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[threeplusfire]

There 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.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

It is very interesting to explain the previous American ideal, that terrorism on a massive and violent scale just didn't happen in America. I've met people who come from ravaged countries, in which politics takes a very direct and bloody turn. They find it interesting that so many Americans could not conceive of such a thing, even though it happens all around the world.

I think we have been very sheltered at home. If we learn nothing else from this, we should realize that America is very much a part of the world, and we are not immune to the troubles of it.