I've spent all day watching the History Channel Remembers 9/11. I've been fine all day, seeing all the same things from that day in the past, seeing the documentaries. This timeline show that was on when I turned my TV back on after coming back from dinner made me motivated to write again.
This is by far the most moving show I've seen on History all day. Seeing the people up close, and their reactions, seeing these grown men cry, seeing these people who are not in an authoritative position and just volunteering to clear the mess, just brought me to tears.
Seeing pieces of the planes on the ground, seeing the people sift through the debris, finding parts of bodies that had just been crushed by the devastating collapse of the Twin Towers.
This was not a documentation; there was no narrator, nothing to make the mood lighter, this was a story of what had happened. I want to see more shows and movies and videos like this.
There was a scene, as soon as I turned the TV on, that was of a child in Kindergarten or First grade. His mother was crying, so I'm not sure if that was from the sheer fact that there were attacks, or that someone she knew had died in the crash or collapse. But the little kid was asking the cameraman if he had seen the World Trade Center before, and if he could see it now. The fear in this little boys eyes as he finally understood that these buildings were not there anymore, for reasons that he was way to young to understand, is what brought me to tears. A part of it reminded me of when I was young 10 years ago. Not knowing what was going on, but still being afraid. It makes me glad that I didn't actually know what was going on. The fear that this caused was far greater than anyone could imagine.
Seeing this family come back to their house 10 blocks away from ground zero and see it covered in ash and dust and debris just was a shock. They had 61 messages. They tried to listen to the first 20 and they were all just jumbled. Then they finally had a legible one that was asking if they knew what was going on.
Seeing families that had been notified by their relatives and loved ones that they were doing something to stop another devastating event by bravely bringing down United 93. And then seeing the families of those loved ones that were still missing at Ground Zero. And then being reminded of the skyline being so bare after the buildings collapsed.
Events like these make me remember that I have everything. And they give me the motivation to just write about how I feel, and how I feel people should be viewing 9/11.
Don't remember where you were, remember WHO you were there with. Imagine if those people were just gone, nothing left, a missing person. Love what you have, because one day it may not be there.
What these people did to us, how they tried to break our country, was terrible. But from it, we gained a country of unity.
Hearts and prayers to those Firefighters, police, volunteers, heroes, everyday civilians, who witnessed, lost, and lived through the terrors of 9/11
On a side note, a radio station in Texas had said basically the same thing I did. "These terrorists did the thing that polititions , speakers, leaders could not do. They brought America and Americans together."
ReplyDeleteAnd then seeing the Muslims being attacked, these citizens who have been neighbors and people here after this. Listening to the messages that were sent to them. Terrible.