Jeez. I'm getting old. Went in the Marines in 1981. 9-11 I had been out for 15 years and working as an electrician when the news broke.

@cjsteele9594

8 ай бұрын

Air Force SP, 82-86, i hear you Bud.

@skyggekriger

8 ай бұрын

I was in 3rd grade and finally shipped to Afghanistan in 2012 with 3/9

@mofo7689

8 ай бұрын

MCRD SD the day the Marine Barracks was hit. My platoon was preparing for the first night hike on the FTX week after the mess/maint week. We knew right then what the Corps was all about. The walk up Mt Mother was quiet as a library. Grad Nov 23, 1983. I knew exactly what I was walking into; now retired.

@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude

8 ай бұрын

@mofo7689 Beirut right? I remember I was at Lejeune when that went down. 1983. I was 20. Now 60. Time flew since then. H&S Bttn 2nd Fssg French Creek. 83-85

@garretttiedje3994

8 ай бұрын

I know the feeling, not as old as you but was on 8 mile hump to the grenade range in 29 Palms. Told not to unpack wait for word if we're shipping out......... lol the PX lost a lot of beer that day.

I know the feeling. I was at MCRD, San Diego. Our platoon commander had us in platoon formation in front of the base theater. He put us at ease and told us about the Gulf of Tonkin. He told us that war had not been declared but it looked like the Corps might be at war by the time we graduated. I joined in large part to get away from my stepmother. I figured what could go wrong after all we were at peace.

@fuckcensorship69

8 ай бұрын

Gulf of Tonkin is a GREAT COMPARISON. Never forget the lies

@cheems5643

8 ай бұрын

What was your job if you don’t mind me asking

@wilhard45

8 ай бұрын

@@cheems5643 0311

@PotatoPCFishingBoomerDude

8 ай бұрын

Weird. I had the wicked step monster too. Dad killed himself and she took the property and booted me out. That's why I went in the Marines

@matthewberg5835

8 ай бұрын

@@fuckcensorship69 no lies

I remember our SDI SSgt Pompos telling us before 911 happened,"It's not will you go to war, but when!" And when 911 happened, he told us," let the reality sink in and take the training seriously!"

@jestice75

4 ай бұрын

Sounds more like SSgt Bin Laden. Who were his contacts in the weeks leading up to 9/11?

I was active duty USMC in 29 palms when the planes brought down the towers. The world and America changed really fast

@bruceyung70

8 ай бұрын

I was stationed at the stumps myself but I was on leave in Texas at the time. I thought to myself, ok we are at war now and it’s only matter of time when I’ll go see sands of Middle East and I was right.

I was in the 10th grade and I remember my teacher crying saying that because we live in a military town, many of us were going to go into the military and go to war. Iv now been in for 19.5 years.

I was in high school, sophomore year. I was asleep in class when security “hastily” came in and turned on the tv, set the channel and moved on, that’s when I learned of the attacks. My heart goes out to everyone that was in peacetime and the transitioned into wartime due to the attacks and everything that came from it, those that were in training or similar circumstances when tragedy struck & loved ones were taken from them. As for myself well… I grew up in NJ my mind was already long since geared for the Army, I hated everything during those years that I was gladly eager to join just to leave my hometown and state, ended up as a 92W, and got 5 duty stations under my belt. Went in in 2004, and medboarded in 2015, I was set on doing 20 years, if not for the medboard (I got seriously fucked up, I’m 100% P&T) but yea my initial goal is now in reach 2024. When I went to BCT, good ol’ Relaxin-Jackson (relaxin my ass 🥴) my Drill Sergeants never talked about the attacks, but they emphasized heavily on how we will be the replacements for our boys out in Iraq 🇮🇶 and Afghanistan 🇦🇫, and that we were a bunch of worthless & lazy jackballers while smoking us relentlessly, lol, lovable assholes for sure. 😂 I miss the Army greatly, when I was discharged… it was truly the worst feeling of my life, and continues to be to this day. I miss my brothers & sisters, I miss “the suck” as the Marines always said. The Army is where I grew up, not from my abandoning father or neglecting mother, it was where I learned EVERYTHING that I know now and then some. It’s where I met my first few mentors, abusers (yes the extremely shitty NCO’s and such) that taught me more of real life & how incredibly cold it can be, I even miss freaking training. My 2nd duty station Fort Polk, sure they kept us in the range all the damned time, but ahhhh how I love the range, my M4 & M249, cleaning wasn’t a hassle to me, you could sit me there with my weapons and I was in legit bliss. I hate being a civilian again, but they refuse to take me back in (re-entry code 4).

