keepmovingf0rward:
as someone who can see manhattan from their backyard, i can tell you firsthand that 9/11 was THE most frightening day of my entire life. the principal of my elementary school held an assembly and told us that two planes had crashed into the world trade center, they had fallen, and that we were…
I’d say you hit the nail right on the head. I agree with probably 98% of this, Jill. I also remember watching the eastern sky fill with smoke and the terror I felt when I learned—as a 6th grader—that the Twin Towers were attacked. I didn’t understand. And the images were traumatizing.
Just a few months ago I watched a YouTube video featuring audio of a man on the phone with 911, asking for help, saying that there was dark smoke everywhere, and he couldn’t breathe. And just a couple of minutes later you could hear the Tower collapsing. At that moment I broke down and sobbed. I just heard a man die, I told myself, and hundreds others who were in that building. It was ten years after 9/11, and yet that footage was incredibly shocking to me. Which brings me to my main point.
Yes, Osama’s death is big news, but I feel like people have forgotten that not everything is A-OK in this country. Celebrating like this is the one thing that will end all problems in America is ridiculous to me. ONE man is dead, but we still face hundreds of obstacles. Maybe even more now that this man is dead, as I’m sure his followers won’t just stand by with arms crossed. Not only that, but I’d say his death changes nothing.
Bin Laden’s death doesn’t justify the hundreds of thousands of lives lost. And what the fuck are we still doing in the Middle East? I think people are overjoyed right now because ONE thing has finally gone right in this country, and they’re just desperate and starved for good news. It’s a take-what-you-can-get mentality.
(Source: jillsblogmoved)
