Remember, remember the 11th of September

Who would have thought that 10 years ago today... tragedy would strike - the likes of which remain unparalleled and quite literally changed America and the world.

I doubt if anyone would say they can hardly remember it by now, heck I can still remember my reaction from when I saw it on the news; the few moments of confusion when you're trying to make sense of what I'm seeing on television... this picture I found might be the actual footage I was watching that time...

Movie Trailer? Everyone thought so too...

And one of the first things that went through my mind was "Oh my God it's real..." and in that numb, irritatingly dispassionate way I always have of analyzing things, I sat down and started processing scene after scene of disaster. Interestingly enough, one of the first things that actually went in my head was - 'It doesn't look too different from a CG SFX" - I always thought if the ridiculous end-of-world scenes would happen in real life... guess CG animators were really doing a great job then, told you I had a screwed up perspective.

I found this memorial video.

9/11 Memorial Video

Around the world people reacted with anger, compassion, regret, anguish, courage, hope, resignation. A decade later people are still standing in the blight of it's aftermath, albeit dressed and turned into a symbol of strength as opposed to a scar of terrorism. Surprisingly I find myself thinking which part of me wishes the events of that fateful day never happened? And the part, knowing when wishes are folly, struggles to bear that such evil could exist and could have been any one of us?

And what about the part that agrees that things happen, good or terrible, and just takes comfort in the fact that humanity shows their tenacity and resilience in times of great crisis, breaks down self-erected barriers and unites factions and eradicates differences.

after all at the end of the day we're all just frightened children left alone in a world floating in an endless void... who else do we hold on to but each other?