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Aug. 4th, 2002 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threeplusfireThere is an article in the NY Times today about the WTC, and how some firefighters made it much further up in the south tower than anyone knew.
A few times so far, some of the Germans and others have asked me about September 11th. It is hard, to find words. I am at a loss as to why I am still so inarticulate about this moment. When I was a kid, my mom would tell me about the afternoon when they learned about Kennedy's death, about her rage and fighting with her father about Kent State, and I always wanted to have some moment that would connect me to everyone else like that. Here is is, and I do not know what to say. It must seem morbid, to have wanted to experience something like that, but I was a lonely child. I wanted so much to belong to something.
I read these articles, and I still cry. Because it is awe inspiring and terrible, the madness and the bravery in human hearts.
A few times so far, some of the Germans and others have asked me about September 11th. It is hard, to find words. I am at a loss as to why I am still so inarticulate about this moment. When I was a kid, my mom would tell me about the afternoon when they learned about Kennedy's death, about her rage and fighting with her father about Kent State, and I always wanted to have some moment that would connect me to everyone else like that. Here is is, and I do not know what to say. It must seem morbid, to have wanted to experience something like that, but I was a lonely child. I wanted so much to belong to something.
I read these articles, and I still cry. Because it is awe inspiring and terrible, the madness and the bravery in human hearts.
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Date: 2002-08-04 05:45 am (UTC)I mean to have it written well in advance, to allow for polishing. And to allow time to actually write it. This is emotional in a way I refuse to believe that Kennedy could possibly have been. My uncle saw Oswald get shot on live TV. 9/11/01 makes that look like Barney.
That rambled a bit longer than intended...
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Date: 2002-08-04 05:52 am (UTC)