I’m a lifelong New Yorker. I am from the suburbs of NYC. Grew up here. Still live here. Have been going into the city my entire life. I was 11 on 9/11. I remember the day vividly. It was the start of a life of anxiety for me, never having felt such uncertainty in my short life up until that point. I never in a million years thought something like 9/11 could happen in a place like the US. My worldview changed drastically that day. This morning, I tuned into the reading of the names- to bear witness, to mourn, to honor those lost. Some folks reading the names, loved ones of those lost, used their platform to thank the current administration, one of them mentioned the deep state and begged trump to release the files on Saudi Arabia’s part in 9/11. I am beside myself. Please, someone, explain what trump has done for victims of 9/11? Why would they take this very somber occasion to thank a person who lied about being saved from the rubble, when really he was boasting on a radio show about now having the tallest building in Manhattan? I’m furious for those lost and their families having a political spectacle made of this anniversary. Someone, please. Explain.
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