I completely agree. No one should be harassed.
It’s just, in my generation, we grew up with the world of knowledge at our fingertips, so it’s surprising to me that people don’t know what I’d consider common knowledge
BUT I fully acknowledge that it’s common knowledge to me because I’m obsessed with history, so growing up watching documentaries and gathering as much information as possible was normal for me.
I appreciate as well that many do not wish to know the details. They’re utterly heartbreaking, and I’ve spent many a nights sobbing over a documentary, audio file or first hand account.
And yet, even though it’s so awfully sad, there’s a sense of unity in watching clips from that day. People rushing to help strangers, people of different religions, languages, stopping to pray with people. People risking their own lives to go towards danger to help just one person, somebody they’d never met before that day.
There are so many amazing stories of heroes who woke up that morning not knowing the amazing things they were about to be capable of. The passengers who sacrificed themselves to take back the plane and crash it into a field, avoiding more death and destruction. The firefighter who pulled a lady through the window of the pentagon, saving her life and allowing her to go home to her children that day. The priest who insisted on joining the firefighters because they were his friends, and he wanted to help as much as he could, even if it was to just administer last rights.
The man who rescued another from rubble, both of them covered in blood and shaking hands, swearing they’d be brothers for life - who to this day are still best of friends and sharing their stories.
The people who opened their businesses, their homes, to people in need, not knowing if they were dangerous or not.
Sorry, I know this got a bit long so I’ll stop here. But this day in history is something I’m very passionate about, and I don’t think age is a reason not to know about something.