Let me say right now that I will be blogging tomorrow. I’ll be watching digitized videos I’ve saved from a year ago and I’ll be writing what I remember in my blog. It’s basically a journal, after all.
The hype everyone seems to be expressing lately is asking whether tomorrow will be a normal day. I can honestly say that I hope it will. What do you classify as normal? I consider it living our lives as we usually do. Sure, something tragic happened a year ago tomorrow. The sheer intensity of that day and those that followed will stay with me forever. However, I take a bit of issue when people automatically say that 9-11 was the worst event ever in US history. As my Technology & Society professor says, that’s often said without a historical background to support it. However you would like to remember tomorrow is fine by me, but just remember that there are plenty of other days worth remembering. Many of these figures come from The Heritage Foundation.
- January 28, 1986 – Challenger explosion
- April 20, 1999 – Columbine High massacre
- April 23, 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing
- November 22, 1963 – JFK assassinated
- April 4, 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated
- June 6, 1944 – D-Day (4,900 dead)
- September 17, 1862 – Antietam (5,425 dead in one day on American soil)
- August 6 and 9, 1945 – Atomic bombs dropped on Japan (tens of thousands instantly dead, tens of thousands more die later)
- December 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor (2,388 dead in a few hours on American soil)
Is any day really ‘normal’ anymore?
If you agree or disagree with me, please leave a comment. There’s bound to be some difference in opinions among readers, and remember, the freedom to voice our opinions is just one of the many things that makes this country great.