On 9-11, 2001, i woke up laying next to my TV, which i had left on... I looked over and i saw two buildings on fire, but didn't think much of it. I got up, and walked into my parents' room where i woke them up and told them, "something important is on the news.. a fire or something". I walked to the kitchen, heated up a hotpocket, and walked back into the livingroom... I don't see my dad cry very often, but this wasn't going to be a kind of day that comes along very often. I didn't ask what was going on - i just went back to my room, hoping it was something serious enough to cancel school. I walked into to my room just in time to see a replay of the first plane crashing into the world trade center. So, just like millions of other americans that morning, i sat, glued to the TV... Many emotions passed through my head, but I seemed to land on anger. I had no idea who Bin Laden was, but i was being told to hate him by the TV... so i did. I was being told that he resided in the country of Afghanistan, so i hated the country. I was told he was a muslim - i was stupid.

Unfortunately for me, this wasn't serious enough to cancel school over. My mom scolded me for being late and sent me to school. When i got there, only about half the students showed up. Some people were crying, some people were laughing about it. Some people were talking about how muslims did it. In my first 5 classes, we just watched TV. But, in my 6th... Mr. Lambert was talking about the attacks on a personal level. Then, we had a discussion about who to blame. The whole class seemed to agree that the muslims were to blame. Lambert smiled and nodded. Then he went on to actually show us the difference between muslims and muslim extremeists. I'm kind of trailing off now.. hehehe

ANYWAY... My dad wasn't much of a cryer, so i wasn't either. But, after school that day, it really sunk in. I realized what had happened. I did cry, and i still do a little bit every time i think about it. This is my own little way of honoring those who died on 9-11... with the tears of Tim.

http://www.gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html

doc....

thanx for that link....i didnt really think it would effect me like it did, but all the emotions came flooding back...i went through the emotions in stages, just like on 9-11-01....and i am once again.....highly angry....we will not forget, we will not relent, we will not compromise. i will never forget where i was that day, nor the ones who gave all.....peace my brothers....all of em.....

Doc Brasso.....

thanks for reminding me not to turn on any news channels today.

I saw someone with "911 never forget" in their name in IRC. BANNED. If people start using american flags for avatars I swear I'll puke. 911 was a horrible thing, but let people deal with it in their own way. and don't pretend it has anything do with patriotism.

No offence or distaste to Americans meant, but we don't see much trumpeted anniversarys of pearl harbour, ww2 massacres, other terrorist actions (pre 11/9). I know it's the first time theyve had to deal with this but the amount of coverage it gets and the way some people get incredibly uber-patriotic over it is more disrespect then anything else.

amen to letting all the victims rest in peace, of all the nationalities. the WTC/pentagon (yes, that got attacked too!!) attacks were damaging for the US but the rest of the world as well - life moves on.

thank you, Gwil.

I agree, the way people have used this tragedy to flame patriotism is disrespectful. What happened on that day was an affront to humanity. Patriotism is about anything but our common humanity. The moronic little flags just perpetrate the "us vs them" mentality the terrorists had. Unfortunately most people really are that small-minded.

GWILL.. well said man.. I agree.. Let them rest in peace..

Has everyone forgotten Oklahoma.. f**k.. those people moved on, and did not use thier tragedy to gain tourism, or try to wave a banner to gain attention.. no they did thier thing.. grieved.. built thier monument and moved on.

Same with Perl Harbor... N.Y. Deal with it and move on already sheesh.. Let them rest in peace already.

I dont know maybe im way off base.. but its been 2 years now.

funny thing is the night before all that stuff happened I had this weird premonition as I was walking down the stairs to my room. I felt that something really big was going to happen the next morning, I had no clue what, but it's the only time in my life that I had a thought/feeling like that. When I woke up and heard all this speculation on the radio I was thoroughly spooked.