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6 months ago tomorrow..............

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Frosty3799

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just to think how the whole sept. 11th thing was basically forgotten so fast.... and how fast time has gone by.... i still remember when i found out it happened... i was in a daze for like the whole day, not believing that it was actually possible.

oh well... sorry to waste your time if you didnt want to remember

Josh
 
Damn 6 months is a long time. This really has lived on in news and maintained interest among the populous for the most part.
 
I think everyone was in a daze. I was working for a PC game company and it was kinda hard to do work on something so non-important on a day like that
 
it's hard to describe the chills sent down my spine when i heard live on the radio when the reporter said the tower went down. it felt like a dream, but it wasn't. 🙁
 
Forgotten? You were in a daze for a whole day? What an inconvenience to you. How dare those buildings fall down and all those people die.

Jesus Christ! You make me want to vomit.
 
Didn't even realize it was 6 months ago. I remember my friend telling me about it that morning. I didn't really get what she was saying but right when I turned on the television... *shudder*
 
I remember waking up that day and decided to go to msn.com (dunno why I didn't go to cnn) to look to see if there was any breaking news. I remember thinking "I wonder what happened now" right before I got there. My stomach sunk when I saw what happened. I seriously thought we were under attack by a rouge country.
I woke my brother up after I turned on CNN to see what happenend. He's 15 and I told him "This is going to impact the rest of our lives, wake up." Needless to say he woke up pretty quickly.
I had to go to work later that day and everyone was just in a daze. I seriously don't think I got out of that daze for a week.
 
Forgotten so fast? I don't think so.

As for the day itself, I was listening to the radio and not extremely awake when I first heard about an "airplane" going into the WTC tower... I somehow imagined a little prop plane, not the mass devestation that actually took place 🙁
 


<< Forgotten so fast? I don't think so.

As for the day itself, I was listening to the radio and not extremely awake when I first heard about an "airplane" going into the WTC tower... I somehow imagined a little prop plane, not the mass devestation that actually took place 🙁 >>



That seems to be most people's initial thought, TheBlondOne's roommates actually laughed when they heard initially.

Of course the laughter stopped when they saw the first glimpses of what really happened.

Viper GTS
 
Man, 6 months ago already... Time sure does go by fast..

It makes me feel feeble, and out of control. :Q lol..

But it definately hasn't been forgotten about.. It seems like it was yesterday... kinda.. lol
 
As for the day itself, I was listening to the radio and not extremely awake when I first heard about an "airplane" going into the WTC tower... I somehow imagined a little prop plane, not the mass devestation that actually took place >>

That was my first thought also. That someone in a small plane was trying a stunt like flying between the towers and missed. I only had heard that a plane had hit the WTC on the radio on the way to work. We have a CNN feed on our computers and everyone was standing around watching when I got in the building.

I still don't have words to describe the feeling when the towers collapased.
 
We woke up, around 9AM Pacific time to the radio talking about it.. We thought it was a joke, but it became clear pretty quickly that it wasn't..

The towers had already fallen by the time we got to a TV, but I too, will never forget seeing that...
 
My roommate woke me up out of bed yelling "They blew up the twin towers and the pentagon!" I was pretty dumbfounded but he seemed excited so I got out of bed...sure enough, there it was on CNNtv.

He'd been woken up by people calling asking if we'd heard from his brother who flew in from Newark that morning
 


<< just to think how the whole sept. 11th thing was basically forgotten so fast.... >>



I haven't forgotten, and I never will.

Russ, NCNE
 
I was sitting in history class, and an announcment came over the intercom for all students with parents at the WTC to report to the office, our teacher turned on the radio and we heard a plane hit the first tower, and that was all our teacher let us hear. After class two friends and I left school and drove to a place with a view of the city and watched the rest from the roof of my car. It's a lot realler when u can see the entire skyline engulfed in smoke. I only live about 12 miles from the WTC, and it certainly made a difference that day.
 
