# September 11, 2001--Never Forget! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525 "2013-09-10T21:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/1 "2013-09-10T21:13:52Z")
Link to original thread: [World Trade Center Plane Crash](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=86458) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/2 "2013-09-10T21:27:30Z")
Isn’t it the 10th today? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/3 "2013-09-10T21:57:20Z")
I keep _trying_ to forget, but people keep reminding me :(. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/4 "2013-09-10T22:04:27Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > I keep _trying_ to forget, but people keep reminding me :(. Indeed. I quickly burned out on the wall-to-wall coverage, and every station instructing us how we are supposed to feel. But it’s interesting to re-read that thread every few years. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/5 "2013-09-10T22:08:45Z")
Wow, I think I actually did forget. I knew today was the 10th of September but it never dawned on me that tomorrow is Nine Eleven Day. I really don’t want to relive it though. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/6 "2013-09-10T22:25:32Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > I keep _trying_ to forget, but people keep reminding me :(. We had a pit thread about that once. Ah yes, [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=275497) it is. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/7 "2013-09-10T22:30:23Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Wow, I think I actually did forget. I knew today was the 10th of September but it never dawned on me that tomorrow is Nine Eleven Day. I really don’t want to relive it though. I rather prefer it that way. I’m never going to forget the event itself. I’d rather not spend every 11th of September dwelling on it and I’m actually a little perturbed by the need people have to refer to the attack as 9/11 as if obviously why would 9/11 ever mean anything else to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/8 "2013-09-10T23:06:16Z")
Why? Did something happen then? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/9 "2013-09-10T23:44:41Z")
It’s Porsche Day. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/10 "2013-09-10T23:52:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s Porsche Day. I miss my 911SC. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/11 "2013-09-10T23:53:38Z")
It’s two days before my birthday, but honestly, I never correlate that. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/12 "2013-09-11T00:02:08Z")
Wait, September wha?? Something’s ringing a bell…ya know I just can’t put my finger on it. Something about George W Bush and a guy throwing a shoe… Or am I on the wrong track? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/13 "2013-09-11T00:04:31Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I rather prefer it that way. I’m never going to forget the event itself. I’d rather not spend every 11th of September dwelling on it and I’m actually a little perturbed by the need people have to refer to the attack as 9/11 as if obviously why would 9/11 ever mean anything else to anyone? +1 I promise I won’t ever forget it; is it really necessary for me to have to remember it? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/14 "2013-09-11T00:08:44Z")
I’ve forgotten. I’ve even forgotten what I was supposed to remember. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/15 "2013-09-11T00:12:33Z")
For Pete’s sake **do** forget. Get over it already! Stop pretending you have been uniquely martyred. Stop using it as an excuse for your national failings, for your lashing out at other countries, and for taking away the freedoms of your own people. You are not the first country in the world to suffer an attack on your native soil, and to have innocents killed. Actually, you are practically the last, and have suffered a lot less of this than almost every country in the world. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/16 "2013-09-11T00:20:08Z")
I’m not thinking anyone is forgetting what happened that day. But I’m certainly not going to mark it every year. Don’t feel the need to revisit the evil, what’s the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/17 "2013-09-11T01:05:03Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > For Pete’s sake **do** forget. Get over it already! Stop pretending you have been uniquely martyred. Stop using it as an excuse for your national failings, for your lashing out at other countries, and for taking away the freedoms of your own people. You are not the first country in the world to suffer an attack on your native soil, and to have innocents killed. Actually, you are practically the last, and have suffered a lot less of this than almost every country in the world. Yes…uh, calm down. Anyway, I only noticed because I have an important appointment tomorrow and noted that the date was September 11. Otherwise, no biggie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/18 "2013-09-11T02:15:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > > > I keep _trying_ to forget, but people keep reminding me :(. > > Indeed. I quickly burned out on the wall-to-wall coverage, and every station instructing us how we are supposed to feel. > > But it’s interesting to re-read that thread every few years. Just to be clear, I wasn’t criticising the posting of the thread. It occurred to me that it might be taken that way. The attacks 12 years ago are a touchstone for all of us. We all know where we were and what we were doing. For me, I’ll remember it – but I’m not going to make it into an annual Event. When I hear ‘9/11’, I’d rather think of my old car. But don’t let my sociopathic compartmentalisation spoil things! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/19 "2013-09-11T02:31:20Z")
Almost nobody remembers Antietam which IIRC more Americans died at (More died at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive\*, but that was multiple days) If you want just civilians, I wonder if there was day during the 1918 flue epidemic when more died. Granted the manner if not the numbers may be more important here. It shouldn’t be forgotten, but it shouldn’t be dwelled on either. - ~26,000 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525/20 "2013-09-11T02:54:00Z")
I will always remember that day, not reaching the summit of Mt. Whitney, turned back by hail and sleet, my girlfriend breaking down in tears on the side of the trail. We got back from the hike, drove into town and found out what had been going on in the “real” world. Talk about a shift in perspective. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/september-11-2001-never-forget/668525.md?page=2)