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A year later, what I wrote about this day ( here) still rings true. However, it's been a bit easier so far since it isn't being shoved at my face everywhere I turn nearly as bad as it was last year. So that helps.
The day is still young, though.
And today, eleven years ago, on a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday, I'd soon be learning that something happened. It's always sunny and beautiful. Granted, I can't remember back to certain years what it was like then, but it's always been a nice day.
Yet I can definitely identify that day as the turning point in my budding adult life. I often wonder, like seriously wonder what things could have been like if the attacks never happened. How different the country would be. How different the world would be. Would Bush have been a one-term president? Would we have found a different excuse to go into Iraq? Would something else have been attacked instead? Would the attacks in London still have taken place?
How different would we as a people be without it? Would this sentiment of "going back to the good ol' days" be as prevalent? Would we be more open to an advancement towards the future and changes for the good of the country? Would the global economy have found ways to stay afloat so everything didn't go up in price?
So many questions and what ifs... How would I be as a person without this in my memory? If September 11, 2001 was just another day?
I really don't know.
The day is still young, though.
And today, eleven years ago, on a gorgeous, sunny Tuesday, I'd soon be learning that something happened. It's always sunny and beautiful. Granted, I can't remember back to certain years what it was like then, but it's always been a nice day.
Yet I can definitely identify that day as the turning point in my budding adult life. I often wonder, like seriously wonder what things could have been like if the attacks never happened. How different the country would be. How different the world would be. Would Bush have been a one-term president? Would we have found a different excuse to go into Iraq? Would something else have been attacked instead? Would the attacks in London still have taken place?
How different would we as a people be without it? Would this sentiment of "going back to the good ol' days" be as prevalent? Would we be more open to an advancement towards the future and changes for the good of the country? Would the global economy have found ways to stay afloat so everything didn't go up in price?
So many questions and what ifs... How would I be as a person without this in my memory? If September 11, 2001 was just another day?
I really don't know.