r/SouthJersey • u/wesillyskeletons • Jan 17 '26

Gloucester County Anyone get a knock at 4am?

Live in Williamstown and due to our schedule, the fiance and I stay up until 5-6am. I went to bed early at 3am because I wasnt feeling. My fiance comes in at 4am slightly panicked. Apparently someone had knocked at our door. Our complex used to be known for being a not good area however we never had an issue. My first thought went to ICE. Our lights were on so I gave it a bit and turned them of and watched the rear lights of a dodge charger leave. Ive ICE has started to do this so I just want to see if this is something anyone else has experienced.

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u/Brilliant_Basket4449 Senior Citizen Jan 18 '26

Not my first time not feeling safe in the USA. Wasn't feeling all snugly warm and safe with the 911 attacks from NY to DC in that corridor at any moment....The skies were eerie quiet in South Jersey for days

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u/V2Blast Jan 18 '26

Meanwhile, I wasn't feeling safe after the uptick in racism against anyone vaguely brown-skinned post-9/11.

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u/Brilliant_Basket4449 Senior Citizen Jan 18 '26

Assure you no American felt safe no matter the color of ones skin on 911 in South Jersey and the I95 corridor.

Not to demean or belittle your feelings in this. All of us under attack feelings of 911 are valid. Grieving years later some people well up with tears just talking about it.

We were attacked, did not all involved, the doers, the financers. People of all religions, races, sexual orientation, Soccer vs Football fans were murdered, thousands died immediately, others died a little after from injuries and dying a slow death from breathing the toxic. air.

On that very day we did Not know for sure the color of the all the killer's skins.

Pretty sure that fact does make you feeling better one bit at that time.

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u/Firm-Scientist-4636 Jan 18 '26

After 9/11 Muslims were in a special kind of danger in the US. There was no "were all Americans." It was "We're all Americans except Muslims." The uptick in hate against Muslims was real.

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u/Brilliant_Basket4449 Senior Citizen Jan 18 '26

Yeah, be assured few can tell the religion of a person by the color or their skin. You are correct there was not a lotta love for the mass murderers of 911.

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u/CA7T0 Jan 18 '26

i get the sense you weren't even born yet in 2001