9/11 do u remember what you were doing when it happened?

[Sparx]

PLEASE!!! don't bring this thread back from the dead. Some of us would like to forget this day.

forgetting the past is always the best way to deal with it...

 

[dis_princess18]

i think i was in school and my teachers didnt really say or do anything to us cuz we were so young and they were told not to

 

[imabrat]

forgetting the past is always the best way to deal with it...

Oh please.
Yeah, actually some of us who lost loved ones on this terrible day would like to forget the day. FTR, I am over it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when it's brought up.

/vent.

 

[TinkRockz106]

i honestly don't know but my teacher said that when it was 9/11 for her she was teaching and another teacher came in and tld her what had happened and she didnt believe her and then she is like seriously and then my teacher broke down and cried right in front of the whole class and all the students were very worried and all i remember is i didnt know what was happening!

 

[MushuGirl06]

I was in fifth grade and the classroom phone kept ringing and people kept getting taken out of school by their parents and our teachers wouldnt tell us why. When I finally got home my mom had told me what had happened.

 

[life of the party]

I was in 1st or 2nd grade and my mom picked me up from school unexpectedly. Of course I was excited to get out of school, but then I saw how terrified my mom was and I didnt know why. I remember watching the news when I got home and being confused. I remember my mom crying and pretty much gasping for air.

I wish I could have been older when this happened so I could remember it better or have been able to understand what was going on.

 

[<Ziggy Stardust>]

I was in the 3rd grade and it was a pretty chaotic day for our class because the Nun that was teaching our class had a lot of family in New York City. We did a lot of praying that day I remember.

 

[Sparx]

Oh please.
Yeah, actually some of us who lost loved ones on this terrible day would like to forget the day. FTR, I am over it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt when it's brought up.

/vent.

and i'm sure those who died would want the day to go un-discussed and forgotten.

if people want to talk about it, you really can't say, "oh no not this topic again!" or tell people not to bring it up. its not your decision.

if you don't wish to take part in the discussion, there's a very simple resort. don't take part in the discussion. but you don't get to tell people what can and can't be discussed and what should and shouldn't be brought up.

 

[Captain Brain]

and i'm sure those who died would want the day to go un-discussed and forgotten.

if people want to talk about it, you really can't say, "oh no not this topic again!" or tell people not to bring it up. its not your decision.

if you don't wish to take part in the discussion, there's a very simple resort. don't take part in the discussion. but you don't get to tell people what can and can't be discussed and what should and shouldn't be brought up.

Amen.

 

[life of the party]

and i'm sure those who died would want the day to go un-discussed and forgotten.

if people want to talk about it, you really can't say, "oh no not this topic again!" or tell people not to bring it up. its not your decision.

if you don't wish to take part in the discussion, there's a very simple resort. don't take part in the discussion. but you don't get to tell people what can and can't be discussed and what should and shouldn't be brought up.

ITA

 

[<Ziggy Stardust>]

This day was one of the most tragic and most historical days in American history and to forget it or avoid it is not the answer. It happened and people will remember for the rest of their lives. So we just have to live with this horrible day.

 

[imabrat]

and i'm sure those who died would want the day to go un-discussed and forgotten.

if people want to talk about it, you really can't say, "oh no not this topic again!" or tell people not to bring it up. its not your decision.

if you don't wish to take part in the discussion, there's a very simple resort. don't take part in the discussion. but you don't get to tell people what can and can't be discussed and what should and shouldn't be brought up.

do you really think i'm forgetting my loved one? not one bit, not even close. not a day goes by i don't think about them, but keeping this horrible day of my mind is easier for me. i'm sure you (general you) would be the same way if you lost a loved one in such an epic and tragic way. i grieve my way, you grieve yours.
and your last sentence is quite ironic actually. if you would like to talk more, we should take it to pm.

 

[chisnpeke]

and i'm sure those who died would want the day to go un-discussed and forgotten.

if people want to talk about it, you really can't say, "oh no not this topic again!" or tell people not to bring it up. its not your decision.

if you don't wish to take part in the discussion, there's a very simple resort. don't take part in the discussion. but you don't get to tell people what can and can't be discussed and what should and shouldn't be brought up.

I'm with Sonya on this one. I don't think this is something that needs to be discussed all year long. Especially for people who lost someone they cared about. No one will ever forget what happened but that doesn't mean it needs to be brought into daily conversations. I think talking about where you were when it happened is more appropriate around the anniversary of it.

