Heard something on the radio about 9/11 that made me think.

[walk066]

Living on the East Coast and within a couple hours of both NYC and the Pentagon, this terrible day felt so close to home.

Do people in the West Coast care as much about 9/11 as East Coast people? Grant it we are all Americans and it affects us all, but does it have such a strong impact on people across the nation?

[Jahred]

care as much? ummm obv

do we remember seeing the smoke and visuals with our own eyes,? no.

I dont think our experience being on the west coast was as "real". It did almost seem like a movie since I personally have never even been to New York or Washington DC but I remember wondering when something would happen in Los Angeles that day.

[walk066]

Originally Posted by Jahred

care as much? ummm obv

do we remember seeing the smoke and visuals with our own eyes,? no.

I dont think our experience being on the west coast was as "real". It did almost seem like a movie since I personally have never even been to New York or Washington DC but I remember wondering when something would happen in Los Angeles that day.

Understandable.

[Jahred]

by "real" I mean there is a very large difference for the people who saw and heard and experienced what happened that terrible day with thier own eyes not through a t.v. and someone who did not. Everyones life changed that day in some way, and has effected I think alot of paths of lives to this day .

[grzftbl]

I get still get teared up watching the video of those planes flying into WTC and thinking of all those lost. Teared up and pissed off all at the same time...

[satchel27]

it effected me in a way that I cannot explain

I had no relatives, no next of kin, no friends that were involved, but the fact that two years prior (almost to the day) I was on top of the south tower observing the views and being a typical first time tourist, it really scared the crap out of me. I am obsessed with it for some reason, to the point I watch anything and everything about that day. It is so bad that I have dreams that I am one of those that were hanging out the windows on the upper floors debating on what to do!

On one of the shows I have watched, I heard one of the most disturbing quotes from a firemen that really makes you think about what people were going through, I am paraphrasing here but it went something like this:

"how bad is it up there when the best option is to jump"

that is really tough to grasp

[walk066]

Originally Posted by satchel27

it effected me in a way that I cannot explain

I had no relatives, no next of kin, no friends that were involved, but the fact that two years prior (almost to the day) I was on top of the south tower observing the views and being a typical first time tourist, it really scared the crap out of me. I am obsessed with it for some reason, to the point I watch anything and everything about that day. It is so bad that I have dreams that I am one of those that were hanging out the windows on the upper floors debating on what to do!

On one of the shows I have watched, I heard one of the most disturbing quotes from a firemen that really makes you think about what people were going through, I am paraphrasing here but it went something like this:

"how bad is it up there when the best option is to jump"

that is really tough to grasp

Wow. That's tough to hear.

I went to a Yankees Red Sox game with a tour group on September 8, 2001. We were going over a bridge (probably George Washington, but don't remember), when my cousin said, "Hey look over there at the twin towers." Who would of thought three days later they would not be there and it would of affected so many people. I still remember that quote.