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Don't know really. It's something that is going to stay in my mind forever.

Someone posted this on FB today, and I found it extremely moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3eQmzw6n3k
Hope I've done this right. Obviously, I didn't. I meant to embed it, but not sure how. Sorry

I'll do it for you Jenny....

Thank you Stonks.

I've been quite interested in the Blitz programmes this week. Mum was telling me how her parents went spare when she said she was going down to London to see relations. 11/9, as we say here, was extremely shocking, I saw the events unfold live on TV, scenes I will never forget, however I am more interested in the History of WWII and the effects on previous generations.

I don't. There are still so many unanswered questions, still people who are affected by it. Facebook is full of questions today and people sharing their stories of how they lost loved ones and one American friend sharing a really moving story of her experience being there at the time.

For me 9/11 is a day I will never forget, I can remember exactly where I was, who I was with and what was said for about an hour after it first started happening. I had work colleagues with family and loved ones who worked in both towers and another colleague who was flying domestic to LAX. Because there was the rumour that planes had been hijacked en route to Heathrow (I worked for a national newspaper group at the time and that's the report that was coming from HQ) we were ordered to stay at the office and I remember frantically calling my mum and telling her to get my son out of nursery and get up to my office cos I lived right under the flight path about 2 miles from the airport, in the end I just jumped in the car anyway and went and got them (with my then boss screaming at me).

I still watch all the documentaries that come on at this time of year, it was an event that the whole world was watching and we saw it happen in front of our eyes. Those poor people desperately waving out the windows while we watched and knew they didn't stand a chance. The FDNY and the NYPD who went in vain to try and save them and lost their lives too. 3,500 dead within a matter of hours. The whole world just came to a standstill and the week that followed (not to mention the affect it had on the economy as a whole for months afterwards) is something that I hope will never happen again. It was horrible.

However, what I do think is great today compared to say 5 years ago (the London bombings) is that not all Muslims are being eyed with suspicion. Don't know what it was like where you lived but where I lived and worked (2 separate areas of London), it was terrible for a while. Innocent Muslims were getting attacked and I'd get on a train and all eyes would be on the Asian looking guy (this was just after 9/11 and just after 7/7).

Maybe in another 10 or 20 years when the next generation have matured it wont have so much exposure media wise, but personally I think it's good that it's still remembered in such a major way.

(God I've gone off on one again. Sorry )

I must have missed those Joe. I swear sometimes I go round with blinkers on. I would have liked to have watched them.

Karma....

Ironically I was doing what I am doing at the moment - cleaning the sitting room . My Dad phoned me and told me to put the TV on,
I saw the second plane and it was like watching a Bruce Willis film... only this was real life and there was no happy ending.

Heya Jen xxxx

On the contrary, DanceSettee, the remembrance of this day includes the thought of man's idiocy in so many ways.

Bit of a misguided post there IMO. I don't think that there is anything wrong with marking the day. Those of us who study these things are well aware of the huge injustices and destabilisation meted out to inocent people in inocent lands but that doesn't detract from this particular atrocity.

Dance Settee.

Whilst you are more than entitled to your opinion can I just say that this is an American forum and we should show more sensitivity to our hosts. That is the most distasteful and insensitive picture I have ever seen.
It wasn't just Americans that died in that event - people from all over the world were affected remember it was the World Trade Centre.

The whole of event sparked off a whole lot of other terrible atrocities which should and will be remembered.

Man's inhumanity towards man knows no boundaries..

Bit of a generalisation there....

And speaking for myself I can tell you you're wrong in that statement. But, (to quote the buzz word of the summer), it's your opinion.

I do think the picture you posted was in very bad taste, but, whilst I wouldn't have put it as bluntly as you did, I can't disagree with what you've said here.  I would like to see some honest acknowledgement of the true number of innocent people who died on 11 September and as a result of what happened that day,  and for there to be remembrance of all of the lives which were cut short, not just the people who died in the US.

I'm a bit shocked.
Well said, Isadora

whilst i am all for freedom of expression, i also feel we should be respectful of others feelings on sensitive issues (i have posted & regretted in the past) , the picture posted was in very bad taste imo

 Without doubt Jenny. Those scenes will forever stay in mine.

