TO THE EDITOR:
I think I can speak for my whole generation when I say that I’ll never forget 9/11. I hoped that I would never experience another day as heartbreaking, but recently, December 14 became another one of those days. My heart broke again on the day of the Sandy Hook shooting. I mourned the loss of 26 beautiful souls along with the rest of our country and much of the world.
And here we are again, a mere four months later watching another heart wrenching attack. It is hard on days like this not to focus on the evil. It’s hard to look at the world and find hope in such a harsh place, but it is always there.
For every gunman or terrorist in this world there are thousands of good people.
Like the teachers at Sandy Hook who gave everything they had to protect those children. Like the people today who, after the bomb went off, ran towards the danger instead of away from it. The policemen who risked their lives to search for and disable other bombs. The hospital employees who rushed to work on their days off to help treat the victims. And the ordinary citizens who did whatever they could to help care for injured strangers.
So on days like today when the world seems to be falling apart, remember those people. Because if so many people are willing to risk their lives to help loved ones and even random strangers, then the world must still be a good place.
Carly Collins ’15
Nursing
