On September 11, 2001, it has been almost 16 years. In 2001, when I was 14 years old, I was in junior high school.
Most of the scenes when 9/11 happened are almost no longer clear in my mind. Because of various incidents such as the Yugoslav embassy and the hype of the official media in those years, the image of the United States as the evil totem of hegemonism and imperialism has taken root in many people's hearts at that time. Now that I think about it, the only memories I have about 9/11 at the time are just excited stories and discussions among classmates and teachers. Classrooms, restaurants, streets, Internet cafes, and every corner of the entire society are filled with a kind of imperialist totem collapse. sense of joy.
At 14, I don't know much yet. In fact, in this society, 24-year-old, 34-year-old, and even older people may not know much. Therefore, when the whole society is enveloped in an atmosphere of "Today is a good day", when there are voices like "We need these terrorists to rule the United States" everywhere in the streets, I don't even feel such an atmosphere. If there is anything wrong with He Yanyan, Xin Xin joins in it. So for many years after that, I always felt that 9/11 was not a big event, and I ignorantly said to others several times, as I heard many years ago, "This group of terrorists will have to govern the United States". speech.
It wasn't until I didn't know when, that I slowly realized that the Chinese society at that time, and even the current Chinese society, was terribly lacking in something. This lack can make some people cheer and applaud for the loss of other innocent lives, and it can naturally make some people disregard the safety and health of one generation or even several generations to create harmful vaccines, poisonous milk powder and milk , poor quality food, pollute our air and water. This missing thing is the reverence for life.
This film took me, 30 years old, back to the black day of September 11, 2001. The helpless and innocent passengers and crew on the hijacked planes, the people who worked in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the innocent people who didn't get any warning, the people who passed or stopped around the buildings, these people Many of them probably have nothing to do with the wars and strife of this world. However, in the indifferent news programs promoting the event, in the cheerful atmosphere of the people's discussion, in the acclaimed cheers that can be heard everywhere, each of them seems to bear the symbols of the American hegemonic empire. In these conversations and discussions, they are no longer alive. No one cared that they were once alive.
In April 2013, three months after I returned from studying abroad, the Boston Marathon bombing occurred. In the news shots one by one, the streets that I once walked through again and again have become unrecognizable. Although I had left Boston at the time, this was probably the closest I've ever felt to death in my life. In the once bustling streets, in front of the library where the crowds are always bustling, the wailing and crying made my heart pierce.
No problem in this world should be solved by this indiscriminate method of killing innocents. For the innocent lives lost in these tragedies, for the families of the deceased, and all the people still in this world, I sincerely hope that every life can receive the respect and awe it deserves . I hope that our children and grandchildren can be taught from childhood and understand these truths. This is the most important truth to be born as a human being.
May the world be at peace, and may the world be well.
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