September 11th

My Issue's class at DHS watched an interesting documentary about September 11th. Keeping in mind the fact that my classmates and I were only in 3rd grade when the Twin Towers were crashed into, it was important and very informative to be watching a documentary that showed what really happened, and how the people in New York City changed, as well as how that didn't change. When film showed each plane crashing into the Twin Towers, it was extremely painful, even for myself to watch such a tragedy occur live. I remember watching the first attack on TV in my mom's room on that day as I was getting ready for school. The most significant thing about the film though was what happened when each tower was actually crashing down to the ground. I didn't realize that there was so much smoke and dust that caused everyone, including firemen and policemen, to have to wear masks. I did not ever think about the actual moments of when the towers were crashing down, I had just known that the planes crashed into each building. The other thing that I noticed today, as we were watching the 2nd part of the film, was how much pain New Yorkers were suffering through. There was a ton of debate about whether America should go to war or not. This debate, however, in the eyes of the filmmakers, was just a way to show how much pain everyone was in. Living in New York had to be tough, because many families had at least one familiy member or friend that died from the crash, inside the plane, or inside the building. The other small detail was how some people held hands on the top floors of the towers and had to jump to their death, probably because the crash was underneath them, and they had no way of escaping.
As sad as this whole thing was, though, the city became stonger and more united, sharing the pain rather than taking it out on each other. Children in NYC also knew what was going on, and it was impressive that an 11 year old boy knew about the decisions that the Government had to make about what kind of war America needed to get into. Of course, no one really understood the truth behind who was the real threat, but during that time, the kid knew what most adults didn't think about. It didn't necessarily make him smarter, but just more aware than most kids his age.