I thought it’d be a good idea to check out my old LiveJournal blog for the 9/11 post I wrote in 2001. But when I looked, my LJ account wasn’t created until December of that year. Apparently, in 2002 after the first anniversary, I tried to look for my 9/11 post, but realized that it wasn’t there then too. So, in lieu of have my original 9/11 post, I will post my 2002 post that included a paper from 9/11/01.
For those that don’t know me all that well, I was in the first semester of my senior year in college when the attacks happened. So, without further ado, here’s my LJ post from 9/11/02…
| Current mood: | hopeful |
| Current music: | super furry animals – it’s not the end of the world |
and all the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put humpty dumpty back together again…
i was thinking of doing a blast to the past and bring back an entry i did on september 11th 2001… but then i realized i didn’t have a livejournal that far back (mine started dececmber 7th, or so i found out tonight… for some reason i thought it was older than that, oh well). i did, however, remember writing something on that day. i had a paper i had to write for my senior seminar class. i decided, in memory of this tragic day in history to post this paper. it’s not extremely well written or even long due to the fact that this paper was the least of my worries on sad sad day (my professor didn’t hold it against us that most weren’t long or even done). i’m sure a lot of people are doing stuff like this in their journals today. just remember to give a moment of silence at 8:46 tomorrow morning. enjoy the read…
Michael J. Auteri
Senior Seminar
September 11, 2001
Chapter 1: Examples of research in everyday life
1.)
Based on today’s events, I have chosen to write this brief paper on the catastrophic events that shook our nation today. I found myself woken up at quarter to ten to my roommate screaming the World Trade Center had been damaged. Not even completely processing what was said, I rushed into our living room to find a bunch of my friends sitting around the television watching reporters explain what had happened in New York City this morning. Throughout the rest of the day, I watched our television like I was glued to the couch. This, I believe, is a perfect example of how research has a significant impact on my life.
When I first began watching CNN I had no idea what was going on. Was this a terrorist attack or simply just an accident? Over the course of the day as I watched the television, surfed the Internet, and spoke with other people, I was able to make some sense of the information the media was conveying to me. This task was quite frustrating. As a human being, I want all the answers upfront in the fastest way possible. However, this is not how it worked. Many things said were unclear and as the events of the day unfolded, some information was merely rumors. It was hard to decipher the “good” information from the “bad” information, like how many people were actually killed or who was responsible. The media did the best they could by figuring how many people were on the planes and how many (on average) worked in the buildings and how many were evacuated. This number, however, could be a way off estimate. The faceless cowards (terrorists) who were responsible were merely an assumption based on past events and threats.
Today’s events have caused shock not only in this area, or this nation, but also around the world. I am not even sure if all of my friends and family are safe. So when this question asked how research impacts my current life, I have an answer that only requires one sentence. Research on this event impacts my life so greatly, that I am having difficulty writing this paper on research impacting my life.
2.)
I was once told, if you want to write something you have to know the subject you are writing about. This, however, can be more difficult than you may believe. If you do not have all the information on a subject, it is very difficult to write about it. This I found true on many news articles I found on newyorktimes.com on the Attack on America events today. I found many holes in the articles that still remain unexplained. This is normal for breaking news though. Reporters have deadlines and have to report something even if it is only a fragment of the story. I found a great deal of the research were quotes gathered from eyewitnesses and anything the media was able to get out of those in public relations (especially having to do with the airplane hijacks). The way this influences today’s society is how the media makes haste. Though it is not always accurate, reporters quickly make reports in order to keep people informed on new events as they immerge.