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Posted: 11 September 2008 - 05:16 PM
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It’s hard for me to write about that day, because I can very easily get angry and political about the long-term aftermath. I’ll try to stop before I head that way.
I had just finished a temporary work contract, and I was at home. I generally don’t watch TV or listen to the radio; I heard about it when a friend of mine, who knows that I don’t, called me to tell me. This may seem strange, but I still didn’t turn on the TV or the radio; I’m just not used to getting information that way. I went out and got a copy of the special edition of the paper, and read about it. And I went online to connect with the community I was involved with at the time.
That community is my strongest memory of that time. It was large and international group, and the support and concern and caring that poured in from around the world was amazing and intensely moving. We hung around online as various members from the New York and DC areas checked in to say they were all right, and then hung around some more to reassure each other that the world would be all right, somehow.
Another odd element of my own perspective is that I have spent my entire adult life knowing that there were people in the world who, without ever meeting me, hated me enough to want me dead; and I had to adjust to the fact that, although most of the world grows up knowing that, most of the US does not. Or did not. I watched my friends lose a level of innocence that I had almost forgotten ever having had.
And in mid-October, I started my current job – working for an investment advisor. It wasn’t the best time to start a new career in the financial industry; or maybe it was. One of my new firm’s clients died on 9/11, and the overall atmosphere of mourning touched every corner of the industry. I certainly hadn’t expected that my experience in bereavement counseling would have any part to play in my new career – heaven knows I wasn’t about to put it on my resume! – but it did prove to be a help.
I think I'll stop now.
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Posted: 12 September 2008 - 02:25 AM
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Here's a tribute I made after the events - I still remember watching live on tv as it all unfolded, I actually posted some of the very first iamges online because I was watching tv through my computer - I captured an image and posted it to a forum saying to people - is this a hoax...... it affected me deeply - which is why I made this - I'd had enough of seeing the buildings collapsing and the horror of it all...
Here's what I wrote when I sent the page out to my contact list
QUOTE | When the terrorist attacks against America began, I watched in shock and felt deeply the loss of so many innocent lives. I felt pain at the unspeakable horrors that took place and wondered how could this happen? Who could do these things?
I know that I am not the only one struggling with my emotions as we remember what took place.
Here in Australia I didn't feel removed from what happed, I felt grieved by it and like many, felt hopeless to do anything to aid those who were suffering.
We all saw too much of the devastation of these events, constantly repeated in the media, to the point where many of us could stand it no more, and now it's happening all over again.
In the days that followed September 11, I needed to find a way to grieve, to let out the emotions that were building up inside. I put together a tribute, it doesn't have any pictures of horror, no planes or burning buildings. Instead it has pictures that show how people have been brought together from all places, in all situations, of all faiths to support those who lost so much. Doing this helped me to grieve, I hope that in some small way it may help you too.
Let us remember though, that acts of terrorism occur every day, and thousands of lives are lost in countries around the world every year through the hatred and misunderstanding of others. There is no denying that the events of September 11 2001 were horrific and unimaginable but let us grieve also, for the lives of other innocents that are lost every year. |
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