A tragedy this big is always in the back of people's minds. It never, ever leaves you. But you have to move on at some point and bringing up what you were doing that day (except around the anniversary) is not helping people do that.

If I lost a loved one in a car accident, I would not want someone to constantly talk about what they were doing when they found out that person had died and that is essentially what talking about what you were doing when this tragedy happened. When the planes hit the buildings, people lost loved ones. Talking about this over and over makes their loved ones relive it. The people affected by a tragedy have that moment play over and over again in their own minds.

And it's hard to ignore a thread when it's bumped up to the first page. Especially when the title is "9/11 what were you doing when it happened?"

 

[jobrosx0disney]

i'm sorry if there's already a thread like this or something but i was wondering as the anniversary comes upon us again do you guys remember what you were doing when you found out what had happened?? i live in NY so it was crazy here but i remember sitting in class and a teacher came in and said to my techer something happened to the twin towers and everyone was so scared that day and everythin was hectic and everyone was scared. so what were you doing that day??

i live in NY too. i remember. i was in 2nd grade. it was my best friends bday tht day... nd we wer on th bus when it actually happened.. and then when i got into school.. the teachers were like everyone go into your classes. and we had a lock down and we were all so scared. i just remember on th bus.. my friend was showing me this bracelet she got and it was like... a "wish bracelet" and when you it falls off u make a wish. and then that afternoon.. i went to her house and we were going out to dinner... and we were in her house with her two older brothers and we were watching the news.. and i remember being so scared. and then when we were at dinner it was on the tvs. and my friend thought that she was like.. a bad kid b.c her bday was on tht day that was like.. a sad day for a bday lol.

 

[cjordan08]

I was in 6th grade in gym class during the actual time it was happening.. Then when we got back in the classroom it was all over the news and I was like confused because I didn't understand what happened.

horrible day in history. and I think it should be a holiday.

 

[cindys_castle2011]

I was in second grade I think, and I convinced my parents into letting me stay home that day cause I was.. uhmm "sick". My dad was off that day, and my mom was at work. I was laying in my sisters bed, and my dad rushed in there and cut it on Fox News, and we sat there all day and watched it all. I remember having to sleep with my sister for weeks after that happened, from being so scared. I was a child so I didn't really know what was happening. I just remember i would start crying every time I would see a plane outside, and my sisters bed was right next to a window.. so id be looking out it all night long, looking for planes. We live in Louisiana, but like i said I was a child, so I didn't really know anything that was happening.

 

[kgs732003]

I remember that the first thing I heard about it was, we had just gotten back from lunch, and I was in english class and my teacher said that our country had suffered a great loss. For some reason i thought that his father had died, because he had mentioned that he was a important person in the military. My aunt came in the door a few minutes later and told me to get my stuff together that I had to leave, I remember I was scared to death! And when we were in the car she told me that we were at war and being attacked (shes not the best person to be with in a emergency lol), I was really scared cause my mom worked in a hospital, but my grandma calmed me down once she took me to her. It was one of the scariest days of my life.

 

[chisnpeke]

I was in 6th grade in gym class during the actual time it was happening.. Then when we got back in the classroom it was all over the news and I was like confused because I didn't understand what happened.

horrible day in history. and I think it should be a holiday.

It's called Patriot's Day now. I don't think it needs to be a day like MLK day or President's day though. We don't have a special holiday for Pearl Harbor.

 

[<Ziggy Stardust>]

It's called Patriot's Day now. I don't think it needs to be a day like MLK day or President's day though. We don't have a special holiday for Pearl Harbor.

I also don't think it needs to be a holiday , but it should be talked about as much as possible because it is a huge piece of our history. I understand there were a lot of loved ones who died on that horrific day but if we can remember them for the heroic things they all did I really think they would all be pleased and happy that they could be remember for that.

 

[imabrat]

A holiday? No way. A day of remembrance? Absolutely. You guys already know my feelings on talking about it as much as possible. I think where you live goes into effect with that. IDK where ya'll live, but I'm 2 hours away from NYC. A LOT of people here commute daily back and forth, and A LOT of people lost family and friends. I think that if you live farther away from NYC, it's most likely easier for you to talk about it because you probably weren't effected by it directly. JMO.