7 years ago Bassir's uncles took planes for a ride.
they then missed a left turn and hit some towers
actually
bush knocked down the towers
tell the truth nigga
it was you nigga
I was in 7th grade and I decided, along with a group of friends, that we were going to cut school that day and head to Manhattan. We had planned to make it back for football practice after school. So we hopped on the train at a ripe 7:30 in the morning, giving us plenty of time to frolic and look for girls and cause trouble and the sort. While on the train, we were attempting to figure out what we would do first. I had about $75 on me that day, so I suggested we swing by the Virgin outlet downtown so I could pick up Jay-Z's The Blueprint and Bob Dylan's Love & Theft albums.
We get off the train and are in the store at around 8:15 and begin to browse and clown around. I remember I was two people away from the register when I spotted nearly everyone outside just... running. As if on cue, what must have been the manager of the store got on the P.A. system and announced that the north tower of the WTC had been struck by a plane. I couldn't tell if it was a joke or not but from everyone's reaction, I figured it had to be true but I was still in utter disbelief.
After we heard, my friends and I decided we were going to get out of there. We were trying to get towards the train, which was in the opposite direction of which everyone was heading, so it was almost like we were heading upstream and made it take much longer than what seemed was necessary to reach the train station. Only to find out that the entire subway system in Manhattan had been shut down. That's when it really hit me that something serious was going down.
That's when we decided we needed to follow everyone else and just get the hell out of the city. Nobody knew what was truly going on. How and why did a plane just fly into the WTC? Is there going to be another one? Where is it going to hit? People were hysterical, some already realizing that they had lost loved ones... Going with the flow of people had proved to be much quicker evident by how quickly we had reached the Brooklyn Bridge, which was serving as one of the gateways out of the city. We were moving along the bridge when we hear a plane whizzing by and head straight towards the South Tower - and right into it.
Shock. Panic. How do I believe my eyes because there is no way in hell that just happened right in front of my face. Nobody is moving. Police get on the mega horn and inform us that the area below the South Tower is undergoing a mass evacuation because pieces of the plane and building had fell to the ground so were now to proceed out of the city in double file. In the nearly 3 hours that we're on the bridge trying to get out with hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers, all the while watching both towers collapse and a cloud of smoke sweep through the city. This shit scarred me for a long, long time...
Regardless of who was responsible the most important thing is to honor and remember those who died. tons of totally innocent people whose lives were fucked over by some dumb shits who feel like their ideas and plans are actually important.
Live and let live, people.
i was in fourth grade when it happened and i had no idea what was going on powerofone;
I had just started Fourth Grade when it happened. I was pretty scared. befuddlement
i was in the fourth grade and i wasn't scared at all
I was in fifth grade when this happened.
I was in 7th grade. It was pretty crazy, not to mention a bit scary considering nobody knew what else was going to be attacked.
I was in forth grade and my school decided not to tell us what actually happened so it was a pretty normal day until I got home and turned on the TV, can't say I was really scared though.
The Pentagon and Pennsylvanian hits have been eradicated from history
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 01:48:07 PM
The Pentagon and Pennsylvanian hits have been eradicated from history
yes
I was in 2nd grade and had know general understanding or knowledge of what the fuck happened, so I wasn't really scared.
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 01:48:07 PM
The Pentagon and Pennsylvanian hits have been eradicated from history
Nobody cares about some field in Pennsylvania, and the damage to the Pentagon was minimal, but I'm pretty sure plenty of people remember it. I know I do.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 01:49:21 PM
Nobody cares about some field in Pennsylvania, and the damage to the Pentagon was minimal, but I'm pretty sure plenty of people remember it. I know I do.
Uh, they might care about the people on those planes, but I don't know, that's just me.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 01:49:21 PM
Nobody cares about some field in Pennsylvania, and the damage to the Pentagon was minimal, but I'm pretty sure plenty of people remember it. I know I do.
