10 year commemoration

This morning I woke up and I turned on my T.V. in search of a good 9/11 documentary to watch. I came across this one of never seen footage. The most shocking thing was the speed in which the events happened that day. One moment the west tower was there, still symbolizing what used to be the World Trade Center. Not much was happening, smoke was just coming out of it and it seemed as though maybe there was a chance the fire could be put out and at least one tower would remain. In a matter of ten seconds, the entire tower ripped down into rubble, sending out a cloudy wave of dust which traveled as far as six blocks away from the core in each direction. When we count the amount of people that passed away that day, it comes to an astonishing amount of 3000+. But what about the people who were effected internally from the rubble? What about the people whom in one way or another also left us mentally? How many really died? 

The fact is, that no matter the amount of years that pass by, no NYC citizen or US citizen for that matter can really pull it together from that day. This is true because we commemorate this by having our moments of silence on each anniversary. The fact that on this same day we have a bomb threat announced in our city is shocking because the truth is, nobody has really recovered from 9/11. And now we have to face yet another threat? Nobody truly understands why the fuck it happened or who the fuck would decide to launch a plane into a building killing no only thousands of adults in the plane itself AND in the building, but children who were in the daycares etc. It's not reasonable. And now we have to face yet more fear.

And then I think about it...if 3000+ people in NYC died on this precise date ten years ago, and this has affected us so, how are the people in Iraq feeling? How are those in Palestine? How is it that two buildings crashing down can destroy so many families? How is it that one of our machine guns can destroy almost as many families as were lost on September 11th, 2001? "Dear USA, your 9/11 is our 24/7. Sincerely, Palestine."