I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.
September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month.
Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.
It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.
The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.
I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
Sept. 11 was a shock to the whole world.
September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.