r/comics Finessed Impropriety 15h ago

25 years ago today

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u/Milestailsprowe 15h ago

I was in fifth grade in Queens NY that day. I remember teachers screaming and crying. The day was over and we were told to read. Parents taking kids out one by one with names being called over the speakers. I was excited when mines was called till I say my mother covered in Tower dust crying. 

This country was never the same after

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u/BabyLegsOShanahan 14h ago

I hope your mom was okay knowing what we know about the dust.

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u/Emotional-Ad9114 14h ago

wait what do we know about the dust? (I’m not american)

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u/JesterInTheDark 14h ago

As others have said it caused cancer but another not so fun fact is that the cities administrations got the past 25 years have covered up the fact that the area was still toxic to be in for months after the attack. So if just the air was toxic for months after, just imagine what being there at ground zero would’ve done to someone