CORNELIA MAXINE CARDELLO ISLAM: Since 9/11 we haven't
really learned anything.
I just remember sitting there in shock and thinking about is
this what it's like to be at war?
YIM KWONG: I learned that actually the American people,
we get stronger because of our diversity.
When I travel through the little towns upstate, I see
everybody have American flags.
And that's something.
You go by, you feel like, wow, we're all pulling together.
PATRICIA O'CONE: I was on the track of everything's OK, it's
a normal day.
Somebody pushed me and I was like what?
What a jerk.
Who's pushing me today?
And as soon as I got outside there were rocks falling on my
head and policemen, and the thing that I learned was that
you shouldn't really make assumptions about people's
motivations without really understanding the context.
And it was really kind of strange day to come to that
realization.
I thought a lot about those people and hoped
that they got out.
DAVID FREEMAN: We're just as paranoid, if not more.
And there's now a new face to put our paranoia and fear,
like a Muslim population or the Muslim community.
I just think we don't really know how to deal in a
constructive and healthy way to tragic events like this.
HANNAH TROOBOFF MCCOLUM: You know, our parents all
remembered the day when Kennedy was shot.
I think I understood for the first time the long-term
impact of one event.
And the sort of power of memory.
AL LUCENTE: One day I was in the Trade Center when I cut
out of high school with a bunch of friends and we all
went there to the restaurant at the Trade Center.
You remember things you did.
We're never going to see that again now.
LEROY MCKOY: I supposed to be there on that day.
When I heard that the building fell, it
really messed with me.
And come to find out who was behind it was another thing.
I thought at first that nationality of people could no
longer be trusted.
MARJORIE SINGER: I think it made us more aware that this
could happen anywhere.
That America is not--
we're as vulnerable as anybody else!
TINA ATTERBURG: I learned that we, as Americans, have got to
remember how to be humble.
And I know it changed the importance of letting loved
ones know how much you appreciate them.
TABITHA ELLIS: There are bigger things in the world.
It was the first time that there were people who didn't
like Americans.
That was definitely one of the biggest things I learned.
So I became a lot more cautious and more fearful of
other people and that was kind of something
I wish didn't happen.
I wish I wasn't so fearful about things.
But it's what it does when you're little, it impacts you
quite a bit.