But the passengers fought back in the Pennsylvania crash/ were shot down baddood;
I was in 7th grade and I decided, along with a group of friends, that we were going to cut school that day and head to Manhattan. We had planned to make it back for football practice after school. So we hopped on the train at a ripe 7:30 in the morning, giving us plenty of time to frolic and look for girls and cause trouble and the sort. While on the train, we were attempting to figure out what we would do first. I had about $75 on me that day, so I suggested we swing by the Virgin outlet downtown so I could pick up Jay-Z's The Blueprint and Bob Dylan's Love & Theft albums.
We get off the train and are in the store at around 8:15 and begin to browse and clown around. I remember I was two people away from the register when I spotted nearly everyone outside just... running. As if on cue, what must have been the manager of the store got on the P.A. system and announced that the north tower of the WTC had been struck by a plane. I couldn't tell if it was a joke or not but from everyone's reaction, I figured it had to be true but I was still in utter disbelief.
After we heard, my friends and I decided we were going to get out of there. We were trying to get towards the train, which was in the opposite direction of which everyone was heading, so it was almost like we were heading upstream and made it take much longer than what seemed was necessary to reach the train station. Only to find out that the entire subway system in Manhattan had been shut down. That's when it really hit me that something serious was going down.
That's when we decided we needed to follow everyone else and just get the hell out of the city. Nobody knew what was truly going on. How and why did a plane just fly into the WTC? Is there going to be another one? Where is it going to hit? People were hysterical, some already realizing that they had lost loved ones... Going with the flow of people had proved to be much quicker evident by how quickly we had reached the Brooklyn Bridge, which was serving as one of the gateways out of the city. We were moving along the bridge when we hear a plane whizzing by and head straight towards the South Tower - and right into it.
Shock. Panic. How do I believe my eyes because there is no way in hell that just happened right in front of my face. Nobody is moving. Police get on the mega horn and inform us that the area below the South Tower is undergoing a mass evacuation because pieces of the plane and building had fell to the ground so were now to proceed out of the city in double file. In the nearly 3 hours that we're on the bridge trying to get out with hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers, all the while watching both towers collapse and a cloud of smoke sweep through the city. This is a story about how, my life got flipped turned upside down. Now take a minute while just sitting right there, as i tell you a little story of how i became the fresh prince of bell-air.
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 01:50:20 PM
Uh, they might care about the people on those planes, but I don't know, that's just me.
I was referring to why a lot of people don't remember the crash site, but I don't know, that's just me.
my dad suddenly took me and my siblings out of school when he found out so that was pretty weird
i think he was upset and scared
when we got home he showed us on tv
but i don't remember being afraid or anything
i just went outside to play
This has become a day dedicated to the falling of some buildings in New York, rather than the people that died and the families that suffered. Further evidence of this includes all of the merchandise depicting the twin towers... I'm surprised I haven't seen some goddamn magnetic ribbon dedicated to it plastered on a mini-van yet.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 01:52:40 PM
I was referring to why a lot of people don't remember the crash site, but I don't know, that's just me.
Oh no, that's just because people are manipulated dipshits.
Why were your towers in front of my uncle's plane? Dumbasses.
Quote from: Khadafi on September 11, 2008, 01:58:19 PM
This is why you're a dipshit.
The overall post was horrible, but yeah, that topped it off.
.818181... never forget baddood;
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 01:49:21 PM
...and the damage to the Pentagon was minimal...
except for the 125 deaths but oh well
Quote from: Commodore Guff on September 11, 2008, 02:01:15 PM
except for the 125 deaths but oh well
i didn't know that the structure of the building was made with human lives
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 01:55:17 PM
This has become a day dedicated to the falling of some buildings in New York, rather than the people that died and the families that suffered. Further evidence of this includes all of the merchandise depicting the twin towers... I'm surprised I haven't seen some goddamn magnetic ribbon dedicated to it plastered on a mini-van yet.
