ITT we discuss what we thought of or how we were coping with the tragedy of 9/11 only two days after the towers fell.
Thread guide: I'll start
>how old were you? 12 years old
>where did you live at the time? Southern California
>were you personally affected? Not in a friends/family sense but I grew up in a religious family who did everything they could to tie the events into biblical prophecy and symbolism. This influence gave me a keen interest and possible paranoia that led to my studying of religious eschatology(multiple religions/not just my own religion).
>were you scared? More nervous than actually scared, I honestly believed that the USA would go kick ass like in WWII. I didn't yet know of the (((shadow government))) or anything about the rest of the world. Just the propaganda I'd been fed up until 8th grade.
>had you yet realized that 'the world' as you knew it was gone forever at that point? No, like the answer before I'd figured that we would kick ass then go back to being awesome...Muricaaa-FUCK YEAH! I had no idea that the world I grew up in was totally gone, that the government that seemed trustworthy was actually beyond redemption, or that I would soon be unable to openly communicate with police officers and other employees of the state without making sure to not possibly give them a reason to investigate and ruin my life, because I had a different opinion from them(regarding whatever). It was over seven years later that I finally started questioning what happened and despising what had happened to my country. It took another seven to eight years to start to consider the Jewish Question and wonder why the USA was in Israel's pocket.
Now here I am...in Sup Forums
Share your story my fellow Sup Forumsacks. You don't have to be American to participate.
>had you yet realized that 'the world' as you knew it was gone forever at that point?
Cameron Ward
>data mining thread
Fuck off I'm actually interested in what others thought/felt dick head
Jackson Gonzalez
>how old were you? I was 17 years old.
>where did you live at the time? PA
>were you personally affected? Not really, school was on lockdown because of the plane flying around the state(we really didn't have much info at the time). Should have sent us home if they were concerned instead of keeping us in one easy to see building in the middle of farm fields.
>were you scared? Nervous; We were all chattering about who could have attacked us at lunch(Because we were alerted right before lunch break)
>had you yet realized that 'the world' as you knew it was gone forever at that point?
Nah, didn't think we'd go the path we did. I don't know, what is a teenager to expect? The 90s, it felt like everything was a little shaky, but we'd have a brighter future. Now, we aren't so sure anymore.
Honestly, it was a jarring day. But it also showed our ability to come together in the face of adversity, whether it was manufactured or not being irrelevant.
Nicholas Cook
I had a job where I could listen to my radio through headphones, and had never really listened to NPR much, but on 9/11 I switched to NPR and stayed there for months, because they never stopped discussing it.
Eventually they moved back to "NPR" content. I think I told them to fuck off the day they had a spot about breast feeding and what age is too old for it, and of course they had nuts saying "leave it up to the child, my son was still breastfeeding at 8 years old".
I'm picturing some little shit coming home from second grade and saying "alright mom, lets see those titties".
Cameron Butler
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Benjamin Miller
Bump
Let's go on a nostalgia trip Sup Forums
Nolan Campbell
>how old were you? 25 yrs old
>where did you live at the time? New York
>were you personally affected? Worked in the Empire State building at the time. After 9/11 everyone had to go through metal detectors and scanners when you didn't have to previously. Plus there was a bomb scare at the Empire State Building a couple of weeks later and the building had to be evacuated.
>were you scared? No, but mind was blown like everyone elses that the towers were hit and collapsed.
Joshua Myers
wtf 2 days later and all that stuff is still on ths floor? how long did it take them to sweep it up?
