Originally Posted by
ShaolinLueb
i am sure people in NJ, NY, CT, MA, PA are far more effected by it since its in their neighborhood, relatively speaking, then say someone in MI who is halfway across the country.
how many of you remember the exact spot you were when this happened?
i was at college in the cafeteria. class started and the teacher was bitching no one wanted to stay in her class. we all wanted to go watch the news.
Agreed.
I was home. I was still in college at the time and I had signed up for a class at 8:30AM ish. My college is a few steps away from WTC. I was feeling lazy so I dropped that class. Otherwise, I would have been with my classmates climbing out of the mess. I was still in bed but my brother, who was at work, called me to tell me not to go to school because of a "big explosion". Turned on the TV (still half asleep) and watched the next 2 hours unfold.
Originally Posted by
dubcac
So now it's turned into a pissing contest over who was affected more by it?
Please.
I don't think that was his intention.
Originally Posted by
DakarM
I have to say that I was quite traumatized and just watching it live on TV affected me greatly. Even now I can't stand to watch the towers fall... without looking away or changing the channel.
I have several friends that lived in NYC and luckily none of them were physically hurt but nearly all of them moved out of NYC and some are still seeing psychiatrist.
For those of you that know me know that I'm generally a calm and strong person. This event that occurred 7 years ago shook me to the core. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I was affected and it changed my thinking to a degree and even now I still feel the after effect, even though I was nearly 3000 miles away.
My thoughts go out to those who lost their family members on that day.
A friend of mine who was having health issues (too much stress caused his body to shut down) and watched it live and he regretted it. Said it made things far worse.
Co-worker said that was the last time she watched TV, because all they showed on TV was the planes crashing and towers falling for days.
It was bad for me after it happened, but then I think after 2003, I was fine. Now it doesn't really bother me. Only time it does is when I see pictures/video's.
Friend of mine from TX came to visit me a few years ago. We passed by WTC as I drove him to his hotel and I didn't even think about it. He kept saying "How the heck are you not creeped out/bothered". I was like :dunno:, been so long.