Life after terror: the children of 9/11
by Michael Segalov from World news | The Guardian on (#5NBQA)
Twenty years after the World Trade Center attacks, four young people, then unborn, who lost their fathers, reveal how the events shaped their lives
Like for most young Americans growing up, 9/11 was a fairly constant presence, with online videos and TV documentaries, memorials and references to it on the news. I never wanted to ask Mum too much, instead putting the pieces together as I got older. I think I always knew my dad had died that day, but I've never felt a hugely emotional reaction. I know the basics of what happened, but there's nothing I can do about it now.
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