9/11 Rememberance

[Sprocket]

Surprised no one has made this topic yet. Well... here goes.

On September 9th, 2001, one of the most horrific days of U.S. History took place. Airplanes were hijacked and slammed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and hundreds of people were killed. If you had a loved one who died during the attack, then they should be remembered. Just a year ago the U.S. Embassy in Libya was attacked by the same type of people, and 3 (or more idk) people were killed. If you aren't from or in the U.S. you may ignore this but I will stand firm for my country and the victims of the original 9/11 will always be remembered. Acts from The First Responders and others just show how strong this nation is.

This event happened before I was born so some facts might be incorrect.

You may discuss if what you are doing is taking a peep at effects of this event or talking about memorials and such. Not debating why I am incorrect.

[Kimonio]

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Killswitch (September 11th, 2013, 6:07 pm)

[Sprocket]

I didn't say anything about going in and warring with the people of the Muslim race... Unless they get any other bright ideas of attempting to stomp us out like fleas. If the republicans started trying to get in Office and help we could be in slight better shape. If there is another 9/11 perhaps in 2014 the government HAS to get off it's ♥♥♥ and help the military and attacked Americans for there not to be a huge riot. WW3 could take place in the next decade even. But off of politics did anyone here lose a relative and/or friend because of the 9/11 attack?

[MessengerOfDreams]

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MessengerOfDreams (September 11th, 2013, 9:00 pm)

[Kimonio]

Consider the fact that, despite the hijacked planes being in the air for three hours, not a single fighter was displaced to intercept them.

Just curious. Would the fighter shoot them down or invade?

In either case it would be a risk of American citizen safety, and even then they would have died had we not intervened...So many choices and paths that could have branched, it's impossible to know just how things would have turned out.

[Raz]

This seems disrespectful to talk about in this kind of thread, don't you think?

[darthbrowser]

Consider the fact that, despite the hijacked planes being in the air for three hours, not a single fighter was displaced to intercept them.

Just curious. Would the fighter shoot them down or invade?

In either case it would be a risk of American citizen safety, and even then they would have died had we not intervened...So many choices and paths that could have branched, it's impossible to know just how things would have turned out.

Your point is valid, as they (supposedly) had no way of knowing that allowing the planes to continue would result in the casualties it did. Nevertheless, they could have forced the planes down without firing via electronic measures, or escorted the planes until it became clear what their intent was - and then shot them down. The fact that not a single government aircraft was sent up to ascertain what was occurring seems highly unusual.

Another example is the fact that the Pentagon had moved almost all sensitive material out of the wing of the building which was hit - for no apparent reason - about a week before the attacks. As soon as the wing was repaired, all materials were moved back in.

[Doram]

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Sprocket (September 15th, 2013, 5:09 pm)

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I remember me watching the news back then. I've been around 5 years old or something. I thought it's a movie at first, but according to my parents reaction and such I noticed pretty quickly that something bad was going on back then. I'm actually surprised that each of my classmates seems to remember that day. Even if we aren't americans, though.

And still. I'm not capable of imagining the amount of pain that caused to lots of american people. I'm just thinking it's been a pity and I'm hoping that we won't see anything like that again.

[Sprocket]

I did start this as a memorial thread, because in class (History to be specific) we talked about the 9/11 incident. Then we watched a video and a few people even started to shed a tear. Considering the political instead of memorial type discussion we've been doing, I conclude noone here lost a relative or friend during the incident. And on that note, I'm glad we're still discussing this. We don't need to remember this incident just that one day (even though it was unpleasent and you don't want to think about any future days-of-horror). Next 9/11 I'll probably bump this with a new speech by a more intelligent me.