July 27, 25 years ago. Your experience.

[Saxman642]

I was just 10 years old at the time.

My mom was in town when the madness started, she was lucky to get the last Diego maxi out of Port of Spain

I barely remember seeing Abu Bakr on TV and wondering who he was.

I also saw my first real gun: an AK-47 my brother brought home.


The shocker for me was when i went out to school and seeing the utter destruction of the place...

 

[grimreaper009]

well i wasnt around as yet yea im a young person

 

[BrotherHood]

I have vague memories of it, as I was in Kindergarden summer school. The school wasn't far from home and I remember my grandmother taking me away and hurrying home. I also remember my father coming home with stuff. Looted items of course.

 

[LadyDeath]

i wasn't born yet but my brother was. Luckily they were both home. My brother missed his check ups but got it after everything settled down. It was a scary time for everyone. First time my family said they got so terrified .

 

[admin]

I was just 2 years old so i really can't say, But if i was older i would have be terrified.

 

[grimreaper009]

I have vague memories of it, as I was in Kindergarden summer school. The school wasn't far from home and I remember my grandmother taking me away and hurrying home. I also remember my father coming home with stuff. Looted items of course.

Hahaha I would think most ppl went home with stuff like that also

 

[Saxman642]

What I recall mostly was the stories in the Mirror or Bomb newspapers for the next 2 years about all the humourous stories about looting incidents.. and then some who lose their life for being too greedy

 

[nirtime]

Hmmm I wasn't alive during this event as I am young. I never heard much about it so I look forward to hear what you all have to say.

 

[The Dude]

I was only 1 at the time and most likely busy crapping myself. But I remember my parents acting suspicious to everyone that had on the full Islamic garb. That suspicion lasted through most of the 90s until I hit secondary school and I started having a lot of Muslim friends (I went to a RC primary school). This sort of forced my parents to interact with them and then they realised they were just being paranoid. They still watch the Jamaat slight though.

Thinking back now, most of the parents used to subconciously segregate themselves according to religion. They would just "end up" talking in groups of people with the same religion during parents day and school bazaars. It was only after a couple years of the kids not "knowing better" and making friends with people of all religions that they let their guards down.

Was a slightly different story when I came home with my first girlfriend that happen to be muslim though. Neither of our parents were too thrilled at first.

 

[grimreaper009]

i think its something with the older heads not that my parents were like that....but i still see it in some of the people even today :/...really a case of a few bad eggs cause the rest to be stereotyped

 

[The Dude]

Yup. A lot of the older heads are still like that (grandparents of my friends and stuff). I think most people mix pretty well these days.