September 11th, five years ago was a major turning point in my life! I went to bed the night before excited that the next morning I was going to wake up and spend my 30's birthday with my husband and family having a grand day... what a shock to wake up to the radio (which we never have set to wake up) which was in the middle of broadcasting the first plane had hit! I thought it was some silly show on the radio, like when they broadcasted the end of the world with a giant meteor. I sat stund, then ran to the TV then watched as the other plane hit, suddenly who cared about, "my" day. As we had already invited family over for a party, I could barley blow out the candles and had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat as on that birthday and every one since, I can not imagine celebrating my life and BIRTH on the day that so many now have that date as the date of their death. Of course, I am constantly reminded as while writing a check people always comment on my date of birth. When meeting follow Sep. 11th birthdayers, we groan when saying our date of birth and know EXACTLY what the other one went through and the emotions we go through every year. Birthdays for us will NEVER be the same. I have certainly put away selfish thoughts of my birthday and every year think only on the people who lost their loved ones.
9/11 made me realize that my job is not as important as I thought it was. I took it too seriously and needed to lighten up. I saw that no one required me to go into a building that was being destroyed to save other people lives. The firefighters and police officers that went into these buildings realized that they may not come out. This did not stop these groups of people but instead they thought of the people that they might save and not their own lives. True heros are people like them that put their lives on the line when no one eles is willing too.
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Now my little story here will most likely never be put in the Beaumont Enterprise, but what the Hell. Now I woke up the morning of 9/11/2001 and did what I normally did on a school morning: preparing my lunch for the day and was about to eat breakfast. My mother came in and told me that the World Trade Center and that if they (my school) were to send the kids home that I would just walk home. My first thought was "World Trade Center?" I'm a California kid and up till that time never stepped foot on the east coast. Then the memory of the 1993 terrorist bombing came to mind and thought "Ok, another dumb *edited* killing people for no damn reason." Now don't think I'm a racist. I was just reffering to that one *edited* middle-eastern individual that was in my mind. Then I turned the TV on and saw the Tower that was hit first had smoke coming out of the hole and I couldn't see the other tower (cause it already collapsed) and thought "Wow, how many bombs did those guys put in there." I listened to the broadcast and all I remember hearing from the Anchors was of "Bombs", "Explosions" Now I have to admit that I never heard any of the newscasters say anything about planes crashing into the building. After I heard the first tower collapsed and saw stock footage of the huge fire ball out of that tower (didn't see the plane) all I could picture in my mind was men in Turbens running in the building, placing bombs in the designated places, and then running out of the building. Then While I was puting my shoes on I saw, LIVE, the tower with the lightening rod collapse and realized I just saw a lot of people die. It didn't faze me at all that I watched people die live on TV. I felt then, and somewhat now, that I had no right to mourn the deaths of those innocent people, cause remember I was in California. Then went to school and, most of those who were in highschool know, and every classroom had the TV on to the News, and I realized that this was going to be one of those days that people will mourn over for years to come and then eventually it will be an event in the history books and eventuall no one will really give a *edited*, such as Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Rwanda etc. etc. A few years ago I went to New York on a family trip and had the desire to visit "Ground Zero" (I hate that name) but decided not to because I have no right. I have no right. Almost two years ago someone told me about the documentary film "Loose Change" and how it shows evidence that the 9/11 attacks weren't terrorism but a "self-inflicted wound" as they say. Well, with the Patriot Act, and how that *edited* of an Election in '04 went, I thought "Typical." This year I finally decided to watch ''Loose Change" by this time it was 2nd edition. Then, with the internet started digging deeper, watching all films related to the conspiracy, including ones such as "Screw Loose Change", and "Not in plane Site." Finally finding Alex Jones. Now I'm like "Holy Sh**!" Now I ask myself, "Do I think the world I live in is really the world I live in?" 9/11/2001 is ever proof that humanity hasn't evolved and it's aftermath will eventually effect me. I don't know where I'm getting at. My head is mixed, trying to figure out what to do. Civil War may happen in this country again. World War 3 is coming and may end in a Nuclear Holocaust. Now, ones who read those last two or three sentences may think, "Words of just another nut." Things may change for the better, but if worse comes to worse, it's just a matter of surviving.
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Since September 11th 2001 it seems that i have been more politically involved. Bet yet, I have become more politically aware. There has been so much speculation and controversay for the last five years it has caused myself and numerous others to distrust our own Government to a certain degree. I was at home wathching the news and literally saw the second plane hit the second building live! Such a catastophic event, to still have not captured the "enemy". For me and many others there are still many questions that have gone unanswered. Five years later and still wondering who the real enemy is. I guess you could say that what happened on Sept' 11 left a perminate gap in our countries wholeness. What else is new...
Mr. Nobody
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