Around this time every year, it’s expected of Americans to mourn those who have lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. It is known that we all, as Americans, should commemorate the loss of the nearly 3,000 people that lost their lives in the tragic incident.

Yet, the importance of the attacks always seems to gets lost in translation.

9/11 should not be something we all remember for the number of innocent civilians killed that day, it should be an incident we all hope to change by working toward a more inclusive and understanding country so that it will never happen again.

How could the act of killing thousands of people be something we all accept and move past? And how can we let more civilians die every day by people who should not have possession of weapons in the first place?

Thinking about a terrorist attack and the specifics of the attack can be difficult. I can only imagine the depths survivors have gone through to move past such a horrific day, and just to be reminded of the tragedy every year on 9/11 is unfair.

I understand that it is standard to commemorate those who lost their lives in a tragic incident and believe me, I truly remember and honor them. But you cannot simply just commemorate those who suffered; you need to try and change the norms that our society is used to and really make a difference. If we just merely accept that 9/11 happens, who knows whether or not something just as tragic could happen tomorrow?

No matter how hard I try, I can never put into words how tragic Sept. 11 was and still continues to be. The thought that this country didn’t get the hint that things need to start changing around here is unacceptable.

All the innocent people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time don’t deserve the effortless actions that our country is taking to prevent further incidents such as this one to occur.

Sept. 11 should not be about making up conspiracy theories regarding who was involved in the attack.

The people who insist that “Bush did it” should rethink their priorities. If you are so set on the idea that the former president of the United States led the attacks, then you are doing the families affected by the tragedy an injustice. There are more important things to consider then the idea that a person who cared so much for our country could be behind such tragic attacks.

In my opinion, President George W. Bush was not the best president of the United States. However, saying someone who cared so much about our country could have known or prevented such tragic attacks is mind-boggling.

It’s time we start to think about the importance of a situation as a whole rather than point out the unimportant little things.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of what happened on 9/11, but is pointing fingers going to change anything? The answer is no.

On Sept. 11, 2001, our country changed as we know it. It’s time we start recognizing and accepting this so that we can start to change our country’s future for the better.