Everyone says it basically changed the whole world and upped security significantly. My parents talk about 20 years ago, some of these security measures and imaginations of the potential dangers during travel, especially airplanes was almost non existent. I know a lot of adults talk about how huge it was and everyone can remember where they were at the time. It sounds like it was one of those moments where if you were over the age of 5 you have to remember it, or something is wrong.

In school we don't talk about it as much now, other than a memorial and 2 minutes of silence. Back in elementary and middle school we talked about it in history every year tho. I don't think the teachers did as good a job as most regular adults tho. They just kinda went through the facts and watched a few documentaries.

I learned most from talking to older people and for whatever reason I dove into some YouTube documentaries and films. I don't remember which ones I watched but I watched the live footage of the towers burning down and you could see people falling from the top floors and running out the bottom of the building, while it was still possible. The live footage hit the hardest out of everything. The movies just showed how it would be and those were all very sad too. Documentaries, a few of them highlighted this picture and the story behind it:

The Falling Man

I personally view it as such a sad and terrible event, I think me and my peers don't completely look past it, but don't understand the full effect it had on the world since we weren't here to witness it and see what life was like before and after. I know someone, it might've been here, they said they actually feel bad for anyone who wasn't here to experience life before it cuz life was so much better before than after. I think our event will be COVID. I could never imagine the entire world having to shut down for this. Or a virus that could spread so easily. I feel like how that person felt. The world is gonna change a LOT from this, I think one of the main things will be social distancing. I could see people from my generation saying our kids missed out on what life was like before it.

Saying that is bout to make me cry lmao. Now I'm getting kinda nervous about how much life will change. Like I hope my kids won't understand how crazy things are now and we'll be way past it by the time I have kids (a good 10-15 years from now), but I just wonder how much things will change. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Damn thank you for your input, wasnt expecting such a thorough response. I guess the teachers just speak about it as they do every other historical event, i was just curious in this one as it is so recent and i was already in elementary school during the events so we didnt have any of it in our history books or anything throughout high school either.

I definitely believe covid will be your generation’s big event, but as someone in healthcare id say be more optimistic. The advances in technology in medicine today is so amazing, i do believe that we will be able to go back to how it was prior to the pandemic. Medical technology is a lot better than it was 50 years ago and im confident in human beings ability to create a vaccine for this. Theyre moving faster than ever and hopefully we can go back to our lives sooner than later

I'm 74. Been on KTT since it was 4 guys sending smoke signals to each other in Saskatchewan.

imagine not being at least like 22 in the year 2020

Nigga no the worst trolls on here be pushing 30 acting 15

Damn so 2000s kids make up the majority of KTT now? What happened to all the cats from KTT1? You would think the median age on here would be closer to mid-late 20s than late teens and early 20s.

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