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2002-11-06

On September 11th, 2001 I was out in a public Internet-Café as my sister came there to tell me that the World Trade Center had been attacked. The words she said were: "I asume you know that the towers have just been destroyed?". All I answered was a cool "Yes..." though I didn't know. I took a couple minutes until I realize what she was talking about. Immediately, I checked some news pages in the web in order to get some news. I couldn't believe that what my sister had told my was really true. I grabbed my stuff and ran back home to catch some live-pictures. I couldn't believe what I saw. My family was sitting in front of the TV watching the news. I called my friend who had been in New York and on top of the Towers a couple month before. It was a peculiar situation. I got goosebumbs everywhere and I though of all my friends in America. I tried to call some but that was impossible. My friend I had called told me that the host parents of his sister who was living near New York could not come home since they were asked to help in any way they could. Both are doctors. It was a perfect disaster, everyone was excited and disbelieving. It was an experience I never want to experience again. One of the most touching moment was as we were watching the news the the second Tower was collapsing and the moderator was sitting in front of such a blue box screen. You could see the Tower collapsing behind him but mor touching was the fact that he couldn't say anything. He was just sitting and watching, trying hardly to find adequate words which was naturally difficult.

I think there are numerous aspects to look at from different views. Whether politacally or socially both has its reasons and contributions in those attacks. We should learn that war is no way of preserving peace in the world. How can you pretend persuing the goal of global peace when you would take a weapon to achieve it? The most contradictory sentence is: "We are fighting for peace!"