9/11 5 Years on

[Admin]

It's hard to believe it is five years ago that this happened.
I am watching the program on C4, I watched this film the first time it was shown on TV and I think I cried the whole way through it.

It is still as shocking and emotional on the second viewing.

I have been to Ground Zero several times, the last time was two years ago. The metal from the towers can still be seen burned into buildings that suround the site.

[wigangirl]

yeah i know its unbelievable, the day brings a mixed reaction for me because its my birthday on the same day

[iluvwillmellor]

Its soooooooo sad


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[wigangirl]

imagine my horror 5 years ago, at high school having a great day celebrating my birthday. I came in on a high and saw that on the tv, i was in shock

[lynw1]

My husband wanted to see it, but I have the grandkids here. The oldest one is very sensitive and they have just had some sad news of their own, so I didn't think it would be a good idea to let them see it.

Do you know if it is going to be repeated at all?

I am not sure I can watch it myself because I can't bear the feelings of sadness, horror and fear that even thinking about it brings.

[Harvestgoddess]

I remember when it happened weird as just before the planes hit i was watching skynews and they were just reporting low flying aircraft and then next thing the first plane hit and i cannot describe the shock it was truly horrific my heart goes out to all those people who lost relatives and also my love and praise to the fire and police services and ordianry people who became heros that day .

[iluvwillmellor]

I was at school when it happend, I will never forget it. We had been told at school what had happend, but I hadnt seen any of the footage. I came home from school and put the TV on, and saw the clip of the plane going into the building, I thought it was a movie trailer at 1st. It was horrible to watch, but the worst part was when the people in the WTC started jumping out of the windows that was soooooooo sad, at that point I turned it off.



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[tellurianna]

that was a powerful account of the day. Can't help but have tears well up everytime i see a snippet of that dreadful day. The most powerful experience (apart from the moment I saw it live on tv) was michael moore's movie fahrenheit 911 (no idea about the spelling), but at the moment the very moment that first plane could be heard, in the movie, he put the screen to black and you had sound only... it continued with sound only. in a cinema that proved somehow incredibly poignant. shocking day. and having watched the programme tonight, though i already appreciated the bravery of the NYFD I hadnt appreciated how far that bravery had to go. I hope, for anyone who missed it, including me who didnt, that it is showed again.

[Cloud 9]

I think most people will always remember what they were doing on that day - it came as such a huge shock and almost seemed unreal at the time.

I've watched a few of the documentaires and the worst is hearing the phone calls to the police from those desperate people stranded on the top floors. I just dread to think what their loved ones felt if they heard those last emergency calls tpp.

Its difficult to imagine the mindset of someone who has convinced themselves that what they are doing is so right that its worth dying for - the mind boggles.

You can't help but feel for the families of all those who have been killed. I feel the same for all those families who have lost someone in Iraq as well and think they should be remembered too (sometimes I feel those deaths are not as likely to be remembered as much). Their deaths might not have all taken place on the same day, and they might not have a particular national day to remember it by, but the grief from their family is no less - and it continues on every day.

It really makes you wonder how mixed up our world is.

[remaha]

I couln't watch a programme like the one tonight. I'd have to shut myself off emotionally to be able to sit through it.

I always think it's incredibly poignant to be watching an old movie or TV programme that includes a view of the NY skyline and to see the Twin Towers still standing.

I haven't visited NY since 9/11 but we have realtives on the wife's side of the family, one of whom was in the NYFD at the time and the other who was actually working in the State Department in Washington on the day and saw everything happen. Fortunately both of them survived. But they both knew many of the people that weren't so lucky.