Sept. 11 death inspires student
to attend University fora year
That summer I was in Utah studying
English at the University of Utah. It was
the first time I got out of my country,
Japan, where I previously was a student at
Waseda University.
I still remember the morning on Sept.
11, 2001. It was a
cold outside. My
English class be
gan at 8:30 a.m.
and I was run
ning to class. I
knew something wasn't right because I
saw my teacher in front of the dorm. She
said something but I could not under
stand because of my English deficiency. I
did understand: "Go watch theT.V."
So, we went to the common room in
the dorm. It was already packed. I found
out that terrorists attacked the United
States. I could not believe what I saw. The
plane crashed into the World Trade Cen
ter. On that day I felt numb. Since the
scenery of the crash was so grotesque, I
could not accept it.
The next morning I heard the worst
news from my friend. He said one of the
victims went to Waseda University. That
night, I was talking to my friend. The ad
viser came in the room, and we stopped
talking because I had a bad feeling. He
said, "We found out who died from the
terrorist attack, and he was a participant
of this English program last spring." I
was freaked out because I knew some
of them.
I am selfish, but I wished I did not
know who it was. It was my friend.
My friend left Newark, N.J., in the ear
ly morning to go back to Japan. He came
to the United States to look at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, where he was sup
posed to go as an exchange student. He
was on his way to Japan, going through
San Francisco. However, he would never
go back. He took United flight 93, and
his plane was hijacked to attack the
White House. But the plane crashed near
Pittsburgh, where he wanted to go to
school, ironically.
I have no idea how he reacted in the
plane but I know he must have resisted
the terrorists because he hated to lose. I
was not supposed to come to the Univer
sity. Two months after his death, I decid
ed to take an exam to come here. My
friend, Kuge-san, is the one who brought
me to the University. To study in the
United States was his dream. He could
not achieve it. I don't think I can make
his dream come true for him this year.
But, I am sure he is the one who gave me
courage, and he is still alive in my heart.
What would he say if he saw me right
now? I wonder if he would compliment
me on my English skills? I hope he
would say, "Oh, Shohei! You grew up!
You become more mature. How was
studying the United States for a year?
Was it a good experience?"
His favorite saying was, "I will become
the world's Kuge!" He is the world's Kuge
for me, and I hope readers will feel the
same way as I do. I want everyone to know
that Kuge lived in this world. I want you
guys to think about what is happening in
the world right now.
I cannot stop crying.
Shohei Eto is a junior studying psychology.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Suicide bombers are understandably desperate
I read a comic recently wherein the author decried suicide
bombers as misled and basically pathetic individuals ("Mar
tyrdom is fun," ODE, May 21). The punch line: "There is noth
ing spiritual about this kind of jihad." Well, the author is cer
tainly right, there is nothing spiritual about it. However, I
wouldn't go so far as to say that a suicide bomber is pathetic
or misled. I would say they are desperate.
Given the military power of the United States and its ally, Is
rael (an illegal state, by all definitions of the phrase), what
hope do these people have?
The Palestinians fought bravely against the Israelis when
Palestine was first invaded, with stones and slingshots against
modem armor and automatic weapons. They currently live un
der an oppressive situation where their land is taken from
them little by little. Palestinians cannot compete with modem
weapons, and so they seek to even the odds.
When death is right around the comer and you are never cer
tain of when you will be shot, you have little hope. I can easily
see how many Palestinians turn to the suicide bomb as a
means of avenging their countless dead. With the world ignor
ing you, what else can you do against modem weapons?
A Palestinian, asked by an American, "What can we do?" was
quoted as saying, "Nothing." But there is something you can
do. Forget the "anti-Semitic" line (aren't Palestinians Semites?)
and recognize Israel for what it is, an illegal state. Instead of
sending aid to Israel, we should send aid to Palestinians and de
mand that Israel play by the rules, just like we did to Saddam.
Justin Bengtson
freshman
Computer information science
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