@MsRotorwings

7 ай бұрын

Wait. You med boarded from an injury sustained as a Water treatment specialist? What happened?

@ZOIMIBiIE

6 ай бұрын

Big same. I was in sophomore English. Teacher ran in, slipped and ate shit onto the floor, while yelling “were under attack!” I laughed at her falling, but when the TV came on it was like “oh shiddd” Wound up joining in 05, skipped graduation to go early. Retired from cancer in 2019. The thing about 9/11 and recruit training that always stuck out to me when you spoke to those from then, that wasn’t mentioned here. The San Diego guys all spoke about how the drill instructors were talking about it, and it didn’t seem real. They all thought it was just shit the DIs were saying. But they all had a moment where it clicked. Adjacent to the Airport, and no flights or noise of flights were going on. Always sounded so surreal.

i wish I had the courage to defend my country like these men. Not American but ever grateful to Marines and US army.

@TheWhippingPost

8 ай бұрын

I deployed to Iraq but I don't think I was defending my country. The other side was

@TurduckenJonez

8 ай бұрын

@@TheWhippingPost I think a lot of us feel this.

@monkeeatsbanana7397

8 ай бұрын

@@TheWhippingPost we appreciate your service nonetheless

@cjsteele9594

8 ай бұрын

I served, it was an honor. I love my country, but am ashamed of our current Government.

@JoeChill1990

8 ай бұрын

@@TheWhippingPost Makes sense, I was born after 9/11 so I was never able to really understand how it affected America. After the attacks in Israel, as a jew I somewhat understand. I know that the situation was complicated after 9/11 but the simple courage of deciding to do something about it is what I admire. Every day think of joining the IDF. And it's individuals like you and your comrades that push me every day to stop my fear and try to defend my people. Hopefully soon I'll be able to make that decision, so regardless thank you for your service. Sometimes giving others courage is enough.

My first sergeant when I was going through basic was one of those who had been in when the towers were hit. He told us his story of going through basic, right where we were, when everything happened. We were his last cycle before he retired. He was a good man.

I was in 3rd grade when it happened. I didn't know the gravity of the situation so I was glad to stay at home that day. Then my Dad got deployed later on.

@JoseRamirez-et5di

7 ай бұрын

I was just born bro, 08-09-01 I was still shitting and pissing on myself when this went down now I’m 22 and realizing 9/11 is just as old as me bro it’s crazy

I was at Schofield Barracks 2001 and had been back from the Middle East a few months before 9-11. It was my second tour there and would go a total of five tours and retire with 25 years of service, all of it as an infantryman.

9/11 happened when I was in 3rd grade. Several years later, I became a U.S Marine. Nobody understood why I joined and my desire to protect. I couldn't understand why they wouldn't.

@jestice75

4 ай бұрын

Protecting those oil fields in Iraq for Israel.

@PabloVelasco-hr3ko

3 ай бұрын

@@jestice75 damn straight 2 thousand american lives deaths and in revenge 1 million Iraqi civilian deaths

@jonweaver2410

3 ай бұрын

​@@PabloVelasco-hr3ko500,000 Iraqi kids killer because of Madeline Halbright and Killery.

I was active duty Lcpl at MCBH K‐Bay HQBN. I was asleep and someone came around the barracks pounding on doors, saying we're under attack get in formation. The entire base changed from looking like a golf course to looking like a fortress.

@USMC_Vet2141

4 ай бұрын

I remember, we had just woke up for PT and into the rec room and thought the duty was watching a movie. We had AAVs at the front gate in no time.

1st Sgt Parkes was my company 1st Sgt when I was at Mcrd, that’s crazy to hear his story like this. He told it to our company of Recruits but it was a very short version

@panzershadow

6 ай бұрын

R. Parkes features twice on Urban Valour. Some great stories, from an Awesome Dude, as he would put it. 🤙🏻

Sharp Marines, impressive video 🙏🌹

I remember watching this at MCRD San Diego a couple months ago, I believe it was during our 4th history class. I wanted to pass Boot Camp so bad so that if anything like this ever were to happen again I would be able to fight alongside others to stop whoever started the attack. But I never made it to the end. I want to reenlist, but I dont think I'll ever be able to. God bless all those who were fortunate to pass boot camp, and God bless all those who are going through the process or thinking of enlisting.

@MsRotorwings

7 ай бұрын

So you washed out? You can serve in other ways. Find your passion.

