9-11

Ten years ago, the images from New York changed the world forever. I was teaching at Campbell Collegiate and got to the school about 10 to 8. My colleague Ken said a plane had just hit the tower. We both thought it was some small cessna or something like that. He said to watch it on CNN. I went up to my room, switched on the tv and saw a second plane hit the other tower. The reports coming in confirmed the worst. A report that the pentagon had been hit too.
My first fear was that my son in Ottawa might be vulnerable, because it looked like war. An email to him at work was returned that he was safe, but his wife (who worked for the govt in communications) was not allowed to leave work as the communications depts from all the govt agencies were being kept together in one building away from parliament.
The task at hand was to inform and reassure my students. No formal classes were taught that day, but a lot of dialogue took place. Some students felt uncomfortable because of their background, but all were reassured that the deeds were done by fanatics, not true believers.
Yes the world has changed.