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2002-12-18

As I heard the news, I was at Temple University. Upon realizing the news was indeed fact, I immediately rushed to get back to my place of residence. Coming through the front door, I can hear Dan Rather's voice blaring over the tv and as I approach the tv in the dining room, I stand there, gazing. In total disbelief, I look at the tv and see both Towers ablazed and hearing the remorse in Rather's voice. As it dawns on me that America has been attacked, the screen flashes scenes from the Pentagon that was also hit. I stood in the middle of the dining room, motionless, as if I was caught up in a time warp. Bedazed by the acts of aggression displayed on America, I take notice of Rather's words when he says all U.S. boarders are closed and all aircraft grounded. Only after Rather speaks that this is indeed happening LIVE do I fully comprehend: terrorists have strucked America and hurt us deeply. My first thoughts thereafter was where was BUSH. I was angered when I saw his plane flying somewhere in the southern area of America. Instead of returning to D.C. to take charge, he appeared to save himself. Granted, he is the President of the United States but the Citizens of the United States need a word of comfort, forceful leadership in this dreadful time of crisis. My heart was heavy after 1 pm because there was no official word on who was responsible. For the next several days, the only phrase that came out of my mouth was BLOOD FOR BLOOD!! Vengence was all that I cared to hear and wanted Bush to speak on. On September 11th, I will never forget the pain I felt, that Americans at home and abroad felt, as it only stimulated a nation to forget about our foolish differences on agenda, race and inferiority and focus on our common enemy yet unknown. I no longer felt any discomfort towards Klansmen or Skinheads as the subhumans who slamed their planes into those Towers and the Pentagon are NOT human. No longer did I concern myself with the color of one's skin as the terrorists proved they didn't care who was in those Towers. Whoever was in those Towers was gonna be killed. The WORLD Trade Center was an economic hub for the WORLD's leading financial nations to partake in business, people from all different races and nationalities. To continue to be angry with my "fellow American" whether Indian, Chinese, Japanese, White, Black, Korean or WHOEVER was responsible for the deaths of those in the Trade Center and Pentagon, I wanted them to suffer the same fate, slow and painful. This was a cowardly act and my heart wanted swift reprecussions immediately. BLOOD FOR BLOOD. That was the only thing I felt would compensate for the pain. The Pentagon, being a military establishment, would have been sufficient as it is a MILITARY target. I would still have been angry because the Pentagon was struck but I would have understood. To go towards the Towers, that was clearly a personal issue entirely different. Honest, hard-working people died and will never know why. The people aboard those respective planes also will never FULLY know the reasons for their untimely demise. Let us not forget those people, OUR People, our fellow Americans who died prematurely on Setpember 11th, 2001.