While witnessing the events of the last 3 days in Paris i couldn't stop remembering 9/11, i was an 8 year old boy who barely understood what was going on back then, i knew it was bad, my parents were concerned, all channels were covering it, people were crying, and as weeks came by i actually gave myself an image that what had happened was an act of cruelty that caused the death of thousands of people. It wasn't an accident.

Back then my GodMother(also my aunt) used to live in NYC but after those events she moved in for a few of months, she was downtown when it all happened, she spend weeks crying and going to the doctor becuase of a recurrent cough she would have at night. I still remember her face, it was fear.

I can't help but to think how scared Paris must be at the moment, to think that almost 20 inocent people died just because some Murderers decided to, just because they decided to seed terror into one of the most peaceful places to live. It all feels so much like then, New York is the states' most important city(just like Paris is Europe's) and just like then it was taken by surprise, and to my regret, just like then this is most likely to cause a reduction in the freedom of european citizens, because fear causes us to be more protective and controlling.

I know it may sound silly to compare both attacks, 9/11 was a massified attack, but can you really think that fear was not as equally transmitted? Or was it not enough to see the world's biggest destination completely taken over by military and police forces?

This was a sad week for peace.

Not to make this seem any less bad than it was, but it's simply nowhere near the scale of the destruction and lives lost on 9/11

I guess it's the closest thing to it though

EDIT: Just looked and there were more lives lost on the London Metro bombing. There are probably more that i'm not aware of

This is sooo wrong,I cant

This was France's 11/9, and even that is a bit exaggerated.

No. This is France own tragedy. Some americans need to stop making it all about them. Instead of making a thread comparing two tragedies, inform yourself about what happened and spread the word.

9/11 was huge. No one expected such a large scale attack.

20 people have died in Paris. I understand the fear is there, but it's wrong to compare both events.

They both are sad events.
No need to compare them tbh.

Europe has seen much much worse than 9/11 in the last century

Yeah, IA with this...

I think given the coordination of the attacks this is France's version

In 3/11/2004, Al Qaeda killed 191 innocents here in Madrid.

3 thousand people died on September 11. No.

Messy thread

Throwback to when there was a commemoration of 7/7 during the Olympic ceremony which American television didn't bother airing #perochial

I hate such unnecessary comparisons by clueless people.

its not a competition

We've had terrorist attacks in Madrid, in London, in Oslo, in Paris the last 10 years.
I think Europe has seen worse OVERALL

9/11 was worse than Paris alone tho.

3000 died in 9/11. About 2 dozen died in this event. Doesn't compare.

I wouldn't say so, the only thing those events have in common is that they're both very sad and awful. I actually agree with those saying that comparing the two tragedies is wrong. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Edit: Ok, reading some comments in here I'm literally disgusted.