My 9/11 Response

The first thing that really caught my eye and mind from this article was the line, "people either got away from the towers or they got killed. " This goes to show you, bluntly, that it was an extreme struggle for life and many didn't make it out. I find it rather humorous, however, that from the last blog, people had to add things to make the story of September 11 more interesting and what not. I find this story much more riveting than anything I could see on t.v. that is made up. The public is interested in the truth when it comes to these kinds of topics. Yes, we may watch shows like the Real World, Big Brother or Flavor of Love, but we as a country are not as shallow as these shows. The fact that this is a first hand account adds a sense of realism and a "this really happened" feel to it. In Superior, New York seems worlds away, but this story brings September 11 into our minds as something real, something that affected hundreds of relatives, loved ones and our country.

This day changed the course of our country so much, yet until we read things like this it doesn't even seem part of our world. I'm sure people felt the same when Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan. There was an ocean separating us from this incident, yet we still see its effects on today's society everytime a racial slur is shouted at someone of asian descent or looking at pictures of our great grandparents who fought in the war and only guessing the things they saw. Unfortunately, it takes these types of incidents to make us look at the world around us and realize that we are taking life for granted.