When 9/11 happened I was eight years old in third grade. Though I do remember the day like it was yesterday, and all that went with it I have a fascination with it, I want to know every detail that went with that day. Who was killed? Who went missing? Were they found? Why did this happen? Where were you when this happened? Were you in New York? Did someone you know die? If so I am so sorry. How did this day make you feel? What would make someone do this? Who else in this world did this day effect? Did it only affect the U.S.? I had many questions I wanted answers to. I wanted to try and understand the day.
I am also a HUGE fan of movies. If you have any suggestions for movies I should watch, please put them below. I would love to watch them. I used to be a film major at Towson University. Now I am double major in Youth Ministry and Telecommunications at Lee University. (Not official, but hopefully I will take care of that soon) So I love going to movies. I don't remember which movie I was watching when I first saw the previews for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but I do remember the time. It was close to 9/11 itself. My church was doing a drama about the event. I was in it. I was playing a woman who's husband was in the building the day of the attack. Once I saw the papers fall in the previews I knew what it was because at the end of our drama we threw papers up to indicate the rubble. We discussed how on the day what now seems like pointless paperwork floated on to the streets of New York. I was hooked. Right then I knew I wanted to see this movie, and I did. I saw it in theaters only a few days after it came out. Then one day in Walmart (or Target. I don't remember) I stumbled upon the book, and I bought it. And so this is why I am reading it. I love everything it has to offer. A story involving a tragic moment I lived through and wanted to know more about, an interesting character of a kid, and quirky things to go along with him. It's an exciting adventure of a book, and I can't wait.