I remember waking up that morning, my first class was at 1 so I log on to anandtech to see who announced what that day. And I see the "Plane crashes in the WTC thread". Went to my tv and watched in horror as the second plane hit, then the towers fell.

9/11 is definetly not forgotten

-Ice
 
Last semester I had late classes so I woke up around 10:00. After I got out of the shower I heard one of my roommates turn on the tv in the living room and soon thereafter said something to the effect of "OHHHH SH!T"

I found out myself about 5 minutes later. Can't really describe what I was feeling, as I have never felt it before and haven't since. Just couldn't believe it had actually happened. I occasionally still have trouble believing it did.

At first I wasn't sure about the sequence of events, and thought that the towers had collapsed immediately after the planes had flown into them. Finding out there had been a delay was a bit of a relief, but it sure as hell didn't make me feel better.

sigh
 


<< Forgotten? You were in a daze for a whole day? What an inconvenience to you. How dare those buildings fall down and all those people die.

Jesus Christ! You make me want to vomit. >>


I honestly don't think he meant it the wrong way. 🙁

As for me....I didn't realize it'd been six months. I know I was in a daze for a long time. I prolly spent a week on the couch in the living room watching it all on tv. I know I'll never, ever forget it.
 
I was still sleeping and my daughter called and told me the 1st plane had hit, I sat there watching as the second plane hit and could not believe what I was seeing, I thought it was some sort of stunt for a Hollywood movie.


Everybody here was dazed and saddened beyond belief, we will NEVER forgot 🙁
 
I woke up about 7am Pacific time, immediately stumbled to the shower and came out 15 minutes later. One person from my suite was standing in front of the TV in our suite's common room. I looked at it a little groggily and saw something about the Pentagon, and kinda joked about it seeing that it looked like it was just a fire, nothing big. Then someone said a plane had crashed, and that the World Trade Center buildings collapsed. And, of course, it was unbelievable, impossible. They were talking about all planes being grounded and a few planes still unaccounted for. But, just the whole conception of the towers coming down remained inconceivable.

Somehow, I still managed to go to a couple classes that day. Needless to say, the entire day, and much of the rest of the week, was surreal and unforgettable.
 


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<< Forgotten? You were in a daze for a whole day? What an inconvenience to you. How dare those buildings fall down and all those people die.

Jesus Christ! You make me want to vomit. >>


I honestly don't think he meant it the wrong way. 🙁

As for me....I didn't realize it'd been six months. I know I was in a daze for a long time. I prolly spent a week on the couch in the living room watching it all on tv. I know I'll never, ever forget it. >>



thank you hzl_eyed_grl, and no i didnt mean it in any sort of wrong way :-\ sorry if you took it as if i did.... i just thought i would try to remember the horror of it myself, as to not forget .

Sorry if you took my post the wrong way 🙁
 
I remember when it happened too... getting to work at around 9, and having a co-worker tell me a plane had flown into the world trade center, i immediately went to C|NET and turned on their radio live... sure enough, coverage. i sat there listening to C|NET the entire day.. no work at all. i remember it well, it was a beautiful day here in Ontario, Canada.. such a shame.. it will no doubt be a new remembrance day around the world and esp. in the US.
 
I don't forget and I won't for a long, long time, if ever. I am still, today, waking up and putting on the camouflage uniform as an activated Army Reservist, still defending my little piece of the United States. There is now a stop loss on all Military Police until the year 2031, meaning I will probably be on active duty status for at least another year, if not longer as a result. Everyday I remember what happened. Everyday I go to work in uniform, remembering the brave and honorable men and women that gave their lives to save others. Everyday I look forward to hearing the death toll our forces are inflicting upon the evil organization(s) which committed such a heinous act upon our sovereignty. No, I don't forget, I refuse to do so.

On another note. If anyone here wants to pay homage to those who suffered and fought for your freedom you enjoy today, I encourage you to take part in the Bataan Death March in White Sands, NM on April 15th. It's a 26 mile march through the desert to pay homage to the warriors and soldiers of WWII who survived their capture and escape/release. PM me for more information. I'd like to see a few Anandtechers there.
 
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