six months on. six months ago today the twin towers and the pentagon were attacked by terrorists.
on september 11th a part of me felt as if none of us would ever be able to casually enjoy anything. and now 6 months on i’m very happy that, for most of us, life has returned to some semblance of normalcy.
i’m glad that people are living well and enjoying themselves, for i had kind of thought that the black cloud of september 11th would darken things for a long time. the human capacity to heal and mend is a pretty remarkable thing. but as good as it is that we are all moving on and living our lives, i also believe that it’s important to remember what happened on september 11th. and by remembering i don’t mean a perfunctory relegation of the 11th to the dusty footnotes of history. i mean that we should remember that on september 11th we were attacked by violent sadists who killed 4,000 completely innocent people.
i’m not in nyc right now, so i haven’t seen the light sculptures representing the former twin towers, but i hear that they’re quite dramatic.
and i didn’t see the french documentary on the firefighters. but i remember very well what that day was like. and i remember the overwhelming sadness that came with realizing that thousands and thousands of innocent people had been killed. so it’s in their memory that we can all hopefully take some time today to remember what happened six months ago.
thanks
moby
