10 years on…
Posted by Lucas on September 11, 2011
10 years ago, of course its September 11…
Tragedy of course, and one of those days where you always remember where you were when you found out.
I had come home from school, my mother glued to the tv. Surprised, shocked and scared that it could even happen. Being just 12 at the time I can’t say I ever really understood what or why it all really happened.
One of my favourite books, “Why do people hate America?” (by Merryl Wyn-Davies and Ziauddin Sardar) tried to put these events into context. It’s an insightful read but I’m unsure if we’re any closer to resolving the issues at hand since then – radicalism, oil dependency, etc. It’s something the authors attempt to address in the sequel to the book, “Have America Changed?” which is one I’ve yet to read but as of today I feel the urge to read up on it.
So I think I will. As an aside, The Huffington Post has a good post of today’s remembrance:
http://t.co/yaPQezl
Which is well worth the read.
Back to 9/11 itself, I don’t think I’ll ever understand why this happened, just my thoughts go out to the families, victims and those affected by the events that day.
