+1 on that!

I remember that day vividly. I was watching the news with a group of salty old WWII vets at the VA and calling my wife every half hour.

I disagree about the TV images, gentlemen. Your argument is valid, but here's mine:

It was real. It's too easy to minimalize the event and disregard the reality of 9/11. Especially for those too young to remember. In fact, I feel that's exactly what happened a few years ago when the liberal media avoided showing those images. A coddled, protected society is easily lead by a ring through the nose.

An un-protected society ruled by fear and the past is just as detrimental. I do see your point....to an extent. It's ok, we can agree to disagree on this.:)

I think each one of us remebers the lessons learned that day in our own way.

It is a shame how other countries and cultures view our country.
I think a lot of it is ignorance and probably some of it bitterness towards the US policy abroad.

The coverage of this event will be in the hisory books till the end of time, it will be played on this day till it no longer receives good ratings unfortunatly. I tiook this oppertunity to watch it with my son who was only 4 years old at the time and I must say at 14 he was devistaed by the actual footage of this as it unfolded. He said the classroom in no way gave him an understanding of how catostrophic these events were and has a new understanding of what actually happened.

For me it simply was a mad man with enough of a following to insert pain and suffering into west.

There were many before him. that are now dead as well.

For me all history tells me is there are insane individuals out there that crop up and out of every society and culture,

I am not sure where the next one will come from or where they will strike, I just know there will be another.

Not fear by any means, just humanity

I was at Yorktown Naval Weapons Station doing a Weapons offload.

First plane hit and I was on the smoke deck (special closed room, its a weapons station) and said a plane just hit one of the twin towers. I thought, wow that sucks was the pilot drunk?

Was onboard when the second hit and thought "what are the odds of that happening?... ohhhh"

The first one was not a surprise for me, I recall hearing about planes hitting skyscrapers before. (tall towers/buildings have flashing lights on them.. so planes can see them so it definitely has happened before) Never crossed my mind it was on purpose.

I don't mind news coverage but I haven't seen real "Journalism" for about 30 years now. Everything today is sensationalism and fear mongering. I could bitch about it for a few minutes but I won't. I'd give anything for some straight from the hip, call it as it happens, no bullshit, it is what it is news journalism. I rarely read the paper, watch the news, local or national, because I don't see journalism, I see social re-conditioning and hidden agenda's for corporate advance.

Down with the system. Lois where are u?

Jaded

LOL OMG you should have seen the hurricane Irene coverage.

how old was everyone at the time?

i was 11, didn't know much other than there is a place on the other side of earth called America, but on the day 9/11/2001 my dad was on his way to Chicago

it was early in the morning when i found out, the the 9/11 happened...
my grandmother was freaking out and started to calling around

and.....

few hrs later we found out they ware on the plain when that happened, next thing they know 2 F-16s got on the same level as them and messenger them to get the hell down or they gonna take there asses down

I was 50 :P

(and dating a hot flight attendant :thumbsup:)

35, working on a RI at Applecroft.

I listened to the Howard Stern broadcast and was glued to it all day.

After wittnessing the NBC coverage yesterday I must say, Howard did a much better job.



Katie Curac and Tom Brokaw just totally fumbled the ball.

And their Penetagon correspondent had the persoallity of a house plant.

The worst was when the video showed the first tower colaspsing and they were saying they had unconfirmed reports .....

ahhhh open your eyes ring a bell :Dizzy: