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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-11-06 10:55 AM
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6. I think it is traumatic to watch
Seeing the replay time after time of the plane flying into the second tower back in 2001 was very traumatic for many people. I live in NJ and on clear days could see the towers in the distance on one oft traveled road in my area. I also had worked briefly in the late 1970s in one of the smaller buildings. It amazed me how in my mind, I could clearly see exactly how the PATH entrance in the basement of the buildings looked, remembered normal mornings - grabbing a coffee and danish at a small store selling it, and heading over to our elevators near the edge of the complex. Obviously, some things would have changed in over 20 years, but the sheer normality of the memory, made the surreal pictures of death, destruction and chaos seem unbelievable.

Also the knowledge that my husband, kids and I were likely to know someone who died. One of my kids was in a class with a boy whose dad died. I don't think I need to see TV rebroadcast. The important fact is that so many died and it was the catalyst of so much that has gone wrong in this country since then. I drive past my county's 911 memorial several times most days - as it is on a road I often use. It is striking enough - though simple, that I do see it and process it for what it is. In some ways, replaying the chaotic coverage of those first hours is an ego trip for the news media - there was a lot of confusing and innacurate information covered.
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