do you still remember the 9/11 outrage ?

Question

i think it went down as one of the worst moments of the 21st century...and may do so for a while. Sadly, it was a day brute evil almost prevailed - but the good in us all around the world from all faiths, races, creed,color,background - made us bond together and mourn those who sadly died in those terrorist attacks.

Do you still remember sepetember the 11th 2001 ? i want to hear from EVERYBODY...and that means people from all walks of life, backgrounds from all over the world. What were you doing that day when the attacks happened ? did you happen to find out/hear about them str8 away ? did have a little cry ? did you feel like this was coming ?

yea typo...spelt september incorrectly. notice i spelt incorrectly, correctly. its yahoo! answers, typos are fine if you can mkae uot mroe or less waht the preson is tpying :p

thanks for that song title, and artist - Streaker. Yeah it was a really sad day, being an admirer of America, americans and anything and everything american - i felt like a piece of me was attacked on that day too.

i want to know what you americans made of 'Himjoy's' comment...answer sorry, cos she was 100% correct. For decades the American policies on India were in favour of nations that potentialy were 'terrorist hotbeds' . India always kept saying 'look...these guys are the bad guys, stop the sour relations and lets work together'. but no. India suffered for years, decades centuries if you like ....with terrorism. Yet she remains on the map, beautiful as ever and a testament to all that is 'good' in a heart. Still don't believe 9/11 was warranted, and feel annoyed it happened and that we havent found that asshole with kidney problems hiding in caves.

Answer 1

Why weren't Air Force planes sent up to intercept the hijacked planes? In the year before 9-11, jet fighters were sent up routinely (at least 67 times) whenever, according to the FAA's own standard operating procedure manuals, an airliner went off course by two miles or by 15 degrees. The mainstream media has never highlighted this. Routine FAA and military procedures should've intercepted the first plane before it struck the World Trade Center. Remember, this is interception, not shooting down. Interception happens all the time, like a cop pulling over a speeding motorist on the highway. On 9-11, the FAA was notified by a frantic stewardess that the plane was hijacked fully 25 minutes before it crashed. Usually it only takes 10-12 minutes for jet fighters to go from stationary to 29,000 feet and 1850 mph. Jets should have intercepted that first plane. But for the second plane, which crashed 15 minutes later and which was known to be hijacked 20 minutes before it crashed, the failure to intercept strains credulity. Fighter jets should already have been in the air above Manhattan. And then the plane that supposedly struck the Pentagon was known to be hijacked a full 45 minutes before it crashed — after two other planes had already been hijacked — yet it flew unchallenged over the most protected airspace in the world. That this last plane was not intercepted is simply incredible. The Pentagon has the most advanced radar and air defense in the world, and Andrews Air Force base, which is charged with defending the Pentagon and always has fighter jets on ready alert, lies a mere 11 miles away (1 minute flying time).

Answer 2

I was on the way to work when the first plane hit the WTC. Everyone assumed it was just a tragic accident (like the one that caused the death of that baseball player a few years ago). My jaw hit the ground when the second one hit.

What I remember most about that day is feeling of helplessness. There were reports of the White House burning, the Sears Tower being hit, and mass chaos and rioting at Disney World as it was being evacuated (all of these ended up being not true). What added to the fear was that we didn't hear from any of our leaders until later in the day. In fact President Bush didn't address the nation until after 9pm. It was horrifying.

I live in Metro Detroit and one of the other big fears for us was that many of our friends and neighbors were Arabic. They were terrified that their businesses and homes would be attacked.

An ugly time. It's hard to imagine that 19 crazies with boxcutters could bring the mightiest nation to its knees.

EDIT - MacHull I don't understand your post. Most the people on this site aren't old enough to remember Pearl Harbor and no American is old enough to remember the Maine.

