9/11/01 situations

[CoolKid340]

im new and this is my first post :D maybe last idk. this was the best place i found to get answers.

so everyone knows about september 11. i was 6 years old when this happened and remember a lot of early dismissals from school and no recess. i was only in 2nd grade. every kid was mad for not having recess. even i was. but we didnt know what was going on. i was even let out early.

here is what i have to say. during the entire day this was on. late in the noon i say about 4 o clock, my mom went to get mccdonalds cause she didnt want to cook. my mommom and sister where also there. guess what. when my mom go home i was crying about how she forgot to get extra fries with my meal. my mom and mommom were saying this is more important than fries. stop crying. they were saying a bunch of stuff and then stopped. now i thik about it it makes me feel bad.it may sound stupid but its true.

a few days later i went to my mommoms house and playing legos with my cousin. there was a toy plane. i built a tower and crashed it into it. i said, oh no were going to crash." then i crashed it into the lego building. my mommom was very mad at me. she was saying, dont do that. stop it right now. i felt bad after that. then my cousin started doing it and i stopped him before he did anything. he also said, oh no were going to crash. that when i stopped him before he crashed the plane into the lego building.

now when i look back at that i feel like a total dick and a total dirty asshole. when i see pics or vids of the world trade center, i just want to cry and i wish i could go back and correct these two situations. my mommom and mom defiantly forgot about these situations with the fries and the legos. btw, my cousin was probably three or four years old at the time.

why cant i forget about these situations. i want to forget about them so badly but i dont know how. sometimes they haunt me. everytime i hear and see pics and vids of the wtc, i think of me saying oh no were going to crash. help me please. this is starting to get to me. im only 17 and i dont want this on my mind for the rest of my life.

i am sorry this is way long but i finally found a site where i can actually get answers from teenagers and more reliable and trustworthy sources and people.

please please please please. i dont want my mind on these two situations anymore :(

[AgusCO]

I was also 6 back then...The thing is almost no one in that age could be aware at that time of what had happened, and actually not even older people could. I remember waking up really late and seeing it in the news(I'm not from the USA) all I did was ask what had happened then got concerned because there wasn't anything good for my late breakfast. Really, you should not let those memories haunt you.The only question that matters is that you now realize the turning-point that event meant in history.Your game was not with an evil purpose you were just playing not trying to mock at the victims.So, do feel good because you are not a bad person you(And I was too) were just too young/innocent to understand it.
I'm not really good at giving advice.I hope I helped,though

[CoolKid340]

I was also 6 back then...The thing is almost no one in that age could be aware at that time of what had happened, and actually not even older people could. I remember waking up really late and seeing it in the news(I'm not from the USA) all I did was ask what had happened then got concerned because there wasn't anything good for my late breakfast. Really, you should not let those memories haunt you.The only question that matters is that you now realize the turning-point that event meant in history.Your game was not with an evil purpose you were just playing not trying to mock at the victims.So, do feel good because you are not a bad person you(And I was too) were just too young/innocent to understand it.
I'm not really good at giving advice.I hope I helped,though

Thanks. That actually means alot. I know my cousin definatley doesn't remember cause he is younger than I am. I think I will forget it in some time. Now after I read your response, it's not a things that I should hold onto and nothing I should worry about.

[DoveGreySands]

Geez, come on. You were six years old, you had no idea the problems people were (and some still are) going through. You were only playing and doing what you saw on the TV. Don't let it bring you down so much

[CuriousDestruction]

i was 9 when the towers were hit. it was a bad day. i remember being in my living room watching the towers fall. i'll never forget when my parents said "you will remember this day, as long as you live." the world is a fucked up place. and you can't change the past. but you can let it go. i think you need to let this go. it was years ago and your mom probably has totally forgotten. i know you feel bad about it, but you need to let it go. you didn't know better dude. PM me if you wanna talk

[beedubs]

its ok, you were young and innocent. i watched the planes crash on tv, but i never took it seriosly untill now

[Suicune]

I was 4 when this happened, Even I was in shock.
Moving on, I want to cry when I see pictures, video, etc. about the towers, I'm sure almost everyone does. And you were 6 and innocent. You can't let a child's misunderstanding drag you down. You can look back at your mistake and realize you were just a child that didn't know.

