"I like that I have been woken up. I like that I don't go through life the same way, even though it took a huge tragedy to cause this change." "The days following September 11, all I remember was being down at the Trade Center... I really didn't watch any TV or listen to the radio. I was just working." "Everyday I pass the wall of missing persons at St. Vincent's Hospital, and I get the same feeling... In that respect, my life may never return to the 'normal' that it once was." "I personally experienced racism after 9/11. It's frustrating because instead of asking or seeking knowledge about Islam, people just make their own assumptions..."