These stories are so much different than what I heard from a guy I worked with who was also in boot camp during 9/11. He told me his DI basically kicked in the door of the barracks screaming "Time to get ready for war! All you fuckers are gunna die!" 😅

@ssgus3682

8 ай бұрын

So I was a Soldier. Did OSUT at Fort Benning. One of my Drill SGT's came in and shouted, "Great news, Privates. We are back in business."

@MonumentToSin

8 ай бұрын

My grandfather witnessed Pearl Harbor as a kid. Deployed to Korea and Vietnam. Man had been retired from the army for 20 years at the time and was frothing at the mouth to go back to war after the towers came down. 70 years old but he reasoned he could still lift his rifle.

@bruceyung70

8 ай бұрын

I have never heard a single time a D.I. use any swearing word(s) in front of recruits. Ever!

@elmerjfapp5730

8 ай бұрын

@@bruceyung70 i had a DI that looked and sounded like the bad guy from the farcry 3 games. his name was dejesus and he said he'd fuck up our unit so bad that even jesus himself would have to come down off his cloud so he could get fucked up too, thats when we learned how to play tetris with the rack bunks by having all 40 of them put in the bathroom in under 2 minutes

@ImARealHumanPerson

8 ай бұрын

​@@bruceyung70Same. I went through it 20 years ago and they were loud and rough. But surprisingly never swore.

I was so pissed and saddened by this event that I joined the Marine Corps.

I was at PI in the Crucible when it happened. Platoon 3073. We thought it was just part of the Crucible, til the Series Commander stopped everything, brought us under shelter and asked if anyone had family in NY. We had one guy whos sister worked in the WTC. It was her day off. But we knew after that... Everything was changing. Scary Times.

I was 2 weeks in the Army at Ft. Benning. Our first road March and land navigation course when this happened. We all thought it was training, but soon learned that this was real and that we were going to be a earning our college money from that point forward.

I was in A school in Pensacola. I had just gotten there and had been there 2 or 3 weeks. We were mopping the common area when a Gunny came in and told us to turn on the news. Saw the whole thing. I remember feeling numb. Crazy to say but I miss that time and the few years after. A lifetime of experiences crammed into a short time. The Corps is life concentrate.

@loganshank926

4 ай бұрын

Were you in Navy?

@IlPinnacolo

4 ай бұрын

@@loganshank926 No

@loganshank926

4 ай бұрын

@@IlPinnacolo that's it lol? Just a no?

@IlPinnacolo

4 ай бұрын

@@loganshank926 If you read the original post carefully you wouldn't have asked that question.

@loganshank926

4 ай бұрын

@@IlPinnacolo oh lol, your right. Didn't read that far, sorry lol

Changed my life forever.

Aug 1964 MCRD San Diego, Plt 359 on the rifle range. DI showed us the front page of the newspaper with headlines about Gulf of Tonkin incident. We had all signed up in peace time and now facing certain war. Life can turn suddenly.

Army “dog face” here.. I was in Basic at Fort Knox when the Korean DMZ Ax incident took place in 1976. I appreciate the feelings of a “war footing” while in Basic where one gets almost no news. By 9-11-01 I was an old hand…. Pissed but knowledgeable….

I was at ft. Benning on the team development course when we got marched back to the barracks,the drill sergeant brought us into the classroom and showed us video of the attack.

I had just left actuve duty in July 2001. I got recalled back to actuve duty in March 2003 for the invasion of Iraq.

I was in Boot Camp when 911 happened. We were up in Camp Pendleton at Edson Range. 3rd Btln India Co Plt 3096. We graduated 12th Oct. 2001.

@raymond.downs_music

8 ай бұрын

Man I was up there too but 2nd Btl Echo 2087. I think we graduated the same day

@irockz281982

8 ай бұрын

@@raymond.downs_music I think you graduated before us by a week.

Damn, imagine being a recruit who's told that the east coast of the US is under attack without elaborating any further

I wonder how many of these men lost their lives. Thank you for your service gentleman

It really is crazy to think about just how old these events are now considering these guys are now E8s probably retired now

Holy shit! 1stSgt Sparks was STC company 1stSgt. That man is wild. Great guy

I was at Parris Island and believe I sat under the same Thunder Dome as 1st Sgt Sansevere that day. 2nd RTB Hotel Company Platoon 2080. Lost a fellow squad leader from that Platoon in Fallujah in 2004.