DanceSettee I find that image grossly distasteful, surely you could have posted your comments without that, it's extremely insulting, if it's meant to be just a funny image your humour is different to mine and many others I bet.

Not getting into the politics of it all....but condolences to all those that lost friends, family and workmates.    Dancesettee....although i do understand what you are saying , your picture is in very bad taste IMO. How would you feel if someone posted a picture saying "Happy London Bombing Day"

I watched a programme about a year ago with video footage from the man in the street with footage taken from various places and it was just so touching, with stories from people who lost loved ones and others that were fortunate enough to survive.  Like the atrocities from the last war I think we do need to remember and hopefully learn a lesson.

What really breaks my heart is that 9 years on the world is still being held to ransom by the idiotic actions of ignorant and bigoted religious fanatics whether they are from hidey holes in Bora Bora or insignificant churches in Florida.

hear hear Cariad.  On 9/11 I was in Thailand, on an island with electricity at that time powered in the evening by generators. So we only got to see the TV for a short time. Myself and all the European and American/Canadian people were thankful we were escaping the media hoo-hah that we knew would be going on. The sad thing is we knew the islamophobia would be growing. Why not have a mosque in the vicinity of Ground Zero (it's actually a few blocks away but never let the facts get in the way of an angry outraged mob). And that eejit in Florida should be locked up for the damage he is doing.

jonono ...I was on a large family holiday a couple of weeks back and came so close to having a massive falling out with a relative about this. I usually get on with her very well but despite being a former Labour councillor and Lord Mayor she reads the Daily Mail and apparently believes it verbatim. Her anti Islamic comments made me see red and in any other environment I'd have ploughed right in. But seeing as we were on holiday I played nice. **polishes halo**

I see no issue with it - it's actually a cultural centre which includes a mosque and is some distance away, There is already a mosque functioning apparently without incident closer to the site of 9/11. And let's not forget the Moslems who died on 911 whether passengers on the planes or in the Twin Towers not to mention the many thousands who have died since as a result of the fallout from this odious event. To tie them in with the fanatics who perpetrated the attacks is offensive to me.

I can't believe the person above feels that the appropriate response to not enough coverage of other tragedies is to take delight in one tragedy. If you feel there is not the same coverage fair enough but it hardly helps your argument to make light of the one tragedy you feel is covered too much.

People are people, life is life and I agree with you Jonono. This was a horrific event and I am horrified that someone is so sick that they have to find such an awful picture to prove their point.

I haven't read the thread, so this might have been said before.
I don't think it should be forgotten. We honour our dead from WWs decades ago. The people who died that day 9 years ago, were as much combatants as the soldiers who have been sent since then, they just did not know it.

I'm watching C4. 9/11 A State of Emergency. the horror never lessens of what happened that day

Oh YR, I forgot that was on and your post has just alerted me to it and have just turned over

It's still horrific on whichever day or whichever way you look at it  Man's inhumanity to man

OK.  I've removed the post, but I would like to tell you my quandary:

We let you guys say pretty much what you want (with a few exceptions).  I have no issues with the post itself, but I also found the picture in poor taste.  So, I sent the author a private dialog this morning, and asked her to edit her post to remove the image.  Please understand that MY options are to leave or delete the entire post, and I thought she ought to have the right to say what she wanted.

I've had no response from her, and many more reports on the image, so I've just deleted the whole thing.  Not my preferred way of doing things, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

quite right given the circumstances lori. fair play to you.

Thank goodness that horrible picture has gone.

I totally agree Lori, it was extremely upsetting, and i was shocked when i saw it, i didnt personally report it. i am shocked at Dancesettee for putting that image up, not funny or very clever

See, that's why I like this forum. Other ones would have just deleted it without giving the chance for anyone to reply.  Well done Lori

Hey Lori - don't beat yourself up . The post was perfectly reasonable - the picture was not.
You did all you could and I am sure we all support what you did.

I feel a bit of a sad git now posting when most of the thread has been bad mouthed.
Anyroad, I think it's nice that we all made it to the other side.

Women and children are not combatants. They were civilians and that what makes it a crime.