As a young author, I wasn’t born until 8 years after al-Qaeda attacked the United States on 9/11/2001. I heard about it, learned about it, and researched it. The US was in mourning for hundreds of deaths when two planes crashed into the Twin Towers. Hundreds more died when the buildings collapsed. Al-Qaeda also attacked the Pentagon. With a Boeing 758 crashing into the west wall of the pentagon’s E-ring at 530 MPH. The Boeing 757 pierced through the outer E-ring of the pentagon, then passed through the D-ring, where the navy command center was, and lastly continued into the C-ring. Just because I wasn’t born doesn’t mean I don’t know what happened. The September 11th attacks of 2001 caused the deaths of 2,996 people, including 2,977 victims and 19 hijackers who committed suicide. R.I.P. to innocent lives and service members who have died in the September 11 attacks. This is What I, as a young author, know about 9/11
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factually concise, but
wise poet
it's beyond the facts, that date
is remembered for
it is the day, the entire world realised
Humanity
is its own greatest threat
a threat, that can never be conquered
it is the sheer horror of watching people dangle from collapsing buildings
it is the feeling of complete impotency
at witnessing such a catastrophic tragedy
and knowing, someday
something far worse
will be witnessed by a generation
who
only know the facts about this date
not the generational trauma it planted
in billions of shattered hearts
(and I, am not even an American
citizen
nor have I lost anyone to that date
I just watched it unfold
on a screen)
may you never 'know' about 9/11
or anything similar to it
Tragic, terrifying. Innocent people die in war.
My father survived WWII in the Battle of the Bulge. I never knew what he saw until the morning of 9-11. Not that I saw what my father saw, but through my eyes, I was not only a part of personally being there and surviving, but I witnessed tragedy of the worst kind, continued dreaming of the days events, but then witnessed hope through unity. I only hope, through all the tragedies in this world, that people can learn to unify indefinitely, instead of just for a moment, because that's the crime, it seems unity is but for a moment. Your write obviously inspired my comment, and as a writer, that's the result you should be proud of, eliciting a response. Well done.
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