Pausing in Remembrance
As I sit here at my computer typing this, I think of today and what it means to our country. Five years ago, I remember I woke up early in the morning, headed for another day in my senior year in high school. I strolled down stairs, thought I’d use the bathroom first…And as I walked out, my dad called me into the den saying to “come take a look at this.” I arrived to see what was clearly an airplane flying into the midsection of a very large building. I found out shortly thereafter that I had just watched the second airplane fly into the World Trade Center live on television. It was a moment of living history.
All class lectures were cancelled that day at school. From third period on, all we did was just watch the news on the terrorist attacks. Not liking the depressed atmosphere, I attempted to lighten things up for a friend by faking a smile. But it was met with him shaking his head and putting it in his hands.
Things were different from there on out. Life could not be lived the same. I noticed a difference in my behavior as I became less trying too hard to be an adult and went into periods of nostalgia. I could feel myself becoming more compassionate and more caring about life. There was a difference in me, but it was hard to explain.
Five years later, I found myself just last night watching “The Path to 9/11,” a two-night TV movie explaining so many things that led to 9/11. Brilliantly explained, terrific acting job from Harvey Kietel, terrible camerawork though. It all came back to me. Lauren and I watched it together, realizing we wished we could have been there for each other five years ago today.
When I think of where we’ve come to five years ago prosecuting the War on Terrorism, I think we’ve still got the right intentions doing the right things overseas. We cannot lose the war, because there’s too much to risk in the middle-east and we need to finish what we started, which is helping clean the area up. If we let Al-Qaeda and anyone else get away with crimes against the United States, then we will have shown the world that we cannot execute justice. Bush, I’ll admit, has disappointed me in various ways that I could list right now if I had the time to think about it, but I still have to support him as much as possible. The premise is correct even if the plot is weak.
God Bless America.
All class lectures were cancelled that day at school. From third period on, all we did was just watch the news on the terrorist attacks. Not liking the depressed atmosphere, I attempted to lighten things up for a friend by faking a smile. But it was met with him shaking his head and putting it in his hands.
Things were different from there on out. Life could not be lived the same. I noticed a difference in my behavior as I became less trying too hard to be an adult and went into periods of nostalgia. I could feel myself becoming more compassionate and more caring about life. There was a difference in me, but it was hard to explain.
Five years later, I found myself just last night watching “The Path to 9/11,” a two-night TV movie explaining so many things that led to 9/11. Brilliantly explained, terrific acting job from Harvey Kietel, terrible camerawork though. It all came back to me. Lauren and I watched it together, realizing we wished we could have been there for each other five years ago today.
When I think of where we’ve come to five years ago prosecuting the War on Terrorism, I think we’ve still got the right intentions doing the right things overseas. We cannot lose the war, because there’s too much to risk in the middle-east and we need to finish what we started, which is helping clean the area up. If we let Al-Qaeda and anyone else get away with crimes against the United States, then we will have shown the world that we cannot execute justice. Bush, I’ll admit, has disappointed me in various ways that I could list right now if I had the time to think about it, but I still have to support him as much as possible. The premise is correct even if the plot is weak.
God Bless America.
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