What do you expect? Everything becomes merchandise eventually. And the general population is indifferent to the deaths of people they don't know or love unless it's some shockingly large amount of people. It's unfortunate, but it's not unexpected.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:08:37 PM
i didn't know that the structure of the building was made with human lives
so you're saying that albert q. eida just knocked a bunch of buildings down and caused a ruckus
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:08:37 PM
What do you expect? Everything becomes merchandise eventually. And the general population is indifferent to the deaths of people they don't know or love unless it's some shockingly large amount of people. It's unfortunate, but it's not unexpected.
i want a unabomber figurine
Quote from: Commodore Guff on September 11, 2008, 02:11:41 PM
so you're saying that albert q. eida just knocked a bunch of buildings down and caused a ruckus
no i'm saying that people don't remember the destruction of part of the pentagon because the damage to the actual building wasn't that bad
like i said, human lives aren't that important to the general population unless they know the people
wait what happened?
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:13:52 PM
like i said, human lives aren't that important to the general population unless they know the people
i'm pretty sure most at least pretend to care more about the people than damaged government property
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:08:37 PM
i didn't know that the structure of the building was made with human lives
Thank you for proving my point that it's become that some care more about the buildings than the people killed.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:08:37 PM
What do you expect? Everything becomes merchandise eventually. And the general population is indifferent to the deaths of people they don't know or love unless it's some shockingly large amount of people. It's unfortunate, but it's not unexpected.
I want my concentration camp playset please
Quote from: Commodore Guff on September 11, 2008, 02:21:12 PM
i'm pretty sure most at least pretend to care more about the people than damaged government property
it sure seems like they care more about the towers than the people, like ypr said
but whatever i guess
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 02:22:07 PM
Thank you for proving my point that it's become that some care more about the buildings than the people killed.
except I wasn't ignoring the people, just saying that i was talking about the building itself at the moment in the discussion, not the people
i'm pretty sure i care more about the people, honestly
Quote from: Flying Circus on September 11, 2008, 02:22:07 PM
I want my concentration camp playset please
The Diary of Anne Frank has been financially whored since it was published, as have anything else having to deal with Holocaust survivors.
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 02:25:04 PM
it sure seems like they care more about the towers than the people, like ypr said
uh we're talking about you
I didn't realize it was 9/11 until school had a moment of silence for the victims
also, I hate how everyone in a 5 mile radius refers to it as 9-1-1.
Quote from: ââ,,¢Â¥Betaââ,,¢Â¥ on September 11, 2008, 01:52:15 PM
I was in 7th grade and I decided, along with a group of friends, that we were going to cut school that day and head to Manhattan. We had planned to make it back for football practice after school. So we hopped on the train at a ripe 7:30 in the morning, giving us plenty of time to frolic and look for girls and cause trouble and the sort. While on the train, we were attempting to figure out what we would do first. I had about $75 on me that day, so I suggested we swing by the Virgin outlet downtown so I could pick up Jay-Z's The Blueprint and Bob Dylan's Love & Theft albums.
We get off the train and are in the store at around 8:15 and begin to browse and clown around. I remember I was two people away from the register when I spotted nearly everyone outside just... running. As if on cue, what must have been the manager of the store got on the P.A. system and announced that the north tower of the WTC had been struck by a plane. I couldn't tell if it was a joke or not but from everyone's reaction, I figured it had to be true but I was still in utter disbelief.
After we heard, my friends and I decided we were going to get out of there. We were trying to get towards the train, which was in the opposite direction of which everyone was heading, so it was almost like we were heading upstream and made it take much longer than what seemed was necessary to reach the train station. Only to find out that the entire subway system in Manhattan had been shut down. That's when it really hit me that something serious was going down.
That's when we decided we needed to follow everyone else and just get the hell out of the city. Nobody knew what was truly going on. How and why did a plane just fly into the WTC? Is there going to be another one? Where is it going to hit? People were hysterical, some already realizing that they had lost loved ones... Going with the flow of people had proved to be much quicker evident by how quickly we had reached the Brooklyn Bridge, which was serving as one of the gateways out of the city. We were moving along the bridge when we hear a plane whizzing by and head straight towards the South Tower - and right into it.
