9/11 and my life
On September 11th, 2001, It started out just as any other day. My alarm clock rang, and I woke up, showered, and caught an RTA bus, starting my hour-long transit to school, just as every other day that school year. What I was to shortly find out was that the biggest tragedy to hit home for my generation to view live had already been planned and was several short hours before being executed. Aimlessly walking through school was part of my daily routine, and I settled amongst my classmates to hear yet another boring lecture about old, wizened men forming what has become today's government for our great nation. Mid period, just as my eyes were getting lazy, and my eyelids quite heavy, my teacher enters the room after a short sojourn to the History Department's lounge. He informs us that the World Trade Center had been hit, but there were no further details. Class droned on as normal, no radio, no TV, no announcement. To the bewilderment of my teacher, nobody believed him; this was a sick joke, right? Throughout the school day, until I could enter the library and view the horrific scene, I was in a state of disbelief. It was quite hard to fathom; the biggest event of the new millennium, and not one classroom was
The final way that September 11th has affected my life is the fact that some of my friends and co-workers alike have been discriminated against. When people look at my Middle Eastern comrades, feelings of hate and suspicion are always directed at them. From scoffs to a waitress at Malley's that wasn't even Middle Eastern, to vexed stares when my co-workers at Panera's speak in their native tongue to one another, the people that I spend my days with are being judged inequitably, these situation make me mad. I think that it is unfair for one group of people to be stereotyped as one thing, especially when they do not carry any of the traits associated with terrorists, except for a likeness of image, not character. Terrorist activity has also started many security groups for the well being of the citizens of the United States of America. My father is chairman for Homeland Security (controlling the northern half of Ohio) and any terrorist activity automatically triggers many meetings, part of which is the time that we are used to spending with him. Not only does he travel to Columbus several times per month, my dad has much other work that he completes at home for his own personal benefit, and for the benefit of the organization. If it were not for the terrorists, security groups such as these would be unnecessary, and everyone would be able to live a peaceful life without the threat of war or an attack on innocent civilians. That evening, through the tears in the neighborhood's eyes, and feeling of an uneasy harmony and peace that a disaster had to create to unite those around them, people started going crazy. The gas prices soared so high that the City of Cleveland had to shut down numerous gas stations in the urban area because owners were gouging those trying to prepare themselves for any other disasters that could occur. It was horrible; people trying to help their family in c
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