Im in Ohio also and I was probably 4 or 5 at the time and I remeber my parents freaking out because some of my family lives in NYC. But I was largely unaffactedSnootyEnglishman said:
What did 9/11 do to you kids? (Read beyond thread title and relate to the OP or so help me)
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Honestly...I barely remember 9/11...I mean the actual event itself...the only thing I remember is the girl who sits next to me bursting into tears because her father was on one of the planes...I can't say it didn't change me...actually it opened my eyes to how shitty the world really is...how people are only looking for excuses to kill and fight each other....
I woke on september 11th 2001, i was very happy..... Then i turned on the TV when, shock.....Chesse TV wasn't on! NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!AAAAGGGHHHHHHHH! I was so bored as any 8 year old would be when the only thing that was on was the news, which showed images of planes crashing into buildings. It wasn't untill the six a clock news was on when i understood (sort of) what was going on, but wasn't intrested. It wasn't untill much later in my life when i truely understood what had happened.
I think I was 6. I don't even live in the US, and being that age, I don't think I really understood what had happened. I just know that for a long time after that, my parents were paranoid about travelling overseas. And my aunt and her family live in California, so they were really worried about her. I think my greatest concern was whether or not the school library would let me borrow chapter books in year 1, because I wanted to read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I didn't really get what had happened until a few years later, and by that time, it didn't have much of an impact on me since it'd happened so long ago. I think I'd always been pretty detached from that anyway.
ok First stop bashing the US we didnt do anything to you so please stop. Second ill always remember coming up stairs my mom said it was a horrible accident i saw the picture of the first tower burning said it was an attack less then 2 minites later the second plane hit.
As to all those people who died in US bombings know this if they wouldnt hide these guys theyed probily be rid of use already and in truth (im not alone in thinking this) i think we should have just nuked them straight out osama would be dead and we would not be over in iraq cause sadam would have went SHIT! and disarmed at once as would iran and north korea. IF you think im a stupid american for this please understand with a few exceptions the rest of the world has recently been just telling us were all idiots and that can only end badly.
As to all those people who died in US bombings know this if they wouldnt hide these guys theyed probily be rid of use already and in truth (im not alone in thinking this) i think we should have just nuked them straight out osama would be dead and we would not be over in iraq cause sadam would have went SHIT! and disarmed at once as would iran and north korea. IF you think im a stupid american for this please understand with a few exceptions the rest of the world has recently been just telling us were all idiots and that can only end badly.
The way we as a country handled 9/11 (and still do) infuriates me. The fear mongering, conspiracies and general patriotic pro-God either with us or against us nationalism bullshit seriously needs to stop.
There is always a boogie man waiting to eat you, the only conspiracies are the ones you see in the movies and it is always more patriotic to question authority than to blindly follow.
There is always a boogie man waiting to eat you, the only conspiracies are the ones you see in the movies and it is always more patriotic to question authority than to blindly follow.
This, except I'm from Finland, which is a more insignificant country right next to Sweden.Psychosocial said:
The general attitude towards the American hype machine revolving around the War on Terror and terrorism as a whole, is met with a "oh look, the yanks are at it again"-type hearty laugh. The lives of Americans are pretty much entertainment to us. You haven't been terrorized in 9 years, the people's attention span only lasts for a month.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was like that in the most parts of Europe, except maybe the UK.
The current economic situation isn't too dire here, but moneymakers are scared, so they're not employing a lot of people right now, so low-level jobs are scarce. That's about the only way it has affected me, but it hasn't really changed my views, or 'personally' affected me.
I'm 23, to give you some context.
I was 8 at the time, but when I herad about it I was sad for 2 mouths over the death of a friend who died because of jackasses.
I was 8 and in 3rd grade. It barely affected me at all at the time. People were upset, I got out of school early, life went on in my utopia of a childhood. Hell, we drove by a smoking Pentagon on the way home, and I didn't even notice it. The full force of the attacks just never hit me.
I was 10 at the time. I do recall crying profusely about the matter. A few years later, the political events caused by 9/11 got me involved in the political world, in my case on the conservative side.
Of course, I always held an interest in politics and such, although before about 2003 I was more interested in studying astrophysics.
Of course, I always held an interest in politics and such, although before about 2003 I was more interested in studying astrophysics.
I really never noticed a change in myself, people or my surrondings. 9/11 was a terrible tragedy, but it seems America is the one that was effected the most, I live in Canada.
I was 27 when 9/11 happened. The 90s weren't so great where I lived. It was harder to get work back then than it is now, crime was higher, people were poorer, things were more expensive... in every respect people have it easier now. The only exception I can think of is that the music industry was more viable in the 1990s, that's really gone downhill since just in terms of artists and industry people alike being able to make money, but then it's arguably done the industry some good as it's weeded out some of the douchebags who were in it for the wrong reasons.xDarc said:
Being an adult both before and after 9/11 I can say that it had virtually no real effect on my life at all.
I was on air at a radio station at the time, I remember the switchboard lighting up with calls from listeners wanting to tell us what was happening. Mostly people were just stunned by the audacity of the attack and that no-one saw it coming, but the idea that it would "change the world" lasted with people maybe a week, tops, because they realised that life would just go back to business as usual. I'll never forget my conversation with some Chinese exchange students at the time who said "a few thousand people die in America and they expect the world to cry - shit is blowing up in China all the time and nobody cares".
I was really annoyed that they cancelled the simpsons on that day.
Thats the only effect besides my brother calling me "yay another war is starting right now"
Thats the only effect besides my brother calling me "yay another war is starting right now"