10 Years Later: Your reaction to 9/11

**AGHRMS** · 09-01-2011, 09:29 PM

Did you cry on 9/11? How did you react?

**sircockburn** · 09-01-2011, 10:00 PM

I shrugged. Disasters happen everyday. I do remember getting the school day off though, so I was stoked about that.

**True Rune** · 09-01-2011, 10:19 PM

No, it wasn't close enough to affect me emotionally. I had the next day off of school though.

**g20** · 09-01-2011, 10:22 PM

I am to a degree emotionally disconnected and I'm not terribly empathetic. at the time I didn't live to far from the city, about a 2 hr drive on a late Friday afternoon. I was stunned, had a strong sense of foreboding. by the time the second plane hit the company I worked for had shut down production and we watched live news feeds as people were jumping from windows (we shut down after, we had military contracts and security increased after). many of the financial firms had moved in to our city years earlier and the increase in security was very visible. later we walked the makeshift memorials on the fences blocking the area where the towers had stood. for months afterword we were constantly bombarded with the personal fall out. we ran in to people that had lost family. my girlfriend at the time worked retail, brides were returning items that had been purchased for weddings that would never happen, gifts for the lost. I don't know what I felt, there was something buried far below the surface, it wasn't good, but I did not cry.

**Hinun** · 09-01-2011, 10:32 PM

	Originally Posted by AGHRMS To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Did you cry on 9/11? How did you react?

Well I was very young, and first I thought "oh my gosh that's horrible I hope people are safe and the minimal were killed." After a few hours of that I thought "well at least this probably means we can take school off."I hated elementary school.

**EnsconcedDeity** · 09-02-2011, 07:21 AM

No, I personally thought 9/11 was overrated.

**Equinox** · 09-02-2011, 07:32 AM

After I got home from school, I learned what happened. We saw the first plane crash on the TV in our classroom because the principal said "watch this historic moment on television!" over the intercom, but they didn't know it was terrorists at that point, so afterwards they made us shut it off and nobody knew what was going on. Upon hearing about who was responsible, I didn't really care about the people who got killed, and all I felt was mild annoyance, like "who would be stupid enough to attack the US, these idiots are flies to be swatted/nuked."

**silicon212** · 09-02-2011, 01:08 PM

I was stunned. Disbelief at what I was seeing on my TV. The reaction was not unlike what I felt when Challenger exploded - as a matter of fact, I'd have to say the reaction was the same.

**Beric** · 09-02-2011, 01:14 PM

I was too young at the time to know what was going on. I was recently reading an article about the 10th anniversary though, and the emotion seemed to overwhelm my head a bit, and bring me closer to tears. If I really focus my minds on thinking about the deeper meanings and thoughts events of that day (rather than just on the facts), I most definitely get an emotional reaction.

**timeineternity** · 09-02-2011, 01:27 PM

No, I don't feel any empathy towards, or emotional investment in, people I don't relate to or know personally. This had no effect on me in that sense.

One hears about people being hurt (by others, or by natural causes) all the time. Intellectually, I am 'sorry' for someone on the news that is harmed, but I don't have any feeling towards them.

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	No, I personally thought 9/11 was overrated.

Overrated. lols. That's a funny way to express this.

**IreOfDesire** · 09-02-2011, 01:32 PM

Honestly? I felt joy and relief. It was about time for the US to understand that what goes around comes around in some form. Some sense of justice. Although I've always wondered why they didn't target the statue of liberty, perhaps it was a harder to hit.

**PeterIMC** · 09-02-2011, 01:58 PM

I was quiet that day and more turned into my own world than the usual. The subject was on my mind pretty much the whole day. Every new information that came in created a clearer picture of the future, which in that first day was pretty dark. Ofcourse in the days after that, it was clear those 4 attacks were all there was to it.

I also remember being impressed by how all planes were grounded that fast. The effect of such an attack on the whole world is impressive.

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	Honestly? I felt joy and relief. It was about time for the US to understand that what goes around comes around in some form. Some sense of justice. Although I always wondered why they didn't target the statue of liberty, perhaps it was a harder to hit.

Or it was because the French made that statue. :D

**mormeguil** · 09-03-2011, 07:34 AM

I felt like people where making too much of it. Even nowaday. Yes it's a tragedy. Yes a lot of people died. But will people get over it at some point. A big building crashed. Yes US got attacked. Now can you just get back to something else ?!