I couldn’t imagine what you men and women were feeling, knowing there was a 99% chance you were going over seas. THANK YOU for your outstanding service to this country. 🇺🇸

I was at MCRD San Diego during this. Getting our graduation hair cuts. Never forget that day. First graduation class after 9/11. L Co. 3rd RTB Plt. 3092

I was in Infantry school at Pendleton when it happened. We came out of the field and got the news. 4 months later, Afghanistan for some of us. Never forget. SF

oh dang its randall! if you search for randall park he has a few interviews that are absolutely amazing. he was far less somber in the other interviews.

I was in one of my first days of kindergarten when 9/11 happened. I was in Queens. I remember the ambience NYC had to this day. The entire city was shocked. There was mostly silence. Throw in the echoes of a woman sobbing, and occasional sirens in the background moving towards and past.

I am from Germany and was drafted for basic training on Sep, 1st. When the first news about 9/11 came to us, we were sitting in the mess hall and at first we thought it was a strange kind of exercise...until our company commander released us for the rest of the day...then all the recruits, instructors and officers gathered together in the various recreational facilities to watch the news on TV. That was the first time I experienced real "dead silence"...the next day all our instructors were armed with live ammunition... a few months later, on Christmas Day, my first job as a new private was to hand out the deployment documents for the first German paratrooper unit that had been alerted and deployed to Afghanistan... on the day after New Year's Day I signed up as a regular soldier for 12 years and today I can call myself an Afghanistan veteran...! That one day completely changed our world... Greetings go out to all who defend our freedom and remember all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice... ❤🎗🇺🇲🇩🇪🎗❤️

i was at bootcamp when the Aurora, CO movie theater shooting happened and THAT took the air out of the room... i couldnt even imagine 9/11... what a wake up call man idk if i could have taken that sharp turn of events without folding tbh

@GruntHumor

8 ай бұрын

Lmfao you puss. Hope it was air force boot camp. Don't tell me you went Marines. Hopefully they have you a pog job

Was teaching next to Ft Jackson military community on 9/11. All the dependents wanted to get onto post for safety. Suppose the phones were ringing off the hook at the front office to sign students out. Pretty much a lockdown for the whole area was in effect. Ft. Jackson was an open post with multiple points of entry for miles they were scrambling securing the perimeter before any decision was made about allowing people in. Being former Gulf War Veteran the kids sensed I was doing horrible with what was going on. But the dependents were strong kids too and sat in hushed silence watching the TV.

1st Sgt's look a hell (and I mean a HELL) of a lot younger than when I was in. Sooo many years added with heavy smoking and drinking, emblematic of older generations. Good to see the lifers healthy.

I served with Pat. Security Force School. Man time flies. I remember being at final dental getting ready to graduate bootcamp PI.

I was a company commander of golf company MCRD San Diego that very day. I remember I stopped in at my local coffee shop and everyone said “we’re under attack!” and the news was on tv. That definitely put a damper on the day and things got serious. I’m sure those at PI were more affected. I also was at boot camp when the major earthquake hit Oakland in 1989 and our DIs gathered us around because we had fellow recruits from the Bay Area. Semper Fi Mac.

I was 2 weeks from graduating AIT for the Army when this happened.

I was in active duty army during the 80’s. We actually had senior N.C.O’s who fought in Vietnam. Our 1st sgts at time looked like old beat up combat vets. These 2 1st sgts look like they are lawyers who just graduated from law school. Very young senior N.C.O’s.

@michaelhernandez3999

7 ай бұрын

Very young looking sure. But the corps also has a weird way of keeping us young. I served with then staff sergeant Sansever in Afghanistan in 2011 and I must say he hasn’t changed a bit. He was one of the best staff NCOs I had the opportunity to serve under.

@Bonerboy205

5 ай бұрын

Promotions happen quicker in war and since the boomers got us into our longest war we’ve ever had there were plenty of opportunity for advancement

I was in DEP for the Navy, when that happened. When I had sworn in August of 2001, I was still fired up about the attack on the USS Cole. 9/11 took that to a whole new level.

My little brother and sister and myself were being driven to school by my mother when we heard the news on the radio. I remember being confused and unsure of what exactly was happening. For a short period, we didn't know if we were under attack or if this was some kind of terrible accident.

I had been in for just over 4 years. I was on a plane that night.

I was stationed in Okinawa when 9-11 happened.

I was grade 3 in school and after recess the news was on in the classroom I remember asking my friends “what movie is this?” Insane

MCRD Bravo Company platoon 1087 I was also there at that time. Semper Fi Marine!

