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I still shake with fear whenever I see the Twin Towers in a movie. To me it’s like seeing the Black Monolith of Death. Does anyone else still shudder like this?
 
I thought there were groups who got those images off the tv and other media.

Like in the song by Darryl Worley, 'Have You Forgotten?", he sings that I wish they show it every day. Yes, we need to be reminded that this DID happen and we need to ‘take care of business’. Yes, I wish they’d show it everyday.
 
I do not. I see pictures of the WTC as part of history. We must remember not to forget history. For if we do, we are destined to repeat it.

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Heck, I’m in tears just thinking about it now! I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forget the sight.
 
A few days ago I drove up to northern New Jersey. I haven’t driven up there or been to NYC since 9/11. It was about 3 or 4 pm as I was driving on the NJ Turnpike I began to see the NYC skyline. As I was driving by it surprised me how much it hit me emotionally not to see the WTC towers.

Never forget 09/11/01!

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yeah, it kinda freaks me out a little to see them in a movie made pre-2001
 
Yes, I always get a feeling of sadness anytime I see the Twin Towers in movies. I’m glad I’m not the only one. I thought maybe I was being too emotional.

Maggie
 
I don’t shake with fear, but I feel very, very sad when I see a TV show or movie that has them in the skyline. I live in Wisconsin, so I have only been to NYC a few times. Once I went up in the twin towers. I still can’t believe they are gone, but people who live in or near NYC must feel much more grief than I do.

Right now I am thinking of all of the people lost. Usually when I see them briefly on TV, I just think about their absence and it saddens me.

So much destruction has been wrought in the name of religion. Isn’t it sad?
 
I don’t shake with fear at all, but do feel a sadness, I believe we should rebuild them taller than ever. and let the WORLD CLASS LOSERS that spent thier whole lives planning that event. and pulled it off…one time… and went running into holes and are still shaking…and were not able to do ANYTHING again… set in thier caves and talk about how they are the great warriors that killed unsuspecting secretaries and clerks.If only the office workers that were killed in that COWARDLY act whould have had foreknowledge The Girly Men that flew into the towers would not have had a chance! Ever notice how they run when a single Marine shows up?
 
I will NEVER forget that horrific day. The memory is as clear to me now as it was when I first saw the second plane hit the second tower. They woke the sleeping giant.
 
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UtahMaggie:
Yes, I always get a feeling of sadness anytime I see the Twin Towers in movies. I’m glad I’m not the only one. I thought maybe I was being too emotional.

Maggie
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This applies even to non-Americans, you know!
I saw a pre-2001 photographic book on New York recently and on so many pages the Twin Towers could be seen from various angles and distances, and it made me feel very sad.

BTW, in my city we have a kind of sculpture/monument to the WTC disaster in the city’s Firefighters’ Reserve, made from steel girders shipped out here from one of the towers. (as I guess other places around the world may have also asked for). The sculptor pretty much made his monument without altering the already twisted shapes. It was very moving to me to visit it a while ago.
 
We used to live in NYC for several years and every time I see the towers in a movie it reminds me of the times we went to the observation deck or ate at Windows on the World. It makes me sad to think of all those people who served us at that restaurant who never had a chance that day.
 
They have a special on the National Geographic Channel, I don’t know if it’s been on yet or not, about 9-11. I try not to watch stuff like that because it makes me cry and all those feelings I felt that day come back.

In a lot of old episodes of ‘Friends’ they have the NY skyline with the WTC towers in it. Also, I was flipping through some old class pictures awhile ago and one year we went to like Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty and stuff, and eighth-grade me had taken some great pictures of the towers, morning sunshine shining around them. It just gives you that sad, heart-dropping-down-to-your-shoes feeling.

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When ever I see the World Trade Center on TV or in a movie it just makes me a little sad.
 
The second part of the National Geographic special on 9/11 was on sunday and Monday nights. I had to stop watching it, it was making me so upset.
 
My son was in NYC three weeks before 9/11. He was visiting his aunt and uncle, and they had pics taken from the Empire State Building overlooking the city. In several pics, it shows the twin towers in the background, and he got a really good one that we now have framed.

It saddens me a great deal whenever I see those buildings in pictures, and I recall the horror that happened not only there, but at the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. My brother-in-law was in the Pentagon when the plane crashed, and it took 3 hours for him to get home and let his wife know that he was ok. I hope this never happens again. 😦
 
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ATeNumquam:
This applies even to non-Americans, you know!
I saw a pre-2001 photographic book on New York recently and on so many pages the Twin Towers could be seen from various angles and distances, and it made me feel very sad.