**zibber** · 09-03-2011, 07:38 AM

"Sick CGI!"

"Oh shit it's real and happening right now."

"They probably shouldn't be showing dancing Arabs right now."

**Feral** · 09-03-2011, 07:43 AM

I was disconnected. Seen it after the towers had hit when I walked into school, and everyone was shuffling into the library to watch one of our only televisions. I had a boyfriend I didn't particularly care about who was in the army, and I tried to give more of a shit for his sake, but couldn't really work up any feelings at the time.

**RBM** · 09-03-2011, 07:50 AM

	Originally Posted by AGHRMS To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Did you cry on 9/11? How did you react?

Naww, death is overhyped.

My immediate reaction was one of curiosity; the operation's successful execution suggested an immense complexity.

**davai** · 09-03-2011, 08:10 AM

Most people i walked past that day in college were talking about it/watching it on tv. As with others i was mainly curious, as i am with all big news stories. It also inspired me to create something tacky in animation shop which i've long since lost.

**UnrulyR3d** · 09-03-2011, 08:13 AM

My brother and sister in-law were on a flight to Philly and were consequently diverted to Canada. My brother still has issues flying.

**Nemesis** · 09-03-2011, 08:23 AM

I remember not being overly shocked that an attack like that was launched against the US. Something like that was bound to happen. The event itself was clearly tragic, but the endless stream of fuck-ups that followed (all the wars, the gaping rift in American politics, the paranoid/xenophobic attitude towards arabs, etc.) was/is far more tragic. People tend to forget that terrorism is meant to create chaos and disorganization in it's target that will cause the target to eventually be it's own downfall. In this sense, the US got, and is still getting, completely pwned by 9/11.

**Doomination** · 09-03-2011, 08:28 AM

Other than my parents freaking out, fearing further attacks, I was just happy to get the day off of school.

**JTG** · 09-03-2011, 08:55 AM

I was incredulous when it happened. I remember thinking "wow, the guys who planned that have just fucked themselves."

I don't remember thinking "wow, the guys who planned that are going to be fucked ten years down the road."

In other words, the mishandling of the response, the sensationalist approach to celebrating each anniversary, and the rise of knee-jerk patriotism after the incident have all jaded me. I feel bad for the loss so many New Yorkers suffered, but for the most part, i don't really care about the actual incident anymore

**WyohKnott** · 09-03-2011, 10:50 AM

I was quite young at the time, only 10 years old, so I didn't really understand what was going on at first. I remember thinking, after the first plane hit, that it must have been an accident... and then being very confused when the next one hit. I don't remember even hearing the word terrorism before that day. It was an entirely new concept. I do remember the feeling of horror when I realized that the things falling off the towers were actually people jumping. I don't think I'll ever forget that... it's the one image that I couldn't get out of my mind when I was trying to go to sleep that night. I never cried about it, though.

Now... I still recognize it as a terrible event - but worse things are happening in the world right now. All the time that is spent in memorials, and "walks of remembrance" could be put to a much better use in trying to keep something like that from happening again. Honestly, no one who was alive then is ever going to forget what happened - we don't need the media zoo to do that.

**Dung** · 09-03-2011, 02:17 PM

I was in an Art Gallery when I heard about the WTC planes attacks, maybe that's why I had partially the same kind reaction as
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had about it, namely that this was the boldest form of art happening, taking place on live TV for the whole world to see.

Later Hirst had to apologize for his comment, which was controversial at the time. He was probably wrong to say that the "artists" who did the 9/11 attack and planned it as a media event needed congratulating. That's obvious. But in essence the statement that the plot was staged for a giant audience still holds true - at least that's the kind of association I can forgive someone with an artistic background for. It was visually stunning indeed, and since most people relates to events from their personal standpoint that seemed a logic conclusion.

At the same time, when I watched the news on TV a few minutes later, it reminded me of
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, there is this iconic frame picturing the destruction of New York with a secret wave weapon. And I thought Herge was always so close to reality on international topics like that, politics, history and how visionary it was to tell these things through Children's book.

My other reaction was that beyond the human sufferings for those affected by the destruction directly, physically and psychologically, this was going to be bad for business, the economy, and a justification for wars to come etc...

