WTC (World Trade Center) movie
0 Comments Published by Svetlana Zhukova on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 10:05 AM.
It's been on my list of movies to see for a while, and yesterday I got to it. I saw United 93 when it first came out, so WTC was more of 9/11 told through a personal story. It's one of those movies when you keep staring at the screen watching credits, when the movie is over. It's very sad. I think that day had such significance, because it was totally unexpected, and happened to a very symbolic place in a very symbolic city. I've been at the WTC site in New York, and hat off to everyone touched by it.
But then there is another perspective, too. As Karan said, it's a very sad story, but every day there are hundreds of people dying in explosions and wars that people don't care about as much. I went online for some numbers, and since 2003 there were 91,466 civilian deaths in Iraq. And there were also many before 2003, and before 2001, too.
I also remembered that in Belarus, my home country, at least 1/4 of the whole population died during the World War 2 (which was raging for 4 years). 2,5 million people. It's almost 2,000 people dying EVERY DAY FOR 4 YEARS. It's like we had 4 years of 9/11 happening every day.
Why human race spends its power more to destroy than to create, I do not understand.
But then there is another perspective, too. As Karan said, it's a very sad story, but every day there are hundreds of people dying in explosions and wars that people don't care about as much. I went online for some numbers, and since 2003 there were 91,466 civilian deaths in Iraq. And there were also many before 2003, and before 2001, too.
I also remembered that in Belarus, my home country, at least 1/4 of the whole population died during the World War 2 (which was raging for 4 years). 2,5 million people. It's almost 2,000 people dying EVERY DAY FOR 4 YEARS. It's like we had 4 years of 9/11 happening every day.
Why human race spends its power more to destroy than to create, I do not understand.
Labels: sad, war, World Trade Center
