My Response to Jacqueline's : "Blog 11: Another September 11th"

This is a very interesting blog post! It’s interesting to note, though, that the significance of the date September 11 differs for the 1973 events and the events of 2001. It has been speculated that the terrorists of the 2001 attacks chose September 11 because of the symbolism of the date: 9/11911. 911 is the number that we call in America to contact the police when there is an emergency, and thus the terrorists might have chosen this date to symbolically enhance the terror of the attack. In Chile, the fact that the overthrow of Allende happened on a September 11 was pretty random; it was just by chance that the referendum was to be held on September 12, so Allende had to be overthrown before then. (Also, this date could not have been symbolic beforehand for the same reason as the 2001 attack, because the emergency number in Chile was not 911, plus, as in Spanish-speaking countries, the date would be written 11/9.) Anyway, just thought I’d mention this! There’s no doubt that now the date September 11 is equally symbolic for Chileans and Americans, but I just thought that the difference in the symbolism of the date for the different attackers was interesting.

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