After nearly a week's worth of watching planes crash into the World Trade Center and seeing it collapse, it's time to accept the overwhelming loss of life and move on.
The country, and really the world, has been thrust into an emotional nightmare. Just as Americans believed such loss and destruction would never happen to them, many of the world's citizens were comforted that it hadn't happened to us either.
But it did and now we are forced to grapple with a slew of horrific issues, including being on the brink of war - most likely with Afghanistan.
The best thing we can do right now is resume our normal, daily routines. It takes the greatest courage to sit and wait patiently to be called during such uncertainty.
Our government is in the middle of a full-scale investigation of those responsible for Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
We cannot allow ourselves to be victimized again by acting out our frustration on each other or targeting our neighbors because they don't agree with our viewpoints. Security changes could strip us of many civil liberties, but we should never let go of one of our most coveted rights - the freedom of speech.
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Iliana Lim¢n
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