So the for the past week, in government, Mrs. Johnson has been showing us this documentary on 9-11. Government is my first class of the day, and Thus, my day everyday for the past week has started with burning buildings, firefighters, and the reliving of the deaths of thousands of Americans.
When 9-11 actually took place, I was in the fourth grade. The teachers were all freaking out and running through the halls asking where the television sets were. Most of the teachers had frantically abandoned their classes. The students for the most part just sat there wondering what was going on. Finally, our teacher rolled in a stand with a TV on it.She turned in on. We watched.
I was about 10 years old. I honestly had no idea what the World Trade Centers were. I didn't even know what terrorists were. So when someone got it across to me that a terrorist had hijacked a plane into the world trade center, it really didn't make much sense. What I could get from watching it on TV was that a plane had flew into a building. Honestly, my first thoughts were, "okay...what's the big deal? A plane hit a building, I'm sure that happens all the time." In time I came to realize how big of a tragedy it really was.
Mrs. Johnson turned off the TV. Silence filled the room. "So what do you all think?" she asked us. Silence.
You can't answer that question very easily.
So this week has been a mournful type of week. It's really awful to see what this world has come to.
One of the firefighters in the film said something like, "I have two options: to be a firefighter or to go serve in the Navy. I would rather save lives than take them, but after witnessing that...I'd go."
I just made me realize how many lives were taken because of this stupid thing. Not only of the people in the towers when they were hit, but of the people trying to save them, and of the people who fought in the war caused by this.
Yeah. I just thought I'd share my thoughts on that.
Everyone have a good rest of the week.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
9/11
Posted by Hannah at 2:03 PM
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Good Blog, and nice thoughts on it :) Man, I'm feeling really old ;] I had just gotten done doing Physical Training (PT) with my team when our intelligence officer told us what happened... I walked in the office just as the second plane hit the second tower... The phones started ringing off the hook, we were told to turn in all our cell phones and no calls out... 27 hours later I was in Egypt and 10 days after that, being dropped out of a helicopter in pitch black over Afghanistan. Wow, this blog brought back some crazy memories ;) I know it seems like this world has gone crazy and that we've lost a lot of people in this war, but compared to other wars, this is nothing! Don't get me wrong, every life is so important, but in Vietnam for instance, we would lose more people in one day, then we have in 7 years of fighting. It kind of puts things into perspective if you think about it. Losing 5000 people in one day, or Korea, 15-20,000 in a day. We lost entire generations in World War 1 and 2... I can't fathom how it must have been back then!
It's cool that you're thinking about this stuff though, because history is doomed to repeat itself, if we don't remember!
I totally agree. I've felt like crying all week. Not just because of that though. Also the whole graduating thing, and being exhausted. I think the biggest thing that has me TOTALLY out of whack is missing church twice in a row. It's the first time I've done that in like 5 years, and when I'm feeling away from God in the first place, it really depresses me. I'm sure I'll probably write a blog about it soon.
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