I was in 4th grade when 9/11 happened so my memory and understanding of the immediate fallout isn't great. As I was a 9 at the time, I had a 9-year old's understanding of what was happening in the US and on the global stage in response. I didn't grow up anywhere near NYC, so beyond the initial "Isn't that sad and horrible", It didn't really have an immediate impact on me.
2020 has been the chaotic period I've experienced during my adult years between COVID and the police brutality protests. It genuinely feels like change might come from all of this when the dust settles, but at the end of the day, who knows. It's hard to make any sort of predictions for what the immediate future might hold.
So for those old enough to remember and really dissect the events surrounding and immediately following 9/11- Which was a period of larger upheaval; then or now? What felt more intense or extreme in the moment?
2020 has been the chaotic period I've experienced during my adult years between COVID and the police brutality protests. It genuinely feels like change might come from all of this when the dust settles, but at the end of the day, who knows. It's hard to make any sort of predictions for what the immediate future might hold.
So for those old enough to remember and really dissect the events surrounding and immediately following 9/11- Which was a period of larger upheaval; then or now? What felt more intense or extreme in the moment?