Prior to 9/11 I didn't......
- Check CNN and other news channels several times through out the day.
- Read news scrolls several times a day (winter months I would read local scrolls for school closings before 9/11 but that was about it).
- Have a section just for News on my Bookmark Bar (with 9 links), checking these links several times a day.
- Suspect terrorism when hearing of another tragic plane crash
- Become alert to very loud sounds, no matter where I am.
- Have in the back of my mind, "it can happen again", but I pray it won't.
I long for the days prior to 9/11 but they're long gone. Do you have a list of habits/thoughts/worries you've taken on since 9/11? Please feel free to make your own list.
Mary
Prior to 9/11......
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Prior to 9/11, I didn't...
-Sign up for breaking news to come to my cell phone (I'll admit, I already had them coming to emails, although on 9/11, they were slow to arrive...I knew about the attacks long before the news about the second plane came to my inbox.)
-Worry about how I packed for a flight and where my knife was.
-Own a gas mask or NBC suit and have a BOB bag.
-Have to drive around and around and around at the airport passenger pickup loop because they didn't care if you parked in front.
-Love the song "Rock The Casbah" as much
-Notice an American flag in just about every American-made flick
-Look at middle easterners the same way (with the exception of those with dark bushy hair and mustaches, who looked like the hijacker who hung out the cockpit window with an assault rifle back in the mid-80's). Now I can't help but wonder - are they Pakistani, Afghani, Iraqi, Iranian?
-Worry about the fact that a former co-worker married an Algerian she met on the internet, who paid her $1000 to do it so he could stay here legally, even though they were not in love, did not live together, and it was merely a marriage for his legal reasons. (After 9/11, I reported her...never found out the outcome.)
-Sign up for breaking news to come to my cell phone (I'll admit, I already had them coming to emails, although on 9/11, they were slow to arrive...I knew about the attacks long before the news about the second plane came to my inbox.)
-Worry about how I packed for a flight and where my knife was.
-Own a gas mask or NBC suit and have a BOB bag.
-Have to drive around and around and around at the airport passenger pickup loop because they didn't care if you parked in front.
-Love the song "Rock The Casbah" as much
-Notice an American flag in just about every American-made flick
-Look at middle easterners the same way (with the exception of those with dark bushy hair and mustaches, who looked like the hijacker who hung out the cockpit window with an assault rifle back in the mid-80's). Now I can't help but wonder - are they Pakistani, Afghani, Iraqi, Iranian?
-Worry about the fact that a former co-worker married an Algerian she met on the internet, who paid her $1000 to do it so he could stay here legally, even though they were not in love, did not live together, and it was merely a marriage for his legal reasons. (After 9/11, I reported her...never found out the outcome.)
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Prior to 9/11 I didn't...
-Notice how many Air National Guard planes fly over my house from Ellington Field. Immediately after 9/11 the noise always made me jump ... now I only look when there are an unusual number of them, or if they are flying particularly low.
-Get jitters about spending time on the upper floors of skyscrapers. Now I always find myself being very mindful of the fire escapes and stairways, and I get a little fidgety if I spend too much time near the top floors - especially in government buildings.
-Realize just how much America means to foreigners. I spent September 11, 2001 at a resort in Cancun, Mexico - it was supposed to be the last day of a company-sponsored vacation. I watched the towers fall in a lobby full of people from all over the world - I saw and met Canadians, British, German, French and Asian vacationers, as well as, of course, Mexicans. Everyone in that lobby was horrified at what they were seeing, regardless of nationality. I can't tell you how many people walked up to me over the next couple of days (I was stranded until airspace opened) and gave me their heartfelt condolances.... complete strangers who knew nothing more about me than that I was American. As we all watched the tragic events unfold together, there was no nationalism ....like a French headline read shortly afterwards....we were ALL American.
-Know (or quite frankly, care) about the Middle East or Islam. 9/11 made me realize once again that the world is a smaller place than it seems. Since that day, I have been thirsty for knowledge about that region - to see the method to all this madness and to understand how one area can breed such turmoil and hate alongside the good, upstanding Arabs and Muslims that I have had the privilege to know. I read what I can, talk to everyone I can and have even toyed with learning Arabic... I have no idea where any of it will lead but its CERTAINLY not something I would have considered or cared about 5 or 10 years ago....
-Notice how many Air National Guard planes fly over my house from Ellington Field. Immediately after 9/11 the noise always made me jump ... now I only look when there are an unusual number of them, or if they are flying particularly low.
-Get jitters about spending time on the upper floors of skyscrapers. Now I always find myself being very mindful of the fire escapes and stairways, and I get a little fidgety if I spend too much time near the top floors - especially in government buildings.
-Realize just how much America means to foreigners. I spent September 11, 2001 at a resort in Cancun, Mexico - it was supposed to be the last day of a company-sponsored vacation. I watched the towers fall in a lobby full of people from all over the world - I saw and met Canadians, British, German, French and Asian vacationers, as well as, of course, Mexicans. Everyone in that lobby was horrified at what they were seeing, regardless of nationality. I can't tell you how many people walked up to me over the next couple of days (I was stranded until airspace opened) and gave me their heartfelt condolances.... complete strangers who knew nothing more about me than that I was American. As we all watched the tragic events unfold together, there was no nationalism ....like a French headline read shortly afterwards....we were ALL American.
-Know (or quite frankly, care) about the Middle East or Islam. 9/11 made me realize once again that the world is a smaller place than it seems. Since that day, I have been thirsty for knowledge about that region - to see the method to all this madness and to understand how one area can breed such turmoil and hate alongside the good, upstanding Arabs and Muslims that I have had the privilege to know. I read what I can, talk to everyone I can and have even toyed with learning Arabic... I have no idea where any of it will lead but its CERTAINLY not something I would have considered or cared about 5 or 10 years ago....
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Before 9/11...
I didn't care for world events. I never watched CNN, Fox News, MSNBC or anyone else. Now it's my #2 event(behind hurricanes of course
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I didn't care for politics. I DID follow the 2000 election, but only because it was close. If there had been an outright winner, I don't believe I would have
I didn't even know what terrorism was. Honestly. I didn't follow world events, so how could I?
I didn't know planes could be hijacked and crashed into buildings(certainly not in America).
I didn't listen or watch patriotic songs/programs etc like I do now.
I didn't care for world events. I never watched CNN, Fox News, MSNBC or anyone else. Now it's my #2 event(behind hurricanes of course
)
I didn't care for politics. I DID follow the 2000 election, but only because it was close. If there had been an outright winner, I don't believe I would have
I didn't even know what terrorism was. Honestly. I didn't follow world events, so how could I?
I didn't know planes could be hijacked and crashed into buildings(certainly not in America).
I didn't listen or watch patriotic songs/programs etc like I do now.
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