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Originally posted by russellwarshay
...everyone I have spoken with says that 9-11 was an event that had a more transforming effect on their lives as well.
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I did, and I would agree -- although the two aren't really very similar.
The company I worked for previously had a Tech Ops Center at 17 Battery Place and a condo in Battery Park City where I stayed often. The enormity of 9-11 was staggering. So many people know or knew so many others who were affected.
The JFK assasination was a shock to the national psyche, but really wasn't personal. Nobody really knew how to react -- whether to worry about a revolution, the USSR, a potential nuclear attack, etc.
My only problem is when people hide behind 9-11 to further some agenda that really has nothing to do with the terrorist attacks. Thankfully, there hasn't been a huge amount of that.
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