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I was born three days after 9/11. I can hear you, I can hear you,the rest of the world hears you, and the people who knockedthese buildings down will hear all of us soon. USA, USA! USA, USA! My mother and father spent two daysin the hospital, holding me under the soft glowof the television, watching those towers fallover and over again, until the feelings of griefgave way to numbness. And then, without warning, a middle-class childhoodin an American suburb. Thirteen... fourteen... fifteen... sixteen... - What are you looking at, Rue?- Seventeen... Rue, look at me. - One, two, three...- What are you doing, Rue?
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I was born three days after 9 11
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I can hear you I can hear you the rest of the world hears you
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and the people who knocked these buildings down
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will hear all of us soon
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USA USA USA USA
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My mother and father spent two days in the hospital
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holding me under the soft glow of the television
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watching those towers fall over and over again
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until the feelings of grief gave way to numbness
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And then without warning
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a middle class childhood in an American suburb
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Thirteen fourteen
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fifteen sixteen
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What are you looking at Rue Seventeen
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Rue look at me
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One two three What are you doing Rue
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Movie Summary
A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
