This morning I woke up to drive in rush hour traffic, almost not even aware of what day it was, when I saw a flag at half mast. As I looked at my phone to see the time, I realized it was Friday, September 11.
Quickly, my mind turned to that day, eight years ago. I was at my college, waiting for the doors to open outside of the Journalism lecture hall. As usual, there were televisions broadcasting news everywhere in the Journalism building, and I barely paid attention to them as I was usually catching up on last minute reading before class.
As the doors opened, and I entered class, there was the giant screen, with the image of the second plane crashing into the Twin Towers.
It was dead silent and I was in complete shock.
Like me, many Americans remember exactly where they were that day, what they were wearing, who they were with – and social media is giving all of us a chance to share our memories, accounts of lost loved ones and experiences that happened eight years ago today.
On Twitter (
), numerous hashtags are being used to remember 9/11. I encourage all of us to remember, share and join together in remembering those who lost their lives, and those (like many of us who were young) that lost a big part of their innocence that day. Here are some of the most popular hastags of the day:
#whereiwas is being used to share accounts of where tweeters were when the attacks occured
#remember911 is a tag for sharing memories, opinions, sentiments and general feelings
#neverforget is being used to remember those who lost their lives on that fateful day.
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