Personal Narrative Essay About The Birthday Of An Attack

Birthday of an Attack I was only five years old when the towers fell. My mother refused to let me outside and she cancelled my pulmonology appointment I had. Just like my mother, America was frightened by this violence. Though fourteen years later we celebrate the birthday of the attack. Morning news channels reflect on the event and reshow the first tower going down, then the second. The horror, shocking the people wrestling to fish out a camera to capture the event as it happens. The lurch in families’ stomachs that lost someone that day. This terrorism has forever changed my life and also the whole world. Every day on the anniversary, the Today Show, by the minute replays the original news broadcast of 9/11. This is very triggering for people who were affected by the attacks. Panic may set in for those who were traumatized by the event. People who lost their lives that day died in a horrific way. Jumping from the tower not wanting to be burned alive or suffocate from the smoke inhalation. These people were victimized by the terrorism and this changed many lives. The airlines are now more defensive than ever, people are stereotyped because of the color of skin. …show more content…
The dread of the date rolling around again for another year. Having to relive the day that ended your loved one’s life. I remember the day I lost my grandmother. It was Christmas morning and we received the call from her sister crying “that Mary Ann was dead.” It sent shivers down my spine. Holidays for me are now changed forever. Christmas is now more sullen. I can only imagine for the people who lost someone on 9/11, the pain must be similar. Most people don’t seem to empathize that replaying the planes hitting the buildings on ad nauseam isn’t comforting just traumatizing. However this is educational for some, but this is played every year for the past thirteen