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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Only a small percentage of Americans today were alive when Pearl Harbor happened and the majority of the populations parents were not alive. A lot of perspective is lost over generations removed from the event.It will never be forgotten but it may slowly sink to Pearl Harbor level of remembrance over the years. I think that’s just how time, aging of people that lived through it and younger generations not feeling the pain impact national tragedies.
But man, 20 years. Seems like yesterday for those of us that saw the events unfold that day.
PatsfaninPhilly said:Memories of 9/11
Six years ago on the second anniversary in 2003 , I was in NYC and saw the Towers of Light...and put pen to paper......
I refuse to live in fear.
I am an American.
I will travel whenever I want in this great land of ours
undeterred by the threats of others.
I will take my children to our treasured landmarks and historical sites.
I will not retreat from an adventuresome journey
because of others with a disdain for our way of life.
It is the legacy of our forefathers, who shed their blood
on battlefields throughout the world, to protect
our democratic institutions.
I will show my children this country in all its majesty,
from the beauty of a Pacific sunset to the bright lights of Broadway
to the beacon held high by Lady Liberty.
I will show them Ellis Island,
the gateway to a new world with the hopes and dreams of millions.
This nation was forged by an amalgam of spirited people
who believed in self-determination.
I will not bow to those who challenge that notion.
It dishonors the memory of those who have gone before me.
I refuse to let the actions of a few destroy my will.
I will show my children the monuments to our presidents
who persevered in times of crisis and triumphed over evil.
I will show them Arlington National Cemetery
and the graves of those who fell in the defense of freedom.
I will show them a field in the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania
Where citizen soldiers fought back
and gave their lives in the latest struggle.
I have seen the horrors of that fateful day.
I have watched as flags ruffled in the breeze unbowed
as the smoke rose from the ashes.
Its pungent odor and acrid smell did not destroy our spirit.
I have heard the countless untold stories of heroism
that will stay with me forever.
To live timidly disgraces their honor.
I will keep that dream alive.
I refuse to live in fear.
I am an American.
-MKK 9/11/03
I watched one on prime video called phone calls from 9/11 and it recalls one guy who literally was cleaning out his desk to start a new job and he never made it out. Another victim she was 19 and was at the towers for a company merger meeting (it lasted an hour) and was about to go downstairs to fly back home when it hitFor anyone who hasn’t seen it, the 9/11 documentary called “One Day in America” on NatGeo is exceptionally well done. Removes any political commentary and tells the story from the eyes of several survivors.
That’s crazy that your school didn’t let you watch it. The TVs came on in my second period class after the first plane hit. It was right as we were walking in. Minutes later, we saw the second plane hit live.Probably the most formative world event of my lifetime. People throw around the term post 9/11 a lot, but it can’t be overstated how different America was before and after. We were all cut deep by that day.
I’ll never forget being in class and seeing teachers whispering to each other and at the end of the day being told “you all might hear some things when you go home today, just remember we have resources if you need it”. Then coming home to a quiet house and my somber mother. My grandmother was flying out of Logan that day, my family apparently spent all day making calls to make sure she was safe, thankfully they got confirmation before me and my sister were home.
I wish we could reverse time and go back to before when we didn’t all have the baggage of a National trauma like that weighing on the country. Maybe it’s my age, but there was something a little more optimistic and carefree about America that was lost that day.