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Where Were You: 20 years later.
September 11, 2001. It was a day the world never forgot. One of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil was committed and what happened afterward changed the country forever. The World Trade Center collapsed, thousands of innocent lives were taken, and a nation wept for the families of the fallen. For many of us we still remember that day and what we were doing, how we felt at the time. With the 20th Anniversary coming up I would like for all of you to share your stories of 9/11. Where were you on that day? What do you remember? Share your emotions of that time. Reflect on that event. And then tell us how you feel today. This challenge is dedicated to the victims and their families from that attack and the many brave police and firemen who risked their lives to save so many.
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egrace in Spoken Word

The Only World I Know

I was not yet alive on September 11, 2001. The post-9/11 world is the only world I know.

Over a year after one of the most horriffic, life-altering events in American history, I was born into a world very different from that of the pre-9/11 generations. What used to be a world of trust and safety is now full of suspicion, fear, and supposed dangers. I can hardly believe my parents' and other adults' stories of exploring outside as kids with no parental supervision, easily crossing country borders, and boarding a plane without utmost security. I was born into a world where terrorism is normal, bomb threats and shootings are much too common, and discrimination continues despite all our seeming progress.

I was also born into a world that is increasingly divided. They say that 9/11 increased patriotism, but the years that followed tore us in half. The America I grew up in seems to be divided by color: red or blue. These two colors are constantly pitted against each other as if they aren't both part of our identity, both part of that red, white and blue flag that we say stands for unity and freedom, that flag that we once united under after those skyscrapers fell. September 11, 2001, was a terrible day, but as terrible times should, it brought people together for a common cause. Now, terrible events only seem to push us farther apart from one another as we argue over who's fault it was and how we should respond.

Because of 9/11, I live in a more fearful world than the one that existed before that day, and despite 9/11, I live in a more divided world than the one that existed following that day.

And so very unfortunately, that's the only world I know.

Challenge
Tell a story inspired by the word, "Close".
Since the word has more than one meaning, take it as you wish. Only fifty words, no swearing or blasphemy. Don't tag me, I'll read all your entries <3
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egrace in Nonfiction

A Little Too Late

She pulled him close, her head on his cold chest. This was the closest they'd ever been. The closest they’d ever be.

She’d been so close to saving him. So close to “I love you”, and to getting there in time.

She’d been so close. Now they’d never be close.

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