Remembering 9/11

Just days after the 9/11 attacks, in an expanse of rubble, three firefighters found the space and time to erect an American flag on a mound above the tragic scene below at ground zero. This moment was captured in a famous photo taken by Thomas E. Franklin. As a proud American and patriot, I look at this photo and marvel at how one country was hurt so badly, yet was able to band together behind one...

It has been 18 years since the 9/11 attacks that terrorized not only the U.S., but the entire global audience. 18 years of remembering, honoring and paying tribute to those who lost their lives, those who lost their loved ones, and those who painfully experienced those horrors of that one ordinary morning in New York City.  I know that I’m not American. I know that I was born a full two years ...

Today is my best friend’s birthday. She’s seventeen. I miss her so much because she doesn’t live in London anymore, and today of all days, I'm thinking about her more than usual. But I’m also thinking about something else. One year before my best friend was born, the worst event to ever happen on American soil took the lives of almost 3,000 people. 9/11 is incomprehensible to me. Every time I...

I wasn’t even born when 9/11 occurred. I have never lived in a pre 9/11 world. A couple of years ago when my mom felt we were old enough, she decided to show my brother and me the new coverage that took place during the events. My mom was home with my baby brother and my dad was at work. They didn’t know what was going on besides the fact that the two buildings were on fire.  I often felt like...

The class of 2020 will be the last class of students to have members born before the September 11 terrorist attacks. As the 18th anniversary of 9/11 comes and goes, I think about how my generation has grown up alongside the aftermath of the event. The generations before us spend the anniversary remembering their experiences. The generations younger than us spend the anniversary learning about hist...