September 11th Reflection
I remember my mother telling me about her trip to New York last year. She talked about how the city was just how she remembered it: Times Square, Fifth Avenue, yellow taxis as far as the eye can see. Everything was the same except for that odd patch of blue sky that now shined down onto the shops along East 41st street. In the space where the World Trade Center Towers once stood, centerpieces of the storied New York skyline, proudly representing the triumphs of capitalism, little more than shards of metal and dust remained. She told me visiting “Ground Zero” was a powerful experience for her, looking down at the hulking crater where almost three thousand completely innocent people lost their lives. She said she thought a great deal about all the people who died there, imagining what they were doing as they went to work that day, what it was like trying to flee the buildings, what the firefighters and police officers thought when they were first dispatched to the towers. There were so many people, just going about their everyday lives, all dying for absolutely no reason at all. Now, after a year of reflection, even tho
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Bush Administrations, Ground Zero, Patriot Act, Saddam Hussein, Kennedy America, UN-disrespecting Bushs, Center Towers, Fifth Avenue, Bobby Lehman, Jerry Fallwell, people died, innocent people, war iraq, bush administrations,
Approximate Word count = 759
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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