9/11 Tragedy: A Survivor's Perspective

Reflection Over 9/11 Overview: During the morning of September 9th of 2001, a grand tragedy occurred at the World Trade Center. Two planes came crashing in on the South and North side of the two towers, causing them to collapse into tons of rubble over civilians both inside and out of the towers. Those within the tower would jump or let themselves burn to death. But, those who did survive were the lucky few who live to tell the story of that horrific day. One man, for example, Brian Clark, was going about his day like normal, doing his job as a Euro Broker on the 84th floor. He had also volunteered to become a fire warden after a truck bomb had exploded in the World Trade Center garage in 1993. On 9/11, after an announcement had been sent out through the intercom mentioning that the North Tower had been hit, he was helping a distraught co-worker to the restroom on the other side of the South Tower. But, just as he was taking his co-worker to the restroom another plane, Flight 175,

As a young individual who was born in that year, the impact wasn’t in any way harmful. But, reading and learning about how the people felt opens the reader's eyes into seeing that even the most normal and happy of days may turn sour in an instant. This gives a more intense feeling to “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”~Dr. Viktor Frankl. Even if that time comes with anguish, distress, panic, and hopeless; there is always time to choose the actions to save an individual, Brian Clark not being in his office. The stories told by the survivors gave way to new improvements in safety and a new understanding of staying strong to push through the toughest of