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2002-09-03

I was just arriving into my first period dance class when I saw my techer with tears in her eyes. I immediately knew womething was wrong, and seeing as the TV was on, I turned my attention to the news. the newsreporter, in a melancholy tone, reported that one of the towers of the world trade center had bee hit. My heart immediately felt as if it had been hit with a sledgehammer. the first thing that came to mind: who did it? When the reporters mentione that it was possibly Osama Bin Laden, the leader of a terrorist organization, I was skeptical becuae at first everyone though it was terrorist behind the Oklahoma City Bombing. So I thought, this is how poeple show their love and devotion and appreciation for their country, by causing an event so horrific that all we can do is sit and wonder why. I thought we may be the land of the free, but we are certainly not the home of the brave, because demolishing the twin towers with planes is definately a cowardly act. And since to this day we still can't find Osama bin Laden, I can only think, where's our justice?

I have not been directly affected by September 11th besides the hurt in my heart and the ache in my soul. I still cannot believe that someone could find it in their hearts to kill all those innocent people for revenge. The United States has done some pretty messed up things to other countries in the past, but attacking the US doesn't slolve the problems; it only amkes them worse. Becuase now innocent people in Afghanistan are going to die and everyone of Middle Eastern decent has become a suspect. With all the nuclear weapons and manpower we have in the United States, there is no telling how far we will go since we have a "motive".

I think September 11th was whoever did it's way of showing America that no matter how almighty we think we are, there is always something that can strike us down. But instead of making us Americans stop and say, man now we se how it feels to be the target; It's only given us an excuse to use more violence. I would say the one thing that I will always remember about September 11th is the way we came together to help. it's unfortunate that only by tragedy cna we come together and help one another. So in a twisted way, September 11th was a lesson to us all: 1. no matter how rich we are we are not invincible and 2. no matter how bad the tragedy we are indivicible.

No I did not fly the flag after September 11th because since I'm not a patriotic person, I do not own one. In have mixed feelings toward the flag. On one hand, I resent it because I think about how many times that flag was waved in triumph as innocent victims lay dying in our greedy need to be the best. But on the other hand I appreciate those 13 stripes and 50 stars because, like our nation, they come together to form something truly unique that is unlike anything else in the world.