I can still remember the day the towers came down. At my local daycare, I could tell something was strange. Caretakers and parents alike seemed on edge and generally panicked. Driving back home, my father told me (in words a four year old would understand) some evil people killed a lot of people today. I knew the situation was not good, but the atmosphere completely changed upon opening the front door to my house. Both my mother and sister silently sobbed while gazing upon the events of the last eight hours on the evening news.
Little did I know the events of 9/11 and the response it would have would continue today. On the other hand, I am an optimistic person so I brought it upon myself to look at all the positives things that came out of the situation. I think 9/11 brought on such a unique sense of unity among the American people that had only been felt really since Pearl Harbor, something I didn't experience. I also learned of the massive out pour of support from countries outside the U.S. One of the most memorable tokens of support offered to the U.S. was from the Maasai tribe in Kenya. These people gave the U.S. 14 cows as condolences for our losses. This speaks so much to me because these attacks affected the tribe in no way, yet they wanted to offer what little they had. Though the attacks on the U.S. were beyond terrible, the solidarity of humanity pulled through in the end.
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