9-11 Podcast 4

After 9-11, people were patriotic and united, but now it seems like everyone has forgotten. The speaker mentions that the tragedy didn't personally affect them, and others felt the same way because they weren't in New York City. The speaker recalls the eerie atmosphere in the city and how people were afraid after any explosion. They emphasize how people were kind and helpful to each other during that time. The speaker also mentions how people come together during heavy snowfall but go back to being indifferent once it melts. The speaker expresses disappointment that people have forgotten about 9-11, except for those directly affected by it. The interviewer thanks the speaker for sharing their thoughts. Do you have any other memories or thoughts that you want to share? With pertaining to what? None of them. Yeah, everybody's forgot. Everybody forgot about it already. We take things for granted again. Now you're back. Well, that was years ago, so we're not thinking about it. After 9-11, everybody, everybody was patriotic. Everybody's USA this. Everybody had a flag. Then they won't cancel them. I mean, if you have friends that died in there, you're not forgetting them. They're not forgotten, but the general public is. Well, that didn't affect me. You have people that lived out in California. That was New York City. That's not us. People up in Seattle, Washington. Well, that didn't happen here. I mention these because I got friends that are cops out there. Yeah, the people, they say, well, that was New York City. It doesn't bother us. It didn't affect us. Yeah, it's a shame. When 9-11 happened, like I said, it was very patriotic. It was, the day, when you were down there, certain parts that you did, certain things you did, it was kind of eerie. Like one night I had to stand out in front of the U.N. I was out there with my partner and his budget, and there was nobody on the street. You didn't hear anything. Now, New York City, I don't care what time of the day, night, there's hundreds, thousands of people out there. You can hear a pin drop, and people were afraid. When there was an explosion, we were sitting in the street, and the street, we lifted up a little. And it was like, all right, what happened was a propane truck blew up, but it wasn't a terrorist thing, but everybody thought it was. So people come running out of the buildings looking for help, and you don't have the information. You've got to learn how to talk to people and try to calm them down. But I wish people would still remember what was the aftermath of that. People were nice to each other. People were helping each other. That day when people were crossing the bridges, walking, everybody was trying to help each other. You don't have that anymore. It's funny. I like it when it snows, when it snows real heavy snow, because everybody is in the same situation. Everybody's snowed in. People out there trying to dig out their cars. They're cleaning their cars. Your neighbors help each other. Everybody helps each other. Everybody is in the same position, and they're all helping. People say hi. People walking down the street say hi. Once the snow starts to get dirty and starts to melt, people are back to normal because they don't care. They don't talk to you. And that's how it was 9-11. Everybody was all together, fighting all together. And then time passes, and people are like, oh, that happened years ago. No one cares. No one cares about it anymore, except the people that are affected and the people that are dying. Well, thank you very much for answering some of my questions. I really appreciate it. I hope I didn't confuse you too much. No. I talk around in circles, too, and I hope I didn't get too graphic. I tried to not be so graphic. No, it was perfect. But there was some other stuff that you don't want to know, because then you'll have nightmares. Thank you. Anytime.