23 Years
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 11:29 last edited by
There are college graduates and pro sports athletes that weren’t yet alive.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 12:38 last edited by
My thoughts were how long before a date ceases to be traumatic. How long before Dec 7, 1941 ceased to be a day of infamy. How long before 9/11 becomes less a deep trauma. And of course for here, how long before October 7 stops being a day of reckoning.
My guess is one and half generations. Say 25-30 years. Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me. -
wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 12:44 last edited by
Not to me. I imagine definitely not for Jon.
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My thoughts were how long before a date ceases to be traumatic. How long before Dec 7, 1941 ceased to be a day of infamy. How long before 9/11 becomes less a deep trauma. And of course for here, how long before October 7 stops being a day of reckoning.
My guess is one and half generations. Say 25-30 years. Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me.wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 12:55 last edited by@bachophile said in 23 Years:
Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me.
@LuFins-Dad said:
Not to me. I imagine definitely not for Jon.
Nor me. And @bachophile is older than you and Jon.
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@bachophile said in 23 Years:
Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me.
@LuFins-Dad said:
Not to me. I imagine definitely not for Jon.
Nor me. And @bachophile is older than you and Jon.
wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 12:59 last edited by@bachophile said in 23 Years:
Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me.
@LuFins-Dad said:
Not to me. I imagine definitely not for Jon.
Nor me. And @bachophile is older than you and Jon.
My point about @jon-nyc was because he was supposed to be in the Towers that day.
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@bachophile said in 23 Years:
Already 9/11 seems abit dated to me.
@LuFins-Dad said:
Not to me. I imagine definitely not for Jon.
Nor me. And @bachophile is older than you and Jon.
My point about @jon-nyc was because he was supposed to be in the Towers that day.
wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 13:34 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in 23 Years:
My point about @jon-nyc was because he was supposed to be in the Towers that day.
Yeah.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 13:52 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Nov 2024, 13:54
It’s probably more of a thing for me for having lost friends and acquaintances than my own near miss.
One particular friend worked at Aon Corp, which lost almost 200 employees. His wife had a Steinway L and played well. She never got over the loss and killed herself about ten years later. She probably had other issues too but I suspect the loss was the major cause.
“She” is still connected to me on Facebook and every year I’ll get a reminder that it’s her birthday.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 14:47 last edited by
Sad day. One of those things from our generation where we will remember exactly where we were when it happened.
But @bachophile is correct. Maybe the timing may change, but with all events, people with direct connections die, memories fade, etc. I remember walking into a police station one time, and they had a memorial to police officers killed while working. There was one from the 1950's. While sad, it was just a picture probably for almost everyone who passed it by.
For kids in the US now in high school and college, 9/11 is an event from the history books.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 17:39 last edited by Copper 9 Nov 2024, 17:40
I still have vivid memories.
The F16 that flew over my house at treetop level was cool, it was moving very fast and sounded like the second coming. I believe he was looking for the mysterious unknown plane somewhere west of Dulles that was being reported on the local news. Of course that plane never existed, but we didn't know that at the time.
I remember flying to Boston for Thanksgiving, we could see that the twin towers were still smoking.
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wrote on 11 Sept 2024, 19:55 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Sept 2024, 00:32 last edited by
The real heroes are dead ...
Wow! What a story.
