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Yeah...I really can't believe it's been 9 years. It's still a terrible memory of mine seeing the South Tower fall with my own eyes. It's hard for me to even type this so I'll have to leave it at that.
Yes, god bless all the victims and their family and friends on this day. It's heart breaking to watch the memorial but I feel compelled to watch it through to the end. I can't believe it's been almost a decade, it's still unbelievable that this event took place.
We can not forget but we can not also forget that those who died after september eleven due to the attacks or the causes of the attacks like first responders and and recovery workers, also are soldiers who fought over seas and died in Iraq a direct result of september and those in Afghanistan after 911. So far tens of thousands of Americans died as of a direct result of september eleven and the numbers keep on raising. We shall never forgot those that have died during and after september elevens and its causes. Hopefully we can find resolve and peace in our hearts and minds. I was in school 17 miles away from the wtc in school at Truman high school the northern most school in nyc located at coop city and looking out of the window seeing smoke and ash covering lower manhattan.
My photos from then
World Trade Center - Before, During and After 911 - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themachinestops/sets/1654163/ - broken link)
I will never forget that day. I was at work when it happened. We could see the smoke from the windows in our building. One of the first things I heard from one of the women I work with was the question "who is allah?" "this guy said it was in the name of allah". I knew from the rest of the news reports and told them allah is their god. The women I worked with never even hear of an allah nor had they ever heard of what a muslim is. What a horrible way to be taught what allah and muslim means.
We were let go early. After watching in shock what happened on TV at home I thought i better get food, water and gas if I have to either stay home bound or stay with my Mother or evacuate to who knows where.
I saw muslim women in the supermarket poking fun at me and some of what they said was in a few English words yet just enough for me to clearly know what they meant. I couldn't to this day identify them because i couldn't see their whole faces. I saw muslim men celebrating on the side of the gas station building only because I was up close enough and happened to look that way. I won't even say how they were with me. It became more than a shocking news report then at that point after that it became personal for me.
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