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Title: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: Shammu on August 10, 2006, 09:09:10 PM September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know
Wed Aug 9, 10:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York's World Trade Center and the in Washington took place, according to a poll published in the Washington Post newspaper. While the country is preparing to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and shocked the world, 95 percent of Americans questioned in the poll were able to remember the month and the day of the attacks, according to Wednesday's edition of the newspaper. But when asked what year, 30 percent could not give a correct answer. Of that group, six percent gave an earlier year, eight percent gave a later year, and 16 percent admitted they had no idea whatsoever. This memory black hole is essentially the problem of the older crowd: 48 percent of those who did not know were between the ages of 55 and 64, and 47 percent were older than 65, according to the poll. The Post telephone survey was carried out July 21-24 among 1,002 randomly selected adults. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points. September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060809/od_afp/usattackspolloffbeat_060809145351) Title: Re: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: Soldier4Christ on August 10, 2006, 09:53:18 PM I don't find this unusual. It is quite normal for people to forget such things soon being tied up in their own tiny world and to be oblivious of the things that really do affect their lives.
Title: Re: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: Shammu on August 10, 2006, 10:15:17 PM I can't forget, anything about 2001. :'( There are to many memories.
(http://www.gobbleblog.com/uploaded_images/remember-749478.jpg) Title: Re: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: Soldier4Christ on August 10, 2006, 10:24:35 PM It was a disastrous time. A time of hatred, a time of loss of life and most important a loss of souls.
Title: Re: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: Shammu on August 11, 2006, 01:36:40 AM A time of loss of life and most important a loss of souls. Yup, and I'm about to start crying, so this will be the last post in this thread. :'(Title: Re: September 11 -- what year? 30 percent of Americans don't know Post by: ibTina on August 11, 2006, 09:45:26 AM I can't forget, anything about 2001. :'( There are to many memories. (http://www.gobbleblog.com/uploaded_images/remember-749478.jpg) I "doublely AMEN that!!" (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/tinabaran/red%20white%20blue/cried.jpg) |