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Originally Posted by worth
Just curious...does everyone like to tell their story about where they were at the time because it helps them deal with it or it makes them feel better? Whenever someone brings up something like 9/11 or the JFK shooting, everyone always automatically goes into the "I remember what I was doing when that happened."
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It's a good question. I think people somehow need to personalize something like this - not sure why.
I recall on 9/11 I saw the initial horrific events from home and then went into the office. A few things that happened during the course of that business day struck me as odd:
- My boss was American, having been born in raised in the US. Yet he was the only one in the office not glued to the TV. He sat at his desk working away like it was a normal day. Didn't seem distressed at all. Weird.
- That afternoon I got an email from a friend in Dallas Texas - they had sent a blanket email to everyone in their email address book saying "Just letting everyone know we are OK". Well why the hell wouldn't you be OK? You're in Dallas, Texas. Nothing has happened in Dallas, Texas - again odd. I think this similar to what I was saying above - people need to personalize stuff like this for whatever reason.