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dammage79 · 09-09-2021, 12:20 PM

I finished a grave yard shift at a bus mechanic shop in Banff.

4 or us finished our shift and 3 of us were waiting in buddy's car to go home to canmore. He forgot something and went back into the shop to grab it.

Dude had a penchant for telling tall tales so when he came in all exasperated saying someone attacked the pentagon we laughed and called BS him.

We get back to my buddy's place where we were going to smoke some J's and have a few beers after a long night of work and turned on the news. CNN. Tower 1 was smoking and were dropped our jaws. Apologized to tall tale guy.

And as lit J #1 and cracked beer #2... 2nd plane hits.

We all teared up. A bunch of macho mechanic 20 something dudes and welled up like babies, in awe of seeing such a brazen terror act live on TV.

We swore this was going to kick off ww3 and it was time to get properly effed up before getting drafted into war.

Then came the era of the conspiracy theories. Which I almost bought. But it also did such a disservice to the affected and the 1st responders I cringed.

Then came the E.I.T and Gitmo thing.

And then came the Drone strikes and that whole debate.

Then came the 10 year anniversary. Sobering at how slow it all went in the hunt.

Then Obamas UBL we got him speech.

Now just before year 20 hits I watch the Netflix doc about the entire thing. From 20 years before to what ended with the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the battle to get Afghanis out who worked for the west.

Holy hell this war on terror theater was crazy.

It changed the world these last 20 years and I say not for the better.

09-09-2021, 12:20 PM	#25
dammage79 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary Exp:	I finished a grave yard shift at a bus mechanic shop in Banff. 4 or us finished our shift and 3 of us were waiting in buddy's car to go home to canmore. He forgot something and went back into the shop to grab it. Dude had a penchant for telling tall tales so when he came in all exasperated saying someone attacked the pentagon we laughed and called BS him. We get back to my buddy's place where we were going to smoke some J's and have a few beers after a long night of work and turned on the news. CNN. Tower 1 was smoking and were dropped our jaws. Apologized to tall tale guy. And as lit J #1 and cracked beer #2... 2nd plane hits. We all teared up. A bunch of macho mechanic 20 something dudes and welled up like babies, in awe of seeing such a brazen terror act live on TV. We swore this was going to kick off ww3 and it was time to get properly effed up before getting drafted into war. Then came the era of the conspiracy theories. Which I almost bought. But it also did such a disservice to the affected and the 1st responders I cringed. Then came the E.I.T and Gitmo thing. And then came the Drone strikes and that whole debate. Then came the 10 year anniversary. Sobering at how slow it all went in the hunt. Then Obamas UBL we got him speech. Now just before year 20 hits I watch the Netflix doc about the entire thing. From 20 years before to what ended with the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the battle to get Afghanis out who worked for the west. Holy hell this war on terror theater was crazy. It changed the world these last 20 years and I say not for the better.