9/11

Today marks twelve years since the most fatal act of terrorism in the world, to date.  This date will forever stand in the minds of all Americans.  It is difficult to recall what the world was like before this attack on American safety. Today,  no longer a small-minded fourth grader, it is easier to understand the bigger picture of this horrific act of violence.  Yes we lost many, many American lives, but it is hard to hold onto the number of fatalities when we are constantly surround by death and violence.  The horror of the deaths have passed over the past twelve years.  We will always remember 9/11 for the deaths and the heroes, but it has come to hold a more important meaning: representing a bigger symbol.  It represents the building of America and the strengthening of our Nationality.  Remembering 9/11 gives us hope that our generations and future ones will be able to bring some good into the world.  We were the children of war and we are now the future.  We have the amazing ability to go out into the world and do good.  We can become doctors, teachers, lawyers. Our options are endless.  We can become the Engineers and Architects that build stronger and better buildings, planes, and cars.  We will create museums and write books, sharing the past with the future.  It does not matter what our career is, we all have a part and a job to do.  Our generation will become the parents of the next;  in that we have great power and responsibility.  So we must remember 9/11 but also carry on with the world that is ahead of us.  We have the opportunity to become great and make a difference.  For this we should always remember 9/11, the men and women who fight for our country, and everyone else who have lost their lives.  They have not been able to carry on the fight and further change the world, and so it is our duty to do so. We were their future then and we are their hope now. So in this hope we carry a country and world on.