Students voice frustrations, sadness over terrorist attack
It was approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, when I first found out about what had happened.
I was in my Theatre Appreciation class when my teacher received an emergency phone call from her husband letting her know what had happened. At first, she translated to the class that it was a bombing of the Pentagon and World Trade Center Towers.
We were shocked, yet we didn’t know exactly what had happened and were left with nothing but questions, and our teacher had no answers for us. As a result of the phone call, our teacher let class go early, which allowed us time to find the nearest television and see for ourselves what had happened.
Our eyes were glued to the set. The TV rooms were soon swamped with both the curious and concerned. In utter amazement, I watched with a small grasp of reality and could not believe what I was watching.
I recalled the terrible Oklahoma City bombing and how many lives were lost. I could only think of how many lives were lost with these crashes. I felt much hatred for the people behind this act, and I wanted the United States to retaliate, go to war.
I feel a lot of hate inside me for those behind what has happened.
Michael Villarreal
Student
NW Campus
Life is not going to be as we once knew. The tragedy has just begun, and the extent is beyond my imagining. I pray for those survivors of the victims, for courage that Americans will stay united, and for justice. By the grace of God, we will prevail.
Delilah Tawater
Student
South Campus
The era of Molotov cocktail terrorism is over. These people are educated, well funded and ready to die for their cause. It is obvious that the amount of time that went into planning this was tremendous, and the number of people involved unimaginable. Now is not the time to wonder how this could happen to us. Now is the time to wonder how we can keep this from happening again.
Jeremy Rollins
Student
NW Campus
As-Salaamun ’Alaikum, which means Peace be upon you.
I would like to shed some light on the event that happened last week. It was not Islamic or done by a Muslim.
God tells us, “Seek His protection from satan, the self-disgraced.” “We believe in god, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma’il, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants, and that given to Moses and Jesus and that given to all the Prophets from our Lord: We make no distinction between one and another of them: and, we bow to God as person submitting our will.” Qur’an 3:136.
Also, He says: “It is only the Evil Ones that suggest to you to fear his votaries: You should not be afraid of them, and regard Me, if you are persons that are believers. And grieve not over them, nor distress yourself because of their plots. And surely, our Lord knows all that their hearts do hide, as well as all that they reveal. And, there isn’t anything of the Unseen, in heaven or earth, that isn’t recorded in a clear record.” Qur’an 3:175; 27:70, 74-75.
Therefore, remember a believer is godlike; a believer does not behave ungodly. Be he Muslim, Christian or Jew.
Skareemah Abdulbashir
Student
South Campus
It’s a terrible tragedy. The effects of this will be felt for years. It is a shame that we will have to live with the fear of things like this happening in the future.
Brandon Bullard
Student
SE Campus
In the wake of the tragic event in both New York City and Washington, D.C., I was shocked to hear that our very own free nations has been attacked by cruel and horrible terrorists. This event made me so upset and outraged that whoever did this should suffer the consequences with a war of our own.
Philip Waldron
Student
NW Campus
We were surprised, and I feel like we expected something like this to happen, but definitely not like this … I think it will definitely bring us together. We will be stronger after this. We just don’t want to see anything like that happen on our soil …
I had a student ask me how I would help and respond to the victims if I were still working in social services. At first, I didn’t know what to say to that; most of the deaths I’ve dealt with were expected.
But when it’s a sudden death, it makes it more difficult for people to cope because they haven’t had time. All we can do is be there for them to comfort and let them grieve in their own way.
Sharon Wettengel
Sociology Instructor
SE Campus
Now that we know of this horrific tragedy, what now? Our generation should learn as much as we can from this and use that knowledge to fill in the gaps in whatever allowed this event to take place. We must keep this in our memories in order to protect our future generations and preserve life itself.
Elizabeth Flores
Student
South Campus
I felt what could only be described as extreme sadness … I just want everyone who has been personally touched by this tragedy to know that the entire country weeps with them.
Brittany Buendia
Student
NW Campus
They took advantage of our freedom to kill innocent people.
Michael Sorial
Student
SE Campus
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