9/11 didn't have an effect on me until about 2 years ago when I met my ex and things became serious with her. Her father was a cop and her uncle was a firefighter, both brothers and both going down with the towers trying to rescue people, so she really isn't all together. Before I met her and realized how it fucked people up and realized that that is how thousands of people are like now...big change of view on cops, firefighters, the government and life in general.