13 years

alfadriver wrote:

HiTempguy wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Sigh. Must we do this? We made it to almost 5PM Eastern.

This year has actually been weird... every american site, facebook, etc has been super quiet. Does nobody care about it anymore?

I do think people care. I do. Very much. To the point of having odd reactions to want to watch the review shows when the come on. But then i feel really wierd when I do. Not to put any negative burdon on the people who lost, but when can the rest of us move on?

For the most part I think people have more or less moved on as much as they can. People went to work and school like any other day, traffic was normal except in the vicinity of WTC for about an hour and a half during the memorial and then it was business as usual. It still remains a big news story that week at least here because there are so many people that were affected by it but its far from the only thing covered that day.

I don't know why but I am glad History Channel runs some of the specials and I even though it bothers my wife I will sit up and watch one while I can't sleep. Good or bad it is a major Event in our history and one that shook and stuck with people not just here but from much of the world. I am often surprised by how many people visiting New York ask about it and want to share their stories of what they were doing. Others have compared it to the Kennedy Assassination of our generation and prior still talk about that every year so I doubt we will stop hearing about 9/11 any time soon.

no mail delivery here on the 12th … is 911 now a holiday that the feds take as a Fri/Mon holiday ?

GameboyRMH wrote: I was in high school. I only had the early news that it was a stunt plane until I got home, the second tower had already been hit.

914Driver wrote: Don't let this happen again America. Current leadership scares the crap outta me.

Don't worry, it can't happen again ....

12 jetliners are missing from Lybia.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/missing-libyan-jetliners-raise-fears-of-suicide-airliner-attacks-on-911/

In reply to 914Driver:

Maybe they just plan to run a low cost airline of questionable safety like the Chinese have done with intercity buses.

I was in ELP class in high school. At first, I thought it was some kind of joke because we never get attacked. Then, we were able to watch the second plane hit the tower on Channel One. It was a very odd feeling, and an important event that happened in our history.

I was a slacker, bachelor, diesel mechanic working 2nd shift. My brother and I were roommates at the time. He woke me up when it started.

Wally wrote: In reply to 914Driver: Maybe they just plan to run a low cost airline of questionable safety like the Chinese have done with intercity buses.

the chinese have got intercity busses that fly?

They're working on it, though they still have trouble sticking the landings