Remembering 9/11 by Claudia Sonea

The worst day in American history is at its sixth anniversary, bringing under the spot light again the tragedy that left children without a father or a mother, mothers without their children. Two thirds of Americans in a USA Today poll confessed that it is the most memorable news event of their lifetime and despite the fear of showing that the terrorists win, they also admitted it changed their lives. No one can forget the mass murder, the collage of people that lost their lives and that are now remembered by reading their names out loud and marching with buttons bearing their faces. myGoodDeed.org was launched as the micro memorial, a vehicle for people to use the day to do something for someone else and so far there are 284,185 people who made a good deed, donated blood, took clothes to the Goodwill, knited socks for soldiers. Furthermore, there are people that don't need to be remembered because for them everyday bears the burden of the tragically event. 2000 New York City fire fighters still need treatment and the area where everything happened has become a perfect place for political speeches. But the strange thing is that although they should have been united by these attacks, they are more and more divided by the way they should respond to it. Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton used this anniversary of 9/11 to remind people that the security has a lot of faults: most air cargo is still not screened, the high-tech bomb detectors are indefinitely delayed, and Congress demands tighter standards for drivers' licenses but won't fund them. It is not to be surprised by the eternal problem of the politicians, too much talking and no action. All in all, no matter how they react in front of the tragedy and the way they remember 9/11, we all should bend our heads in front of it and draw the proper conclusions on how far terrorists go. There is not anymore only their problem, but something that concerns everyone. Let's keep a moment of silence in the memory of those who are no longer among us.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070911/us_time/howtoremember911;_ylt=AgOlwY1PZ8D.Gqx5BrzDRMus0NUE

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

PocketNews is a new real-time news broadcaster delivering the latest and hottest news right to your pocket ! With global clients who want to be kept up to date, PocketNews is everyone's way of keeping in touch with the World.