Most people reading this will never, ever forget where they were or what they were doing when they heard about the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Fourteen years later, it still feels like yesterday for many of us, who remember the world as a much peaceful place before that fateful Tuesday morning. While writing this piece about students who joined up with local firefighters to place 2,996 flags on their high school's front lawn to commemorate each one of the victims, I realized how young they were when it all went down. Unlike anyone who was old enough to remember and understand the tragic events, younger generations grew up in the post 9/11 world and a nation united by heartbreak and fear is all they know.
The following video of Lumberton High School cheerleaders has been making a big splash on the internet since the Texas team performed a routine commemorating the 2001 tragedy and posted it online. People were quick to call the teens' routine, which is set to remarks by President George W. Bush and "God Bless The U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood, tasteless and insensitive, while other praised their motives and skills.
Cheer sponsor Lauren Sheffield told E! News "We do this because we believe it is very important to honor and remember the first responders, those who gave their lives, and those who still mourn the hole left by lost loved ones." The video, posted by cheerleader Crystalynn Petoskey, has been viewed nearly 24 million times at the time of publishing.
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Cheerleaders 9/11 routine. So good, it'll make you cry.
Posted by Crystalynn Petoskey on Friday, September 11, 2015
