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Relay · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Europe

It is soon 5 years since two planes flew right into the towers in New York and one flew right into Pentagon and a fourth krashed in Pennsylvania. Oh my 5 years the time goes too fast sometimes and i hope this thread could be a place for remembering this event who in many ways changed alot.

I still remember what i did that day for almost five years ago. Remember all times are in local CET Times but in reality it is easy 3 afternoon here is 9 in the morning in New York.
about 14:55 a neighbour called me and asked me to put on my tv. And what i saw was live pictures from CNN and smoke coming out from on of the towers. First i thought it was some kind of accident like a small plane who had hit it. Suddenly while i watched i saw a plane hit the second tower. Hey wait was that a plane i saw there!!!!!!!!
I could not really understand, and somehow the word terrorism came up into my head. I loaded my video and started to recording everything i could about this that day. I went to the local library and tried to reach some swedish newspapers homepages from there, but many of them was down. The woman behind the desk already knew what happend so information travels very fast.
i walked back home and continued watching news and news channels for the rest of the day. But so far i havent seen any amateur pictures of the first plane who smashed into the first tower.

What did you do that day for 5 years ago??
To Oliver Stones new World Trade Center movie page
Pentagon Memorial
Sept Memorial
September 11 digital archive
September 11 Wikipedia
9-11 research
Shattered
September 11 victims
Americas day of terror
Images from ground zero

From You Tube
Amature video of the second plane strike at the WTC
2nd hit - EuroNews Flash
September 11, 2001 News

Pentagon after

People jumped to a certain death

melchizedek22 · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 370 Location: Holy Toledo

How many of those terrorist were Iraq's?

Fido · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 3936

I was working Iron, near the end of my career, nearing retirement. I know men, Iroquois, who worked on those buildings. A piece of their lives down the drain forever. But that is true all over. Before a man can put in 30 years and retire all broke up and beat they are already tearing down the buildings he risked his life on and beat his heart out on.
The next day the boss said they were still looking for 250 plus fire fighters. I asked if anyone had checked the bar. Can you tell I have no respect? And I have been there, and seen the place up close. But it does not surprise me because I know how they hate us, and why.

pikers · Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:19 am Post subject:

melchizedek22 wrote: How many of those terrorist were Iraq's?

What the f^&k difference does that make? PLEASE deflect this issue to some anti-Bush rhetoric. PLEASE.

Gatz Nieblas · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 99 Location: California

All I can say is that the terrorists have won 5 years after 9-11 since America has abandoned its principles of liberty with the rapid expansion of government programs and an age of paranoia that has swept America. The terrorists struck the US in an attempt to bring down what America stands for and so far they have been successful.

TwinkieDP · Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 3706 Location: US

melchizedek22 wrote: How many of those terrorist were Iraq's? Iraq was about something entirely unrelated to Terrorists or 9/11 attacks...

Wyatt Earp · Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 358

Gatz Nieblas wrote: All I can say is that the ists have won 5 years after 9-11 since America has abandoned its principles of liberty with the rapid expansion of government programs and an age of paranoia that has swept America. The ists struck the US in an attempt to bring down what America stands for and so far they have been successful.

Yea they won alright, No illegals want to risk there life coming here no more, all the ones are here are now running to Canada. the only paranoia I see is on the Internet, life goes on in the real world.

Siberian Fox · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 118 Location: California

There shouldn't BE any anti bush rhetoric in this topic. It isn't about war, its about an event that touches us today. Remember Pearl Harbor?

Siberian Fox · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 118 Location: California

A very sad event, which should put politics aside for a moment if you care.

Spider · Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject:

This new war, against militant fundementalists, will be the "cold war" of this century. It will be a long, nasty, bloody campaign spread out over many areas, until the middle east is drug kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

This will take decades, but I have faith that it will work out for the better in the end.

People just need to quit begging for a quick fix. We're gonna have to dig in for the long term with this one...

neutralnuke · Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 34 Location: Baltimore

to answer the OP's general question:
I was in school at the time and all of a sudden, my social studies teacher turned on the TV and showed us what was happening. This was after the towers had collapsed but the media kept replaying that horrific scene over and over. It was almost surreal to watch and we all assumed it was a movie scene for the first minutes. As the anchor relayed news that Islamic fundamentalists were throught to be behind the attack, everyone in the class started staring at me (I'm of Indian descent) until I told them that I was not Muslim and that I was as outraged by these attacks as they were.