9/11

Umm, hello!?

This kind of thing leaves me more convinced than ever that people are becoming more stupid and oblivious all the time. It's incredibly sad, and bad.

 

I just think that, as the years go by, people tend to put it further and further in the back of their minds.

Ultimately, I think it'll become thought of the way our generation thinks of Pearl Harbor. "Oh, yeah, I get it. It was a rough day for you guys. What's on TV?"

I was just watching the History Channel special "Countdown to Ground Zero" and while it didn't reveal anything new to me--I've read a couple of books on 9/11 and have heard the majority of the survivor stories the special told--the footage still takes me back to that day.

I wonder if they'll have anything in NYC ready for next year. I sure hope so. Even if it's just a makeshift public memorial, they've got to put something there for the 10th anniversary right?

 

Sure, it's Wikipedia. But this page is quite incredible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_for_the_day_of_the_September_11_attacks

 

As we mark the anniversary, the fact that it's nine years later and ground zero is still basically a hole in the ground and not the site of a beehive of re-construction adds to the awfulness of that horrible, horrible day.

 

One of the things I've noticed in so many of the reports is how all four planes were well below capacity.

The airline industry sure has changed since then, with the drastic cuts in flights making nearly every plane full on just about every flight I've been on.

 

It's 38 stories above ground now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_World_Trade_Center#2010

 

I suspect that is also a reflection of the awfulness of that day.

 

This thread not only makes me feel sad. It makes me feel old with so many posters who were in high school.

 

I honestly can't fathom that now, and especially then, people don't get it. I honestly don't. It's not being insensitive. It's being a complete idiot.

Two buildings in New York and one in Washington were hit. But every American -- from Bar Harbor, Maine to San Diego and Bellingham, Wash. to Key West -- was attacked that day.

 

I stand corrected and feel a little bit better. Still, it's sad that they had the site cleared in May of 2002 and couldn't get started on construction until 2006 because of squabbles.

 

I often wonder how much worse it would have been if those bastards had flown planes into the buildings four hours later, with many more people at WTC and, presumably, many more people on the planes.