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They did a survey this July and found that 30% of Americans didn't know what year 9/11 happened in. :eek2:

Of that group, six percent gave an earlier year, eight percent gave a later year, and 16 percent admitted they had no idea whatsoever.
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Lots of those were older people.

This memory black hole is essentially the problem of the older crowd: 48 percent of those who did not know were between the ages of 55 and 64, and 47 percent were older than 65, according to the poll.
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And 95% of them could remember the month and date of the attacks. I don't see how 5% could forget when the answer would be right there if '9/11' was in the question. Maybe they asked when did the terrorists destroy the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon and trashed a farm field.

This reminds me of reading somewhere about kids in Japan not knowing when nuclear weapons were dropped on their country. :eek:

Sometimes, I would see a news story that refers to 9/11 long after it happened and they'd have whole sentences explaining what happened on that day, complete with the year. Hey, I wasn't a baby, so I know that happened.
 
See 9-11 is the worst day in american history.3000 people died in that horrable nightmare these arabs done.You see The arabs gave us our worst day so why cant we give them their own worst nightmare like a Couple of Nuclear Bombs impacting on their soil and watching theur brothers and sisters die like we watched our brothers and sisters die on 9-11.A nuclear strike impact will make the arabs learn you dont ever attack the United States of America.Just like the Japanese did on december 7th 1941.And Japan suffered a great deal of loss in hiroshima august 6th 1945.We really need a very tough president to make the arabs understand you dont ever attack us.Thats why i want bush impeached so i gurantee you dick cheney will grab that football and let em have it.Just like FDR never wanted to use the atomic bomb but Harry Truman did.Theres an old saying
AN EYE FOR AN EYE! it says it right in the bible.It means if someone attack you you attack em back! I want the Arabs experance the Horror of a Nuclear Attack on their soil.Why you think Al Queda wont ever attack Russia or China 9-11 style?Cause they know Russia & China dont have the same Human Passion on Human life like the US has.If Al Queda ever attacks the Kremlin Or Attack Tiananmen Square I gurantee you wont see Chinese or the Russians turn the other cheek. The Chinese and the Russians would launch a Nuclear Missle to Saudi Arabia if they attacked the Kremlin Or Attack Tiananmen Square 9-11 style and you know it too.So i hope bush gets impeached and youll see what Nightmare Dick Cheney will send to these arabs.
 
I never forgot that day Sept. 11th 2001. I was in Washington DC thinking of going to Gallaudet University and I was walking in the city that morning and a loud explosion and saw that it was in the direction of the Pentagon and immediately I knew somehow it meant war.

I was seething with rage at what happened once I found out what happened on tv :rifle:
 
I will never forget the day, how could you?

I was watching it happen and was terrified. My cousin and her husband live in NY and He was just miles away from the towers and my cousin was supposed to be on the plain, her meeting got cancelled! Scary times!
 
How can I forgot that day. I will never forget the date. Cuz it was the same year as I got divorced so how else can I forgot.

I was at home when it happened and got worry cuz my friend's family was living in NYC. One of her sister works about 2 block from the building and she had to walked home 4 hrs.
 
Incidiently, I have a doctor appointment on Sept 11th, 2006 I did not ask for that day and it was just what was scheduled and available for that day. That is the earliest they could see me for a doctor's appointment. Sept. 11th, 2006 :eek3:

Let's pray and hope nothing else bad happens on this anniversary that has left a dark and indelible mark in American History. :angel:
 
I never FORGET that on day! My son turned 7 months old on that day.

And what's more....my 2nd cousin gave birth to a boy, Aaron on Sept 11, 2001. So that's really SCARY!!
 
LakeTahoe said:
I never FORGET that on day! My son turned 7 months old on that day.

And what's more....my 2nd cousin gave birth to a boy, Aaron on Sept 11, 2001. So that's really SCARY!!
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Amen to that LakeTahoe, I thought of my nephews and nieces that day and thought of coming home where I will be safe with my mom and my family so I went home a few days after Sept. 11th happened.

Don't worry the U.S. Marines are kicking the Al Qaeda and the Tablian's ass and it is payback time for these terrorist losers to learn a lesson from the Mean Hardcore U.S. Marines. God Bless !!!!! :angel: :) :thumb: :D
 
I remember sitting in my living room with my girls and seeing the plane crash into one of the twin towers. I was horrorified. I called my mom immediately and told her to look on TV. It shook the very core of my soul. We never have really been exposed to volience on such a grand scale.