Shock. Panic. How do I believe my eyes because there is no way in hell that just happened right in front of my face. Nobody is moving. Police get on the mega horn and inform us that the area below the South Tower is undergoing a mass evacuation because pieces of the plane and building had fell to the ground so were now to proceed out of the city in double file. In the nearly 3 hours that we're on the bridge trying to get out with hundreds of thousands of other New Yorkers, all the while watching both towers collapse and a cloud of smoke sweep through the city. This is a story about how, my life got flipped turned upside down. Now take a minute while just sitting right there, as i tell you a little story of how i became the fresh prince of bell-air.
This is ban-worthy.
Quote from: ME86 on September 11, 2008, 01:47:37 PM
I was in forth grade and my school decided not to tell us what actually happened so it was a pretty normal day until I got home and turned on the TV, can't say I was really scared though.
This^
I was a third grader. We weren't informed about what happened in school. I got home and my mom showed me the TV. I was like "o kk wtf is wtc, w/e" and just went upstairs to play pokemanz or something. A couple days later the information I collected fit into the puzzle and I knew what the fuck was going on.
My 9/11 story is uninteresting because I'm from Dallas. But to add something interesting, I was afraid of arabs. However, I couldn't really diffrentiate arabs from Mexicans so that was insignifigant.
Quote from: Co-Z on September 11, 2008, 04:34:44 PM
I was a third grader. We weren't informed about what happened in school. I got home and my mom showed me the TV. I was like "o kk wtf is wtc, w/e" and just went upstairs to play pokemanz or something. A couple days later the information I collected fit into the puzzle and I knew what the fuck was going on.
My 9/11 story is uninteresting because I'm from Dallas. But to add something interesting, I was afraid of arabs. However, I couldn't really diffrentiate arabs from Mexicans so that was insignifigant.
If you're afraid of Arabs and can't tell them apart from Mexicans wouldn't that make you more afraid considering the high hispanic population in Texas?
I remember the day of 9/11 and the day after, the air was gray and smelled.
i woke up on 9/11 and was like FUCK YEAH I TURN 12 IN A WEEK
that is NOT what I thought about that night. befuddlement
also cartoon network played the episode of johnny bravo where he hijacked the train that day.
Quote from: Khadafi on September 11, 2008, 06:23:35 PM
also cartoon network played the episode of johnny bravo where he hijacked the train that day.
Haha, oh christ. Was it after it happened or before?
Quote from: Kaz on September 11, 2008, 07:33:00 PM
Haha, oh christ. Was it after it happened or before?
after lol
i drew pretty roses
Quote from: Khadafi on September 11, 2008, 07:51:54 PM
after lol
what the hell were they thinking
sounds like something that would've gotten pulled off the air but whatever
It's been made into a day about two buildings falling yet there is a memorial to every person who died that day at Ground Zero...
YOU and the rest of the United States may have forgotten, but we New Yorkers have not.
Quote from: Back In '88 on September 12, 2008, 07:23:37 AM
It's been made into a day about two buildings falling yet there is a memorial to every person who died that day at Ground Zero...
YOU and the rest of the United States may have forgotten, but we New Yorkers have not.
Who is YOU?
I remember, and the loss of lives are a direct result of the attacks, in the war brought on afterwards, and the total rape of our rights as citizens are all vastly much more devastating than two buildings falling.
And to think that had the government not shown its incompetency in ignoring warnings those people would most likely still be here today.
Quote from: Khadafi on September 12, 2008, 07:38:35 AM
Who is YOU?
Obviously not you.
If I was speaking to anyone specific, I would have quoted them. I was speaking in general terms for a reason; those who I were speaking to know who they are. There's no reason for you to get offended by my claim if it does not apply to you.
Quote from: Back In '88 on September 12, 2008, 07:23:37 AM
YOU and the rest of the United States may have forgotten, but we New Yorkers have not.
Indeed, New York certainly hasn't forgotten...at least not most of it, it seems. It really is kinda sad to see so many that remember 9/11 for the towers.
