Indiana

Eight Years Later

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Today marks the eighth anniversary of 9-11.  We can all remember what we were doing that day when the Twin Towers were struck.  I was driving on I-55 from Springfield to Bloomington, IL to buy a new car when I heard about the event on the radio.  It wasn’t until I got the dealership where I could actually see the damage.

9-11 impacted all of our lives, however eight years later does it still have the same impact or has time started to take its toll on the day?  Are we now at the point that 9-11 will now be regulated to 10, 15 and 20-year anniversary remembrances?   Have we gotten over our irrational fear that anyone named “Abdul” or “Muhammad” has a bomb strapped to their chest and that it’s behavior that we should profile?  Have we conceded that we are going to have a presence in Iraq and Afghanistan for a very long time?

So many questions, eight years later.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).