I was on the 24th MEU BLT 2/8 when 9/11 went down. Watched the news on the mess deck tv USS Kearsarge off of the Turkish coast. Unfortunately for the 24th we were never utilized. 26th got the call to go to Afghanistan instead.

I was with 1/3 in Okinawa during the attacks. Remember every detail like it was last week.

Feels like it was yesterday, at 249 range sand hill , by Dec I was down range

I joined the Marines right after.

Has good of going thru boot camp 11/4/1979. For those who don't know or remember that date is the Embassy in Tehran was overran by the Iranians

i was in highschool in 01 when it happened.. went to boot december 02.. bring on the corps.. went to oki.. then pendleton to deploy. we were well trained up. none of that excellerated deployment mess. our leaders were experienced and had us well trained. wasnt like that my 2nd deployment to iraq a few years later.. different branch. let all the experience go for different reasons. the leaders became such right b4 deployment

I remember being in 3rd grade and I was whistling at the people jumping from the buildings, on the TV.

Wy did you only get 2 people? Was that really all there are? Are we old now that there aren't many left? Gnys and Msgts. Man, time flies. Those dudes look like kids

Oh shit 1st Sgt sansavere?? I served with him when he was ssgt in 1st LAR Man has not aged a day in the last 10 years Semper Fi 1st Sgt

@michaelhernandez3999

7 ай бұрын

Echo Company ?

@smythe7480

7 ай бұрын

@@michaelhernandez3999 delta I think he switched from echo for the deployment

My dad was in the boot camp for army and he was going to sever but he had the choice to go to but he didn’t

I found out about the 9/11 Attack in uniform issue at MCRD San Diego

I was in basic for the Australian army when the invasion of Ukraine happened, I can’t compare that to what these men experienced or any American experienced during 9/11, but I can relate to the shock of the change , the realisation we could all go to war at anytime , and that the history of the world just changes in one day

Chills

I had been discharged from The Marine Corps three years when 911 happened was over the road truck driver on Sept 11

I’m pretty sure they played this video in the crucible

My Brother.USMC

Just sad poor marines Rip to All👃

I want to defend our country like these brave men but even at the age I am of 21 years old I have seen to much and been involved in politics of all kinds

semper fidelis.

To Fallujah they went

I was at Quantico when it all went down... fuck... I can't right now.

U.S. Service Member Casualties: 7,057 U.S. Service Member Suicides: 30,177 And for what?

@mattthacker9120

8 ай бұрын

Oil.

@zoy13

8 ай бұрын

It was all a lie and conspiracy. They want it to happen, and now we lose the supposed war on terror

@ismaeljimenez6562

7 ай бұрын

​@@mattthacker9120there's no oil in Afghanistan

@mattthacker9120

7 ай бұрын

@@ismaeljimenez6562 I was referring to Iraq.

@ismaeljimenez6562

7 ай бұрын

@@mattthacker9120 we managed to install a friendly government in Iraq until we fucked that up by conducting an assisinstion of that Iranian general on their soil

I was in osut (basic for combat arms) during the Russia Ukraine build up. The whole 6 months it’s all we could talk about, we get small pieces here and there from the bus radio. Finally the war starts and we hear about it literally as we’re leaving the bus. Later that day were lined up to eat, our drill comes out (he had spent a lot of time in Ukraine) someone does something stupid and he goes off but not in a drill sgt way, more of a disappointed way. He tells us about his people that have died or had family members day during the initial invasion. He tells us to go fuck ourselves and he leaves. We didn’t see him for the rest of the day, we just policed ourselves until the rest of the day

Interesting

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everybody now know it was the gotdam sweJ

Look at all them stripes and diamonds and shit what are these guys captains now

As a recruit, you have very little contact with the outside world. As jokes, a lot of your instructors tell you fake news. One of my instructors up North, told us that Taylor Swift got into a car accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. I can imagine that these recruits were debating whether they were lying or not.

0:26 And then in a loud, booming voice, "TO ME, SONS OF COLUMBIA! FOR THE EMPIRE!"

When you are in Boot camp u r totally blind to anything outside MCRD....

Yeah but how do you all feel now? I entered boot camp at Perris Island in 2003 after dropping out of my Junior year at KU to serve. We were all duped. Iraq was a terrible mistake. Lost a lot of brothers to fight the Bush/Cheney war. #semperfidelis

@Bonerboy205

5 ай бұрын

I feel indifferent.

@Retler39

5 ай бұрын

@@Bonerboy205 Semper Fidelis!

