Campus Q&A

“I would never forget 9/11, but memorials help, and specials of what people went through and what they’re still going through. Television, the media, and everything helps to remember it, but I was young when it happened. I was in second grade and I still remember what I was doing and the aftermath of it. So, I guess that for generations that didn’t go through it, is just by storytelling, like passing down that information. I think one of the best ways is that just to tell people and keep people’s memories alive.”

“I think September 11 is very important to remember, because we have a lot of veterans and there were a lot of people affected, different races. Latinos were affected, too. Just for the history of America it’s important to remember that, and also it’s important to keep it away from things like Islamophobia, because that shouldn’t even exist and we need to make sure that we do not blame all Muslims for that and I think it’s important that this campus is really discouraging of that kind of racism. I think we need to remember September 11 by staying away from encouraging any racial stereotype.”

“September 11th is a memorable day. It affected many lives … everybody in the United States. It was a huge impact. I mean, even as myself, like, the violence that’s going on in the United States and things that you don’t think are going to happen, just to be terrorized like that from people that, I mean, you have the best hopes for everybody and it’s just a horrible, horrible thing that happened. … Just a tribute to those who died.”

“I think [students] should just honor the day. More so, like, I don’t know how to explain it–just remembrance, what happened, y’know. Sometimes, things like that can happen to our country. Sometimes, it happens to other countries, they have their days, too. I mean, there’s a lot of stuff in the world, there’s a lot of bad things happening so, like, it’s more of a … I guess at the time it was kind of a wake up.”