Art: Richard Morrison
On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four passenger airliners, and changed the lives of Americans forever. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the worst terrorist attack on American soil. On this, the twelfth anniversary of that attack, we’d like to hear your memories and reactions. Leave them in the comments section below with your name (or initials) and we’ll post them below. I’ll start:
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I’m not an American. Well, I sort of am: I hold dual-citizenship, and most of my family lives in the U.S, but I grew up in Canada, and I grew up as a Canadian. Because of that, I probably didn’t hear as much about 9/11 as an American would have. But I vividly remember thinking on that morning twelve years ago that if, as a Canadian, I felt so much sadness, so much anger – so much utter disbelief that this was happening – I couldn’t even imagine what an American would be feeling. I watched, in the days, months, and years later, and saw Americans’ response. The outpouring of compassion, grief, outrage, and above all, solidarity,was like nothing I’d ever seen. It seemed as though the entire country had become one small community, where everyone cared for each other and was genuinely concerned for each other’s welfare. In the face of such devastation, it was a tremendously beautiful thing.
-Alexander Haro
I was talking to Jeff Divine on the phone (from my home in Oz). It was very late evening & saw this live, confusing vision from a reporter doing a story from a balcony, which turned into the biggest story in our history …. RIP
-Lee Pegus
Gettin ready for school and my mom said turn on the news n it looked like a movie..so unreal..i was in total shock and tht hole day was nothin but watchin it..still remember it as if it was yesterday.
-William Burroughs
Was surfing at our beach house in NJ. Got out of the water and my brother in law’s girlfriend called frantically looking for him. I had no idea what was going on. A beautiful September morning turned into a nightmare. Robbie Zampieri went to work on September 11th, 2001 and never came home. It still hurts.
-Stuart Schlesinger
