Personal Narrative Essay: The Spreading Of The Atomic Bomb

I had never ventured outside of my birth state before 2005. But that summer, my mother had finally decided to overcome her fear of travelling to take my sister and I to England. I still remember running through the airport at 6 in the morning, clutching onto my teddy bear, and hoping desperately to catch the flight. Fortunately or unfortunately, we did. On the morning of the 7th, we took a westbound Circle Line train, heading to Paddington to play giant chess and take canal boat rides. We went in June. One month later, with the same temperatures and same morning traffic, in the exact same route, a bomb exploded. And then two others in the trains, and one on a double-decker bus in a square with a statue of Gandhi and memorials for the victims of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 52 people died and over 700 were injured. Coordinated bomb blasts brought untimely ends to students and parents alike, and a mixture of anger and sadness permeated the world. I was nerve-wracked. One of the bombers was the same age as my sister. They were born and raised in Britain. About a month after the calamity, al-Qaeda claimed responsibility. There was no clear target on 7/7. There have been several rationales, but there is no clear answer to the pained, heart wrenching question: why? 12 years later, I asked …show more content…
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