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Evan Kuz took this photo of downtown New York on the afternoon of September 10, 2001. Heavy storms that afternoon gave way to clear skies for the next morning.
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Evan Kuz took this photo of downtown New York on the afternoon of September 10, 2001. Heavy storms that afternoon gave way to clear skies for the next morning.
vanblark
The 911 memorial is a must see. Absolutely breath taking. Just remember, it is literally part of a tomb. Be respectful and quiet please.
MrsMFM
Never forget
RikkyTikkiTavi
I came home from college and my dad was watching this on TV. It’s one of those events that we will remember where we were when it happened.
saidts
Back then I was a Jehovah Witness and really thought that was the beginnig of end of the world, as in the religion proficies (bs of course)
sexysexyjesus
This makes me sad. Not only for the lives lost, but the freedoms we lost since 2001. The terrorists won.
jmrex
Some minor annoyances, maybe. Terrorists most definitely did not win. Who's left from that deck of cards? I'll wait.
NeuroNerd87
Always remember walking in from school to hear my mum scream as the second plane hit. After that, Silence...terribke day for these innocents
StraightJacketFashion
I was in the 5th grade and I’m now 5 years post grad school. Just insane but never forget them.
in70x
I was in sixth. Crazy this fucking happened.
notsosilentwolf2433
Ugh my heart. I didnt lose anyone but 9/11 fucks me up every year. I just cry watching any footage.
ThisUserNameReallySucks
I remember that day like it was yesterday. Friends lost friends that day. Never forget.
8BitDinosaur
Had a classmate lose 3 family members that day. He was gone for a solid months to funerals. So sad
Pseudobatrachotoxin
I was in computer class next to my buddy, both done with the assignment and watching the CNN feed, we watched the second plane hit; then 1/?
Pseudobatrachotoxin
one of the other teachers came storming in saying planes had been flown into the WTC. Crazy series of years following it... we’re 2/3
Pseudobatrachotoxin
completely transfigured as a country... comparing the half of my life before 9/11 vs the 2nd... I’d prefer the first. 3/3
thatwoodguy
My wife to be and I were still living in her sister basement suite when I turned on the TV to the 1st burning, and she sees the second plane
thatwoodguy
hit, and she drops the plate she has in and and screams and wakes her sister and Nephew up. My boss then was from NYC and phones up to say
thatwoodguy
Dont come in today, I'll be too busy to work, and I had to mind the business for 5 days once planes started flying again. Two people he knew
thatwoodguy
worked there but by some miracle, both were out of town on business.
zoeytg
I decided to join the military after that day.
jmrex
You and a few others. Studs. All of you.
InappropriateAbeLincoln
You and my grandson. He came home years ago, but he's still fighting in his head. I hope you're well.
277slash480V
Same, Marine Corps 2002-2007
9point3x62
Yep, signed up for the Marine Corps within a few weeks.
McFuu
My first memory of the day was a teacher sticking their head in my classroom, "apparently some moron flew their plane into the towers." /1
stormNoodleMagnet
I was in 8th grade and I thought the same thing when another teacher came in. Fuck
McFuu
It's hard to describe how absolutely nothing changed, but everything changed as well. /fin
McFuu
Growing up in the shadow of NYC, that's the general personality of the people here. The truth of the day unfurled... inevitably. /2
Grimlockagogo
I was in AIT, in line for chow, looked up and watched the second plane hit. Bliss went on lockdown right after word the pentagon was hit
funnystoryaboutthat
That must have been fucking wild in AIT.
