Comments on: Sept 11, 2001: America Under Attack http://rokdrop.com/2008/09/11/sept-11-2001-america-under-attack/ Korea From North to South Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://rokdrop.com/2008/09/11/sept-11-2001-america-under-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-218216 Brian Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:07:30 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/?p=9274#comment-218216 I still have a hard time revisiting what happened that day, and I couldn't watch any of the "memorials" on TV yesterday. It's also upsetting to see movies on TV like Flight 93 or that Nicholas Cage one, because I don't think we need Hollywood to tell us how to feel or who to mourn. Anyway, back in Pittsburgh the local rock station, a Clear Channel station, would rebroadcast Howard Stern's 9/11 broadcast as if live. I'm not a fan of Stern at all, but it's a reminder of how afraid a lot of Americans were as this was all happening. There were rumors of attacks all over the place---people told me that a plane hit "Western Pennsylvania," an obvious cause for concern---and buildings on my campus were even locked down b/c of supposed bomb threats. I still have a hard time revisiting what happened that day, and I couldn't watch any of the "memorials" on TV yesterday. It's also upsetting to see movies on TV like Flight 93 or that Nicholas Cage one, because I don't think we need Hollywood to tell us how to feel or who to mourn.

Anyway, back in Pittsburgh the local rock station, a Clear Channel station, would rebroadcast Howard Stern's 9/11 broadcast as if live. I'm not a fan of Stern at all, but it's a reminder of how afraid a lot of Americans were as this was all happening. There were rumors of attacks all over the place—people told me that a plane hit "Western Pennsylvania," an obvious cause for concern—and buildings on my campus were even locked down b/c of supposed bomb threats.

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