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American Social History Project

My life has changed in so many ways.I feel as though I am seeing so much more racism than I did before towards anyone who looks muslim.People are living in fear of terrorists and feel that justice has not been served to those who have been hurt from what happened on 9/11. It is still so hard to hear that even after 10 years people are still reliving what happened and the attack still feels so real. I went and visited ground zero and you could still smell the burnt ashes. It felt so surreal . My distant cousin was a security guard in the towers and he died. I did not know him but just finding out that he was part of my family made me angry and sad for those who had their moms,dads,sisters,brothers, children and anyone close to them who died in the 9/11 attack. its horrible.

I will remember this day just like I did when it happened. I was not I was not in school like most kids because i had just moved to Boston and the process was horrid. I woke up to my mother crying in the living room watching as the towers fell. At first i had not realized the significance of what was really happening. I was in Newyork a month before the attack and me and my dad drove by the twin towers and he told me do you want to go on top of them on your birthday, that was in october. My dad and I do not have the best relationship so for him to ask me made me feel like things might get better. I know it may sounds selfish but when those towers fell the first thing i thought about was me and my dad and then i thought about all the girls whos fathers were actually in the towers or on the plane. That is when it really hit me. This attack destroyed families , relationships , people , everything.