I thought to myself is this the end? Because I didn't know what was going on?
 
i have not forgotten that day

i was at work looking at my co workers faces damn
and my grandmother was in surgery and fighting for her life which she won
she is still alive
 
I never forget that day.. sept 11, 2001.. i was home tending to my son he was 2 yrs old at that time..putting clothes on and took him to therapy.. then came back home.. i cleaned and vacumed floor.. clean the kitchen and bathroom.. then after that i fixed myself a breakfast.. then went online.. i got email from my best friend .. she said GO WATCH TV.. so i turned tv on and to my surprise WTC was attacked.. i was like what happened?? so watch more.. i was thinking.. who would do such thing.. who are attacking us?? will there be a war?? i got scared and jumped in my car and went to pick my son up from therapy explainging that something happened and i think he will be safe with me at moms home in country.. they said nothing will happen.. i said u never know?? so we went to my moms house and stay there all day watching tv news.. i cried .. i prayed for those people in wtc and airplanes.. hoping God will take them home..

i will never forget this.. its branded in my mind forever..
 
Buckdodgers said:
Theres an old saying
AN EYE FOR AN EYE! it says it right in the bible.
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There are times when an eye for an eye is appropriate because some people do not understand forgiveness at all and to them forgiveness is a welcome mat to abuse / kill anothers so you gotta defend your own life which is a God given right and you are the one who safeguards your own life and God understands and respects that. If a bad theif broke into your home and you shot him in self defense as he is trying to lunge at you with a knife from the kitchen drawer. God understands that and God respects that. There is nothing wrong with self defense and we hit the terrorists back really hard right after Sept. 11th happened. I am an American Patriot and I did not appreciate what happened on Sept 11th I was cheering for the US Marines and US Armed Forces to go into Afghanstain / Iraq and kick their ass for what they did to us and we did nothing to them. I did not even know what or who a muslim really looked like much less what they believed until after 9/11/01 and I was not really paying attention to the WTC truck bombing in the early 1990's I figured those guys were some nutcases when I was in high school but now after 9/11/01 I understand these people are fanatical killers that will stop at nothing, forgiveness is not something that they will understand at all. Gotta kick 'em where it hurts and not say sorry to them because they will do it right back to us so we gotta stop these fantanical killers at all costs because these people are a people that are " an all or nothing " people.
 
That day is so clear in my mind, as if it were yesterday. I live on Long Island and lots of my family and friends work in NYC. I was off work that day and saw the whole thing on TV and talked to people all day long that were in the city or waiting for people to come home. I talked to my father who worked not far from the twin towers and he watched from his office building as the 2nd plane hit. It still amazes me that the twin towers I saw all my life are no longer there. Not to mention all the people who died. It seems like almost everyone that lives in the NYC area has a friend or family member who died or walked home over the bridges. And so many stories I hear of people who were supposed to be there and for some reason didn't get there. Someone was on their side that day.

I don't think any of us will ever be the same.
 
2kids1hoh said:
That day is so clear in my mind, as if it were yesterday. I live on Long Island and lots of my family and friends work in NYC. I was off work that day and saw the whole thing on TV and talked to people all day long that were in the city or waiting for people to come home. I talked to my father who worked not far from the twin towers and he watched from his office building as the 2nd plane hit. It still amazes me that the twin towers I saw all my life are no longer there. Not to mention all the people who died. It seems like almost everyone that lives in the NYC area has a friend or family member who died or walked home over the bridges. And so many stories I hear of people who were supposed to be there and for some reason didn't get there. Someone was on their side that day.

I don't think any of us will ever be the same.
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Yeah, I had forgotten about seeing millions of New Yorkers walk across the bridge that morning on CNN. That was not good at all and Washington DC was under a military troop build up, just soldiers and cops everywhere. I had to wait a while then I was able to go home to my family.

On a more positive note ..... I heard that the new tower is being built already in NYC and I have not been to NYC in a very long time. I think they put the beams in a groundbreaking ribbon cutting ceremony ?
 
Heath said:
Yeah, I had forgotten about seeing millions of New Yorkers walk across the bridge that morning on CNN. That was not good at all and Washington DC was under a military troop build up, just soldiers and cops everywhere. I had to wait a while then I was able to go home to my family.

On a more positive note ..... I heard that the new tower is being built already in NYC and I have not been to NYC in a very long time. I think they put the beams in a groundbreaking ribbon cutting ceremony ?
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I feel bad actually saying this, but I am not sure what they have done in the recent month at that site. It's hard to keep up with it. I live about 25 miles from NYC but I have not visited Ground Zero yet. I find it too hard to go there. Maybe when the new tower is completed, I will go.

That must have been hard for you too... being in DC at that time and not being able to go home. Someone I work with was in town from the Texas office. He needed to get home. He and 5 other guys from different parts of the country drove to Kansas, and then split up and each rented cars and drove home. I know it took them a ridiculous time to get home.
 
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