Is 9/11 different since COVID and/or the 20th?

[Anonymous]

I woke up to none of the usual memorial posts on social media, and come to think of it, I wouldn’t have even remembered it was 9/11 if not for the annual post here. It feels like it fell to second place after COVID, and its 20 year anniversary.

[Anonymous]

It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

Interestingly enough, we are dealing with it here and trying not to get the whole household sick. I hadn’t even thought of 9/11 until I hopped on here.

[Anonymous]

I turned on 60 Minutes last night and they ran a piece from a couple of years ago about the FDNY on 9/11 and beyond - it was a good piece with a number of guests who were kids of FDNY members who died that day and the kids went on to join the FDNY themselves. One of the firefighters who was interviewed was a woman who survived because her mentor and friend asked her to switch jobs the morning of 9/11 and so she wasn’t on the engine that responded to the initial calls. She spoke about her fears that the world is changing so fast that the victims and survivors of 9/11 are being left behind and forgotten.

My usual morning politics show opened today with a shot of the memorial at ground zero and a brief mention of the anniversary, then on to sports recap and into politics.

Honestly I feel that this nation squandered the opportunity that was presented by 9/11, especially when you consider the political situation that currently exists. I cried pretty hard watching the 60 Minutes piece and remembering how things were in the immediate aftermath of the attack and thinking of all that has happened since. It is a very sad reality that the attacks of 9/11 were among the most effective terrorist actions in world history, for the lasting negative impacts they’ve had on the country they were targeting.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it feels very long ago, especially given more recent traumas. I think it's similar to Pearl Harbor Day: it will always be remarked but it's less present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

[Anonymous]

Seems like everyone forgot. Even though they said they'd never forget

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Covid + Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Yes. COVID. It changed us as people and as a world. Have you forgotten already?

[Anonymous]

It's getting lost in the past and it has been getting less and less 'remembrance' on this day for years, way before COVID happened. It was over 20 years ago now. Babies who were born that year are now full fledged working adults.

[Anonymous]

I don't really think COVID changed much for me, but it's been over 20 years. Things from 20 years ago matter less than things that happened recently. I don't think my grandparents were waking up in 1963 thinking about Pearl Harbor.

[Anonymous]

I work in finance so obviously an industry heavily impacted. We just had a moment of silence to kick off our Monday morning call, and while I’ve only seen a couple personal social posts, LinkedIn has a ton of mentions already this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think COVID changed much for me, but it's been over 20 years. Things from 20 years ago matter less than things that happened recently. I don't think my grandparents were waking up in 1963 thinking about Pearl Harbor.

I bet they were if it was December 7, 1963, though.

[Anonymous]

My Facebook has a lot of mentions, as does my Twitter feed. I did notice on Twitter that a lot of references are to articles that came out two years ago for the 20th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Covid + Trump.

I'm sorry, but Trump is not a national trauma. Roughly half of the nation voted for his reelection. It may be a personal trauma (although, grow up if you find an opposing party in power as a "trauma"), but don't think that it is shared by everyone else.