**mllebrie** · 09-03-2011, 03:55 PM

I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember many details of the day. With the exception of all that background stuff, it was a normal day, which, even then, I found a bit jarring. We had sports team pictures in the park across the street from our school that afternoon, and then I went apple picking with my mom and sister. Things went on as usual.

**dungeonguy88** · 09-03-2011, 04:00 PM

Oblivious at first, being in middle school at the time, there was a lack of understanding some incredulity, and then some well founded worry as my mother was out of the country, on a business trip to Finland.

So some vague shock, but more concerned about how the events would affect myself and those I cared about.

09-01-2011, 09:29 PM	#1
AGHRMS Member [27%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,103	Did you cry on 9/11? How did you react?
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09-01-2011, 10:00 PM	#2
sircockburn Veteran Member [79%] MBTI: ENTP Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,172	I shrugged. Disasters happen everyday. I do remember getting the school day off though, so I was stoked about that.
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09-01-2011, 10:19 PM	#3
True Rune Core Member [201%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8,062	No, it wasn't close enough to affect me emotionally. I had the next day off of school though.
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09-01-2011, 10:22 PM	#4
g20 Member [11%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 447	I am to a degree emotionally disconnected and I'm not terribly empathetic. at the time I didn't live to far from the city, about a 2 hr drive on a late Friday afternoon. I was stunned, had a strong sense of foreboding. by the time the second plane hit the company I worked for had shut down production and we watched live news feeds as people were jumping from windows (we shut down after, we had military contracts and security increased after). many of the financial firms had moved in to our city years earlier and the increase in security was very visible. later we walked the makeshift memorials on the fences blocking the area where the towers had stood. for months afterword we were constantly bombarded with the personal fall out. we ran in to people that had lost family. my girlfriend at the time worked retail, brides were returning items that had been purchased for weddings that would never happen, gifts for the lost. I don't know what I felt, there was something buried far below the surface, it wasn't good, but I did not cry.
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09-02-2011, 07:21 AM	#6
EnsconcedDeity Member [19%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 799	No, I personally thought 9/11 was overrated.
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09-02-2011, 07:32 AM	#7
Equinox Veteran Member [63%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2,537	After I got home from school, I learned what happened. We saw the first plane crash on the TV in our classroom because the principal said "watch this historic moment on television!" over the intercom, but they didn't know it was terrorists at that point, so afterwards they made us shut it off and nobody knew what was going on. Upon hearing about who was responsible, I didn't really care about the people who got killed, and all I felt was mild annoyance, like "who would be stupid enough to attack the US, these idiots are flies to be swatted/nuked."
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09-02-2011, 01:08 PM	#8
silicon212 Member [23%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 946	I was stunned. Disbelief at what I was seeing on my TV. The reaction was not unlike what I felt when Challenger exploded - as a matter of fact, I'd have to say the reaction was the same.
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09-02-2011, 01:14 PM	#9
Beric Member [33%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,331	I was too young at the time to know what was going on. I was recently reading an article about the 10th anniversary though, and the emotion seemed to overwhelm my head a bit, and bring me closer to tears. If I really focus my minds on thinking about the deeper meanings and thoughts events of that day (rather than just on the facts), I most definitely get an emotional reaction.
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IreOfDesire Member [16%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 667	Honestly? I felt joy and relief. It was about time for the US to understand that what goes around comes around in some form. Some sense of justice. Although I've always wondered why they didn't target the statue of liberty, perhaps it was a harder to hit.
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09-03-2011, 07:34 AM	#13
mormeguil Member [32%] MBTI: Intj Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,294	I felt like people where making too much of it. Even nowaday. Yes it's a tragedy. Yes a lot of people died. But will people get over it at some point. A big building crashed. Yes US got attacked. Now can you just get back to something else ?!
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09-03-2011, 07:38 AM	#14
zibber Core Member [408%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 16,344	"Sick CGI!" "Oh shit it's real and happening right now." "They probably shouldn't be showing dancing Arabs right now."
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09-03-2011, 07:43 AM	#15
Feral Veteran Member [61%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,459	I was disconnected. Seen it after the towers had hit when I walked into school, and everyone was shuffling into the library to watch one of our only televisions. I had a boyfriend I didn't particularly care about who was in the army, and I tried to give more of a shit for his sake, but couldn't really work up any feelings at the time.
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09-03-2011, 08:10 AM	#17
