🧵1/3 🕯️Today marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks #September11 in NYC 🇹🇼🇺🇸 As we mourn the victims, I wish to shed light on the impact of 9/11 on Chinese and Taiwanese American cmmnts [Support @mocanyc in their efforts to prsrv #Manhattan #Chinatown history]
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2/3 Attacks on #TwinTowers paralyzed Manhattan #Chinatown:mere blocks away from #GroundZero. Streets were blocked, no traffic was permitted, phones were cut off. Yet, the govt didn't designate 華埠 as a #WTC disaster area site unlike other more affluent areas of Downtown

Sep 11, 2020 · 5:55 AM UTC

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3/3 And even though the #social and #economic impact of this atrocious event still affects the #community, its voices have been excluded from the mainstream narrative about #Sep11 #Subaltern needs a platform speak! …also on 9/11. Thanks to @mocanyc for amplifying 🇹🇼🇺🇸 voices
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