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Just before leaving for my first day of training for a new bank job, I was in my hotel room tying my tie while watching the morning news.  The first plane had already hit and speculation was it was a tragic accident.  The cameras were all focused on the inferno, then the live shot tracked a second plane and the reporters all gasped at the impact.  The tone changed immediately ... we all knew this was no accident.  Of course concentrating on the training material was nearly impossible, so they let us out early.  At the time I was engaged and I wanted more than anything to be with my fiancee, but I was several hours away. 

I remember coming back to my hotel room and seeing the scene again for the first time since earlier that morning.  The reality that both towers were in ruins was jarring.  Doesn't seem possible it's been 10 years already.

Last edited by Stingray24 (2011-09-09 09:42:29)

At elementary school.

In the network operations center at work.
8 huge monitors on the front wall, then one large projection screen in the center. 
All but one of the screens tuned to various news channels, one monitor in the corner showing critical work info.

Watched the 2nd plane hit on the center (large) screen.
Turned to my (former navy) friend/coworker and said "Well, fuck. We're at war now. One's an accident, two's a declaration of war"

Oddly enough, the first news report I saw when I woke up (timezones and all, so about 10 hours after the attack) was about explosions in Kabul. Took about 10 minutes for me to work out what really happened.

Needless to say I was watching the news non-stop when I got home from school.

13rin wrote:

UnkleRukus wrote:

13rin wrote:

So you a 9-11 conspiracy theorist?

Did I say I was? No, so that post is just retarded.

People can believe what they want to believe, doesn't mean they're right.

UnkleRukus wrote:

Now I've started to question it, looking back on the attacks and who caused them. Up here in my area we have a lot of people who think it was staged, and they're very convinced it was staged.

Ok Rukie... Whatever.

I can understand why I'm a little confusing. I had a very anti-social upbringing in school so it sort of left me with an inability to explain what I'm trying to say.

Allow me to try to explain.

I don't believe in the conspiracy, even if a couple of things don't add up. In this day and age of communications it would be excruciatingly hard to keep something like that under wraps. Simply because one man who was in on it would have a guilty conscience and do something to reveal the truth, after all we're only human.

However it is my belief that we should question the government.  As Thomas Jefferson once said

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

This ties in to us questioning the government and how they operate. Right now, the government is operating against what TJ and what the other founding fathers wished it to operate as. Which is why the people need to start questioning the government.

I do not deny that 9/11 happened, the truth is inescapable. What I do deny is all the press coverage every year, that starts weeks in advance and ends weeks afterwords. It happened, we know it happened and it's good that the victims families and the men and women who were on the rescue teams are getting honored. The media however is using this time to boost ratings and nothing more, they are adding scare tactics in to keep people on edge. Which makes me think, is the government in on this. Are they doing this on purpose to keep the American people in check, in line with what the current leaders want us to do, how they want us to think and act.


That is what I am questioning, the governments motives. Not the attacks themselves, but how the government uses them as propaganda. It is shameful and disrespectful to the families that endured the tragedy.

Last edited by UnkleRukus (2011-09-10 06:49:39)

ok guys.  I am sure there must already be a thread about 9/11 conspiracies. If not, make one.  The intention of this thread is clear. Thank you!

Tucker's right. No need to turn this into a conspiracy thread...that clearly wasn't the point of the OP. If you want to talk about conspiracies or the government manipulating the event to suit some other agenda, that's fine. Either search and add or start another thread.

Fair enough?

Working at UPS. I was on a route that had a large outside mall. I remember my first stop and a lady asking me "did you hear a plane hit the wtc?" First thought was that is was an accident (I thought it was a small plane). Then my girlfriend at the time starting texting me saying "OMG another plane hit the other tower". It was then that I knew it was no accident, we were under attack. I continued to get updates about the other hijackings. When I heard that one of the towers fell (via text also) I felt sick, winded almost. No one was around and when I read that, I was getting a package out of the back of the truck. I actually felt the need to sit down. I knew the loss of life was going to be in the thousands then. When the second tower fell I was simply numb, confused, and shocked. Surreal is the only way to explain it. Everything stopped, nobody knew what else to expect or when this thing would finally end. People went home, and the country world sat and watched in awe. I remember a lot of speculation and there were false reports about carbombs being found around dc. What I also remember about that day, immediately following the attacks, is that there was so much coming together. .. and it wasn't angry "lets go fuck people up" coming together. It was simply "are you ok?", "where can I give blood?".

also.. I was fortunate enough to visit nyc a few times before they fell.

Kmar wrote:

What I also remember about that day, immediately following the attacks, is that there was so much coming together. .. and it wasn't angry "lets go fuck people up" coming together. It was simply "are you ok?", "where can I give blood?".

^This

Some photos from that fatefull day here.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011 … ks/100143/

Be warned some might be found distressing.

Happened when I was sleeping. Woke up the next day, saw on TV with pictures of the burning towers. Went to school and everyone spoke of it.

FEOS wrote:

Kmar wrote:

What I also remember about that day, immediately following the attacks, is that there was so much coming together. .. and it wasn't angry "lets go fuck people up" coming together. It was simply "are you ok?", "where can I give blood?".

^This

It wasn't until a couple days or so later that I began noticing waves of anger/bloodlust emanating from the public.