Never forget. In memory of Jenny Wong, a fellow NYU Stern Alum, who died on that day. 4 years later, has the event changed me? To tell you the truth, yes. If I were now in a situation where I would know I was going to die, I would now fight back. I’m not going down like that. Should we live in fear? No. Living in fear gives the terrorists what they want - us to pull back in fear (the definition of terrorism). Press MORE for the rest of this entry.

Saw the documentary drama on Discovery channel on “The flight that fought back (Flight 93).” Pretty good and intense. While it was known that Flight 93 (the one that “crashed” in PA) had a group of folks that fought back to try to over take the flight, a few facts don’t add up regarding that incident, especially the 9/11 commission having many pages of that account censored by the government before it was published. Then there’s the fact that Rumsfeld “accidentally” let out that the flight was shot down. He later recanted it saying it was a mistake. Wait a sec. He’s obviously privy to a lot of information the general public is accessible to, and had he known that this was the truth, he would’ve just rolled it off the top of his head, as he did here. Granted I can understand why National Security would withhold this information and tell it otherwise to prevent public outrage that the government would kill its own people. Granted it’s known that the people tried to overpower the terrorists, but it seems strange that the plane pitched rolled on its back, then crashed. Something like that is usually the result of a wing being clipped or blown off. This might be the reasons why the government still has not released the flight data recorder for the very last few seconds just before the crash. I’m not going to state my stance on this, but rather ask people to always question the information as it is presented to you. If you need further motivation on questioning “the truth,” consult Noam Chompsky’s book, Manufacturing Consent. Regardless, those who tried to overpower the terrorists are heros. We’re not going down like that… ever.

And remember the government apologizing for the attack for their lapse in security and intelligence? Shouldn’t they also be apologizing to those in New Orleans for denying levie upgrades for the last 5 years to divert that money to “national security”? Enough ranting.