9/11 After 25 Years
Since it’s the anniversary I thought I would post and hear some of everyone’s memories or connections, especially if you work/worked in the financial district around that time.
I grew up in NYC and was about 10 when the attacks happened. I lived pretty far downtown so my school was shut down, I remember a few kids at my school who lost parents. Won’t ever forget walking home and seeing the big cloud of smoke where the towers used to be.
One thing I can’t get over is the incredible sacrifice and heroism you hear about from so many people on that day. For a lot of first responders they had to know it was practically a suicide mission.
This is not the place for any conspiracy theories or political opining, but if you have anything to share let’s hear it.
Also from the NYC area and was around the same age. The only childhood day I vividly remember, to the smallest details.
I'm honestly reminded of this video ever time:
How the US government's congress denied providing basic healthcare and medical treatment to first responders of a tragic terrorist event that universally celebrates their bravery with hollow accolades whilst doing nothing to support them every day after the event.
What good is a medal, or a plaque, or some kind words when you're sitting at your deathbed wishing you'd had the chance to live longer?
Single greatest cause he's ever been involved with and speech he's ever made IMO
Will always respect him for doing this.
I couldn't agree more - this speech should be mandatory to be watched in highschool and studied in university given how brilliantly it conveys the message and unearths the sheer apathy of congress within the US.
"Yes, you're clearly dying from a heroic feat., but you see, it would be a inconvenience to give you the money necessary to live, so let's just run out the clock on your life."
While we the people may not have, the city, state, and federal governments clearly forgot (unless they're doing a photo op).
I was single digits when this happened. Old enough to remember meeting family at the gate at airports. Crazy to think how much time has passed and, regardless of people's theories of what really happened, just how much devastation (physical, psychological, and economic) on a global scale was wrought on the basis of this singular day over the subsequent 20+ years. I don't think it's unfair to describe it as a genuine inflection point for modern humans, befitting the start of a new millennium.
Fuck Rudy Giuliani.
He knew those people were going to get sick and covered it up.
Trash ass human.
I was 17. I'm from jersey, but was a senior in high school on 84th on that day. We didn't know what was going on. We went to mass at 8:30, the following week we were supposed to do our volunteer things. mine was St. Vincent's, the closest class 1 trauma center to downtown.
The history teacher suspended class right after. I thought it was a cessna and even Teddy Stenger with his little radio didn't know anything until we saw the F16s circling Manhattan.
In a almost certain violation of privacy us seniors were asked to go thru all the parents contact info looking for WTC exchange numbers. When Penn reopened the kids from Jersey and LI were let out to go home.
Mom picked me up. We went to the lookout in south orange and saw the smoke.
The following week on my way to St. Vincents I walked past the Gristedes on 13th. they had big plate glass windows. They were completely covered with missing posters. St Vincent's got under ten casualties that day.
Thanks for sharing that. Went to Regis?
The point of this forum is that we are anonymous. Ignatius Loyola and Marymount are also on East 84th.
I was enlisted in the US Military on 9/11. We were out on the parade deck marching and someone ran out hysterically and told my unit to take cover. It was an odd request, but we all ran in under the building to take cover. Later, they showed us videos of planes hitting the towers and we thought the whole thing was fake. We went to sleep and got up in the morning seeing Humvees and armed guards at the gates as it was an increased DEFCON level. We finally believed and that was crazy.
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