Writer's Block: 9/11
Sep. 11th, 2008 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I had woken up early to do my morning walk before work. When I got home, I turned on the TV. Not really paying attention for the moment, I saw the towers being hit, thinking, what scifi movie was this? Then as soon as the news returned to the hosting commentators on CNN I realized it was real. My boss called and said to stay home, not to work. The whole world including us, was at a standstill.
That day really woke me up to how vulnerable we really are. Even though we sometimes think we can isolate ourself from the world and the world problems. This was a terrible act. But it also reminded me to try to be honest and look at ourselves, to see we are not perfect. We sometimes cause problems for others in the world too. A lot of people hate us, "we countries of the free world", either for good reason or not.
I had woken up early to do my morning walk before work. When I got home, I turned on the TV. Not really paying attention for the moment, I saw the towers being hit, thinking, what scifi movie was this? Then as soon as the news returned to the hosting commentators on CNN I realized it was real. My boss called and said to stay home, not to work. The whole world including us, was at a standstill.
That day really woke me up to how vulnerable we really are. Even though we sometimes think we can isolate ourself from the world and the world problems. This was a terrible act. But it also reminded me to try to be honest and look at ourselves, to see we are not perfect. We sometimes cause problems for others in the world too. A lot of people hate us, "we countries of the free world", either for good reason or not.
