Comments | thinking_lotus: Yes, it has been ten years.

thinking_lotus

Yes, it has been ten years.

Sep 09, 2011 23:13

I have been thinking a lot about what I want to say about 9/11. I think for people who've lived in NYC for a while (I've been here since 1982,
over half my life) and who grew up here it has a different flavor.

I wasn't physically affected by 9/11 the way some New Yorkers have been. I didn't see the planes hit in person (or even on TV) or get caught ( Read more... )

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liminal_space September 10 2011, 03:31:01 UTC

Thank you for sharing this. Being so far away, the reality of it always seemed misty, like I was viewing the devastation through the veil of squinted eyes. We had a super small teevee at the time, and *I* remember thinking that a small television was a good thing, it contained what was really going on in a way I could manage. It wasn't until later, when I started reading personal accounts, that things became visceral. I read a long blog entry from a woman who was talking about being unable to get to her apartment and how she wished she could find her brand of toothpaste, that if she could find that ONE thing, things would right themselves just a little.

It was so poignant that my heart cracked.

Anyway, love to you.

jehane_writes September 10 2011, 07:35:37 UTC

Thanks for sharing, bb. Thinking of you and New Yorkers especially today. *hugs*

riccichan September 10 2011, 11:02:44 UTC

Like the commenters before me, I'd like to thank you for sharing this. I can't imagine what it must be like to have been - still continue to be - so close to what happened. To me, what made it real was not so much the images I saw on TV (they could have been from one of those Gozilla-esque action movies) but what followed afterwards, the war, the heightened sense of alarm that people felt everywhere, the way the US was presented in the media ( ... )

just_jenni September 11 2011, 13:21:19 UTC

A shocking tragedy that changed the world. We all seem to remember in so much detail just where we were, what impact it had on us, what friends/coworkers/acquaintances we had who were killed...it is good to remember. :/

back2real September 11 2011, 16:38:11 UTC

I read this a few days ago when you posted it, but just now getting to respond. I guess as this is THE day, all of our feelings will be even more raw.

Like most of us who are old enough, I remember hearing the news of the first collision and thinking it must be some small plane. Then I remember how all of my coworkers and I kept going back and forth into our lunch room and looking at the TV for updates, then the second crash. And then the hit on the Pentagon. The whole day was spent just checking the news, watching everything unfold with shock, trying to reach friends in NYC to find out if they were OK.

I worked in the western suburbs of Chicago and for months after that, driving home and seeing the skyline, I couldn't stop myself from imagining a plane flying into the Sears tower. We were all so afraid, for so long after that. I can't imagine what it would be like for those living in NYC...