BTW, in my city we have a kind of sculpture/monument to the WTC disaster in the city’s Firefighters’ Reserve, made from steel girders shipped out here from one of the towers. (as I guess other places around the world may have also asked for). The sculptor pretty much made his monument without altering the already twisted shapes. It was very moving to me to visit it a while ago.
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That sounds like a beautiful monument. Do you know if there are any pictures of it on the web? I’d love to see it.

Maggie
 
Every time I think of the WTC I think of George W. Bush and all the unanswered questions he refuses to answer. There are many questions remaining and I shudder to think that some of those questions are akin to Pearl Harbor and the responsibility of those in charge who failed.
 
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Bartholomew:
Every time I think of the WTC I think of George W. Bush and all the unanswered questions he refuses to answer. There are many questions remaining and I shudder to think that some of those questions are akin to Pearl Harbor and the responsibility of those in charge who failed.
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Funny, but every time I think of the World Trade Center I think of the terrorists and the amount of damage they have done in this world before and since the attack on the towers. I thank God we have someone like President George Bush that is willing to take is seriously.
British Government List of Terror Attacks
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LONDON (AP) - Britain’s government has compiled a list of significant terrorist attacks since 1993 that it blames on al-Qaida or other groups linked to Osama bin Laden’s terror network.​

  • Feb. 26, 1993, New York: WorldTradeCenter bombing by Ramzi Youssef; six killed, more than 1,000 injured.
  • Dec. 11, 1994, Philippines: Bomb explodes on a Philippines Airlines flight; one killed, 10 injured.
  • 1995, France: Four month bombing campaign in Paris and Lyon, including attacks on the Paris Metro, the Arc de Triomphe and a Jewish school.
  • Nov. 13, 1995, Saudi Arabia: Car bombs explode at military compound in Riyadh.
  • Sept. 18, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourist bus in Cairo; 10 killed.
  • Nov. 17, 1997, Egypt: Gunmen attack tourists in Luxor; about 70 killed.
  • Aug. 7, 1998, Kenya and Tanzania: Truck bomb attacks against U.S. embassies; more than 200 killed, thousand injured.
  • Oct. 12, 2000, Yemen: Bomb attack on U.S.S. Cole; 17 U.S. soldiers killed, 39 injured.
  • Sept. 11, 2001, New York and Washington: Hijacked planes crash into the WorldTradeCenter and the Pentagon; a fourth plane crashes into a field in Pittsburgh; nearly 3,000 killed.
  • April 11, 2002, Tunisia: Bomb attack of synagogue on resort island of Djerba; 21 killed.
  • May 8, 2002, Pakistan: Bomb attack on bus,
 
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  • carrying French engineers in Karachi.
  • June 14, 2002, Pakistan: Truck bomb attack against the U.S. consulate in Karachi; 12 killed, 51 injured.
  • Oct. 6, 2002, Yemen: Bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg; one killed.
  • Oct. 12, 2002, Indonesia: Bomb attacks against U.S. Consulate in Jakarta and two Bali nightclubs; 202 killed.
  • Oct. 28, 2002, Jordan: U.S. diplomat Laurence Foley assassinated in Amman.
  • Nov. 28 2002, Kenya: Attack on an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa; 12 killed.
  • May 12, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Attacks at expatriate compounds in Riyadh; more than 30 killed.
  • May 16, 2003, Morocco: Multiple suicide bombings in Casablanca; about 45 killed, 100 injured.
  • Aug. 5, 2003, Indonesia: Bomb attack against Marriott Hotel in Jakarta; 12 killed, 100 injured.
  • Nov. 8, 2003, Saudi Arabia: Bomb attack against expatriate compound in Riyadh; 17 killed, 80 injured.
  • Nov. 15 & 20, 2003, Turkey: Bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues, bank and British Consulate in Istanbul; more than 60 killed.
  • Jan. 14, 2004, Pakistan: Bomb attacks close to the BibleCenter in Karachi target Pakistani Police.
  • March 11, 2004, Spain: Bomb attacks against four trains in Madrid kill 191. Terrorists blow themselves up when confronted by police.
  • May 1, 2004, Saudi Arabia: An attack on expatriate oil workers in Yanbu kills 7.
  • May-September 2004, Saudi Arabia: Eight foreign nationals assassinated.
 
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