10 years after 9/11

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Robert_Bay said:
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Thank you, Robert. We all need this thread on this day. Ten years ago today there was no political division. We were Americans united in grief and determination. The inevitable divisions returned, but not on that day.

God Bless America
 
If you’d like to tell your story of 9/11, I started a thread in the Family forum because I need to hear others’ stories.

No politics, no bickering back and forth. Just what happened to you and your family and friends.

Where were you on 9/11/2001?
 
Aside from the agony and sorrow, what I remember best from that afternoon are the millions of people celebrating in the Middle East Capitals, shown on ABC, and Gorge Stephanopolis’ comment to Peter Jennings that this was the first terrorist attack since TWA Flight 800. Neither the riotous cheering nor Steph’s comment was ever seen again. 😦 Rob
 
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Aside from the agony and sorrow, what I remember best from that afternoon are the millions of people celebrating in the Middle East Capitals, shown on ABC, and Gorge Stephanopolis’ comment to Peter Jennings that this was the first terrorist attack since TWA Flight 800. Neither the riotous cheering nor Steph’s comment was ever seen again. 😦 Rob
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That’s an interesting thing to stick in your mind. . . . I mean with everything that happened that day. . . .
 
RACJ said:
Aside from the agony and sorrow, what I remember best from that afternoon are the millions of people celebrating in the Middle East Capitals, shown on ABC, and Gorge Stephanopolis’ comment to Peter Jennings that this was the first terrorist attack since TWA Flight 800. Neither the riotous cheering nor Steph’s comment was ever seen again. 😦 Rob
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Woe to those who celebrate death. Even when Osama was killed, a human life is a human life. (I’m glad Osama was killed, but I still know in my heart that God loved him)
 
ringil said:
That’s an interesting thing to stick in your mind. . . . I mean with everything that happened that day. . . .
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No, I don't think so. The shock of seeing millions of Muslims celebrating the atrocity which shook me to my core is forever etched in my brain. And the admission that an attack five years prior had been covered up was staggering. Rob
 
The day before, 9-10, I was deliverying my route when in the afternoon my mind seemed to be focused on patriotic songs (e.g. God Bless the USA, Coming to America). Maybe I was having a premonition.
On 9-11 as I was getting ready for work I was watching the local (Chicago) news. The big story coming up on the national news was Michael Jordan coming out of retirement. I though nice but looks like a slow news day. I was at work when I heard someone say that a plane crashed into the WTC. He was far away and I couldn’t hear everything but I thought it wasn’t going to be a very funny joke anyway. But soon it became very quiet at work with not one person speaking. All I could hear was a radio describing what was happening.
On my route that day many were surprised that the mail was still being delivered. The route had a lot of small businesses and every one had the television news on. Unfortunately all were on Spanish language stations and I was not really getting much for news other than seeing the tv screens.
 
RACJ said:
No, I don’t think so. The shock of seeing millions of Muslims celebrating the atrocity which shook me to my core is forever etched in my brain. And the admission that an attack five years prior had been covered up was staggering. Rob
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I agree. The images of Muslims cheering in the streets and celebrating 9/11 are forever etched in my mind as well, along with many other images from that horrific day and the weeks following it. Many of the images were horrifying and tragic, poignant and heart-wrenching, but those images of celebration were maddening. My grief and stunned horror turned to rage when I saw that. How could any human being CELEBRATE the slaughter of nearly 3,000 civilians, ordinary citizens just going about their lives?
 
RACJ said:
No, I don’t think so. The shock of seeing millions of Muslims celebrating the atrocity which shook me to my core is forever etched in my brain. And the admission that an attack five years prior had been covered up was staggering. Rob
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The glee of so many people of MiddleEastern origin is something that I will not forget either. Western journalists asking them what we have doen to deserve this, and no limit of people willing to give them answers was unique. It was akin to asking people what the holocaust victims, or native Indians, had done to deserve what happened to them, and any answers supplied regarded as legitimate.

As for the cover-up, I am unaware of that particular story.
 
SwizzleStick said:
I agree. The images of Muslims cheering in the streets and celebrating 9/11 are forever etched in my mind as well, along with many other images from that horrific day and the weeks following it. Many of the images were horrifying and tragic, poignant and heart-wrenching, but those images of celebration were maddening. My grief and stunned horror turned to rage when I saw that. How could any human being CELEBRATE the slaughter of nearly 3,000 civilians, ordinary citizens just going about their lives?
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I also was severely disturbed by those images. However, I hate describing them as “Muslim” as their defining feature…hate-mongering violent zealots seems more fitting.
 
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