Nine Eleven 2009

Its been eight years when America came under attack this very day, the twin tower, the symbol of wealth and power came down like a deck of cards. I clearly remember the day that changed the history. The mayhem, the cries, the desperation and the anger associated with that moment.

Eight years have passed and from America under attack to War on Terror, lots of things happened that shaped our modern history. From being anti Islamic, extremism and radicalism to a new US president whose name has Hussein in it. I'm not going to write anything about eight years of war, politics and terrorism as I hate all of these, instead, I am exploring the effect of time on the people that were feeling the pain more personally than anyone.

The first is New York Fire Department, it lost more than 300 brave fire fighters in a single day! Those who got survived were unable to cope with the emotional loss and trauma. One of the fireman in New York fire department broke after reading the list of fireman died in that attack. He said that he couldn't believe that almost all of his best pals and buddies are no more with him. Suddenly, they became hero, whenever and wherever they put off the fire, they had been photographed and admired and honored. Still, it took time to fire department to fill all the vacant jobs as no one was willing to join it afraid of death and calamity. As time passed, things got settled down, they are definitely heroes but now treated like common men and the department have to no longer search for appropriate people for the jobs.

The other people are those who had no option but work in the twin tower locality of Manhattan. They were the closest witnesses of the loss and the pain. There life was going to get changed post 9/11 when they began it where they left on 9/11. The Doctors, the Investment Bankers, the Consultants and the Engineers, all were afraid of doing their job in the vicinity of the remains of the twin tower. Fear of being killed by an aircraft or a missile and the haunting images of that sad day made their life and work miserable. But, as time (the greatest healer) passed they tend to get back to normal routine and now must be feeling safe and secure of living near the tallest building to be build in America

The final ones are those people who feared most of their lives and dreams, that is the American Muslims. The only fault of was their name that made them suspects. There are thousands of stories of trauma and pain that they had gone through over a period of time for being a Muslim. Times are changing, and surely they must be feeling more secure today than ever before.

9/11 has touched each one of us at some level, but its affects are going to be their on the lives of many more years to come. Lets hope that we all act rationally and logically to heal the wounds of past.