Why does it feel like, unless they re-build the towers, life will never be the same?
366811
Whether or not they rebuild the towers, life will still never be the same. However, rebuilding the towers will help many of us feel more like the terrorists didn't win.
1000363
I was born on Sept 11.  The towers were struck on my 28th birthday.  I walked around saying I was 27 for two years, because I forgot I had gotten older.  I spent that whole day glued to CNN like the rest of the world.  The first couple of years I didn't want to celebrate publicly, because I felt that it would be disrespectful of those who had lost.  Now I feel like I should celbrate that day, despite the tragedy, loss, and remembering (which should always be honored); it should be about life, hope, rebuilding, and a future.  Everyday is a gift.  Don't take it for granted.  You can remember and still celebrate that you and many others can move ahead.
81869
It feels different for everyone. Many things can change the way it feels..It's a hard thing to describe..
308137
Longing for things past.
397468
in general, I get that feeling alot. i live in Michigan. We have been spared many disasters. we have not had a terrorist attack, widespread flood, blizzard, or much of anything. We don't get hurricanes or earthquakes. We are suffering from job loss though. That is substantial. Motor city's engine has blown, the automotive industry continues to take blow after blow. I think the whole country is feeling these effects. on top of our problem, there are MANY more to complicate matters. If that is not enough, tensions between the U.S. and other parts of the world are becoming stronger. They are bound to come to a head before too long. More attacks on US are inevitable. And don't get me started on global warming.
1161295
I can't wait for it to finish building...in like a few more years! Hopefully they stop all the fighting and start building it. It'll be a proud moment for all New Yorkers to see another building rise from the ashes of the World Trade Center.
891095
Becasue, even though we know we are in the company of those who love us, the past has perhaps scarred our souls, hearts, and minds enough to scare us off here in the future.  I know that is my reason.  Pain and heartbreak have caused me to build a "tough" facade, and over the years it has grown bigger than I ever imagined it would.  It's harder to tear that wall down than build it.
601018
Ah now I get the question, thanks for changing it.  When you do something you know is right it's sometimes like dieing to be re-born.  They call it the dieing stage.  You can feel totally flat for a while but all of a sudden you will rise and feel stronger.  Each time this happens you feel yourself getting stronger and stronger.  Trust me it is worth it.  Keep at it.x
1027586
maybe because you feel your prayers are not answered,\n\nmaybe you feel like your will alone will set your mind in motion.\n\nnow you are on the right track
784400
It is not worth it, nor was it ever worth it. We call this the "War on Terror", yet we have yet to go after those responsible for 9/11. All these lives lost, families ruined, money spent and we haven't accomplished a dang thing.
985619
That they feel the same way
1164417
I agree 100%.\n\nI was living just outside Philadelphia when 9/11 happened.  I had several friends and family members in NYC - one of which we lost (a 30 year old brother in law who was giving a speech on the top floor of the building at a conference).  It was only a stroke of luck that kept my own husband out of NYC that day.\n\nAt that point we got a glimpse of the kind of horror that the civilians in the middle east have been suffering - explosions in restaurants, schools, hospitals, temples - it is mind numbing.  I caught my heart in my throat for weeks after 9/11 everytime I heard an airplane or helicopter over head (we lived near and Air Force base).  I have little children of my own - and my heart goes out to the families that must live through the violence.\n\nWhat is so upsetting to me about the war in Iraq is that it feels unnecessary to me.  We stormed into Afghanistan, hot on the heels of those who had done us wrong and liberated a community that had been terrorized by the Taliban for years.  We had reacted to tragedy decisively and with class - in myopinion - helping others along the way.  It felt great to be American.\n\nThen this stuff with Iraq -  I mean, lots of people say that Saddam Hussein is a terrible man, and that maybe.  But we don't really have a right to bomb the crap out of another country (out of another group of people) just because their leader doesn't do things as we do, do we?  The war on Terror had become a horror.  I watched, dumbfounded, as we bombed the living daylight out of that civilization.\n\nIf we feel that we have a right to bomb other because we disagree with their leaders, then we are being repaid in kind when they bomb us because they don't agree with ours.
1187721
The greatest feeling in the world--wish it could be prolonged.
1038504
Yes, but it isn't quick and it isn't easy.  It develops over years as it is tried and tested and it is the best feeling in the world, like it holds you up when you want to just give up.
432337
NOt really.  I thought I my life would have been alot different.  I'm not saying my life isn't wonderful.  I wouldnt change it for the world.  When you are dreaming the sky is the limit.  When you are living your on ground level
397048
because they live in a place where lives are being lost everyday (children too), and they believe that this act is the only way to bring the world's attention to what they feel is a great wrong. becoming a suicide bomber is using the only weapon you've got left: yourself. it is the act of a "true believer"--someone who believes so strongly in their cause that dying is a positive thing to them. not only that, people that they respect (sometimes their own mothers) will call them a martyr, and they will be considered heroes. (songs will be written about them, and paintings honoring their name will go up on walls in their neighborhoods.)\n\nimagine a world where whole neighborhoods are being bulldozed by an army that considers you an enemy--even considers your grandparents, your small children, a danger to them. you feel trapped by economics--can't shop for food in town or work because there are checkpoints between your home and those places. you have known friends and family who have died simply for being Palestinian, or Iraqi. you feel a terrible sense of injustice. and just down the road from your place, people gather, and a religious teacher talks about a way out. everyone says he's a fanatic, but you think, maybe there i will feel like i'm doing *something.* it just seems like you've taken enough lying down. and the people you elect to lead you end up becoming corrupt or ineffectual. what do you do? how do you get your freedom? you have never known what it's like to feel truly free. and so you go to the gathering of people who are very religious. what they say makes sense to you, even if it is violent. after all, what other way is there? one day, your home is destroyed. some of your family members die. and when someone suggests that there's a way to act for God that will help your people, a way that ends your own life, what will you do? \n\nnot everyone is so strong as to believe that patience and peace is the way to freedom. the evidence against it is all around them.
264253
Nope, I think that feeling comes from not being happy with your current situation. Change the situation and you will feel fulfilled.