On solemn 9/11, immigrants celebrate new lives as American citizens

These new citizens will have a happy reason to remember and celebrate this date.    - - Donna Poisl

By David Grant, Staff writer

ALEXANDRIA, VA. - What a difference 11 years makes. Ibrahim Kamara came to the United States from Sierra Leone in August 2001, hoping to get an education and escape his nation’s decade-long civil war.

Just two weeks later, he watched the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on television in Texas.

“It was scary,” says Mr. Kamara. “The fact that I just came from a war – I felt like I was going to come into another one.”
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