perfect imperfections.: 9/11
On the morning of September 12 2001, I woke up in the Hilton hotel, an ecstatic 8 year old, ready to board a flight to a new life in New York City. When I opened the door to my parents hotel room asking, “Are we going to New York yet?!”, I saw my mum sitting, still in her pyjamas, on the end of…
Already, 20 percent of living Americans were either too young on 9/11 to have any memory of that day or weren’t yet born. For their sake, and for the sake of the generations yet to come, we cannot forget the events of 10 years ago. We all know freedom isn’t free, and citizenship comes with responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is to remember.
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-The Baltimore Sun
I read this today and it really resonated with me. It’s crazy that a whole generation has been born with no knowledge of what happened that day and I think its the responsibility of those that did live through it to remember and pass it on.
(via pink-peonies)