Grimlockagogo
Senior drill hopped up on the platform, looked at all of us and said "We're going to fucking war!" Next year I was in Afgahnistan
stormNoodleMagnet
I couldn't join until 2005. I didn't go to Afghanistan until 2012. Insane how long we have been there.
astraIvoid
Manhattans skyline has changed so much since then. The freedom tower does make a beautiful reminder though. Especially after seeing this
skillerious
My sister was on leave from the royal navy in New York and had her picture taken on top of the WTC on the 10th of September 2001
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
Jesus, that must have been sobering the next day.
skillerious
Must dig out the picture, it is time and date stamped, really surreal.
kimmie71490
I think of tomorrow as a happy day. It’s my nephews birthdays. The three of them will be like 4 or something like that. I try not to think
kimmie71490
The terrorist attacks...personally, I still can’t watch the footage and I was only 11 when it happened...freaked me out
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
That’s the way to do it. If we spend all day angers and sad the terrorists win. We get up, pick up, rebuild, move forward.
wombatmcgee
Definitely rebuild and move forward, but being sad in remembrance is appropriate, especially for those of us who witnessed our world change.
SteelDragonKiryu
Dad was out to sea that day(worked as a maintenance seaman on a n oil tanker). Captain let every crew member use the emergency satellite1/?
SteelDragonKiryu
phone to call home and check on family, even if they were nowhere near NY. It was a surreal moment. Also 9/11 was my grandma's birthday.2/2
EnderPanda13
I was in kindergarten. We got a call from principle to turn on the tv in the top corner above the door. I was the tallest, I remember- 1/?
EnderPanda13
-getting on a chair and turning it on with a yard stick. Just as the second plane hit. The classrooms across from us came into ours because-
EnderPanda13
-their tv didn't work. A few students whose parents worked in NY went into the principal's office. The phones were going crazy because-
EnderPanda13
-parents wanted to come get their kids but the school was basically in lockdown. I remember all the channels were either about it or was-
EnderPanda13
-cartoon specials talking about what happened. I remember being annoyed that the news was on 24/7 and my mom wouldn't let us play outside-
EnderPanda13
-i remember I read alot of books and getting into reading because of it.
chinaPieCreator
I remember thinking "Bad move, piss off the Yanks and they're going to fuck you like nobody has been fucked before"
eratosthenesearth
Were you thinking that with an Aussie accent? Kiwi? Estuary? Cockney? RP? Or Yankee accent? I was stunned & speechless in my accents.
chinaPieCreator
A Liverpool accent, with a bit of Aussie creeping in after 40 years of living here
wombatmcgee
Just tried to explain September 11 to a six year old. It was unbelievably difficult. He doesn't know what the world was like before that.
PotatoRotato
I'm not angry anymore. Anger knocked down those towers, and anger has kept us in Afghanistan. More anger won't solve anything.
Fomitopsis
Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hatred cannot drive out hatred. Only love can do that.
ObiWanKenobitch
I was upset the day they announce bin laden’s death. He deserved it but seeing the people celebrate kinda brought us down to their level.
wombatmcgee
I understand why you were upset, but I wouldn't say it brought us to their level. We weren't sending suicide bombers to kill civilians.
ObiWanKenobitch
Agreed. But openly cheering in the streets for another human’s death left a bad taste in my mouth.
ChrisThrasher
Dear Lord...almost 20 years ago...where has the time gone..... I was in high school and now I'm a middle aged man.
helagos
I had just started my junior year of high school.
ObiWanKenobitch
Agreed. Was in jr high. Served a stint in the military and am now medically retired since then yet it feels like yesterday.
GreenerWithTheScenery
I was 9. My little sister had just been born. It’s so odd knowing someone that wasn’t watching during. It’s just history to her
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
I was about 13. It’s really jarring to look back and realize there are people old enough to drive who weren’t even alive then. >>
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
That day still feels so fresh in my memory, it’s seared in.
ZOMGsquish
Same. My history teacher immediately went and grabbed a tv and said This is your history. You will always remember this moment.
in70x
I was In sixth grade and this attack traumatized my entire generation. Now we are all hooked on the heron.
haxmyanus
They always start with heron. Then they move on to the other great birds. Sad.
arachnoides
People our age can be grateful such atrocities happens so rarely.
YeahReallyyep
One thing I wish they'd done. Just upped and rebuilt them exactly the same but stronger. Fuck you terrorists.
