9/11 where were you?
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September 11th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
Moto runs around Lake Bandini till ya die
September 11th, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
I coached at a basketball tournament in 29 Palms a couple years ago. I suspect it's a good training ground for Iraq/Afghanistan, but I've never been to the latter so how would I know.
September 11th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^
29 Palms was a major training area for desert climates overseas. We would host other nations troops for such training. We always had some form of British troops there doing ops
September 11th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^
Mrs. Bunting's 5th grade english class.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
Maybe she's related to Ian.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
explain how old that makes me feel. :(
September 11th, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^
Me too. I am a youth football coach (8th grade) and I just realized this morning that none of the kids on my team were born yet when this happened.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:57 AM ^
son is 8. It is just now making its way into his consciousness. Just really vague mentions about "what happened that day with the planes" and "when the city was burning." It is a difficult thing to discuss as a parent because of his general lack of understanding as to why anybody would do that anybody else. I just say we will talk about that when the time is right.
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It's amazing to me that it's a historical event to them - not one they remember. Those dudes were about 2 when it happened.
Also interesting fact: 9/11 is now closer to the falling of the Berlin wall than it is to today. Crazy
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Did you still get on that flight?
September 11th, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^
all flights were grounded shortly after
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September 11th, 2015 at 9:03 AM ^
Woke up late (probably hungover?) and went outside and was on the phone for about 15 minutes unaware of what was going on. Went inside, turned on the TV and watched until about 4pm. Last image I remember before turning off the TV was a looping shot of palestinians dancing in the street.
September 11th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
Had just started the Business School's (at the time) two year program. Remember walking into the cafeteria and looking up at the stock tickers and wondering why nothing was moving. There was a small old TV in the corner up on a wall with people gathered around and I wandered over to check it out. Went back to my house in the student ghetto and we all watched TV. Had one roommate whose dad regularly worked at WTC (finance guy) and another whose dad was a civilian contractor at the Pentagon. They both heard from their fathers in early afternoon. It was a long morning for them -- it's easy to forget the panic that arose since all the telcom was down.
September 11th, 2015 at 6:23 PM ^
I walked to campus and on the way to the elevator in Lorch I heard someone mention a plane hitting the WTC. I went up to the computer lab and all the news sites were down, so a friend and I went over to the B-school lounge to watch the news on the tv up in the corner.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^
I was at school in Olney, Maryland, 15 miles away from downtown DC. We got sent home early from school and the thing that sticks out most to me is the people at stoplights rolling their windows down and talking about what had happened. For some reason I can never get that image out of my head.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:02 AM ^
Philadelphia.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:03 AM ^
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I was supposed to be next door in history, but we we all in that class room because it had a TV in it. I started watching about five minutes before the second plane hit.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:04 AM ^
I come here to escape from all of the bad shit in the world. Well, bad shit that isn't directly related to Michigan football.
It's been 14 years. Let's stop wallowing in it.
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September 11th, 2015 at 9:14 AM ^
And I feel as bad about it as anyone, but how many years are we going to do this for? Were people doing this for Pearl Harbor Day in the late 50's?
We as a country really need to move on. And the best way we can honor the dead would be by repealing the Patriot Act and restoring all of the freedoms we gave up that day.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:18 AM ^
No politics man. Let it go.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^
discussion without some mention of politics. It was the most significant geopolitical event of the last 20 years.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
You actually can, just don't talk about it. Everyone else seems to be doing that just fine. AFAIK you're the only one bringing up politics.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^
up. No one mentioned it before you and if it's too depressing, don't click on the thread.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^
I don't know about that. I can remember back in 2012-2013 when we had the Great Hostess Twinkie shutdown. -s-
September 11th, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^
specifically to downvote every post you made in this thread. I have been on this blog a while and have never done that before.
Shame on you for your lack of respect.
If you are an American, this is On Topic. If you disagree, shut your damn mouth and stay out of the thread.
September 11th, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
I think your attitude is an example of why this country is so messed up. Rather than deal with the past Americans like you want us to forget.
We just had a major controversy over a flag from a conflict that ended 150 years ago. Think about that.
The past is of immense importance. Forfeit is not an option no matter how much you wish it.
September 11th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
question!! The discussion is very complicated and very political and will not end well.
September 11th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
The main one that sticks out is the freedom to go through a security line at the airport without having to take my jacket, belt, and shoes off. But one could argue, that was more a response to the shoe bomber than the 9/11 terrorists. That's a relatively minor loss all things considered.
The other lost freedom is the freedom to not have your phone metadata perused by the government. I agree that's a lost freedom that one would not feel.
Those are my personal lost freedoms. Very minor. But we shouldn't forget the lost freedoms of our military who sacrificed so much (life, limbs, mental health, time with loved ones) so that the rest of our collective inconvenience could be so minor.
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September 11th, 2015 at 10:06 AM ^
why the animosity toward the OP? They are having moments of silence on every sports radio show in the country today. It is not ON-TOPIC for them either.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^
but you lost me at "wallowing". C'mon, man.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:15 AM ^
Dwell probably would have been better.
September 11th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^
I am actually a little spooked about how relatively little attention this date is receiving this year. I don't view this particular time with the condition of our foreign relations to be the best time to be comfortable in our own skin. I very badly hope this day passes without incident.