I did something today as a continuation of something I did this past Friday. It's something that gives me sinking feeling all over, especially my heart. In a few weeks it will be the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2011 attacks on the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Let's forget that this is the day of my birthday, this has nothing to do with that. What I've been doing is watching YouTube videos, one after the other, of the second plane hitting the WTC.
Why? Because it's been ten years, and it needs to be acknowledged. If YouTube was around during the Pearl Harbor attacks and that had happened during my lifetime, I'm sure I'd be doing the same thing for that event. The fact that we live in the post-modern era has allowed us to be bombarded with information about one topic. What that means for this is that I've been seeing a multitude of videos of the second plane hitting that tower because they're available to me. One video stuck out the most amongst the many I watched. The first plane had hit the tower and this woman was recording the wreckage because of it. Then her video, showed the second plane hitting the WTC. In that instant, after the yell of shock from her stunned feelings, she yelled out, "this is planned." And that's just it, it was then and there that this event was no longer and accident, it was an attack.
I always find it important to reflect. Some time ago, and I discussed on a previous blog post what I went through a decade ago the day of these attacks. Someone that was there with me on that day ten years ago, my friend Lizzy, recently referred me to a Washington DC radio station that is doing a special on individuals who have their birthdays on that day and what they went through. Regardless of it having been my birthday, I want to contribute as a young American who was on the opposite coast in order to provide a diverse perspective for the special.
I want to remember because I think people should not take that day or any day for granted. Those attacks could've easily happened to any of us within the American borders. But because they did not, we should not let those who lost their lives to have lost them in vain.
Rest in Peace those of you who lost your lives because of these attacks. My best wishes to their family and friends and anyone who has ever been heartbroken because of this day's aftermath.
