Running Head: CALLING
Called to serve after September 11
Icce Homero Mejia
Brigham Young University
Called to serve after September 11
How could I forget that day as I was getting ready to go to my French Class. The green haired clown who had the most famous Mexican Live News Program during that time, seemed to be a little concerned as I watched the news that day before I went to my class; “another war movie?” I asked to myself, after watching the first 5 seconds of that live broadcast but, at the time, I didn’t realize that those were actually live news. “That’s funny, Brozo (the clown) doesn’t seem to be happy now, anyways, I need to go” I said, as I changed the channel one last time.
What a surprise it was for me to notice that the same images were being broadcast on every channel and that everybody seemed to be speechless during that time. It was September 11 around 8.30 am in my hometown and everything indicated that it was going to be just a normal day for me but after watching those videos I felt a familiar feeling, a feeling of fear and anxiousness, a desire to go and call my friends and parents and ask them if they were watching those same images that seemed to be in every channel and that were concerning many people, especially those from that country to which I was supposed to go soon but didn’t know about it yet.
What a nice time I spent in college: during my first year in high school I didn’t really want to be there because it was a religious boarding school, yes, it was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ High School in Mexico City, one of the most prestigious high ...