9/11 Remembrance

FIRST PERSON | I was getting ready for work on that beautiful September day when my husband called me into the living room to look at the TV after the first plane hit; I watched in horror and disbelief as the second plane hit. We thought the first one was an accident, but when the second one hit, we knew it was deliberate.

I left for work, not even knowing if anyone would be at work, but I will never forget when I got in the car, the song playing on the radio was Don Henley’s “New York Minute.” Even though we had no idea how many people had been killed, the song touched me so much that I started to cry. I am a Baby Boomer, born in the ’60s, and I remember the innocence of those days and how easy life seemed to be (though I am sure that many people remember their childhood with nostalgia, no matter when they were born!).

However, it seems as though since 9/11 I mourn even more for our world before that time. It makes me so sad to think about all of the people who were killed and the horrific way they died; I am sad for their families and loved ones. I also mourn for the America I grew up in; I feel that 9/11 definitely changed that forever. I mourn the loss of innocence we have suffered as a country, especially for the children growing up in this world who, after 9/11, have to live their lives in the kind of fear that we never experienced.


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