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Eight Years Ago (pg. 6)
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Rose
I also think it's crazy the footage that was shot that day of the people in the buildings jumping off. |
yea that is what got me the most to be honest. probably because you were seeing the actual body of a person jump to their death...not just a plane crashing with no details. |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i was just explaining why people still remember it though. it was a pretty traumatic experience for americans...we've always been so sheltered and protected. we're not like the iraleis and palestinians getting bombed on a monthly basis. it was new to us and tramatizing.
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I don't think it has anything to do with living close to the danger. It's just an aspect of american culture. This kind of happens all over the world, but americans are so sheltered that they don't realize it. They probably hear about it all the time, but the reality of it all doesn't really sink in until it hits home. Over here, people were excited, maybe even shocked for some, but it didn't feel surreal at all. It was just the kind of unfortunate tragedy you expect to happen every once in a while. I remember everyone just went on with their day and not much changed (except for the fact that all of our beloved american TV programming was replaced by propaganda broadcasts). |
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| SuspicionVandit |
I turned on the TV while i was getting ready for school and saw the pentagon on fire. I turned to another news channel and saw the WTC was on fire. I never thought about an organized terrorist attack, so I thought the news was getting the names mixed up.
Went to school, went to history class before the bell rang. My teacher rushed some AV equipment into room, turned it on and the first thing I saw was the tower falling to the ground. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine
I don't think it has anything to do with living close to the danger. It's just an aspect of american culture. This kind of happens all over the world, but americans are so sheltered that they don't realize it. They probably hear about it all the time, but the reality of it all doesn't really sink in until it hits home. Over here, people were excited, maybe even shocked for some, but it didn't feel surreal at all. It was just the kind of unfortunate tragedy you expect to happen every once in a while. I remember everyone just went on with their day and not much changed (except for the fact that all of our beloved american TV programming was replaced by propaganda broadcasts). |
yea i know but i'm sorry for being born in this country and sheltered? lol what do u want from me. i'm smart enough to realize that we overdo it and i get it about american culture and how we're obnoxious morons. i've lived abroad in another country and i'm generaually well cultured. i'd like to think i'm not like the average retarded american walking down the street with their head up their ass.
i have my american chick moments though. sue me:p |
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| Cpt.Cocaine |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
sue me:p |
I just might, it's the american thing to do. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i'd like to think i'm |
self righteous american |
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| iclone |
| i worked for american airlines for 11 years. i was in the conference room with upper management for our daily executive briefing when we got the call from SOC that we had two planes missing. the rest of the floor piled into the room to watch CNN, and we all watched the second plane plow through the second tower. funny how you get used to the white noise of aircraft departing and arriving every few minutes, 100' from your desk...and how uncomfortable the silence is with all planes parked for those days afterward. i hold extreme sorrow for my colleagues, our customers, and the families of everyone involved. |
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| denys envy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
You're right, that does sound like a Century kid. :)
Spartans > Panthers |
whatever. ghetto ass mayo. |
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| Scoops |
.....was working Cash Office at my old job with my OPs mgr. I remeber the phone ringing and my mom was hysterical cryin on the phone and she was tellin me what happened and she asked "when are you coming home??" I told her when i was done in the office.
5 minutes later she calls again and says "Come home, you don't know what could happen next!" |
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| david.michael |
The freakiest part of the whole ordeal for me was hearing (what I heard referred to as) the sonic boom from my house later in the day (someone said it was Air Force One ::shrug:: ).
Everything was so quiet and surreal by early afternoon... and when I heard that "boom" in the distance and actually saw the curtains move ever so slightly, it got pretty intense. (I live very close to Wright Patt Air Force Base, so anything could've been happening as far as I was concerned.) |
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| noikeee |
I was at the beach, a dude comes by and says "wtf there's some crazy in America, a plane just hit the Pentagon". I remember thinking originally he was bullting, don't remember if other people confirmed it at the beach later, or if I only knew it was real when I arrived home.
Was 15 at the time and the classes only started in October... good times. |
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