• An archived thread from Something Awful on the morning of 9/11
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Honestly, I don't know where else to post this but I found it interesting to read. [URL="http://www.truegamer.net/SA_911/911%20SATHREAD/"]http://www.truegamer.net/SA_911/911%20SATHREAD/[/URL] When you want to go to the next page, go back to the quick links page as it shows an error if you do it on SomethingAwful itself. EDIT 9/11/15: New links were added.
"Bet the pilot was talking on a cell phone." :v:
[QUOTE]There's a band from here called I am the World Trade Center. They should do their next show while being on fire.[/QUOTE] Must...stop...laughing....
I wonder how many threads Facepunch would have if it happened nowadays, the Boston Marathon one had 2,000 people viewing at one point
[QUOTE=matt.ant;40315206]I wonder how many threads Facepunch would have if it happened nowadays, the Boston Marathon one had 2,000 people viewing at one point[/QUOTE] Well around page 15 on the 9/11 thread SomethingAwful goes down. But this was in the day of shitty AOL connection so I'm not sure.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;40315206]I wonder how many threads Facepunch would have if it happened nowadays, the Boston Marathon one had 2,000 people viewing at one point[/QUOTE] Highest number I saw was 2,800 some viewing. It probably hit 3,000 at one point.
It's interesting to see everyone's reactions. It's like with the Boston bombings. People thought it was an accident until they realized there was a second explosion.
[QUOTE]Reminds me of things I used to do with Flight Sim 3...[/QUOTE] I shouldn't be laughing
graedus had this to say: [I]We need to turn the fucking desert into a sheet of glass.[/I] that's a bit bloody extreme
[quote]Hrm, yeah, says at cnn.com that a plane has crashed into it...hope it isn't some terrorist attack or anything nutty like that.[/quote] Wow.
From page 6: [QUOTE]This is especially freaky because I'm scheduled to be at the world trade center EXACTLY a month from now.[/QUOTE] Goddamn. Lucky timing for him. It's so weird to see people immediately 1) blame bin Laden and 2) assume Bush will start a war over this, knowing what we know now.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;40315206]I wonder how many threads Facepunch would have if it happened nowadays, the Boston Marathon one had 2,000 people viewing at one point[/QUOTE] Not as much views as with that girl sucking her own tampon.
Damn, look at all of the inappropriate joke i couldn't make if something serious happened and had a thread posted about it on Facepunch.
Huh I thought most people here shared an SA account... Didn't realize SA made news, again.
watch bush start a fucking war
Just on page 2 as people are starting to suspect it was a terrorist attack, someone guesses and scores the perpetrator [img]http://s23.postimg.org/s31xysf7t/Untitled.png[/img]
If anyone is interested, the BBC article has been archived: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1537469.stm[/url]
[QUOTE=megafat;40315266]Damn, look at all of the inappropriate joke i couldn't make if something serious happened and had a thread posted about it on Facepunch.[/QUOTE] Facepunch is much more clean, in my opinion due to that.
[quote]WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR[/quote] Some of these predictions are scarily accurate.
"Latest thing I heard is about some Columbian who got arrested and this is retaliation." Lol wut
"Don't worry about it, pal. We suffered 79 casaulties in Desert Storm, and that was an incredibly poorly-run war." in response to "This fucking sucks. And I was silly enough to hope world war 3 won't start in my generation. Fuck, I hope casualties are low..."
[QUOTE=Citizen Insane;40315261]Not as much views as with that girl sucking her own tampon.[/QUOTE] Excuse me? Did I miss something? [editline]17th April 2013[/editline] Okay, what the fuck Page 2 already has a guy pointing out it is highly possibly Osama Bin Laden. One page later a guy says "WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR" what the flying fuck? how?
[QUOTE=Starpluck;40315293]Just on page 2 as people are starting to suspect it was a terrorist attack, someone guesses and scores the perpetrator [img]http://s23.postimg.org/s31xysf7t/Untitled.png[/img][/QUOTE] That is actually spooky. So is the bit where one guy says right at the start of the thread, "I hope this isn't a terrorist attack or something nutty like that."
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;40315405]Excuse me? Did I miss something? [editline]17th April 2013[/editline] Okay, what the fuck Page 2 already has a guy pointing out it is highly possibly Osama Bin Laden. One page later a guy says "WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR" what the flying fuck? how?[/QUOTE] "What I fucking fear is the fear for anyone that is from the middle east in america. You gonna get this neo nazi bullshiters preaching their hate for the middle east. Then you gonna be seeing Shit happen to innocent people just cause of where they are from." page 10 or 11
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;40315405]Excuse me? Did I miss something? [editline]17th April 2013[/editline] Okay, what the fuck Page 2 already has a guy pointing out it is highly possibly Osama Bin Laden. One page later a guy says "WATCH BUSH START A FUCKING WAR" what the flying fuck? how?[/QUOTE] al Qaeda was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, it's not all that odd that when the same building was attacked again it was the same culprit.
I read nearly that entire thread. Relived every damn minute of that morning. Hard not to get a bit emotional as you go through peoples' reactions. You see the jokes taper off as the gravity of the situation sinks in, and by the time the second tower fell there was just shock left. Never before and never since has there been a day that will be so clearly remembered by every American who was old enough to understand what was happening.
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;40315389]"Don't worry about it, pal. We suffered 79 casaulties in Desert Storm, and that was an incredibly poorly-run war." in response to "This fucking sucks. And I was silly enough to hope world war 3 won't start in my generation. Fuck, I hope casualties are low..."[/QUOTE]They really had no idea.
This is also pretty interesting: [url]http://archive.org/details/911/day/20010911[/url] It's news reel footage from lots of different news channels during 9/11 and the week after, which you can flick between, almost as if you were watching it live on tv.
[quote]Modern terrorism doesn't work. And it's not intended to. It's an expression of desperation and frustration and vengence on the behalf of the terrosists. It's about their interpretation of justice. They're vigilantes. It won't change government policies. It won't make the US pull out of the Middle East. It will just make everyone hate each other more. [/quote][quote]It won't change government policies.[/quote] I'm telling you man. They had no fucking clue. [editline]17th April 2013[/editline] Dear past, we'll try to think more worst case scenario next time.
What page did the towers fall on?
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