Reaction Response # 1

Source of Reaction: http://www.history.com/topics/reaction-to-9-11
"Reaction to 9/11." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.

This first response addresses a more "legitimate" reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attack. This is said because the information and reaction comes from a source that is not usually questioned, this being an article from the History Channel in regards to the 9/11 attack. The History Channel as well a1s many other big companies that provide news give a more broad view of the event that happened and similarly also show the worldwide reaction of the terrorist attack whereas going deeper in the internet, one can find more personal reactions as found in forums, youtube videos and blog posts. The title of the article posted by History is called "Reaction to 9/11" and gives us intel on the reaction the USA had on the attack as well as a generalized international reaction about this subject. It is no surprise to see that the country that was attacked support themselves as mentioned in the article. People from the country did acts of patriot ship towards their country by hanging flags around their homes, doing charity work and other small details that contributed to putting a smile back on the citizens of America. On the other hand, the international reaction is not exactly the same. Although many countries as mentioned by the article, like France and Germany who stated that "The events were not only attacks on the people in the United States, our friends in America, but also against the entire civilized world, against our own freedom, against our own values, values which we share with the American People", others like the leader of an Islamic military group begged to differ. It is interesting to see how the History channel provides to the readers a mixed set of reactions coming from many countries and citing important names in the world, but that is one of the reasons why this reacion is only so good. As one reads the articles, they only learn about the reaction of big political names and nothing turns into something personal and that is something that should be implied into the reactions to create a sense of movement on the citizens of the world. These reactions are based on facts which cannot be questioned but what happens when the reaction is coming from an everyday normal citizen of the world.