In Remembrance

[FactionHeir]

My condolences

And happy birthday to your son Lemur

[Kralizec]

My condolances to the victims' family and friends.

[Privateerkev]

I was living next to Ohare Airport at the time and I got woken up to sirens. When the towers got hit, the airport went on high alert. The military, federal government, county, and Chicago PD collapsed on the airport to protect it in case they were next. It was definitely surreal...

A buddy called and I turned on the TV just in time to watch a tower fall.

For days my neighborhood was deathly quiet. You have no idea how weird it is to live next to one of the world's busiest airports but not see or hear a plane in the sky. Airplanes almost become your sleeping aid. First you can't sleep with them and you hate em. Eventually, you get used to it. Finally, the world seems weird when it's quiet.

A buddy and I flew a few months later and I remember us making a pact that we would take on anyone who tried to hijack our plane. Sounds dramatic but things like that were on a lot of people's minds. Weeks later, some disturbed person rushed the cockpit door on some flight. We all remember the windows being blown out of a few Chicago suburb buildings because orbiting fighters went on afterburners. I heard the passengers took the guy down themselves so the fighters didn't have to light a missile off. But they were very close to doing so. Going into downtown Chicago also became a new adventure. People would just look up at the skyscrapers and wonder if a plane was on it's way.

Not quiet sure where I'm going with this. These are just my non-political thoughts on the subject.

As with any tradgedy, it sucks that it happened...

[yesdachi]

Seeing images of anything related makes me immediately recall the sounds of the jumpers hitting the ground as some reporter struggled to speak of the details. It makes me angry and sad and I don’t like to dwell on it for long or it puts me in a terrible mood. It is a horrible thing to have happened and I feel great sorrow for the families who have lost loved ones. It is a scar that the world will were for many years.

[naut]

Many condolences.

The time difference meant it was morning here, waking up to that on TV was depressing. I remember my Dad anxious about his work friends. And the whole day at school I felt very insignificant.