Things to remember about 9/11

[unixronin]

Lilo, the head anarch of freenode, mentioned a very important thing about 9/11 that is far too easily forgotten.

Three thousand people died, yes.  And this should not be forgotten or forgiven.

But we must also never forget that twenty-five thousand people made it out.

Comments

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Yup, three of my family friends. One was on the 40th floor of Tower 2, the others worked at the Marriot at the base of the complex. After the first building got hit, they evacuated and walked back to New Jersey.

I'm glad they're okay. I'm sad that a few thousand people did lose their lives. What lingers though are those beautiful buildings crashing to the Earth; I'll be welling up when the new complex is completed.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Do you know the Genesis song One Man's Fool, from "Calling All Stations"?
I suppose it may have actually been in reference to Oklahoma City, but it's always seemed eerily prophetic to me for a song written in 1997.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

I realize I'm just the black cloud of every gathering, and the one note orchestra.

But I feel compelled to mention that more people got to the ground floor than that, and were herded back inside the buildings by the cops.

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Though one should also remember that they thought they were keeping people safe from falling debris -- no-one imagined the towers would collapse. I'm sure if they'd thought there was a risk of collapse, they wouldn't have sent ANYONE back in, and there'd have been a bigger effort to get more helos topside sooner to evacuate the upper floors.

But you do the best you can with the information you have.