Mon Sep 11, 2006 at 09:30:05 AM EDT
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( - promoted by jmelli)
A lot can happen in five years. As people take the opportunity today to reflect and remember what happened on 9/11, we at City Belt thought it was important to remember some things that happened that day that just might not fit within the mainstream press' themes of heroism, unity, and courage in the face of disaster. It's important for us not to utilize only selective memory when we remember 9/11 -- as a people, we need to remember it as fully and truthfully as possible -- warts and all.
Since most press outlets are selectively remembering, as today's Star-Ledger editorial says, "the warm glow of fraternity that rose, balm-like, out of the obscene rubble of 9/11," we present the story of one of the many Arab Americans that wasn't included in that fraternity.
Mehmet Ibis lost his brother in the WTC attack, but that was only the beginning of his tragic 9/11 story. The fallout continues for him to this day. |
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