September 11th, 2011. Ten years have gone by. The first big shock of the 21st century. Everyone remembers where they were. Everyone remembers a picture. Tens of thousands were taken that day. The entire world published them, discovered them, saved them. However September 11th was the last historic event in our history to be partially covered. The reason: Technology, film. Digital was only just emerging. Imagine September 11th today: You would have had everything, the interior of the four planes, the condemned areas in the two towers. Everything would have been broadcast. Good or bad? That is not the debate. It just marks the end of innocence. Today we would see everything.
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