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"Things will never be the same"
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By Nicole Moriarty
On September 11, 2001, during the time that most Americans would be settling into their office spaces, most were settling in front of television sets to see the horrific site of the two most outstanding monuments on the New York skyline engulfed in flames.
At 8:45am EST, the first hijacked plane crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center complex. The impact of the jet created a gaping hole in the side of the tower and set it aflame. American Airlines Flight 11 had left Logan International Airport in Boston and was headed to Los Angeles earlier that morning.
A little later in the morning, at approximately 9:03 Eastern time, a second hijacked airliner from Logan International Airport crashed into the other tower of the World Trade Center complex. A huge ball of fire was released immediately upon impact. Witnesses who had seen the jet fly into the side of the tower stared in disbelief. They couldn’t believe what they had just seen.
Americans were in disbelief over what had happened. They couldn’t believe that terrorists had invaded our country, and that New York had been attacked. Time had just been altered when relating things to other people, whether it happened before the attack, or after the attack. It seems that things will never be the same as they were before the eleventh of September.
During these very emotional times, it’s important to keep our priorities straight. A lot of hate crimes have been occurring since the tragedy towards many Americans of Arabian descent, and Americans need to realize that just because someone’s skin is a certain color doesn’t mean that they were in any way affiliated with what happened at the World Trade Center. Racist behavior towards another American will not help us through these tough times.
As a Quabbin student, when I first heard the news about the crisis at the World Trade Center, I was in disbelief. I didn’t think that anything like that could ever happen in America, and from what I heard a lot of other students felt the same way. I didn’t think it was true at first because I didn’t want to believe that it was true. The whole situation was surreal, and when I saw the actual footage of what had happened, it seemed like a science-fiction movie, such as Independence Day. But it was like no other movie anyone had ever seen. The movies we see for entertainment are created as a diversion for our thoughts, and after leaving the seat at the theater we could return to our normal lives and carry on as we would every day. However we must remain strong and we will get through this situation
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