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American Social History Project

My life has changed because of September 11 as it has made me realise how lucky I am to be living in a world amongst people who care for the feelings of not only the American people but the world people in general. Not only has it made me reflect on the loss of my family and friends, it has made me reflect on the thousands of lives lost on that fateful day and it is comforting to know that I am not the only one who is going through pain but is also discomforting thinking about the thousands of families around the world that are still, up to this day, hurting from 9/11. It makes me sad to think that there are people out there in the world that would go out of there was to harm people and in this case a nation to simply pass on a message that could have been delivered peacefully and not through an act of terrorism.

I remembered the events of the September 11 attacks through organising memorial services attended by the community I live in and also retelling a few stories of witnesses on that day to give people a variety of perspectives on the events and to show them how memory can alter history and trigger a certain emotion in the individual. Through the constant prayers, celebration of peoples lives and memorial of that day, I will and always remember the attacks of September 11.