9/11
I realized as I was channel surfing through multiple anniversary tributes this evening, I’ve only been in the United States for one other annivesary of September 11th (it was in 2003). Overseas, things were different.
In Germany, on September 11th, 2002, our entire group from Oregon was down at Lake Constance touring around the city of Konstanz and some of the old castles across the lake. Some of the more religiously inclined among us stepped into a local church to pray, but that was the extent of it. In Japan, the anniversary usually garnered a quick 10-second mention on the national news, but then people just continued on and went about their day (except in 2005, when September 11th was election day).
The way the cable news networks here decided to just show hours of old footage was… creepy. Has it always been this weird at home?
Posted: September 11th, 2008 under Uncategorized.