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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
Wow... Has it already been five years?
I remember meeting up with a friend at the registrar's office because I was planning to take care of my student fees that day. He explained to me that two planes had hit the WTC. I just remember exclaiming "cool!" because I didn't think it was true. Anyway, my friend told me to just go home because classes were essentially cancelled anyway. I still had no concept of the magnitude of the situation.
On the bus ride home, had a conversation regarding the attack with a business man who was sent home. It was only then that I started to realize the events were actually real.
Got home, and like most of us, just sat there in front of the TV for about 8 hours, in this total daze, watching the repeated replay of the attacks.
My prayers go out to all those who lost loved ones that grave September day.
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You know, it's kind of crass, but remembering back, sept. 11th is one of my more favourite days to look back on. I felt terrible watching the attacks and the buildings fall, but for the first time that I can remember in my life, people all over the city were talking to one another. The buses were loud with conversation, deli's, restaurants, parks and sidewalks were all bustling with conversation. It was almost like a real community. I thought things would be different after 9/11, all this outcry of support, the ease of conversation, the sort of 'appreciation' of the city and the people again. Healthy discussion didn't seem to be taboo anymore, and people seemed a little more in-tune with other people.
Sadly, things have gone back to the way they were.