By Ella Maher-Santarpia
Young adults born after the September 11, 2001, attacks say they still understand and feel the pain of others from that day.
During
the events of September 11th, 2001, nearly 3,000 people tragically died in New
York City due to terrorist attacks on the twin towers.
Freshman
at Stonehill College Anastasia Virvillis and Lily Phillips both agree that
although they weren't alive, 9/11 has had a lasting impact on their education
and lives. These 2 young women wouldn't have been born until around 6 years
after 9/11, but they can still feel and understand what happened that day.
Lily
Phillips, a college freshman, said her parents remember the day vividly.
“They thought it was a
very eerie day, and it was a normal morning. My dad was at work, my mom was at
work, and then it happened.”
Virvillis,
a college freshman, said sometimes it is difficult to remember the
events.
“The legacy of 9/11 has
gotten not as scary as it used to be because people actually lived it, but now
with the younger generations not everyone has lived it so it's hard to imagine
it that way.” she said.
Lily
Phillips said the attacks weren't discussed much in school.
“But my
family sat me and my brothers down and told us about it.”
Phillips
said it appeared that the attacks unified the country, “in that time around
2001 and 2002, everyone just kind of forgot about their differences and
understood that their country was just under attack, so they all needed to band
together, especially the celebrities. I feel like there was a lot of social
attention on unity.” she said.
On
the anniversary of the attacks, hundreds of thousands of people post and talk
about what happened.
Phillips
said “if you look up 9/11 you can see videos you can hear phone calls literally
everything. That's why we have so much information on what happened that day
and why we remember it so well. That's why I remember it so well.”
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