If there is a 9/11 scale attack on US soil in the next 24 months

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i doubt it. everyone understands trauma and tragedy, and a lot of people are affected. folks down here had relatives and friends there. i don't understand why people who live there think they have a monopoly on understanding how things really were.

I can tell you that i can't begin to underrstand what it was like to be on or close to lower manhattan that day. I dont think anyone can understand what it was like being in pearl harbor on dec 7 1941 unless you were there. And if you werent close to the pentagon that day, you dont really understand it either.

It doesnt mean that people that werent there werent traumatized and didnt have the right to be. Not the point at all. Its just a totally different understanding being stuck in a jam, watching the smoke billow, hearing the sirens, listening to the radio and wondering what the f.uck is going to happen next.