I didn't personally have anyone in my family who passed on that crash, but I remember how it ruptured our understanding of each other at that moment-like who was on that flight (AA587 in 2001), what happened, is it terrorism? What does it mean when you lose almost 300 lives in two and a half minutes? (Elizabeth Acevedo)

I didn't personally have anyone in my family who passed on that crash, but I remember how it ruptured our understanding of each other at that moment-like who was on that flight (AA587 in 2001), what happened, is it terrorism? What does it mean when you lose almost 300 lives in two and a half minutes?

Elizabeth Acevedo

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