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This feature is taken from E.A.9.11, Group 2.
See the entire discussion: More community involvement since 9/11?.
Have you became more involved in things in your community since 9/11, and if so what sorts of differences do you see?
Yes, I have become more involved. For example, this forum right here. Usually I wouldn't have participated in this, but after 9/11, I've learned to appreciate the company of people more, since many souls were lost on that day. I participated in Fund Raisers which will help victims of 9/11, and to be honest, before this I wouldn't have spent time on things like that. Currently, I am trying to get this discussion group published in the school's newspaper, so more people could participate and share their expriences after 9/11, especially since our high school, Stuy, is extremely close to the WTC.
Oh yeah, and a very interesting thing I saw this morning when I was coming to school, they were transporting the Golden Globe that was in the pool in front of the two towers away on a truck. We students stopped and all watched it go down the street.
{Mehdi}
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AMBI02 |
05:58pm Mar 6, 2002 EST |
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Yes, there is more helping each other out – or, well, was, but now everything is going back to how it was. Tragedy strikes, we grieve, then we move on. It’s nature. But of course there are some who will never be able to move on. Down here 9/11 didn’t effect much but our sense of security for a while, but now it’s about the same as it was before. But not to say I know how people felt – I don’t and I never will. But like I said death strikes we move on. In my town everybody knows everybody else, and we have had three teenagers die within four months of each other. It’s awful but mostly we have moved on and their spirits will live with us forever and they taught us lessons that we all needed to know. ~~~~~amber~~~~~
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Locke |
06:28pm Mar 6, 2002 EST |
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I haven't been more involved with the community, but 9/11 has made more interested in world affairs. Before 9/11 all I would bother reading up on in the news is local stuff. I used to not give a rats ass about backwards countries and their civil wars. 9/11 has taught me to be more compassionate towards all of human kind.
...punch and pie
I actually had a very different reaction from locke. I've always been very interested in world affairs but since 9/11 I feel like I can't really take it anymore. I cringe whenever I see the cover of the New York Times and whenever I hear the news coming on, and I try to avoid them as best I can.
I lost my brother-in-law on 9/11 and my whole family was kind of in a stupefied shock for a while after. I kind of plunged into a constant feeling of waiting to die, thinking that suddenly everything was going to be drastically different, things blowing up everywhere. I figured that I would probably die in a few days so I should stop talking to my friends and doing homework and, well, living. But I'm still alive and so I can't really spend my time just waiting until I'm not. So I have to avoid the newspapers because I have to pretend it's not really happening. I've found that its the only way I can deal with it.
I have been reaching out more, especially soon after it happened, I volunteered, gave blood, went to vigils, and did basically all the stuff that all New Yorkers did. It was nice to have that brief grace period where everyone in the city was really kind to everyone, but its pretty much back to normal now I'd say. I hope to remain in the spirit of helping people but I'm sure that after a while I will become lazy and apathetic again, until the next attack I guess.
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AMBI02 |
11:23pm Mar 6, 2002 EST |
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Happie, that is sad. I'm sorry. ~~~~~AMBER~~~~~
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