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Tragic events remembered six years later
Students, faculty, staff share stories about 9/11
By Amy Kelly
Rocket News Editor
Issue date: 9/14/07 Section: News
SRU facilities and planning employee Linda Enis was working at Grove City College during the attack and remembers being stunned and shocked after the grim news.
"It makes you appreciate life for the moment," she said. "You want to enjoy friends and family while you can. I notice that I don't go through life so quickly anymore now. I stop and treasure the moments I have more than I did."
Mary Sisak is an SRU assistant professor in chemistry and heard the news about what was happening in New York over the radio before returning home to watch the events on TV.
"Now there is more paranoia," she said. "I definitely think that we're headed down a road that we'll regret."
People all over the United States notice changes in airports, government and in everyday life.
"One of the big changes is the sense that we're not totally safe anymore," said Joy Strain, a temporary part-time biology lecturer. "Physically, we are probably as safe as we were before the event, but we've all come to the realization that it can happen here.
Now you look at things you see on TV and think 'that could be us.' For me, it was a wake-up call, because it could happen to someone you know."
Stereotyping problems, mostly regarding ethnicity and religion, stir up mixed feelings among the college population.
Psychology major Marty Dalfonso said that she thinks there is more prejudice in the country than before 9/11.
"People are judging out of fear," she said.
With each generation, something is added into the history books that people will remember forever.
Some of these include the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and 9/11 in 2001.
"My sister just had a baby, and I'm scared to know that she will, in some point in her life, experience her own tragedy," Strange said.
Strange's father refers to the 9/11 events as the circle of life.
"He saw the World Trade Centers go up, and then watched it come down," she said. "That's something you don't ever forget."
"It makes you appreciate life for the moment," she said. "You want to enjoy friends and family while you can. I notice that I don't go through life so quickly anymore now. I stop and treasure the moments I have more than I did."
Mary Sisak is an SRU assistant professor in chemistry and heard the news about what was happening in New York over the radio before returning home to watch the events on TV.
"Now there is more paranoia," she said. "I definitely think that we're headed down a road that we'll regret."
People all over the United States notice changes in airports, government and in everyday life.
"One of the big changes is the sense that we're not totally safe anymore," said Joy Strain, a temporary part-time biology lecturer. "Physically, we are probably as safe as we were before the event, but we've all come to the realization that it can happen here.
Now you look at things you see on TV and think 'that could be us.' For me, it was a wake-up call, because it could happen to someone you know."
Stereotyping problems, mostly regarding ethnicity and religion, stir up mixed feelings among the college population.
Psychology major Marty Dalfonso said that she thinks there is more prejudice in the country than before 9/11.
"People are judging out of fear," she said.
With each generation, something is added into the history books that people will remember forever.
Some of these include the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and 9/11 in 2001.
"My sister just had a baby, and I'm scared to know that she will, in some point in her life, experience her own tragedy," Strange said.
Strange's father refers to the 9/11 events as the circle of life.
"He saw the World Trade Centers go up, and then watched it come down," she said. "That's something you don't ever forget."
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