9 / 11 Burnout

[Boom_70]

I know it won't be popular but I am tired of hearing about 9 /11. This week we will be on overdrive. Going to Jets / Cowboys Sunday night. I want to see the game and not be stuck in another 9/11 jingoistic tribute.

As a country we can't move forward if we keep looking back. The 9/11 train has left the station.

As far as game really hope The Jets don't use "Firemen Eddy" in tribute.
As we learned, when towers were struck he was on his way home and heard about on radio. Faced with the decision of heading to the Towers or heading home, he chose to go home. Maybe it saved his life, but he is certainly not the guy I want to see as the face of NYFD at tribute.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I am with you 100 percent. I hate "anniversaries" of tragic events. You acknowledge it and you move on.

Everybody has gone so overboard with this it's not even funny.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I bet those who burned to death in the Twin Towers wouldn't be sick of hearing about 9/11.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I bet those who burned to death in the Twin Towers wouldn't be sick of hearing about 9/11.

I bet they would. And I'll bet their families would be more able to move on if they didn't have to rehash everything.

 

[Dick Whitman]

There is no way that this is how Boom actually feels.

 

[Boom_70]

I bet those who burned to death in the Twin Towers wouldn't be sick of hearing about 9/11.

I bet they would. And I'll bet their families would be more able to move on if they didn't have to rehash everything.

Agreed. Even further the country would be able to move on.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I wish they would stop talking about World War II.

 

[John]

Part of me feels bad that I've largely ignored all of the 10-year stuff. At the same time I remember that day very vividly and I don't need to any reminders of how ****ty it was.

 

[HanSenSE]

Could be interesting to see if the NFL can get more jingoistic than it did before the last Super Bowl. I like the NFL because it's a few hours of escapism on a Sunday. A simple moment of silence before the anthem works for me. And no matter what you do, it ain't bringing back the towers or the ones who perished ...

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I bet those who burned to death in the Twin Towers wouldn't be sick of hearing about 9/11.

I bet they would. And I'll bet their families would be more able to move on if they didn't have to rehash everything.

THIS... We have a woman here who lost her duaghter and we hound her every year. The same story. The girl's father spoke to us a few times and then bowed out. Mom has been very giving of her time each and every time we ask.
As a reporter, I am tired of it rehashing it over and over. It's same every year and we beat it to ****ing death.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I bet those who burned to death in the Twin Towers wouldn't be sick of hearing about 9/11.

I bet they would. And I'll bet their families would be more able to move on if they didn't have to rehash everything.

THIS... We have a woman here who lost her duaghter and we hound her every year. The same story. The girl's father spoke to us a few times and then bowed out. Mom has been very giving of her time each and every time we ask.
As a reporter, I am tired of it rehashing it over and over. It's same every year and we beat it to ****ing death.

Yes, that is embarrassing, repeating the same thing over and over and calling it news. I do see all the headlines and like most people with most things don't look much past the majority of them. Some have stood out, like a series I saw on iconic photographs from 9/11 and discussions with the people who took them.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I was standing in line at the grocery store and I saw the People Magazine with the "Children of 9/11" on the cover... Heartbreaking stuff...

I want no part of reading any of it. When they start talking about it on the news, I flip the channel.

It was such a crazy day. 10 years later I can tell you almost every single thing I did that day. It's just not something that we should be forced to relive. And the people who were most impacted by it, who lost loved ones should not have to relive this every single year.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

"Hey, remember that day that was one of the worst days ever? Why don't we relive it every year?"

You don't ignore it. But what we're getting is beyond overkill.

 

[Boom_70]

Could be interesting to see if the NFL can get more jingoistic than it did before the last Super Bowl. I like the NFL because it's a few hours of escapism on a Sunday. A simple moment of silence before the anthem works for me. And no matter what you do, it ain't bringing back the towers or the ones who perished ...

No escaping on Sunday:

The Dallas Cowboys begin their 2011 season with a road game Sunday night against the New York Jets. (The game telecast begins at 7:15 p.m. on NBC.)

Sunday, of course, is the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and the Jets have announced the tributes they have planned for that evening.

They include:

• Handing out American flags to every fan entering MetLife Stadium.

• A pregame performance of "Amazing Grace" by bagpipers from the Fire Department of New York, the New York Police Department, and the Port Authority Police Department.

• The unfurling of a field-sized American flag that will be held by members of the military, firefighters, police officers, and the Cowboys and Jets.

• At halftime, Robert De Niro, a New York native, will narrate a salute to family members of 9/11 victims.

• Players and coaches on the sidelines will wear "FDNY" and "NYPD" caps, and identical caps will be sold in stadium gift shops and at jetsshop.com. The hats will sell for $15, with all proceeds going to the 9/11 memorial and museum near the site in Lower Manhattan where the World Trade Center stood.

• Fans who wish to donate to the memorial can make a $10 pledge via text throughout the game by sending the word HOPE to 80088.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

How was the 10 year anniversary of Pearl Harbor covered? Football would have been nearing, or maybe in the playoffs.....Hockey had but 6 teams, none west of Chicago and the NBA was in its infancy.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I'm too young to remember 1951 coverage of Pearl Harbor, but it had to have been affected by the fact there was another war on at the time. I do remember that 20th anniversaries of major events in WW2, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, etc., received major coverage.
Part of me agrees with Boom about 9/11 anniversary and part doesn't. If it's just going to be a patriotism and maudlin vicarious tragedy fest then count me out. But if some of the coverage focuses on the fact that in the macro sense, 9/11 happened because we as a society dropped the ball, and that we've been kicking said ball around the right field corner ever since, I think that could be valuable journalism.

 

[rpmmutant]

Veterans Day and Memorial Day would like a word with all of you.

 

[BTExpress]

I wish they would stop talking about World War II.

A 9/11 -- or worse -- every single day, for five years in parts of Europe.

9/11 is Armageddon Day to us because we absolutely have zero point of reference.

 

[vicd]

One of my first thoughts after the death of Lee Roy Selmon was, "At least they'll have to cut back on the 9/11 stuff in order to honor Lee Roy at the game."

 

[Boom_70]

Veterans Day and Memorial Day would like a word with all of you.

For the most part both holidays probably in the right place.