9/11

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 09/11/2016 at 01:47 • Filed to: Porsche, 911, 9/11, september 11

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Last year I kinda fucksd this up, so in gonna try not to.

Rest in peace and respect to everyone who dealt with the attacks 15 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday and it’s still chilling to think about.

At the same time...today is also Porsche day. So, hooray to Porsche for keeping us all on our toes and making gorgeous cars.

Share your 9/11 stories or favorite Porsches below.

Svend > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/11/2016 at 02:49

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I was working in Holland on that day in Helmond. I was just starting my second break and as I walked into the canteen, over my right shoulder near the door was the first World Trade Center being hit. At the time not many of us paid any attention to the TV, there wasn’t even sound on, just simply a moving picture. I recall looking at it as I ate my ham and cheese roll, then saying to my uncle next to me, ‘what’s this film? I don’t think I’ve seen this before’. He wasn’t paying too much attention as he was talking to (Gary) one of the other few English guys their. It was then I noticed the thin news reel ribbon at the bottom of the screen. I think someone else noticed as soon a few of us were watching and someone turned up the volume on the TV. Then gradually we all fell silent and then started talking, asking what the hell was happening, was this just in New York, was this just in America, was it America and Europe, etc... simply what the bloody hell was happening. Phones started going off with people asking if we’d seen it on TV, whether we were safe as they didn’t know what was happening, we were all just watching everything unfold on TV. We didn’t know about the Pentagon till later that evening and flight 93 till the next day.

It was so surreal watching the TV for the next few days. Everyone pointing a finger at someone else in the middle east as the aggressor.

The world changed that day. Suddenly many places you could go were no go countries.

To the most part people got on with their lives days later but knowing the world that we knew before the 11th of September was long gone.

cluelessk > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/11/2016 at 05:07

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I was in elementary school in Canada at the time. I just remember teachers getting visibly upset and going home and nothing being on tv but coverage of the tower hits.

Didn’t understand the magnitude of what happened.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/11/2016 at 05:43

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I had a dream during the night prior about something terrible happening in new york, filled with explosions and other catastrophes. I woke up to find that two planes had crashed into the towers.

I knew that the world was going to get sadder and angrier as a result. 15 years later, everyone still remembers. People are still afraid and angry. The TSA still sucks. Despite our forces kicking some serious ass when we deployed them overseas and despite the data telling us that America is safer place overall, everyone is still angry, and everyone still is thinking with their emotions.

I just want everyone to stop being dicks to each other all the time. And for the Nordschleife to still be a thing once I manage to get over there. And I wish I could carry 5 oz of hair gel in my carryon.

Stephen the Canuck > cluelessk 09/11/2016 at 06:58

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I was in elementary school in Canada at the time. I don’t remember anyone going home, but I do remember on of the little TV’s being brought into the classroom and being set up and watching the coverage for a while. Grade 4 at the time. It’s also my brother’s birthday today.

Scott > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 09/11/2016 at 07:14

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I was living in Germany at the time, my best friend had come over to visit me. We had gone to Rothenburg ob der Tauber for the day. After lunch we sat down on the step of the Rathaus (townhall) to rest. My friend noticed a bunch of flowers with cards at the top of the steps and asked me what they where for. I went over and read one of the cards, which translated to basically For the victims of the World Trade Center. My friend and I did not understand it, and the best we could figure was it was the anniversary of the bombing attempt. My friend was surprised that Germans would know the anniversary date of the bombing of the World Trade Center when we did not.

While discussing this a group of locals came out of the Rathaus and asked if we were Americans. We said yes we were, and they said, we are so sorry for what has happened to America, our hearts go out to you. At this point we looked at each other with a look of total confusion. The women talking to us obviously sensed we did not know, and asked us if we were aware of what had happened in the US. I hesitantly said, “no”

The report she gave us was a bit over the top, but sadly only a bit and in those hours a lot of details were unknown.

She told us that the US had been attacked, that the World Trade Center was completely gone. That the Pentagon had also been attacked and was on fire. That planes had crashed into both, and had crashed in other places, and reports that more planes where headed towards NYC and DC. She said estimates are that over 30000 people had been killed in the World Trade Center alone.

After she left my friend and I discussed this, unable to really understand what was truly going on, but aware something huge was happening back home. We finally decided to continue with our plans, for the day, that nothing we did would make any difference in the world, and that we should not allow what was happening to ruin our plans.

That night we took an evening walking tour of the city. The guide started out giving his sympathies to any Americans in the group. A couple next to us asked why, and we explained what we knew. They decided to leave the group to go check the news. A couple soldiers in the group said they had been in their hotel room all day watching CNN and finally decided they had to get away from the TV as they could not take it any more.

On the drive back to my Apartment that evening I searched out Armed Forces Radio so we could listen to what had been happening.

When we got back to my place I turned on CNN. At first it was mostly talking to people and the hosts discussing what they were feeling. While my friend used the bathroom, they showed highlights of what all had happened. When I saw the towers come down, I collapsed to my knees completely over whelmed.

Because of reports of plans to attack Paris we did decide to cancel our plans to go to Paris. We sent messages of to friends and families to let them know we were ok. My friends Dad responded back, why would you think we would worry, your not here.

At the end of his stay flights had resumed within the US, but international flights were still cancelled. My friend decided to go to the airport anyway, just to check in and see what the Airline was saying. When we go to Frankfurt airport it was a mad house. Someone walked up to us and asked if we where trying to get to the US, my friend said he was. The person told us an airline had one seat to Vancouver BC. My friend decided to take it as his brother lives in Seattle and he could probably find a way from Vancouver to Seattle, and then home. The airline gave him a ticket and said he would have to check his baggage at the gate. I told him I would eat lunch at the restaurant outside security, if he had any issues to come there, but once I finished eating I would be leaving for Dresden.

Once my friend got to the gate, he learned that 1 seat had over 100 people on standby for it. They were talking to passengers to see who they thought would be most in need of that 1 seat. My friend told them to give it to someone else. As he exited security I was paying for my lunch, and had a hard time catching him.

He left with me for Dresden, I had an extra ticket for the Indy car race, the Memorial 500. We met with our Company pilot in Dresden who I had gotten tickets with.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > cluelessk 09/11/2016 at 09:49

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I was also in elementary school, being a simple child with no grasp on the situation, I wanted the teachers to turn away from the radio station talking about it.

It took me a while to realize.

FromCanadaWithLove > cluelessk 09/11/2016 at 11:02

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I had the same experience. Grade 3 in Ottawa.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > cluelessk 09/12/2016 at 13:28

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I was in Toronto, just starting Grade 1. I don’t recall going home early (though we may have) but I do recall a bad photocopy of an article with the burning towers in the background when I got home. The details are mostly gone but the atmosphere is burned permanently. Even at 5 I got that “oh fuck this is some unreal shit going down” sinky stomach feeling.