knew it was Islam, even then).

Right now I'm thinking you have no idea of what you are talking about.