Tell me about 9/11 because I wasn't aware it was going on

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Tell me about 9/11 because I wasn't aware it was going on

freebooter: Jul 7, 2009

Strom Cuzewon posted:

http://www.truegamer.net/SA_911/911%20SATHREAD/

Offsite archive of the Something Awful thread as the attacks happened. It's been a few years since I read it, but what struck me most was the sheer sense of panic. The major news sites crumpled under the traffic, there were unconfirmed reports all over the place, nobody knew a drat thing, especially when the third plane hit the Pentagon.

Wow there are an awful lot of people in there who are ludicrously optimistic about how well America's reponse would go

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freebooter: Jul 7, 2009

porfiria posted:

The tenor of some of the comments is going to reflect the fact that a lot of posters here were, like, 12 when it happened. So take the "we were living in a time of peace and then it was a time of DARKNESS" with a grain of salt.

Yeah, everybody always tends to see their childhood as an idyll of peace and certainty. But there is something to be said for the 90s - pre 9/11, but post Cold War.

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