Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

It was awful, yes. There is much worse stuff almost weekly, though.

...And then Bush blamed it on Osama bin Laden alone, while putting on that wrinkled face with those crocs tears in public. What a clever? A non-argumentative investigation results showed that, the administrators of Bush government knew something before the towers were hit by the planes. Just few weeks after the CIA intel alert. So...look like you guys are battling the phenomenon within. So...bin LADEN IS a secret friend of Bush? Ooooo...k. Then you should look no further.

Yeah, it was a shock, and somewhat tragic. But there was another disaster, 112 years earlier, that was almost as bad in terms of lives lost: the Johnstown flood. Of course, these weren't the business elites of Wall Street who were killed. These were just a bunch of common folk, including many women and children, who died because the rich assholes who built and owned the crappy South Fork Dam (that created the massive lake where the rich assholes had their little country cottages) did not keep the dam up to snuff. After the tragedy, the rich assholes who were responsible used the courts (and their high-priced attorneys) to keep the poor people of Johnstown from recovering any damages. Compare this to the outrage of the aftermath of 9/11 when we went to war, attacking a country that had little (if anything) to do with the 9/11 attack (of course, Iraq conveniently had the second largest oil reserves in the world). It just goes to show you why being rich and white is much better than being... Read more

The ultimate suckerpunch:

HOW IS THIS MORE TRAGIC THAN SLAVERY?

This event killed over 2000 people. Just because of dumb, reckless islamic terrorists. Very tragic.

I fapped to 9/11

worst thing ever

9/11 is the most tragic i've ever seen in the U.S...we saw a lot of innocent people died..the war between the US and IRAQ still taking place..this may cause a damage to a economic and social living of people around US..its been a crucial for all..and we don't know what happen next if this not to end..who knows..

Obviously very tragic, not just for the friends and families of victims, but for the way it has changed how we look at the world. Internally and externally it seems a more hateful place now. Personally, I lost a friend and colleague that day, and I cannot view the videos of the event to this day. It is watching him die, and I will not do it. All that being said, and despite the relative currency of this event, it pales in tragic significance behind the Civil War and Slavery, for example.

this was a scared attack on u.s. soil. killed many ppl that was traped in the buildings.

The events that took place on September 11, 2001 were horribly tragic, and I am not trying to make light of this event in any way. But take a look at some of the other items on this list, and you will realize that it is lucky to make the top 10 worst events in the history of our country. In no particular order, here are just a few examples:The Civil War : Americans fighting Americans, families were torn apart, huge amounts of the South were destroyed, all at a huge loss of life.Slavery: At one point in the not so distant past, Americans thought it was perfectly normal to treat another person as personal property. Do I really have to say anything else?WWII: Pearl Harbor was the only direct attack on the U.S., but the number of American casualties in both Europe and the Pacific were immense.I gave three examples of things that were clearly more tragic, I could give others, but I think I made my point.

who gives a fuck about 9-11

This even is of the greatest importance, because it happened recently, and the full consequences are still unknown. Anyway, US will never be like before 911. Americans first felt that the war is there, not far away, but here, inside the country. Nobody safe!

To be so "Asleep" about Radical Muslims cost nearly 3000 Innocent Lives both in the buildings and the planes,themselves! Islam is Trying to Destroy Anyone not being Muslim,especially Christians and Jews! And still,to this day,some People are Asleep to it or are calling those trying to warn about or Prevent or Stop further attacks "the real terrorists" or just plain "prejudiced fools".Wake up,People! Terrorism IS Real and it's primarily the Extremist Muslims causing it.

This is the most tragic event of the last 100 years...and was the most avoidable.

i was not there the day it happen but my brother and sisterinlaw and my aunt was their and a lot of my friends an coworkers that was the to me the worst tragedy sense i been own earth,i was in georgia,trying to get back home but they wouldnt let nothing in or out i wanted badly to get back to my children,but i knew i had to be patient afterall at least i would get to see my family again what about those who cant.they are in my prayers.

This is so sad!!!!!!!!

the worst terroist attack in history

how could ppl rate this as being good? dont you ever read things you dick monkeys?

