Avescope Endurance

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ENDURANCE
Editor's Note
It's been eighteen years since September 11,
2001.
Robert J. Fisch - Wikimedia Commons
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There have been two days in my life where I felt
the world change. One was the day we woke
up to news that the Berlin Wall had fallen in
1989. When I woke up on the west coast of
Canada, he was watching TV. He never
watched TV in the morning. I remember he
looked at 13-year-old me and said with a
strange expression, 'The world just changed.'
But in 1989, it felt like it had changed for the
better.
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The second time I felt that rock was on
September 11, 2001. The world became darker
and scarier. The spectre of terrorism and all the
ensuing trickle-down effects have become
something we endure. Tightened national laws
and security theatre at the airports. Wars
which started in the years after and continue
to this day. New words in our vocabulary, like Al
Qaeda, the Taliban and the Islamic State.
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But there have been heroes in this new age.
People such as Pat Tillmann or the men of the
group known as Seal Team Six. We've had
villains too numerous to name. We've seen
images we never thought we would see.
What we have learned; however, is that we
endure. Every day, we put one foot in front of
the other. The world became darker, but with
work, it will become lighter. The days move on,
and we move on. A day can rock the world, but
the world keeps on going. Like ships on the
sea, there is nothing to do but travel forward.
LD Towers
Editor-in-Chief
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