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I must be mistaken, some people have said they saw the first plane hit the WTC. But I do not believe the first plane was caught on tape by the news, only the second hit.

The first hit wasn't shown until september 12th.
 
Yeah. It was captured. But it was not live. It was captured by some folks doing a documentary on a coming of age story of a firefighter. They were out doing some random training thing in the area.
 
We will always remember, though I dont know why. Days like these should be forgotten in my eyes, because we dont want to remember the bad things... we should remember the idea of freedom having a cost.

And this is coming from a Canadian...
 
I was in the WTC 9 minutes before it got hit. I walked around until my train arrived. When I got into work only 10 minues later I sat down, logged in and my buddy ran to my desk and pulled me to the elevator with him. We went to the upper level and walked to the window facing the towers. By the time I planted my last step at the window I witnessed the second plane hitting, exploding in an almost Hollywood like scene. I gasped, smiled in a nervous confusion and began to struggle holding back my tears as I realized what I just witnessed. My friends brother was in that second tower. He stood next to me in shock and almost passed out before running to a phone to call his brother. My boss joked about what just happened and I came close to punching her in the fkn face for that. I called my wife and when she finally answered the phone I couldn't even make a moan let alone a word. I held the phone for maybe two minutes before I began to break down in tears, sobbing, I realized that I could of lost everything like so many other just had. My wife and my daughter only two years old at the time could of been without me. Life instantly increased in value for me. Now, I'm happy in general but thinking of what happened makes me so god damn sad and angry at the same time. Look at CNN's website right now and you'll see two sides of the 9/11 coin. One headline reads: Children of 9/11 now old enough to ask what happened to Daddy. The other reads: Al Queda releases 9/11 praise video. wtf man, wtf.......

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pto2212 said:
We will always remember, though I dont know why. Days like these should be forgotten in my eyes, because we dont want to remember the bad things... we should remember the idea of freedom having a cost.

And this is coming from a Canadian...
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Growth comes from good and bad things my Canadian neighbor. That's what makes us human, pain and joy. I don't want to forget what happened, it makes me realize how beautiful life actually is even when it seems so gloom.
 
directinglegend said:
I must be mistaken, some people have said they saw the first plane hit the WTC. But I do not believe the first plane was caught on tape by the news, only the second hit.

The first hit wasn't shown until september 12th.
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You are mistaken

Everyone is stating that it was after the first plane hit; but the burning buildings were live as memorex and everyone knew it was a plane
 
I woke up at my parents house and was getting some breakfest. My dad was on the phone with his brother and I over heard him saying the WTC was on fire. So I got up and turned on the news. And that is what it looked like to me and Then I saw the second plane hit and I couldn't belive what I just saw. I headed off to school where I was incharge of a graphics class all day that day. We didn't do anything but have the TV's on the different news stations. It was a day that I don't think we will ever forget.

Good Bless America for we are strong and detirmind.
 
Lets see... I was 8 or 9, and we were about to sing a chorus song in school. Then there was an announcement, and there were teachers crying and running, and we had to turn the school broadcast on. Flipping the channels, we saw live footage of the second plane, traumatizing the poop out of us elementarians. Then we watched the pricinpal tell us there was a terrorist attack in NYC, and we were "safe" at school. Then about 1100 of the 1200 got checked-out early by terrified parents, leaving me alone with 6 other students in my class, all wondering WTH.

Not my happiest moment.
 
Well, I was 12. In 8th grade. I was on the computer and I read on a message board that a plane had hit the world trade center. I ran to my parents room and told told them a plane hit the WTC and pentagon. They didn't believe me (they are from NY) and I kept saying it. Than I remember saying, " I don't even know what the world trade center is why would I make this up! come look at the news!"
 
pto2212 said:
we should remember the idea of freedom having a cost.
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Although I kind of agree, it's hard to make the memory of the cost of freedom, and the memory of the disaster exclusive of each other. I get what you're saying, though. Stop moping and move on...if anything, I think that's where America has shown its strength. I try not to remember the disaster, but rather look back in rememberance of the loss, the value of humanity, the heroism and the sacrifice.
 
Today is a day that will remain in the hearts and minds of everyone who lived through it. That being said, this thread has taken a turn for the political.
 
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