Friday Femme Fatale: Remembering 9/11 & What It Means Now

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-09-11 17:29:00 UTC
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Today is a historic anniversary. It is September 11th. And anyone who was alive during the terrorist attacks that happened on this day in 2001 will never forget where they were, what they were doing, or how that one day changed the rest of their lives.

I was 17, just a junior in high school, at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. While it seems like a long time ago - the decisions made after those attacks would change my life forever. For every year after 9/11, I would spend time protesting the Iraq war, thinking critically about U.S. involvement abroad and eventually becoming a volunteer for the Obama campaign to successfully defeat the Republican party and take back the White House. September 11th also meant that I would grow up in a country that has been at war for much of my young adult life, and I have friends who have lost brothers, sisters, husbands and wives fighting abroad. As the process to exit Iraq continues, there are now new challenges: young veterans with severe physical and mental trauma, a huge budget deficit and looming security challenges in Afghanistan.

If I learned one thing from 9/11 it is that the United States is not an island. We are and will be as vulnerable to terrorist threats as everyone else around the world.

Where were you on 9/11 and what does it mean to you today? Share your thoughts in the comments and then enjoy some of the other news in the fem-o-sphere this week:

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
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