"But what about the victims?" - Thoughts from the Park Ridge 9/11 Ceremony

[strannik01]

Last Friday morning, I was in Park Ridge, a suburb just outside Chicago's northwest city limits, covering the ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks for the Niles Bugle.

A year earlier, the city unveiled a 9/11 memorial. Its centerpiece was a beam from the ruins of the World Trade Center, and it was meant

Comments

[benicek]

At least they make a distinction between victims and people who voluntarily put themselves in harm's way. I've been really astonished at the number of times I've seen the victims of those attacks described in US media as having made a 'sacrifice', as if they were the suicide attackers, not the terrorists. There also seems to be a widespread belief, or desire to believe, that the passengers on Flight 93 deliberately killed themselves. I've even argued with people online who told me they 'chose to' believe this. WTF? It's tasteless and disturbing.

If I am murdered by terrorists I never ever want to be described as a 'sacrifice'.

Didn't mean to take so long to reply, but better late then never, IMHO

[strannik01]

Yeah. That is actually a very good point. Come to think about it, it is, at best... odd.