davai Restricted [forum rules] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 7,334	Most people i walked past that day in college were talking about it/watching it on tv. As with others i was mainly curious, as i am with all big news stories. It also inspired me to create something tacky in animation shop which i've long since lost.
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09-03-2011, 08:13 AM	#18
UnrulyR3d Veteran Member [58%] MBTI: entj Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,339	My brother and sister in-law were on a flight to Philly and were consequently diverted to Canada. My brother still has issues flying.
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09-03-2011, 08:23 AM	#19
Nemesis Core Member [307%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 12,282	I remember not being overly shocked that an attack like that was launched against the US. Something like that was bound to happen. The event itself was clearly tragic, but the endless stream of fuck-ups that followed (all the wars, the gaping rift in American politics, the paranoid/xenophobic attitude towards arabs, etc.) was/is far more tragic. People tend to forget that terrorism is meant to create chaos and disorganization in it's target that will cause the target to eventually be it's own downfall. In this sense, the US got, and is still getting, completely pwned by 9/11.
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09-03-2011, 08:28 AM	#20
Doomination Member [08%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 348	Other than my parents freaking out, fearing further attacks, I was just happy to get the day off of school.
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09-03-2011, 08:55 AM	#21
JTG Core Member [246%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,844	I was incredulous when it happened. I remember thinking "wow, the guys who planned that have just fucked themselves." I don't remember thinking "wow, the guys who planned that are going to be fucked ten years down the road." In other words, the mishandling of the response, the sensationalist approach to celebrating each anniversary, and the rise of knee-jerk patriotism after the incident have all jaded me. I feel bad for the loss so many New Yorkers suffered, but for the most part, i don't really care about the actual incident anymore
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09-03-2011, 10:50 AM	#22
WyohKnott Veteran Member [65%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,600	I was quite young at the time, only 10 years old, so I didn't really understand what was going on at first. I remember thinking, after the first plane hit, that it must have been an accident... and then being very confused when the next one hit. I don't remember even hearing the word terrorism before that day. It was an entirely new concept. I do remember the feeling of horror when I realized that the things falling off the towers were actually people jumping. I don't think I'll ever forget that... it's the one image that I couldn't get out of my mind when I was trying to go to sleep that night. I never cried about it, though. Now... I still recognize it as a terrible event - but worse things are happening in the world right now. All the time that is spent in memorials, and "walks of remembrance" could be put to a much better use in trying to keep something like that from happening again. Honestly, no one who was alive then is ever going to forget what happened - we don't need the media zoo to do that.
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09-03-2011, 02:17 PM	#23
Dung Veteran Member [92%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 3,688	I was in an Art Gallery when I heard about the WTC planes attacks, maybe that's why I had partially the same kind reaction as To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. had about it, namely that this was the boldest form of art happening, taking place on live TV for the whole world to see. Later Hirst had to apologize for his comment, which was controversial at the time. He was probably wrong to say that the "artists" who did the 9/11 attack and planned it as a media event needed congratulating. That's obvious. But in essence the statement that the plot was staged for a giant audience still holds true - at least that's the kind of association I can forgive someone with an artistic background for. It was visually stunning indeed, and since most people relates to events from their personal standpoint that seemed a logic conclusion. At the same time, when I watched the news on TV a few minutes later, it reminded me of To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , there is this iconic frame picturing the destruction of New York with a secret wave weapon. And I thought Herge was always so close to reality on international topics like that, politics, history and how visionary it was to tell these things through Children's book. My other reaction was that beyond the human sufferings for those affected by the destruction directly, physically and psychologically, this was going to be bad for business, the economy, and a justification for wars to come etc...
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09-03-2011, 03:55 PM	#24
mllebrie Member [37%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,510	I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember many details of the day. With the exception of all that background stuff, it was a normal day, which, even then, I found a bit jarring. We had sports team pictures in the park across the street from our school that afternoon, and then I went apple picking with my mom and sister. Things went on as usual.
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09-03-2011, 04:00 PM	#25
dungeonguy88 Veteran Member [50%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,020	Oblivious at first, being in middle school at the time, there was a lack of understanding some incredulity, and then some well founded worry as my mother was out of the country, on a business trip to Finland. So some vague shock, but more concerned about how the events would affect myself and those I cared about.
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