I DIDN'T LIKE THIS ARTICLE ON THE SEPT.11 ATTACKS

The rage will never subside in my soul until the day I die or when all radicla islamist and their followers are wiped of the face of the earth. I hope i live to see the latter!

it was dumb

Horrible - but not on par with slavery, genocide, or massive war. On par with the Titanic or similar tragedy certainly. Updating to respond to Ridgewalker: It didn't lead to war per se. We should have pursued it as a criminal action, and the perps may have been brought to justice by now. It was an excuse for war, not the cause. Updating a second time to upgrade my rating, which was mostly responsive to other comments here. It was a tragedy, and the war in Aphganistan was probably justified even if it didn't produce all the intended results. However, we've been hit with terrorist attacks for decades now. What was new about this was the films and images, and the number of deaths. But we should not have let it become more than that. In many respects, we've played right into terrorist hands. We should have taken lessons from Israel. They slowly tracked down Nazi after Nazi, year after year, without invasions or bombings. Most of them were caught and justice was had. We may n... Read more

Horrible... but worse than slavery, the Indian Wars or the Civil War?

Horrifically shocking and tragic event that we must all admit was about unpreventable. It saddens me to see all the theories regarding blame and conspiracy. I don't care who would have been president, Bush or Gore, 9/11 would have happened. Let's be honest. Many Dems were spinning during 2004 and pointing fingers at Bush. It was wrong, and it didn't help Sen. Kerry. If Gore were president, the Republicans would have done the same thing to him. This was, and still is, a hard pill for us to swallow as Americans. Bush has handled this as well as any person in the Oval Office could do. The fact that he is so decisive, despite the disagreements of some, has been helpful for this nation. No attacks have happened since on our soil, and for that we should all be grateful.

This is a given. I don'I understand how someone can disagree with this. It is the biggest national tragedy in my lifetime, not just because of the initial destruction but because of the ensueing consequences and the war that is now going on in Iraq and Afganistan. Too may lives were lost in the name of hatred.

Shocking event that caused so much sadness. My heart went out to all the families of the innocents that were killed. It was nice to see the country band together and to see other countries pitching in to help. Unfortunately Bush ruined all that goodwill. Now we have a divided country, many countries despise us, Bin Laden still hasn't been captured and the Saudi's were never held accountable. Such a shame that certain members of government used this tragedy to push their own selfish agendas.

For my generation it was the most dreadful day in memory. Nothing has been the same since. The immediate reaction of seeing America come together and bold patriotism really touched my heart and it would be nice if we could sustain that. Unfortunately it seems the repercussions of this day have really devided a lot of us and made this country a cynical place. Regardless of whether you like Bush or not, live in a blue or red state, conservative or liberal, ask yourself....... Where are the leaders ??? Who can unite us? Is there someone out there with a voice? A revolutionary figure who can wake us up? I can only hope and pray that they are out there because America deserves better than what we are getting.

Not much needs to be said about this one, it speaks for itself.Why does everyone forget that the majority of the terrorists involved were from Saudi Arabia?I do not understand why more questions were not sent the way of the Saudis.Update:Nice try Djahuti!Don't even try to blame the Bush administration for this!Clinton had chance after chance to have Bin Laden handed to him on a platter and refused.What was done about the first Trade center bombing?I am pretty Sure Billy was in the white House at the time.What did he do about the USS Cole bombing or any of the other attacks on U.S. embassies?Blaming Bush for 9-11 is not going to fly here my friend!

I don't think any event will top the sheer tragedy of the 9/11 attacks

This was horrible and tragic,and all the more so because it possibly could have been prevented.Condi Rice was asleep at the wheel.The first thing she did as secretary of state was to decree that data on worldwide terrorist attacks be excluded from the state departments annual report,since she thought it was not relevant.Many other countries intelligence agencies tried to warn the Bush Administration of a possible attack,involving hijacked planes-but they ignored them all.Sickening!

While it was certainly tragic and definetly horrible, there are so many other things on this list that were so much worse, both in terms of lives lost and impact on our nation that this one doesn't rate more than a three. While it was certainly the most painful memory for my generation, the Vietnam War, Both World Wars, and the Civil War would all top this in terms of tragedy.