LearnSomethingNew
I mean that's what the One World Trade Center is
slothsaremagic
The Navy built a warship out of the steel from the World Trade Center, the USS New York. That's badass imo.
IFoundaBagOfFireworksInMensRestroom
I do like that idea however, the Freedom Tower has new "super concrete," 3x thicker rebar, and other stuff. It is a great F you to terries.
GrandProtectorDark
I disagree. The freedom tower was a far better choice compared to 70s architectural style
hollanderpolder
I got the news at work. That evening I cried watching the footage. I seldom crie. I felt utterly useless one ocean away.
TroyLoModel
I’ll never forget the damn muslims dancing and singing in the streets afterwards. https://youtu.be/KrM0dAFsZ8k
givemeyourdosh
"Fox News." Plus they were most likely celebrating a religious festival called Eid. Now it does seem like they are celebrating the attack
givemeyourdosh
And that might be true but you need to realise the media will twist anything just for more ratings even if it means not showing everything.
shugabritches85
We felt utterly useless here as well. I was in 10th grade. My high school (1500-2000 students) was completely silent, the most eerie thing
MyDixyRect
I was in 9th and my teacher had the radio on the entire time. No work at all. I thought it was a movie on the news that morning.
amoeba15
11th grade for me. We spent the rest of the day watching TV EXCEPT for geometry. She made us take a test. :-|
shugabritches85
I was in driver's ed. Another teacher came running in, whispered to our teacher that the 1st tower was hit, tv immediately turned on just >
shugabritches85
as the 2nd plane hit. All I heard was my teacher say "Jesus fucking Christ" before we all started crying. Awful.
joeyecho101
College professor made us do research statistics all morning and I'll never stop thinking she was/is a bitch.
biggeera
Many people may not realise but there were so many people from different countries in the trade center. Not just people from USA. Its sad !
biggeera
whoever downvoted this comment is a lil bitch
farfarawaysaway
Well they make it sound like if it was just Americans it wouldn't be sad
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
Yeah, it was the TRADE center. It wasn’t just America, it was attack on the free world itself.
ijustwonamathdebate
And the whole world united behind you guys. Too bad it all went to shit after.
SayWhatYouMeanMeanWhatYouSay
Yep. Sadly, it did just as the terrorists hoped. It destroyed our society, what came after is a sad, fractured shadow of what we were.
PlayingwithEchoes
18 years and that's still how I picture the skyline when people mention NYC.
imnotryan
Same. I still see them.
LazySpider
I must say though that the freedom tower is an absolutely amazing sight
Chilly21
Samsies
BeccaBeccaBoBecca
I love the beautiful shots of the towers in movies and shows from the 80’s and 90’s.
prepeymad
Same. Being there clears that up but still.
AlbiEU
Beautiful, wish I could have seen it in person
mercbrit
Blimey, seems like last week! A lot has changed in the world since then.
RipOffTheBandAid
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
I still remember the day it happened. I came home from school (UK so 5 hrs ahead) and it was unfolding on TV.
yaboiskinnypeen
I was just talking to a friend who grew up in NJ, said the current skyline is NYC but it's not the NYC she remembers..
astraIvoid
I work in Manhattan, but my cousin visited the city for the first time in about 20 years. He said it was insane how much it's changed.
astraIvoid
My favorite is driving through the city with my dad and him pointing out jobs he was on. In 30+ years he's worked on a lot of buildings.
somadicouldspitfire
I'm from Bergen co, used to be a manager at the Walgreens in Ft Lee which is literally next to the GWB. The skyline will never be the same
somadicouldspitfire
And that saddens me. Too many friends lost parents that day
golgap42
Where you at now
somadicouldspitfire
Staring at the Manhattan skyline 8 stories up, still in Bergen co.
WhichIsIt
In my car
debram861
I worked for American airlines...a tragic day indeed. Pure silence, no jets overhead...lots of silence in everyone. Tears...
Raecracy123abc
I lived in the DC area between two international airports, a 1/2 mile from a local airport, 5 miles from a military base. I was 16 on 9/11.
