It took me a while before I stopped wincing looking at planes taking off and landing at National.

I know exactly what you mean. Flipping around over the weekend and caught a couple of minutes of "Splash" on cable. Sure enough, there were the towers. It was like seeing a ghost.

But consider: all the kids born after 9/11 won't have any idea why all us "old people" wince when we see the towers in some old movie from way back in 1999.

No, you're not alone. Far from it, I suspect. I also still get a sick feeling in my gut whenever a plane sounds like it's flying too low.

I know how you feel, every time I see the towers I twinge a little....my ex never understood why people just couldnt "get over" it....He just never understood...I went back to NYC about a year after the attacks and it was overwhelming...the whole energy of the city changed....the skyline was soo naked and exposed without the towers there in their place and the whole they left just looked so small compaired to their enormity.

i think i fly too much for planes to freak me out. hell, i was at the airport in ny that week back then.

To quote Lynne..."I also still get a sick feeling in my gut whenever a plane sounds like it's flying too low."

I'm Canadian, I live on the west coast. And I get a sick feeling when planes fly low now. Because it makes me think and it reminds me. But maybe that's a good thing, because this isn't something any of us should ever forget.

I used to wince, but after a while I came to the realization that the WTC towers were part of history and I can't just forget they were there because of the tragic way they came down. I don't think it's sacrilegious to watch Escape From New York despite the role the towers play in the film. I just use the time I used to wince instead to think about the people who perished.

I do it too. But I guess now it's in a good way - remembrance - instead of fear.