2023-04-03
31 分钟Pushkin.
Do you remember where you were on the morning of September 11th, 2001?
I was a senior in high school,
and I remember we heard the rumors, the whispers that an attack had happened.
This is author and activist Simran Jeet Singh.
Like many Americans, he also has a vivid memory of how scared he was that terrible morning.
We ran to my teacher's classroom as strong,
and while just watched on television, we watched the towers come down.
But Simran's fears about the events unfolding in New York and D.C.
went beyond just the tragic terrorist attacks that were unfolding.
That afternoon, the death threat started.
First by phone, then people driving by.
I mean, it was a really intense moment in my life.
Simran and his family are sick,
members of a major religion that sprang up in India around five centuries ago.
As part of their faith, Sikh men grow beards and wear turbans.
Even though their faith had nothing to do with the awful attacks of Osama bin Laden,
Simran and his family became immediate targets for abuse in their small South Texas town.
That afternoon, Simran's mom locked their front door.
I remember that vividly because we had never locked the doors.