[Silverfist64]

ummm...real quick. How could you be 6 in 2001 and then be 17 in 2010? I was 7 in 2001 and im 15 now so unless you time traveled....

Also dude, theres no true reason for you to feel this way. You were young and you didnt know better. Actually, scratch that. You shouldnt feel bad even if you kept making lego planes crash into lego buildings. You are acting like you had something to do with 9-11 and that you would change it if you could. Which by the way, you wouldnt ever be able to. this isnt in your realm to change and it wasnt your fault for playing with legos. Yes, 9-11 was a dramatic day, but it shouldnt be effecting you the way it is. Take a breather and think alittle. Its not like you have to take on the full responsibility of what happened.

[Thrash Bassist]

Like everyone else has said above, you were young. You didn't understand.
Don't let it bother you.

[Doctor Fate]

I don't even remember that. I don't live in the U.S, so absolutely nothing special happened or was said that day at school - it was just another perfectly lovely Tuesday morning. Nobody mentioned a thing and it was all good and swell. I had a great day.

When I got home I remember Dad said something about "planes" and "New York" as I was throwing my school bag down on the floor, but I just casually shrugged my shoulders and said "Oh, okay."

Then I went roller skating to the park with my brother... and that's the most I can remember.

Never saw any dramatic emotions or tears from anybody, either. It really didn't matter to me at all what happened, no one we know was remotely involved so... I've never shed a single tear or even felt sad over it. No reason to, really. It had nothing to do with me or my life, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Meh.

[Suicune]

I don't even remember that. I don't live in the U.S, so absolutely nothing special happened or was said that day at school - it was just another perfectly lovely Tuesday morning. Nobody mentioned a thing and it was all good and swell. I had a great day.

When I got home I remember Dad said something about "planes" and "New York" as I was throwing my school bag down on the floor, but I just casually shrugged my shoulders and said "Oh, okay."

Then I went roller skating to the park with my brother... and that's the most I can remember.

Never saw any dramatic emotions or tears from anybody, either. It really didn't matter to me at all what happened, no one we know was remotely involved so... I've never shed a single tear or even felt sad over it. No reason to, really. It had nothing to do with me or my life, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Meh.
But that's not the point...

[Frankenstein's Bride]

Unless you lost someone or know someone that lost someone, then you don't really have a reason to be upset. Feel compassion and sorrow about it but don't get upset. Also if you know the images are going to upset you why seek them out? tbh i don't honestly get why your beating yourself up about this. If people who were directly effected by this can move on, so can you.

[CoolKid340]

thanks everyone. no, i didnt lose anyone on that day. im going to start to let it go now. actually, after the first responder, i actually forgot about this situation. and my age, i put 6, i guess i was lol. i was born november 1992.

[Kahn]

You would've been 9?...

I hardly believe this.

[CoolKid340]

You would've been 9?...

I hardly believe this.

im sorry if you dont believe it but its true. i even asked my mommom yesterday to see if she remembered. she did a little bit but she had a confused look on her face. lol. even though she didnt remember much, she said not to worry about it. it was fine.

[Giles]

There's a big difference between 6 and 9... If it was as traumatic as you said it was then you would of remembered how old you were.

[CoolKid340]

There's a big difference between 6 and 9... If it was as traumatic as you said it was then you would of remembered how old you were.

if it makes everyone better i just did the math and i was 9 ok. everyone happy now. i didnt think age would be the big deal about this question. i didnt remember. im sorry.

[Kahn]

Also. If it was as traumatic as you made it out to be then why after reading a few posts from complete strangers did you happen to just say to yourself "You know what.. Maybe it wasn't as traumatic."

I don't believe it at all. Sorry.

[Watchfulness]

I was 9.
The past cannot be changed, it is not important at the present.

We move on. We don't linger in depression or sorrow.

I was apathetic.