9-11’s emotional impact

The emotional and psychological impact of last year’s terrorist attacks was felt throughout the Southern University community on September 11th.
“…We shouldn’t celebrate September 11th, we should remember and memorialize it, and on September 12th, celebrate , because that is when God had let us know that we will be all right,” said Nikki Bannister.
Bannister, a Navy veteran, lost three close friends in the attack on the Pentagon.
  According to a study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association stated that the psychological effects of a major national trauma in not limited to those who experienced it directly.
“People often try to distance themselves from what happened in D.C., New York, and Pennsylvania because they weren’t immediately affected,” said ValaRay Irvin, director of the Southern University Counseling Center. “Although they may not have felt the effects a year ago because they weren’t immediately affected, those feelings may come out with Wednesday’s commemorative activities.”
 In a commemorative ceremony held on September 11th in Seymour Gym, students listened to inspirational statements from university officials and student leaders.
The Southern University Interdenominational Gospel Choir touched the hearts and minds of all in attendance singing Donnie McClurkin’s Stand.
I thought the song was very appropriate,” said Floyd Prescott, a senior mathematics education major from Opelousas. “Although the devil tried to knock us down and out, it is important for people to know that God is here to lift us up.”

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