Dramatic new photos show true horror of the 9/11 attacks

There is no new information in those photos. I've seen much worse from that day.

adrian280582 wrote: »

But there was plenty of Muslims that died that day too.

Yeah, but they had the consolation of a big load of virgins. :mad:

Corkfeen wrote: »

Also it was the first major terrorist attack on American soil since Pearl Harbour which is fairly significant as things go.

And like Pearl Harbor [its Harbor. We're not talking about Waterford], and unlike the London and Madrid bombings, they werent random strikes. If these were just terrorists in suicide vests doing the awl' Allah Ackbar Boom, that would be very similar to the london and madrid bombings. Rather, these planes were hijacked and used as Tactical Weapons, the objective not being a few dozen civilians but thousands, plus Operations at the Pentagon and what could have easily been the White House or Capitol Hill.

More than that, nobody knew at the time how many planes had been hijacked, at one point a dozen planes were unnacounted for, and the scale of the attack (Between New York and Maryland - Hundreds of Miles) The very real fear that Anyone along the Eastern Sea board - or even across the entire country, were in a very potential threat of being attacked.

If busses were blowing up all across the UK in Ireland and not localized to one downtown district, then yeah, you'd have a similarly terrifying event.

Everyone was shocked about the towers but it only truly turned into a very existential panic when the Pentagon was hit. At that point it became an Invasion and the real panic sunk in.

Wagon wrote: »

Me and an american friend were talking about where is better, london or new york. i said id much prefer london despite the airlines not flying directly into the city centre. She said "too soon".

I asked her why. She said she lived in new york at the time and saw it all from a window. I got the line "you wearn't there". I began to get pissed off. I told her that it was 8 years ago. We never hear of the london bombings or the ones in madrid, ever. why do we have to be constantly reminded of this? she said it was the possibility that it could have been an inside job and nobody knows why it happened. its all very sensitive. she then said that "its not a case of america's problems being more important than everything else". i told her it was and it was why the rest of the world hates your country.

then kicked her. just to be sure.

Look, even just typing what I've just typed makes me feel a little ... uneasy. Im not one to turn away the vast majority of 9/11 or nein 11 jokes but there are limits. I was in Ireland at the time. While I was worried, I only am able to imagine what my fellows were feeling.

Your friend, who went through All of That, and saw first hand the WTC incident? I am not at all surprised she feels it is too soon and frankly I wouldn't blame her for never taking the topic lightly.

If you have any doubts about why she feels that way though head over to youtube and watch the videos people were videotaping in the neighboring buildings. People got absolutely hysterical when that second plane hit. Couldnt get down out of your apartment building fast enough.

fat liar wrote: »

Must be a slow day in the news

No, Iran just became a Nuclear State so etc etc.

defo photoshop'd

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

boo hoo, 3k people is a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of Iraqis that have died in the illegal war.

boo hoo, that's all you have to say? I suppose we should just ignore the fact that the the people who died had nothing to do with the illegal war, that 3,000 people is still a tragic loss? Honestly it dosen't matter if it was 1,000 people or even 100 people, show some god damn respect because all these people did was die because some scumbag decided to attack the World Trade Centers.

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Since when was 9/11 the work of terrorists. :rolleyes:

Yep, directly comparable alright.

On 9/11, I drove past Omagh the day after the bombing there. That was bad enough, a life long memory, can only imagine what 9/11 was like.

raah! wrote: »

There are peope dying everywhere in far greater numpbers than died in 9/11, I think it's about time that irish people got over their america worship.

Is that you Bin Laden?

Anyway I don't condone the murder of any innocent victims, where ever they may be. But 9/11 is still horrific and if you think it has anything to do with American worship then please, GTFO.

Riddle101 wrote: »

Is that you Bin Laden?

Anyway I don't condone the murder of any innocent victims, where ever they may be. But 9/11 is still horrific and if you think it has anything to do with American worship then please, GTFO.

Yes it's "still horrific" but other disasters going on elsewhere in the world are "still horrific" too. I don't see why Irish people should designate extra sympathy to ones that happened in america, just because they control what they watch on tv.