"102 Minutes That Changed America"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67u0Y_jz2wA[/youtube]
Quote102 MINUTES THAT CHANGED AMERICA premiered Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 9 p.m. ET/ PT on Historyâ„¢ without commercial interruption. With footage from more than 100 individual sources, carefully pieced together in chronological order, the special is a permanent historical archive for future generations to see. 102 Minutes That Changed America presents amateur and professional footage, woven together without narration or commentary, to provide the viewer with an immersive and emotional experience.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pMcaNuO8gs[/youtube]
Quote9-11: What's the telephone number I can tell FD to push up? What's the telephone number you're calling from?
KC: I can barely see.
9-11: You can barely see?
KC: 4-4-1... .
9-11: 4-4-1... .
KC: 2-6-2-3
9-11: That's on the 105th floor of the Northwest corner, right?
KC: Right.
9-11: At number Two World Trade Center?
KC: Right ... Lady, there's two of us in this office. We're not ready to die, but it's getting bad.
9-11: I understand, sir. We're trying to get all the apparatuses there. I am trying to let them know where you are. Stay on the line
KC: Oh, please hurry.
Fire Department: Let me talk to the caller please ... Let me talk to the caller. Where is he?
9-11: He's on the line.
FD: Let me talk to him ... Where is the fire, sir?
KC: Smoke really bad. 105 Two Tower.
FD: Alright. Sit tight. We'll get to you as soon as we can.
KC: They keep saying that, but the smoke's really bad now.
FD: That's all we can do now.
KC: What floor are you guys up to?
FD: We're getting there. We're getting there.
KC: Doesn't feel like it, man. I got young kids.
FD: I understand that, sir. We're on the way.
9-11: He's on the 105th floor in the Northwest corner.
KC: He hung up on me ... Hello, operator?
9-11: Yes?
KC: Come on, man.
9-11: We have everything we need, sir.
KC: I know you do, but doesn't seem like it ... You got lots of people up here.
9-11: I understand.
KC: I know you got a lot in the building, but we are on the top. Smoke rises, too. We are on the floor. We're in the window. I can barely breathe now. I can't see.
9-11: Okay, just try to hang in there. I'm going to stay with you.
KC: You can say that, you're in an air-conditioned building. What the hell happened?
9-11: Okay. I'm still here ... still trying ... The Fire Department is trying to get to you.
KC: Doesn't feel like it.
9-11: Okay, try to calm down so you can conserve your oxygen, okay? Try to ...
KC: Tell God to blow the wind from the West. It's really bad. It's black. It's arid. Does anyone else wanna chime in here? We're young men. We're not ready to die.
9-11: I understand.
KC: How the hell are you going to get my ass down? I need oxygen.
9-11: They're coming. They're getting you. They have a lot of apparatuses on the scene.
KC: It doesn't feel like it, lady. You get them in from all over. You get 'em in from Jersey. I don't give a shit. Ohio.
9-11: Okay, sir. What's your last name?
KC: Name's Cosgrove. I must have told you about a dozen times already. C.O.S.G.R.O.V.E. My wife thinks I'm alright. I called and said I was leaving the building and that I was fine and then -- bang ... Cherry. Doug Cherry. Doug Cherry's next to me. 105. Whose office? John Ostaru's office?
9-11: That's where he said? That's the office?
KC: We're in John Ostaru's office. O.S.T.A.R.U.
9-11: A.R.U.
KC: Right. That's the office we're in. There are three of us in here.
9-11: Ostaru. Hello?
KC: Hello. We're looking in ... We're overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows. Oh God. Oh ... (the tower collapses)
Quote from: Back In '88 on September 12, 2008, 07:23:37 AM
It's been made into a day about two buildings falling yet there is a memorial to every person who died that day at Ground Zero...
YOU and the rest of the United States may have forgotten, but we New Yorkers have not.
most people don't care about the towers here; they just keep on talking about family members/friends that were involved 0:
i thought a memorial was going to be built under the new towers or something like that
Quote from: Ezlo on September 12, 2008, 03:34:07 PM
i thought a memorial was going to be built under the new towers or something like that
They will be building a Freedom tower, and a park behind it for the memorial.