Sunday, September 11, 2011

My Feelings on this 10th anniversary

so today marks the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.  I was in 10th grade. sitting in 1st period my teacher pulled a tv shortly after the 1st tower was hit, we watched all period long. in what i believe was 3rd period my history teacher pulled in a tv, i saw the plane hit the  second tower and we watched both fall. i was wearing a black skirt and top with wedges...i remember b/c i looked down at myself shortly after the 2nd tower fell, i was in awe, didn't know how to react and ill be honest didn't even know what the WTC's were. Over the years ive been watching documentaries and reading stories about the events. Today i read and saw a picture of people jumping to their death, it was not a vulgar disrespectful images like most out there. It stated simply, "People who could not bear the heat anymore make the decision to jump to their death, two people held hands the whole way down..." would i be courageous enough to make that decision? if i did would even my best friend or even my husband support me enough to hold my hand to our deaths? its a powerful image, but that was a powerful day.  What happened to america's short lived unity? its only been 10 years, i know a lot can change but i never thought we'd hate each other more than we did before. HBO has a great documentary about the resilience of america afterward it features 84th floor survivors, President Bush, Rumsfeld and other survivors of that day.  It goes beyond just 9-11 to cover Anthrax and the shoe bomber...you can find it on Youtube. Another good one i found was also on youtube Portraits of 9-11 by aaron neighbor, it has footage ive never seen before and if you can get past the arabic music in the begining you'll really appreciate the images and video footage he captured to tell their story so well.   I always felt the shanksville, pa flight was "overlooked" so to speak but this video lists every name of every person who died on september 11, 2001.   I didn't know anyone personally who was in any of those places on that day but i do have emotions, fairly similar to that of those who have. I know what its like to lose someone close to you and you never really get over it, i can't image how it feels to lose someone so sudden or only be 11 days old when your father dies (a story in one docu) live life to the fullest, be happy and try to remember EVERYDAY not just on the day of their death the good times you were able to have with them.  My wish, all the victims families as well as survivors are able to find the peace God can give them to go through life having been affected by another persons choices. 

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