Seeing as today is September 11 I thought it would be good for everyone to discuss where they where on September eleven 2001.
I will start by saying I was in Primary school we did a after school play when one of the teachers from the av club brought a TV in and we watch in awe that such a thing could happen. The SABC still had CNN news in the afternoon. I distinctly recalled one of my teachers saying that the world will never be the same again after this. What prophetic words that turned out to be.
I would love to hear if any of our Salvationers where in NY when it happened.
I was not in New York, but a good chunk of my family was (my whole family is from the city). My mother lost some friends and relatives at ground zero, but I didn't really know them. I was in High School in a computer class and I guess someone was done early and saw CNN. This was before everyone had a cell phone so there was a lot of confusion.
I remember getting dressed for gym in middle school and someone came up to me and said that the World Trade Center was on fire and asked me what I thought. I assumed they were just trying to bait me into saying something nerdy so they could make fun of me (surprise, not exactly popular in middle school), and I said I didn't care.
In the first class after that, the TVs were on though and everyone was just watching events unfold.
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"Never forget" is an unhealthy attitude to terrorism and I strongly disagree with the existence of threads like this that perpetuate that attitude. Refuse to be terrorized. Keep calm and carry on. Unfortunately, the US populace and politicians decided to play right into the terrorism, creating a fervor that resulted in little more than security theater rather than actual security and a military response that did several orders of magnitude more damage than the initial attacks. To put into another perspective, 10x more people in the US die each year from auto crashes than people did from the attacks. 9/11 was one of the most effective acts of terror in history, but only because of the disastrously awful response to it.
"Never forget" is an unhealthy attitude to terrorism and I strongly disagree with the existence of threads like this that perpetuate that attitude. Refuse to be terrorized. Keep calm and carry on. Unfortunately, the US populace and politicians decided to play right into the terrorism, creating a fervor that resulted in little more than security theater rather than actual security and a military response that did several orders of magnitude more damage than the initial attacks. To put into another perspective, 10x more people in the US die each year from auto crashes than people did from the attacks. 9/11 was one of the most effective acts of terror in history, but only because of the disastrously awful response to it.
Who are you to say what may or may not be a healthy attitude for people who were in some capacity affected by an act of terrorism? If you disagree with the existence of this thread, why post? Refusing to be terrorized and "never forget" are not mutually exclusive terms, in fact, they are almost entirely unrelated concepts. "Never forget" does not suggest cowardice or apprehension, rather, it is a statement of remembrance to honor the memory of those lost as a result of an act of terror and implies vigilance, if anything. Furthermore, what relevance do auto-related accidental deaths have in this regard? Without sounding like I'm discounting the lives lost in auto accidents, those numbers are based on thousands of isolated incidents, a tremendous majority of which involve no malicious intent. Clearly, the same cannot be said for 9/11. Beyond that, "9/11 was one of the most effective acts of terror" "only because of our disastrously awful response to it"? Really? So now it's the fault of American law enforcement, emergency response, political, and military personnel? I guess that's why we've seen so many subsequent instances of terrorism with heavy civilian casualties on American soil.
As far as where I was, I remember waking up that morning, getting ready for school and hearing the news on the t.v. in my parent's room. My mom and I sat on the bed and watched in shock. I recall being a few minutes late to school that morning, as I'm sure many people were. I had AP English first period and in lieu of our studies that day, our teacher thought it best for us to be informed. She ignored the direct order of administration to continue instruction, and we had a moment of silence and watched the news for the remainder of class. I cannot say that I was personally directly impacted by events of 9/11, but I pray for those who were.
Was in elementary school on the playground when my mom came and said I was going home early. Sitting in the living room with my little brother, I remember my mom on the phone while the planes crashing showed on the TV. Didn't realize at the time how much that disaster would change the world.
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I will start by saying I was in Primary school we did a after school play when one of the teachers from the av club brought a TV in and we watch in awe that such a thing could happen. The SABC still had CNN news in the afternoon. I distinctly recalled one of my teachers saying that the world will never be the same again after this. What prophetic words that turned out to be.
I would love to hear if any of our Salvationers where in NY when it happened.
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In the first class after that, the TVs were on though and everyone was just watching events unfold.
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Who are you to say what may or may not be a healthy attitude for people who were in some capacity affected by an act of terrorism? If you disagree with the existence of this thread, why post? Refusing to be terrorized and "never forget" are not mutually exclusive terms, in fact, they are almost entirely unrelated concepts. "Never forget" does not suggest cowardice or apprehension, rather, it is a statement of remembrance to honor the memory of those lost as a result of an act of terror and implies vigilance, if anything. Furthermore, what relevance do auto-related accidental deaths have in this regard? Without sounding like I'm discounting the lives lost in auto accidents, those numbers are based on thousands of isolated incidents, a tremendous majority of which involve no malicious intent. Clearly, the same cannot be said for 9/11. Beyond that, "9/11 was one of the most effective acts of terror" "only because of our disastrously awful response to it"? Really? So now it's the fault of American law enforcement, emergency response, political, and military personnel? I guess that's why we've seen so many subsequent instances of terrorism with heavy civilian casualties on American soil.
As far as where I was, I remember waking up that morning, getting ready for school and hearing the news on the t.v. in my parent's room. My mom and I sat on the bed and watched in shock. I recall being a few minutes late to school that morning, as I'm sure many people were. I had AP English first period and in lieu of our studies that day, our teacher thought it best for us to be informed. She ignored the direct order of administration to continue instruction, and we had a moment of silence and watched the news for the remainder of class. I cannot say that I was personally directly impacted by events of 9/11, but I pray for those who were.
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