Answer 3

I was in history class.....we were watching it on TV. I didn't cry. I didn't feel scared. I didn't really know what to think at the time. When I got home from school I found my mom had been sent back home and she was hysterical. She worked at the airport in Chicago at the time. I see what you're saying, how we all came and bonded together, but can you tell me for how long? "United we stand," but we fall united as well, because we all are separated by everything that separates us: faith, race, creed, color and background...the same things you mentioned. It's sad but true. I don't know if people knew it was coming, if someone did know and failed to do something about it, that's very sad as well. I think that for a long time, we let terrorists and everyone incorporate fear and hate into all of us. Now we're here, six years later, and I think we've done some progress(speaking about the war). But, it'd be nice to go home, and not worry about being sent back here for a loooooong time.

Answer 4

It was a worst day for Americans as this was the first time that Americans had faced terrorism . It was as painful as numerous blasts in India and around the world. It is as painful as people dying in Iraq. Blast in Karachi was not a picnic ! It was painful too ! Sept 11 changed the perspectives of America but countries like India have been grappling with this problem for decades but USA always looked the other way as the perpetrators of terror now were allies of US then. US helped and aided those countries which fomented terror in India. Pakistan's Govt is paying the price for aiding the terrorists and as always common people of Pakistan are dying just as common paople of India have been dying for decades.Now the acts of US have come back to it. As you sow , so shall you reap ! Perhaps now you will understand the pain in India , Middle East and now entire South Asia!

Answer 5

Yup, remember it well. That's why I have a cat nicknamed "Tashi the shoestring terrorist" (No, this is not a joke or sarcastic -- keep reading.)

The night of September 10, I was at an evening class an hour's drive from home, and had left our new kitten, Tashi, home with my husband. While I was gone, Tashi dived for the shoestrings of his Nikes, and he accidentally stepped on Tashi. He took him to the emergency vet clinic, and when I came home about 11 PM, all the lights were on in the house and my husband was terribly upset about the event.

The next morning (Sept. 11), we got in the car about 7 AM Pacific time to pick up Tashi from the emergency clinic and take him to our regular vet. When my husband turned the ignition key, the radio came on, and we heard about the first plane to hit the WTC. We moved Tashi, and went to a Denny's to have breakfast while waiting for our vet to examine him. They had a TV on the restaurant counter, and we saw the second plane fly into the second tower during breakfast.

Tashi turned out to have a broken hip plus some internal injuries. Our vet sent him home for 4 days of nursing (she knows I can do that) so he could survive surgery on his hip. I put a futon on the floor and held him on my lap there for four days and next to me for four nights, and we watched those awful TV news together. He finally had the surgery, and is still well and happy. The nickname is a reminder of the awful time, when he distracted me from the news, and the news distracted me from his injuries.

Answer 6

I was in speech class when I heard about the first plane hitting. I thought it was a Cessna or something small like that. Another teacher walked in and said "some idiot just flew his plane into the world trade center."

About an hour and a half later I knew about the rest of it. I'll never forget either of the times I heard about it.

Answer 7

I was in 8th grade back then, and the teachers were sullen but didn't tell us anything.

It was only as I got in my ride home that I heard what had happened. I remember feeling shocked, scared, vulnerable.

Even though I knew the United States had enemies, I didn't think any of them would actually manifest their hatred into such a large scale attack.

Answer 8

i was a Sr. in highshcool and i remember i was in nursing class and my teacher got word from someone else about it and we had tv's in our classrooms and we started to watch this horrible thing unfold on the tv screen as we were watching the buildings fall and ppl jumping out of windows i remember 2 girls in my class laughing and so excited saying it was great cause they thought we would be getting out of school early due to this happening...i was shocked at what they were saying and how they acted even when i think about it now i still get sick about how they acted. Needless to say i said a few choice words to them that i cant say on here lol but yea ill never forget about it.

Answer 9

Do you still remember the MAINE?

Do you still remember Pearl Harbor? (Its been removed from a lot of calenders for some reason).

Do you remember Forced Busing? (Its still going on).

I vividly remember 9/11, but a lot of Americans seem to have already forgotten.

Answer 10

I was at home with my son getting ready to take him to the dr when my dad called and told me about it. We didn't make it to the dr that day for his check-up...There is a song by Daryl Worley called dDo you Remember. It is about that day. Wonderful song, I still cry when I listen to it.