Exploration Four: Rebirth- Taylor Wade

The story that affected me the most was Tanya's. I couldn't imagine losing someone who was a that big of a part of my life right as our lives together were beginning. They hadn't even got to share the moment they dreamed of together. I think the hardest part of her story was the very beginning when the firefighters called and offered to bring her over some food. However, she knew it was more than just them bringing food for her. They really came to tell her her fiance was dead. How would you handle hearing that? I was very happy to see that when she eventually started dating again the guy she went out with and ended up marrying was so supportive of her lose. He didn't even get mad when he purposed and she said "I miss my other ring". She knew eventually she had to move on though, but even when she did she still stayed active in the loss of her past fiance at the crash sight and even stayed connected with his family as she was having a family with someone else. She let go of him but not his memory.
The time-lapse was a strength. It should so much emotion of all the sadness and anger in the beginning but revealed an unwind of moving past it through the years. It also should the reality of how hard it was for people who lost someone in the attacks to move on and how long it really took to do so. Both things are very significant to the reaction, feeling, and reality of 9/11.
Before seeing all the stories I never really knew exactly how it affected the people that lost someone and I was interested in knowing that side of the story. Its true when people say you remember where you were that day. I was only in first grade yet its one of the few things that stand out in my memory and I was barely old enough to understand it. The stories came from people who understood it the best because of their loses. It helped me to understand what happened though the years that I didn't understand.