Over 3,000 people dead, mostly civilians and mostly Americans, in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. Two of the most recognizable buildings in the country reduced to rubble, and the very heart of our national defense heavily damaged. All because a bunch of radicals believed they would be rewarded with 72 virgins in Heaven. It was a brutal wake up call. For the first time we had to face the reality that we were not invincible. After ignoring the terrorists for years, even after several attacks, the fact that they could get to us was thrown into our face in the form of burning buildings. ANYBODY that believes this will be forgotten in 20 years is not dealign with reality. The Vietnam War was on the other side of the planet and has not been forgotten more than 30 years later. The assinations of Kennedy and Lincoln: not forgotten. Pearl Harbor: Not forgotten. September 11, 2001: Will not be forgotten!! We remember.

Probably the worst day of my life, I lost an Uncle. After viewing the planes crash in the buildings for the first time that day, i broke down. I will never forget where I was that dreadful day in America History

How can you forget this day? You cant. It's horrible in part because of the very real images we saw of it and the fact that we actaully were attacked on our homefront.

one of the three most horrible days in my life, along with the death of each of my parents.

I place this as more tragic than Pearl Harbor, because it was an attack on civilians rather than soldiers. Pearl Harbor also accomplished a good thing by getting a powerful Allied country fired-up for the war...unfortunately, when you have only the slightest idea who or where your enemy is, retaliation is terribly difficult.

The idea that there is another single event in US history more tragic than this is baffling. I don't consider a war to be an event, but a tragic, unfortunate string of events leading to a time period of mutual destruction. We're just getting more efficient at the destruction part. But, for changing a country, and therefore, the world, so completely and so permanently, it's hard to beat this one. The symbolism of using our own technology with innocent lives aboard as a bomb against some of our most recognizable icons of prosperity and security, brashly breezing through our own ridiculously incompetent efforts at security in the process, our enemies laughing on CNN and other networks around the world at our unthinkable sorrow, causing our own people to jump 100 stories to their deaths, with the majority of our population hardly able to turn away or turn the TV off, it was about as tragic as it gets. I don't need 5 or 10 years to figure it out, I didn't need 5 minutes. The war is on... Read more

The most tragic part about this entire situation is that it all could have been prevented. And then, Bush uses the death of 3000 American citizens to justified a war that shouldn't have really been fought.

Tragic, indeed. But for the sake of this list, the Civil War and Pearl Harbor are higher on my list without even giving it much thought. . .Certainly slavery should be higher than 9-11. We are too close to 9-11 to really look at it with any pretense of objectivity. . .

I still feel a little too close to this to comment on it objectively. It just fills me with shocked and sickened horror, and it feels like it just happened yesterday.

The day we woke up to world hatred of the US and decided to fight back.

I haven't been alive long enough to really know all of the tragic events that have happened in the US over the years. But this one really affected me. I'm not even American. But up here in Canada, all the news stations were flooded with images and reports that day. I remember going home at lunch time and going in my parents bedroom and just staring at the TV screen watching those awful images and just seeing the panic and fear in the peoples eyes as they ran from the buildings that were about to collapse.This event totally changed the awy that people looked at America I think, because it was a major tragidy that effected everybody in New York and not to mention other parts of the US. I find it disturbing to know that so many of us have forgotten already. And if u think about it, if we forget about it in like 2 years. How are we going to remember it in like 20 years or longer. The lack of respect is just appaling, and I'm not saying everybody, I know that a lot of people are reminded of... Read more

This was among the most tragic. Everyone remembers the hysteria that was caused that day and is still being felt through the present.

This was awful and anyone who uses terrorism to make a point deserves all the hell that awaits them, yet an even sadder aspect of this attack was that it brought the US into a terrible club that many other nations have been a part of for years. My husband's country, Turkey has lost over 30,000 people to acts of terrorism in the last 10 years. That's the equivalent to one 9/11 a year for a decade. On September 11 1973, a US led coup against the current Peruvian governmemnt led to the death of 30,000 people as well. What 9/11 did to the US was shatter our sense of security and make us realize that terrorism could happen here. Maybe that is why many countries do not understand why America has gone to such extreme lengths following the attacks- they have dealt with it for years without resorting to the invasion of two countries. I'm not saying the apathy and resentment the rest of the world feels is right, but it explains the exasperation. Still, politics aside, we must never forget... Read more

This is by far one of the worst tragedies to happen in America in MY lifetime. There are so many of them, but this one is the most memorable for me because of the fear it brought to me and my family. It was horrible and I never want to see something like this happen again in my lifetime.

America will be avenged! We will not fail!

Sine qua Non.

3000 innocent lives lost. I will never be able to understand how people can be so evil.