never too late to talk about 9/11

My father had just waken up after he had arrived Toronto the night before. It was his first visit to Canada, to see what I'm doing here. After a few minutes I turned on TV to check the weather and I saw something weird. The first plane had just crashed and I was shocked, but thought there might be an accident or something, not a terroristic act. Then suddenly another one crashed! It should be a terrorist attack. But was it real? Wasn't it a high quality sci-fi movie? No it wasn't, all Canadian channels were broadcasting live the US news channels like CNN. The CNN anchor, was shocked and his voice was totally out of control. His voice always reminds me of me that day and those horrific events. My father was totally shocked too! Who were these terrorists? We saw both towers collapsed live on TV, I couldn't trust my eyes, the two of those strong tall buildings collapsed? I was thinking of the poor blue-collar white-collar workers that lost their lives for the collective stupidity of their oil-hungry rulers administration . The end of Fight club, the movie, was on my mind and I thought maybe someone has done so with anti-globalism ideas. The anchors said Bin Laden is behind the attack. Anyway, we went out, with my father and my mother who had arrived 2 weeks before my father. In the subway everyone was silent and stared at something. I thought how many innocent men and women died? Could it be a shock to America to care about other parts of the world? Now I'm sure they (i.e. the government) haven't changed a bit, they are still as stupid and as oil-hungry as before 9/11. Wold there be any other chance? Posted by hoder at September 20, 2002 9:42 AM