Sept 11th 2001, 9/11 - 25 years on

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Hard to believe it was 25 years ago on Sept 11th 2001- that fateful day - it was the day the world changed forever and affects us all to this day.

In loving memory of those who lost their lives on that fateful day, when Islamic terrorists crashed into the Twin towers in New York. And also the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville

It was a day when the world changed forever and was never the same again, and perhaps if G Bush and T Blair took a different path / actions the world will be a far less dangerous place today and with recent events in Afghanistan - well I just dont get it.

To the armed services, Police, Fire, Medical etc who helped and some who sadly lost their lives too, it is a day that is etched in my mind forever and will never be forgotten and cant be forgotten. And all in the name of religion.

I remember where I was and the patient I was working with and there was a small TV on in the corner of the ward room. And a plane crashed into a building and I thought I was watching a trailer to a new film, only I wasn't. From then all staff congregated round a big TV and no one could move, transfixed by what we were watching and horrified by it

After work I was getting my eyebrows done but I raced home, and stuck a Video in the VHS recorder and stuck it on long play so a 4 hour tape could do 8 hours. Despite the horror of it I was transfixed by it and didn't want to miss a minute, I sobbed watching the footage and I still do to this day.

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on that fateful day, when Islamic terrorists crashed into the Twin towers in New York. And also the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville

It was a day when the world changed forever and was never the same again, and perhaps if G Bush and T Blair took a different path / actions the world will be a far less dangerous place today and with recent events in Afghanistan - well I just dont get it.

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Time is weird. The memories of that day are still quite vivid. But it was a long time ago now.

I think when it hit me how much time that had passed was in 2019 when my sister and I visited NYC and went to the museum and realized that back then people still had cameras with developed film and payphones. Technology has changed a lot since then. Society has changed a lot since then too. The world has changed. This day changed the world. But not for the better as the war of terror began. It is a war with no winners. It's not really over yet as you never know when there will be another terror attack. It's all just sad. :(

Today my thoughts also goes to the victims and their families, as well as to the survivors, who will live with the memories of this trauma for the rest of their lives.
 
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