After the events of 9/11 I was constantly paranoid about being attacked by a plane coming out of the sky. It was awful because I was afraid to even leave my house. All that I saw on the news was panic and disaster. These feelings took a long time to subside for me. But after watching the video in class about 9/11 all of those feelings just ended up coming back. It hit me that I am not always safe in my own home. The nation was just as afraid after these terrible events occurred. It was almost surreal that it even happened in the first place. It is hard to wrap your head around the idea that someone would have no problem killing thousands of innocent people just to make a political statement. Never before had anything like this ever been done. When it was happening people were just watching in awe. No one had any idea what was going on because there were multiple planes that were hitting multiple targets. It left people scared and confused. It was truly a horrifying day.
The movie in class that we watched was intense. It provided a first person view of what happened on that fateful morning. The day started out just like any other, smiling, laughing and joking around at the firehouse. In an instant everything changed and there was a sense of panic in the air. The firefighters were wondering what happened, but they had a job to do so they rushed to the site. While everyone was watching in fear, those brave men were making their way to the twin towers to save people’s lives. It takes an incredible amount of courage to take those first steps up tower one to go into an almost hopeless situation. Being a firefighter in an honorable job and they deserve a lot of respect from the people of this country. Without them all of the people involved with that day would have passed away. They fought the best they could and saved as many lives as possible. Every New York firefighter put up a valiant effort.
9/11 gave our country a sense of reality. No, we are not invincible. Before 9/11 people were never afraid of stuff like that happening. Nowadays it’s a common fear that a terrorist act might occur and our actions reflect it. Airport security is much tighter, the terror alert level has been high for the past couple of years, and the government now has a major focus upon stopping terrorism. 9/11/2001 is a day that will change our nation forever.
Omar, this post is about a month late and you are missing several of the assigned posts as well. Bottom line, you have less than half of what you need. Too bad. Your voice is strong and your opinions here and in class are always interesting. Work to use this blog as a forum to get your ideas out into the marketplace. Use specifics and details from the materials to show what you know, not just what you think and work to stay up to date.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget you also need to be blogging about your outside reading soon!