Septemer 11th 2001. I was only 6 at the time so my memory of the whole thing is really vague. I think the only reason I really have any recolation at all was because my mom was out West for a business trip. Since planes were grounded immediately after 9/11, my mom couldn't fly home as planned (my aunt was taking care of me at the time) so I recall that my mom wouldn't be home on time. My grandpa, who was coming to releive my aunt by train also go turned around on his way into Chicago because I guess they shut down trains into big cities too. I guess my aunt was freaking out because she was stuck in Chicago since she couldn't leave me alone and also because everyone was worried about another attack. The thing was, I wasn't worried at all. I know for sure that my relatives didn't tell me what had happened except that my mom couldn't take a plane home so she would be late (my mom ended up taking a GreyHound bus cross country to get back home). I really can't remember much else and I'm not totally sure how I learned what actually happened then, and I guess this brings up a question of how will we teach about this event in the future...
To close I'd like to take a moment to remember not only those who perished in the Towers, the Pentagon, and in a PA field, but all the soldiers, firefighters, other civilians, too. I think it is also important to recognize all the potentially innocent Middle Easterners who have died too even though they had no terrorist connections.
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