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Originally Posted by MaTH716
D, I believe that people around the whole country were affected. Sure people had family and friends in those buildings. For a while no one knew how many planes were comprimised and where they were heading. Not to mention what the future implications of the days actions were going to be for evreyone else.
As far as the monopoly goes, I do believe that unless you were there, you really have no idea how scary the whole situation was. People saw the whole thing unfold on TV, but there were people who expierenced/lived it. The whole world saw the 2nd plane hit the building on live TV. I felt the heat from the explosion being about 100 yards away. Everyone saw the buildings collapse, but there were people still in the actually building, in the immediate area and adjacent buildings. There was just so much going on and so much confusion. Should we stay in the building? Should we head for the bridge? I am sure that the whole country felt the sadness and the anger watching on tv, but if you were in downtown NY on 9/11/01 you were just trying to get out of there alive.
I am sure the same applies for the people that lived the same nightmare at the pentagon.
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my point is that over the years, many people everywhere have dealt with things like you just described. it's not confined to d.c., new york, or oklahoma city for example. not everything is a terrorist attack, but there's tragedy unfolding in one way or another all over. people get it.
i used to live just outside d.c. had an uncle, and later my brother on the fire dept (my bro was there with the pentagon stuff), my dad was a cop in d.c. for 20 years, so he can tell you first hand knowledge about all that-we lived thru some scary times up there. and that's my point. i live here, in mid america now, and i know how people felt and reacted to okla city, and to new york. they might not have been breathing in the smoke, but they get it. and that's the point i'm trying to convey. people shouldn't belittle others and say they don't get it just because they weren't standing right there next to you. by 'you', i don't mean you specifically...