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Real-time reaction to the 9/11 attacks on MetaFilter, one of the web's earliest public blogs (www.metafilter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Jordan117@lemmy.world to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4850144

Two comments in particular stand out:

This is going to be a big turning point in the history and character of this country, I think. posted by Doug at 8:51 AM on September 11, 2001 [207 favorites +] [!]

my greatest fear is how our government is going to respond. more erosion of freedom in the name of security. mark my words. posted by rebeccablood at 12:10 PM on September 11, 2001 [311 favorites +] [!]

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[–] diabolik@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks for posting this. I’m a big MetaFilter fan, and that’s incredible to look back on and read. I was right across the East River when the attacks happened and out on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade when the second tower fell. I’ll never forget it….