September 14, 2001

11:56 AM

Pictures of reactions from around the world. Seeing flags at half staff in other countries really gets to me. What do you think?
posted by campy (10 comments total)

Didn't know "Muslim" was a country/location.
posted by riffola at 12:14 PM on September 14, 2001

I was profoundly moved by those photos. For some reason, call me cold, it was the first time I sobbed since Tuesday.
posted by brittney at 12:28 PM on September 14, 2001

personaly i think this Collection is the most moving one ive seen.

seeing other people cry weeping makes me wanna cry to.
posted by Qambient at 12:36 PM on September 14, 2001

you're not alone, brittney.
posted by phooey at 12:40 PM on September 14, 2001

I cried for the first time today, too.
posted by rebeccablood at 1:33 PM on September 14, 2001

Same with me. I haven't really cried yet for feeling so numb about these horrible losses. It isn't being cold, it simply is that this is so large it can't be processed quickly. The sheer number of images of people mourning all over the world struck me deeply.
Thank you campy for posting this.
posted by mooncrow at 2:03 PM on September 14, 2001

I think its because it really justifies our grief... it reminds us how bad we have been hurt, and how much we need to go to heal...

as much as it made me cry as well, I was touched by how people ever where care just as much as we do

america didnt just get injured on tuesday, the whole world did
posted by vincentmeanie at 2:04 PM on September 14, 2001

This is my house today






Today flags in The Netherlands were flown half-mast. It was a day of mourning and at noon there was a 3-minute silence to commemorate Tuesday's victims. I personally mourn the innnocent victims of tuesday's attacks, but my thoughts are also with the thousands innocent lives that this war has already cost in Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan and the Palestine territories. Please let there be peace.
posted by knutmo at 2:28 PM on September 14, 2001

I like pictures of flags flying.

Pictures of flags flying at half-mast choke me up.

The media have used "crying" pictures every day for so long for sensationalist purposes, that the simple photos of objects get to me more than a picture of someone crying or hugging.

I don't need the media to show me people crying and hugging there, I know they are.

They are here too.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 3:43 PM on September 14, 2001

The one with the little kid in the Batman pajamas got me. I imagine his mum right next to him trying to explain what they're doing, and why all this happened.
posted by tetsuo at 9:15 AM on September 15, 2001