Do you remember what happened 8 years ago, today?

Answer 1

It as the time that we all watched breathless the catastrophy and the endeavours of rescuers to save people burried alive under the ruins.
Greece sent aid and rescuers for support.
After a few days a similar catastrophy stroke Greece.
Turkiye sent aid and rescuers for support, too.
Over ruins, death and pain we all became a family.
I wish it lasted....

Answer 2

Yes I still remember it. I have done extensive research on that incident as well as other school shootings and they are all very traumatic to the lives that were touched on those fatefull days. I will say that there is a different framework, if you will, between shootings that happen at Universities vs. K-12 schools. The mentallity in the perpetrators is different, while both the VT shooting and the Columbine shooting seem to be related by the incidence of bullying, you have to keep in mind that Cho didn't seem to be bullied in college but Dylan and Eric were still in an atmosphere where the bullying was an every day occurrence. There is still extensive research that needs to be done so that we as a country can stop the violence, but I am afraid that while there is still a diverse population of students, the bullying factor will always remain in our institutions. There is also a phenomenon happing in the school shootings that needs further study. The victim/ offender (bully) turning into offender/ victim (previous bully). Rest in Peace to all the murder victims of school shootings as well as My prayers are with all the victims of school violence.

Answer 3

Yes, I remember those are days I will never forget. Odd because I was watching the news today on Peru thinking of how ironic. It is still the day before here in the USA but yes I remember. I was there in 99 off a plane from Germany no more than 10 hours that is something one trip I will never be able to forget. The word earthquake was redefined for me those following days. My faith in God was both tested and fortified spiritually. My medical knowledge was tested cerebrally and my physical endurance tested. (A good thing us Americans pack on a few extra pounds of reserve energy.)

I stayed for 6 weeks in Turkey that trip I ended up in Canakkale. where I read this;


“Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives…
You are now lying in the soil of a friendly.
Therefore rest in peace, there is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lay side by side, here in this country of ours…
You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears;
Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.
After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well”

Then my opinion changed, to Emergency aid provided by countries, that one never would have expected, We were all the same people on the earth that day. Amazing how it takes a disaster to remind us we are all brethren.

My prayers and thoughts to those lost and injured 8 years ago today.


Edit: Yes "I-run u-run we-run" Sadly the building standards are not stringent enough. Those that exist are not enforced. I fear for your major cities and towns their people.

Answer 4

I also remember what happend 8 years ago.I wasn't in Turkey that day and watched it here on TV and I had to think about all my friends that I have that live there and I felt so sorry for them..wanted to help but I couldn`t.

Answer 5

"orda kimse var mı...?"
This is something I will never forget. Yes I remember the dreadful, tragic event quite clearly. Nature hit where humans showed weakness. Unfortunately it was the innocent that suffered, not the guilty and responsible ones.
After 8 years, all those building contractors who stole from materials for more money, all those 'authorities' who did not 'see' all this are out walking happily outside, while more than 20,000 died and their relatives and friends are still suffering from the pain.

Answer 6

I don't think any of us will be able to forget...they've been touched by it one way or another. On one hand it's great to see how other countries come together to give help, but then it's sad because once everything was cleaned/fixed, went back to normal and now they are just neighbors. When the earthquake happened we were all just human. Now we are Turks, Greeks, Americans, etc...

Answer 7

8 years ago in Turkey, 1 month ago in Japan and 1 day ago in Peru....I am also thinking about the survivors who lost everything and are not getting enough aid to make a new life!

Answer 8

It is hard to believe it's been 8 years.How fast the time passes.
But i do remember the pain it caused just as it was today. Maybe we didn't get injured physically and that i didn't loose anyone from my family but we had the same feelings with our brothers and sisters.

Answer 9

I was in Bursa to visit my parents at the time of the catastrophy.When the earthquake struck,I thought a lorry hit the house.I lost two of my friends in Yalova.As a matter of fact,I had had survived a few earthquakes,but this one was a real disaster.It is not possible to forget it.

Answer 10

I remember and I'm angry. Nothing ever changed. No precautions taken. We are all too ready for a larger disaster. I feel like beating all the voters who voted for these same embezzler mayors. I don't believe in democracy any more. At least not the democracy we are practicing. I have decided to be the good tyrant that was discussed thousands of years ago.

Edit: HFC, we're not strangers, you can call me Ayran:P