It was 10 years ago Sunday when the nation witnessed a day that will forever scar its memory. While many will never forget that day, some have grown cynical toward the events of 9/11.
“Where were you?”, “Never forget”, “The day the world stood still.” Each a phrase that can be linked to that scene 921 ft. above Manhattan’s financial playground, but as America reaches the decade mark it seems some grow weary of such mourning. The question has been posed as to whether or not America can overcome this great tragedy with this annual dip into depression,
“Let us mourn our lost and move on….for good. I’m as patriotic as the next American, but this year has taken the cake. It seems every news channel is either footage from 9/11 and/or the war waging in the Middle East. I can understand war coverage for the first half of the decade, but as the years have worn on it has just become stale and disinteresting.” Says Ashley Grantham, daughter of an Afghanistan War veteran.
Even novelists are finding it hard to produce 9/11 novels 10 years after the disaster. “at its heart, 9/11 was meaningless. I realize that sounds inflammatory, but hear me out. A novelist explores the winding and unwinding of long strands of cause and effect, in the reasons people do things and often the unanticipated results they get. And it’s hard to infuse that with the 2,996 deaths of 9/11. Those deaths were simply abrupt and unanticipated. AS is the case with most disasters.”
Said Laura Miller, Author of “The Magician’s Book” and senior writer at Salon during an interview with Newser.com
Could it be that 9/11, while a catastrophic scratch in our nation’s history, is just that….history?
Tracy Kisner, a resident of Water Valley said, “It was a national disaster, never to be forgotten by this generation or in future generations to come. That’s why we have these moments of silence yearly, to remind people of what we lost that day, and what we stand to lose every day. Grievance is not a sign of weakness.”
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