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Prompt: Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. What Happened to Unity? We watched the towers burn. We looked on in horror as countless people made the decision to jump to their deaths. We stood up proudly to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. We realized how trivial our common worries were. But now, two years later, I fear we have forgotten. We no longer stand together proudly for the Pledge. We have lost the feeling of overwhelming national pride. We have returned to our old ways. September 11th IS one of those days. You know, the ones we equate to knowing exactly what we were doing and where we were when we saw or heard the news. While I cannot think of another example in my lifetime, there have been many more before my time. Pearl Harbor, the dropping of the atomic bombs, the landing of the first man on the moon...just to name a few. September 11th is the type of day that will be recapped in the History classes of the future, printed in the textbooks, and researched by countless students for reports. The type of day that will go down in infamy. I remember where I was. I remember what I was doing. I remember when the news came. Th