Raecracy123abc
I had never heard the sky so quiet. It never occurred to me that they had been so filled with activity before. It felt like the whole world
Raecracy123abc
was holding its breath. I can still remember clear as day the first time after I saw a commercial plane flying. We were at soccer
Raecracy123abc
practice and everyone stopped then pretended not to notice because we didn't know how to fit it.
MisterSmithster
I’m English and remember that day like it was yesterday. I was glued to the tv, nobody spoke, it was fucked up. Felt like end of times.
Sfinski
They cancelled Malcolm in the middle because of this, were pissed.
anneboleynfan1
As an american I appreciated the queens tribute. She had the star spangled banner played in front of Buckingham palace
ridge
I watch it on YT from time to time. Hauntingly beautiful.
teknrd
I was sleeping when the 1st one hit & a friend woke me. Started watching by the 2nd. I don't think I left the TV for hours
Superfloofthundercat
Same
pancakesnmuffins88
I was in 7th grade in NJ. We didn’t know exactly what was going on. School wouldn’t tell us since many kids had parents that worked in NYC.
pancakesnmuffins88
My parents pulled us out of school...got home in time to watch the 2nd tower fall on live tv. I will never forget that moment.
AlbiEU
I worked in the tech. Centre at PC world and we heard rumours...or head engineer grabbed a TV card off the shelves and put it in a PC.. 1/2
AlbiEU
That's how I watched it, very surreal my cousin worked a stone's throw away from the towers, luckily he was off that day. Heartbreaking 2/2
Abetterusernamethanyours
Imagine being in Queens and seeing smoke rising in the distance. I was 6
InappropriateAbeLincoln
As a grandfather, I wish to hell you had known more of the world that existed prior to 9/11.
SamuthNBS
Me too. It was and is the largest ever terrorist attack on British people as well aa Americans. A dark day, regardless of politics.
Thedewman
Still does for some of us. May my brothers at FDNY not be forgotten. If it wasn't for then 20,000 more people would've died in the towers
AlbiEU
If I could give a million updates I would. Thank you !
whitter86
I remember telling my dad this would mean a war but he didn't really believe me at first
LordSintax79
I was an American, studying abroad. I was watching TV and just thinking "Oh. We're about to lose our fucking minds."
mthrndr01
After I'd finished processing the early reactions, my first real thought was George W bush has a free re-election waiting for him.
RearAdmiralObvious
I was in 2nd grade at the time. All I remember is someone coming in and pulling our stoic nun teacher out in hallway and talking with her
RearAdmiralObvious
Next time we heard was her crying very loudly, first time we ever saw/heard any emotion from her.
JZKillaT68
Imagine being on a nuclear submarine in the radio room, and receiving a bunch of flash (high priority) messages-the end of the world type 1
JZKillaT68
That we constantly train for, without any other context except that there was a possible terrorist attack and all units remain radio 2....
JZKillaT68
Silent. Imagine the look on my face when I was trying to route messages to Commanding Officer and seeing a bunch of eyes glued on the Tv 3..
JZKillaT68
In the ward room. This was the exact time the 2nd plane hit. No one wanted to read the flash traffic and tried to send me away until I 4...
JZKillaT68
Informed them that my messages pertained to the events on the TV, and then suddenly no one was watching the TV anymore, they were all 5...
MarcMulf
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps, the end of the beginning ... the end of an era.
bigassballs1
I was on the way to buy my first coffee shop. My contractor and I drove in complete silence listening to the radio.
KingXizor
The wheel of Time turns. What was, will be again.
SunsGettinReaLow
This is a Winston Churchill quote.
MarcMulf
Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner!
Roland4343
Wheel of time reference?
FudgeRoundVsStarCrunch
"Millennium" starring Kris Kristofferson
Sumdumguy42
„WW2“, starring Winston Churchill, more accurately.
