Does it bother anyone that we "celebrate" the Sept 11 tragedy but

Yes this bothers me. I could have even FORGOTTEN that this WAS Sept 11th except for all the stuff going on where it's mentioned. This was a terrible day for me when it did happen because I had some friends who were flying out of that airport!! I was TERRIFIED! I think other than this the worst incident that I remember was when the Challenger blew up. I was just a kid - at school at the time - and we saw it on a tv. And we saw it over and over. I don't know about you but I don't understand the sick draw of watching something over and over. When Sept 11th happened, once I realized what was going on, I didn't want to watch it OVER AND OVER again. I remember thinking 'what is wrong with people??'.

Yes, that is wrong, sedel, we should never forget anyone who was a victom in these horrible events..I believe the Sept 11 event is made more aware because I believe it not only killed more, but it also destroyed 2 very famous buildings..I mean, like when you watch an older movie with the 2 towers..When the movie first came out, you probably didn't pay much attention to it, but when you watch it now, those towers are very noticable because now they are gone..I am not saying the loss of lives were not important, but I remember what I was doing on Sept 11, but for some reason I don't remember what I was doing when the other events happened..Also, there was probably more media coverage, that too will cause someone to remember better..(not that I don't remember the others, for example, I remember the Oklahoma bombing and how terrible it was, I just don't remember as much coverage on it) Plus, the Sept 11 is what drove the United State into this war on terror..

no it don,t bother me because thats a day we will never forget

I have often thought about this. Especially as it pertains to the Oklahoma City Bombing. Mainly because I was painfully aware of that one too. Both events happened in my adult life. Unfortunately, I think the events do fade to a certain degree from the minds of people who weren't directly affected by it. And of course as newer generations come along, they are unaware of what happened in the past and often are not taught about it if it didn't happen in their state.

If its a wide media coverage I say that it is celebrated. 9/11 sometimes should not celebrate but another term remembered only, There are many incident happens but it depends on the people who attend and who celebrates it, but in my country I celebrate only on new year and independence day, life will go on and pain will be gone but thats the reality even though many lives are hurt.

I think it's something that we don't want to forget in order for it not to happen again. On a major scale (not like most of the events you listed) our innocence as a nation was ripped away. Nothing like it had ever happened in our recent memories in our own country. Humans forget VERY easily.

I think more people were affected in a way, because we all watched it happen (over and over). Most of the other tragic events you listed were over before most of the nation even knew what happened. We got eyewitness accounts, and pictures of the aftermath in some cases, but that doesn't begin to have the same impact as watching a live newscast as people jumped from the burning buildings, or watching the towers collapse as it happened. Because the events unfolded over the course of hours instead of minutes, people were finding out at the same time as everyone else as the story unfolded, talking on the phone to loved ones, or despretly trying to contact friends and relatives in NY, or just watching the TVs at home or work with groups of people. In a way, all of the US experienced the event at the same time, together, so I think that made more of an emotional impact on people that has carried forward. Now, I also think that the memorials and such will be smaller and not a widely done 50 years from now, once the impact has faded some more, but the emotional wounds are still relatively fresh for most, and the unresolved war in Afghanistan (you know, where we were going to catch those responsible) hasn't helped bring closure to the matter either.

Yes and no...Yes, all the tragedies deserve recognition but no because if we "celebrated" everything that has ever happened we'd be mired in a whole lot of mourning. I think September 11th is a big one...almost like this generation's Pearl Harbor. Oklahoma City does get remembered just not on such a grand scale (which in a sense is appropriate). Minind accidents are probably just as well remembered in their respective areas, they just aren't really national news. I have no idea about the bombing of Bath, Michigan in 1927, I've never heard of it. (which proves your point) Hurricanes and other natural disasters...again if we "celebrated" all of them that's practically all we'd be doing. To add to your list what about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake or the Chicago fire or that big Alaskan earthquake way back when that I know I did a huge report on back in school but can not remember the time or place right now. Looking back throughout history, this country has had many tragedies. Modern technology just makes it that much easier to have round the clock footage and documentation that was not possible with past disaster.