I was at my civilian job and a reservist when the planes hit their marks. Reserves were not well regarded. Then I spoke up and announced "now you civilians are praying the reservists do their job". Not 5 mins later, the company CEO called all vets to his office for options. I told him this is why security has to be tight. I then recommended an unannounced test. Security was comical at the time. I told him to get an unbadged provocative woman seduce her way into the building, knowing very well she didn't the authority or credentials. She got beyond the entire staff of 2 women / 4 men; leaving a particular lipstick color on the CEOs keyboard. Everyone engaged was fired immediately.

@69DESTROY69

8 ай бұрын

And then everyone clapped

don't die for sweJ

@thebadstation8416

8 ай бұрын

What the heck are you talks about

@jackmercer4244

8 ай бұрын

@@thebadstation8416 no white blood for Israel

@jackmercer4244

18 күн бұрын

@@thebadstation8416 sweJ

@thebadstation8416

18 күн бұрын

@jackmercer4244 why do you feel this way

@jackmercer4244

18 күн бұрын

@@thebadstation8416 because you are cancer

WOMP WOMP

20 year war that didn’t resolve anything yet made shit completely worse. Lost a 20 year war to sandbox junkies.

Only in Ohio

🙄😒🙄😒😒🙄

And now, 22 years later, look at the hate and division and Anti-Ameicanism we have. People better get that pride back.

Why the second guy look like that😭😂

@brysonjones3675

6 ай бұрын

Grow up.

and theb they went to iraq and got them wmds

Do you think that they will be upset when they learn that it was israeli what the help of our own government that orchestrated that terrible day?

Propaganda

america "oh no, someone did to us what we do to civilians around the world all the time. not fair!" lol. sure, it was a tragedy, but americans acting like this is an onforgivable act that needs punishment...when in a glass house...

@Salemchevy

6 ай бұрын

To be fair in every case up until the 90s it was the fear of what the ussr would do in the world

Who cares

@Federation-Reserve-Kappa-13

8 ай бұрын

Your an absolute disgrace of an human being. I’m willing to bet you wanted the attacks on 9/11, you wanted all of those innocents to die or perform suicide didn’t you.

@CyreseParrish

8 ай бұрын

Apparently, you, since you clicked here in the first place.

@christianmillhollon4481

8 ай бұрын

@@CyreseParrish I just want fools who think they matter to know they only matter in their heads and they are simply worthless

@IceAxe1940

8 ай бұрын

​@@BenjaminSteel-bs2md"Tragedy" 😂

@gavinalvarez7272

7 ай бұрын

@@christianmillhollon4481 I pray for you

I was stationed at Kbay during the attacks, with CSSG-3 HQ S-6. We had PT that morning, and there were rumblings of the attacks before we set out for our run. After PT, those of us who lived in the barracks rushed to the payphones on the 1st deck. Everyone who had a hometown on the East Coast couldn't get a call through. The entire installation went on lockdown, and all traffic in and out of Kbay was stopped.

I'll never forget that time. I was a couple months short of my 21st birthday. I still don't know why I wasn't at work that day but my brother woke me up saying America was under attack. I was so confused as I turned on the TV. How could we be under attack? Almost as soon as I turned the TV on the second plane hit the World Trade Center. I was totally flabbergasted. I quickly wanted to say that no it's just something wrong with the planes GPS or something. It was quickly apparent that wasn't the case. We watched for days that turned into weeks then months of New York picking itself up. The greatest city in the world brought to its knees by people from the other side of the world. New York wasn't on its knees crying though. They were praying. Thousands arm in arm surrounding Ground Zero. All over the country people together talking. Black, white, yellow or brown. None of that mattered. We were all just Americans. Very quickly the sadness turned to raw anger. I never liked President Bush but hearing him say that line....."Make no mistake. They will pay for this action". It was exactly what we all wanted to hear. His first address to the nation from the school in Florida was something this nation had never seen before. A hint of fear and confusion in the eyes of our President addressing us. For the first time since Pearl Harbor, America was completely united against a singular enemy. It was also very well known that this would get out of hand fast. How can we destroy a enemy that had no government? They had no one common nation. Problems in the middle east had been getting worse every year. We knew there would be no stopping the United States once started. We are still in the area today fighting.

I remember being in class my freshman year in high school and everything stopped in the school. They turned on the TV in the class room and all the girls started sobbing and the guys were like “wtf!”. The only thought I had in my head was “Fuck yea, I get to leave school early today”. I never gave a shit.

@TastyFartz69

7 ай бұрын

wow ur so edgy man cool dude points for this comment 😎😎

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