This is a stream of consciousness that came to me about 9/11 as I was watching a show on the telly about it….
i remember when the first plane hit, watching it on TV, that it was a small plane and a tragic accident….
Then the 2nd one hit, and it was obvious….
Then, since I was teaching, I had no more access to news for a while, and when i did – before the towers collapsed, I thought – there will be spectacular helicopter rescues and they will get all of them out…..
Then, the news scrolled across that the towers might collapse…
In my non-scientific mind, i thought they’d fall like dominoes, and OMG, all the buildings in their way!!
I had no understanding of imploding, and the way they would demolish, despite having seen demolishion of buildings videos.
Only now, 9 years later, as I watch a show on Discovery or NatGeo, or whatever, do I see people jumping from the building, and only now do I allow myself to ponder the choice of jump or burn. How awful.
I am so thankful that I was given enough intelligence to not blame an entire religion for the acts of a few zealots. I pity – to an extent – and loathe more profoundly – those who blame ane entire religion for 9/11. It is those latter ones who perpetuate the violence and terrorism, and they dont’ even know it. So fucking sad.