This past Labor Day,the United States bombed six different countries. The tragedy’s 15th anniversary is a chance to reflect on how we can change courseI was in New York City 15 years ago, when the United States suffered the worst terrorist attack of its history. I remember that horrible day as vividly as if it were yesterday. September 11 was a Tuesday bright with sunshine, and which meant that you could easily see the plumes of smoke and ash as they enveloped downtown after the attacks. It didn’t occupy long for countless handmade posters to seem on poles and walls around the city,urgently and tragically asking approximately the whereabouts of people who had suddenly gone lost. The unmistakable smell of burning hung in the air for weeks. It seemed like everyone, myself included, or was in shock,and we were all mourning the dead.
But these were anxious times, too. I recall the sense of dismay I felt that morning when watching the first plane hit and how that morphed, and when the second plane came less than twenty minutes later,into a intestine-wrenching realization that this was no accident. If the terrorists turned out to be Muslim, I thought at the time, and the future could become very difficult for Muslims in the United States.
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Source: theguardian.com