New York City, September 11th, 2001.

11th September 2012 -

As we all know, today is 9/11, exactly 11 years since the awful attack on New York, where the twin towers unfortunately fell. 

Today always gets to me, mainly because there's always programmes on about it and hearing people's stories just makes me upset. I still remember what happened on that day, as many of you will. I think it's one of those "everyone remembers where they were when _____ happened" situations. 

I remember I was only 7, but I wanted to watch my cartoons, and all that mum wanted to watch was the news, and I remember feeling annoyed that she wouldn't turn the TV over. Obviously I didn't understand how big of a deal it was at the time, but I still feel guilty for feeling annoyed about cartoons, when there were people dying at that exact moment. I cant even begin to imagine what they must have been thinking or feeling, but every year I take a moment to think about those people. People who have lost children, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grand parents, best friends, siblings. And all I lost was an episode of Scooby Doo. 

I know I was only 7, but I still feel like a selfish bitch every time someone mentions 9/11 and I think back to that moment. It made me realise how lucky I was to be at home and not to be in New York at that time. But it also makes me feel so, so angry. What did those people do to deserve to have their lives cut so short? To leave children without parents? Nothing. A total of four planes crashed that day and not one person survived. A hand full of people got out of the towers, but the rest suffered. I didn't lose anyone that day, but I still feel the upset, anger and the confusion that most others feel too. I know that if I was to ever visit New York, which I hope I get to do one day, the first thing I want to do is visit ground zero, and to pay my respects. 

Therefore, I'd like to ask everyone, just to take a minute to think about 9/11, think about the people who lost their lives, the people who lost someone, and the city that suffered; and to remember, just how lucky you are.