9-11 really changed some people

[metalmania]

I was talking with an old lady on the New Year's Day dinner. She showed me a picture of her goddaughter. Very beautiful, like a model. Then she said the daughter was buried underground on ground zero for three days before digging out. Since then she has changed totally. She used to be a cute delicate model, then she joined the Army. She said after three days underground, she realized that her life was not only hers and she needed to do something for other people and for the country.

Then I just remembered the lead singer of Iced Earth who joined Homeland Security after 9-11. I respect those people who find their meanings of life. I wonder what I will do under those circumstances.

 

[CVSiN]

um no shit really?
/facepalm.. literally the biggest game changing event to happen in this generation and it wouldn't change people?

and it took you almost 10 years to post this?
/sigh

 

[BeauJangles]

It changed lots of people, some for better, some for worse.

A buddy of mine had just finished his 18D training (Special Forces Medic). Finished training in mid-August 2001. Was on an airplane to Afghanistan on the night of 9/11. Spent the next five years there. He doesn't really talk about it, but he saw some stuff that just can't be unseen.

He's now a firefighter and loves his job. I don't think he'd trade his experiences there for anything, but I know that the entire war left a bad taste in his mouth.

 

[metalmania]

um no shit really?
/facepalm.. literally the biggest game changing event to happen in this generation and it wouldn't change people?

and it took you almost 10 years to post this?
/sigh

I didn't know anyone who's buried there before. I watched too many war movies and lost my emotions long time ago.

 

[911paramedic]

I didn't know anyone who's buried there before. I watched too many war movies and lost my emotions long time ago.

Go on a ride along, the real thing is nothing like the movies.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

uh, it changed EVERYONE.
you can thank the terr'ists for the extra 2 hours needed to board a flight.

 

[Barfo]

Damn, I'll be joining the TSA tomorrow.

 

[chalmers]

um no shit really?
/facepalm.. literally the biggest game changing event to happen in this generation and it wouldn't change people?

and it took you almost 10 years to post this?
/sigh

Congrats, you're 'that guy' in this thread. There's one every time.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Congrats, you're 'that guy' in this thread. There's one every time.

You are 'that guy' who points out that other guy that's also there every time.

 

[DesiPower]

Pic of daughter?

 

[DesiPower]

Damn, I'll be joining the TSA tomorrow.

Did you practice groping on yourself?

 

[DesiPower]

uh, it changed EVERYONE.
you can thank the terr'ists for the extra 2 hours needed to board a flight.

It has changed the terrorists too, now they are recruiting dimwits.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

It has changed the terrorists too, now they are recruiting dimwits.

that's why i said it changed err'body.

 

[Bulk Beef]

I watched too many war movies and lost my emotions long time ago.

Yeah, watching movies really hardens the heart. 🙄

 

[sandorski]

You are 'that guy' who points out that other guy that's also there every time.

...and your the Guy that points out that he's the Guy who points out that...


...and I'm the Guy that points...

😕😵

 

[CVSiN]

sorry but really.. 9 years have passed.. everyone and their mother has been affected either positively or negatively by what happened that day..
there doesn't need to be a thread 9 years later on the crap..

so yeh I'm the grumpy old "that guy" and proud to be him.

 

[mmntech]

Congrats, you're 'that guy' in this thread. There's one every time.

???

I didn't know he posts on here. 😛

 

[chalmers]

sorry but really.. 9 years have passed.. everyone and their mother has been affected either positively or negatively by what happened that day..
there doesn't need to be a thread 9 years later on the crap..

so yeh I'm the grumpy old "that guy" and proud to be him.

Sounds good, let's never have another WW2, Pearl Harbor, Civil War, Vietnam War, or anything even remotely related to American history thread again. So many years have passed.

 

[Elias824]

hey in another 10 years you can talk about how the afghan war is affecting everyone!

 

[feralkid]

uh, it changed EVERYONE.
you can thank the terr'ists for the extra 2 hours needed to board a flight.

Of all the consequences of 9/11, you're concerned most about being mildly inconvenienced at airports?

 

[BeauJangles]

hey in another 10 years you can talk about how the afghan war is affecting everyone!

And bankrupting the country.

 

[SandEagle]

Ding! Ding! Ding! What do we have for him, Johnny?!

 

[postmortemIA]

How do you think lives of Iraqi people have really changed after 03-20-2003, with perspective of tens of thousands civilians dead? If you really want to broaden your horizons, here's some more food for though.

 

[Mursilis]

It changed lots of people, some for better, some for worse.

A buddy of mine had just finished his 18D training (Special Forces Medic). Finished training in mid-August 2001. Was on an airplane to Afghanistan on the night of 9/11. Spent the next five years there. He doesn't really talk about it, but he saw some stuff that just can't be unseen.

THAT night?!? Really?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Of all the consequences of 9/11, you're concerned most about being mildly inconvenienced at airports?

point out where i said that. go ahead. point it out.