Today is the 6th 9/11 anniversary. The blogosphere must be jammed with posts about it . I do not intend to join the debates around the incident. See this and this and here for some columns on the anniversary.What we will be discussing is this - do you remember where exactly you were when you heard about 9/11? I certainly do. I've heard that most Americans remember where they were when they heard about JFK's assassination, and Indians remember the day Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. 9/11 was a much greater event than these two, changing the way the U.S.A lived, and directly affecting countless people around the globe.
I was in my hostel room. My friend was in the hospital with pneumonia, and I was with him the whole day. At around 7 p.m, I think, another friend and I got to our hostel to get dinner. We were sitting in my room when we heard the noise outside.
"Someone's firing missiles at the U.S !! "
"They are bombing New York !"
"America is destroyed..."
"This is the end"
There were around 100 students in my hostel , with most of them crammed into our tiny TV room . We didn't have cable , and the news report was quite vague.
I remember 'Bamms' Jijesh yelling "Jai Bharat Matha Ki ! ". I have no idea what he meant.
Later, we went out in search of an internet cafe, and I think we managed to open up one that was closing down for the night.
9/11 for me, surprisingly, is one of the more vivid memories from college.
So, where exactly where you on September 11, 2001 ?
2 comments:
i was with you.. in that hospital.
i do remember the day. was that cafe inet or the one ner the college junction?
i also remember meeting jake that day somewhere on the road. he was really worried abt his brother.
when i try to compare the emotional state of 'Bamms' and the worried face of 'Jake' and the very way in which most of us depend on the (financial) security of the US how fragile the world (i would like to read the word 'world' in this context as 'world-around-us') is.
Yes, u were the one with me.. ;)
Do you remember that we did our assignments in the hospital?
must have been inet, alle? i dont knw... but i remember searching for a cafe tht was open because it was quite late and all the shops had closed down..
I agree about how fragile the world is..takes just one man to damage the world economy now..because everything is so connected to the US, even now ..
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