FudgeRoundVsStarCrunch
Churchill always stealing Kristoffersons shit ?
discostoou
Ironically I was in high school in US History 1 when this happened. "Fucked" is the right word for it.
ILovedUnicornsFirst
Extra ironically, it was spirit week and “Twin Day,” on 9/11 at my school. I was dressed just like my best friend. I don’t think I was able>
ILovedUnicornsFirst
>to comprehend the gravity of what was taking place. I just remember crying and everyone being really quiet and nice to each other the>
ILovedUnicornsFirst
>the rest of the day. Everywhere I went, even outside of school, was just eerily quiet that day.
FreckleCharms
I was in college, also US History. Prof came in and turned off the tv and started a lesson while actual history was happening. I walked out
FreckleCharms
Found out later he gave 3 pages of notes on whatev subject when we could have discussed history in the making and what it would mean for us.
discostoou
I'm sorry to hear that. He told us we were watching history. As terrible as it sounds.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Just think, there are kids over seas fighting a war that wasn't alive during this. I wonder if they know why they are there.
Rahotep75
Those men and women over there are fighting for the ones to their left and right. Guaranteed.
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frogsnot
Damn skippy they are.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
I dont think you understand my statement, Back then the Towers Fueled Americans and got to feel the anger and confusion. Now 1/2
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
the fresh ones. What fuels them? Im sure they arent told Were gonna put you in this situation just to defend everyone next to you.
TheDalmuti
To be fair, even school children are aware of 9/11. These 18 year olds who enlist now know about what happened. It likely effects them.
joeyecho101
Just a heads up: imgur can be a shitty place on 9/11. If you don't want to joke about what happened that day, you may want to stay away.
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osckey
It makes me sad when people make 9/11 a meme
notsosilentwolf2433
Thank you
TellusEidolon
11/9*
farfarawaysaway
It's an American day, and an American date
remysgal
Given how much airtime imgur gives to “in comedy nothing is off limits” types this ought to be interesting.
ohDannyBoi
I agree with the nothing off limits thing, but that doesn't mean you have to like every dark joke. I for one don't find any 9/11 jokes 1/2
ohDannyBoi
Funny, but I'm also not gonna attack people for making them. I wish people wouldn't do it, but I can't control what they say. 2/2
remysgal
Good attitude.
DelightfulSkillet
Thank you. I forgot that last year and would have probably forgotten that tomorrow, too.
Qualtagh
Eh, if you stick to the FP and viewing top ~20 comments things stay respectful. Just not a time for Usersub.
Zella111
Thanks, lost a close friend/co-worker that day. We had many missing and I was responsible for tracking their tech to see if anyone used 1/
Zella111
anything (cell phones, dialup connections, etc) after the attacks so we would know if they were out there somewhere. It was a rough few days
Iatesomecoffeecups
Jokes on you- i want to stay away from imgur every day, i just keep getting sucked back in
HubicPairs
Doesn’t that mean the joke is on you, and not on him?
SerenePrincess013
I lost my only known half-brother that day, & was supposed to be with him in the South Tower. Tomorrow is gonna suck.
aeomirblue
InappropriateAbeLincoln
I can't give you back what you lost, but this never fails to make me smile even on the shittiest of days. https://imgur.com/mQNRCN4
gingerrito
remysgal
I’m sorry for your loss.
SerenePrincess013
It was almost 2 decades ago. I can still hear his voice when he called me, the day of the attack, & just kept apologising.
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
I didn't know him. But please know. We will never forget. Never.
SerenePrincess013
His name was Eric. & he let me puke on him when I was 16, & our airplane hit turbulence, & I ruined his suit. He was 10 yrs older than me.
KibblesandBitchTits
You are a serene princess, we love you my bro and/or sis
SerenePrincess013
Your name is amazing. But I'm really not that serene, nor am I a princess.
KibblesandBitchTits
Not with that attitude, on a real.note tho, are you a firefighter?
SerenePrincess013
Former EMT. He was a suit. I still don't know what all he did. We only had just connected, & he wanted me to visit NYC.