Never forget, Always Remember

[DaShi]

9/11, the event that may mark the end of America. Bin Laden got everything he wanted from it. The damage to this country wasn't the destruction of buildings or loss of life, it was the final nail in the coffin of bipartisan politics. It was the loss of American ideals of freedom and democracy. The country has been in a self-destructive spiral ever since.

[MrFun]

Given that your thread is neither humorous nor political, I've decided to merge it with BK's thread.

okay

[Riesstiu IV]

Edit: Wrong thread

[Ben Kenobi]

Da Shi, take it elsewhere. This is the memorial thread.

[duke o' york]

on 9/11/2001?

I was at a rubbish job looking forward to some birthday pints in the evening. I learned of the disaster from AoA at Civfanatics, who was only working a few blocks away at the time, yet incredibly found the time to post his feelings, and exactly what was going on from what he could tell. It was not a pleasant soirée at the pub - we were all depressed and worried that the US would declare war on anyone who looked at them cockeyed (Rex Banner, The Simpsons). But our evening was nothing to those in New York. We won't forget their suffering.

[rah]

I actually found out first early in the morning at work on Poly. At first I thought it was a prank until I tried to hit one of the news sites and the traffic was so bad I couldn't get through. That was a weird feeling because that was when I knew it was true. And then the second.

[-Jrabbit]

I was at work. Learned about it early and tracked via Web, radio and (after we had all given up on work) network Tv. Saw the second tower hit on live TV -- totally surreal. It's like the Kennedy assassination in that I'll never forget where I was and what I was doing when it happened.

[Chemical Ollie]

It's rainin´ men, halleluja, it's rainin´ men, amen!

The firefighters said it was the worst sound they ever heard, when a guy hit the concrete after falling 400 meters.

Yesterday, a "Swedish" Taleban was arrested in Pakistan. He was hidden away in Guantanamo for a couple of years, but then released due to lack of evidence. Well, if he wasn't a terrorist back then, he surely is now... But we don't know.

[duke o' york]

*chucks aside leftist philosophies briefly* Twice can't be too promising for his honesty. Released from prison, and I'll head to Pakistan - that will prove I'm no terrorist!

[Hueij]

All the news I got was from Apolyton. The news sites were down. I remember Chris, who was in NYC, posting photo's he took with his cell phone.

[Dinner]

Sep 11 1973

With the blessing of Henry Kissinger and the CIA, general Augusto Pinochet stages a violent coup in Chile, overthrowing the government of Salvador Allende, the country's democratically-elected but nonetheless Marxist president.

Sep 11 1978

Janet Parker, a medical photographer, is the final victim of smallpox. It is likely she contracted the disease at Birmingham University's medical lab, an accident while working on an unrelated project.

Sep 11 1987

Upset over delays due to live coverage of a pro tennis match, television anchorman Dan Rather walks off the set of the CBS Evening News. When the sports program ends unexpectedly, Rather is nowhere to be found. The network feed goes dark for six whole minutes before Dan can be persuaded to return.

Sep 11 1987

Actor Lorne Greene, star of television's Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica, dies of pneumonia in Santa Monica, California. Greene, whose credits also include 1986's Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter, was 504 in dog years.

Sep 11 1991

Boxer Mike Tyson is arrested for raping Desiree Washington in an Indianapolis hotel room. After his conviction and three years spent behind bars, Tyson continues to maintain his innocence, telling one reporter: "I just hate her guts... I really wish I did now... now I really do want to rape her."

[duke o' york]

Sep 11 1977

A terrible evil was unleashed on the world.

[Dinner]

[duke o' york]

Crap, gave away my age.

[Dinner]

OLD!