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The Impact Of 9/11 On My Family

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Introduction Everything happens for a reason. This saying is one of the most popular things that people say in today's world, especially after huge life changing events. These “life changing” events could be anything from a new child being born to a bombing in the Koreas. To really find out about my family history and further investigate this saying I interviewed my mother; Rebecca, and grandfather; Tom. In these interviews we talked about two huge events that have impacted history. These events are the Kennedy Assassination and the bombing of the World Trade Centers on September 11th, 2001. My family has been impacted by both events in numerous ways and I learned that these types of events not only cause mass hysteria, but also bring us closer together, and really force us to be grateful for what we have.
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The Kennedy assassination and World Trade Center bombing are two very huge things that happened to America. One affected the lives of my grandparents and their parents, while the other affected the lives of my parents, grandparents, and even …show more content…

As stated above, any American could tell you exactly what happened throughout that whole day like it was yesterday and not skip a beat. That is because this event was huge and really, truly changed the way in which we live our lives. My mother was at work when it happened and remembers every little bit of fear that she felt that day. Alot has happened in her life since than but she still lives off of what she learned from that day; “Never take any time with someone for granted and always be thankful for what you have in life.”(R.Hoover, Personal Communications) Luckily, Rebecca didn’t lose anyone in the bombings but she had no way of contacting her son because he was too young to know what was going on and because he was with his father that day while the two of them weren’t in the best of

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