9-11-01 where were you?

[Scurlogue Champ]

I was on the tractor sowing wheat......

It was one of the nice John Deere's with a radio and air conditioning, so I just listened to NPR all day and didn't see or talk to a single soul.

Didn't really realize the impact until I got back home that night and watched the news.

A couple of weeks later when I was cutting the stalks on the same tractor after we picked cotton, NPR had that orchestra thing from the United Kingdom that played Adagio for Strings in tribute to America.

I stopped the tractor and cried just thinking of how sad that was.

It really was one of the only times of my young life that I can remember feeling the gravitas of life as we know it as humans.

[timmgirvan]

GR: thanks for sharing the poem, and your sentiment. Truly, nobody looks at the world the same way after that day.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Truly, nobody looks at the world the same way after that day.

Really? Apparently you're unaware that horrible **** goes on all over the world on a daily basis.

By the way...I was 150 yards from the second tower when it got hit. It didn't change how I look at the world.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Really? Apparently you're unaware that horrible **** goes on all over the world on a daily basis.

By the way...I was 150 yards from the second tower when it got hit. It didn't change how I look at the world.

Thank you. I am so sick of getting told to never forget. Especially since a lot of the people saying it have conveniently forgot hundreds of other atrocities both at home and overseas. I thought one of the great things about being an American is that I have the right to remember or forget whatever the hell I feel like.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Really? Apparently you're unaware that horrible **** goes on all over the world on a daily basis.

By the way...I was 150 yards from the second tower when it got hit. It didn't change how I look at the world.

I have NO idea what sparked that response! I was responding to anothers' post! Of course, 9/11 is not the only atrocity or act of barbarism....it's just the most visual to Americans

[packerbacker7964]

Who says our way is the best way of life? Americia has become a bunch of Jehovah Witness's when it comes to making people believe our way is the best. Not saying what Bin Laden was right but we invaded Iraq because Sadam has been the USA b-itch of the Middle East and he stood up against us instead of looking for Laden himself. How many people has the USA killed in our hunt for this guy? I bet more than the terriost did on 9-11 itself. Who's killing is more justified?

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

how bout them bears...put a ass wippin on ol bret..again..lay down bret ..lay down..

[2MinsToPost]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

how bout them bears...put a ass wippin on ol bret..again..lay down bret ..lay down..

thats right, i did not want this to turn out the way it did. another day, another time for a political soap opera. not on the 5 year anniversary

hooves, brett is becoming a has been hey? time to step aside and let the future of the organization take shape.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by packerbacker7964

Who says our way is the best way of life? Americia has become a bunch of Jehovah Witness's when it comes to making people believe our way is the best. Not saying what Bin Laden was right but we invaded Iraq because Sadam has been the USA b-itch of the Middle East and he stood up against us instead of looking for Laden himself. How many people has the USA killed in our hunt for this guy? I bet more than the terriost did on 9-11 itself. Who's killing is more justified?

I say our way of life is better. Dont like it? You are free to try another. Try THAT somewhere else.

[packerbacker7964]

oh I like the way of life I have but I'm not going to shove it down someones throat,Or up your or anyone elses arse. Many country's are dong well without being liberated and freed by the USA.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Really? Apparently you're unaware that horrible **** goes on all over the world on a daily basis.

By the way...I was 150 yards from the second tower when it got hit. It didn't change how I look at the world.

We all react differently; that's for sure. I had a dear friend down there who suffered a heart attack on the spot, and while he didn't die then, his health never really recovered and he died less than a year later. And he'd been a drill sergeant in Vietnam, so I know he'd seen bad stuff before.

Yes, worse has happened before and worse has and will happen since. But it doesn't take away from the sorrow of that day. In any event, I'm glad you were okay, blacktw. Did you get out of the area before the buildings came down? (i.e., did you escape having to breathe in all the dirt and ash that came down?)

[Cajungator26]

I was attending FGCU in Ft. Myers and I was in my Marketing class. I remember thinking what a terrible accident it was when they showed the first plane crashing. When I saw the second one, I knew it was no accident and it brought me to tears. I never thought I'd see an attack on our own soil in my lifetime and I was dumbfounded and in shock that someone would do this. My college was in headline news that year as we had a professor openly supporting the terrorists. Made me sick...