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In response to "my partner made the (difficult) hike up to the TWA Flight 260 crash site just now. said she wasn't prepared for how sad it would make her. " by colin

Sometimes it’s impossible to prepare oneself for that kind of emotion. It’s almost primal. -- nm

Posted by Qale Oct 22 '24, 13:03

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I had that reaction a couple years ago visiting the trade towers ground zero. It surprised me and I felt like I was prepared for it prior -- nm* - oblique Oct 22, 13:22 3
- USS Arizona memorial (and really all of Pearl Harbor) is the same way. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 13:27
- Like it’s been a long time. Long enough that it’s meme material for the generation that wasn’t yet born. But then you’re there and it’s like, oh. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:25 1
  - I was glad my daughter was with me. She was born in 2002 and doesn't really have a frame of reference but appreciates it probably more so now seeing - oblique Oct 22, 13:34

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