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僕はごくりと唾を飲んだ。浅く呼吸をしながら、喉がからからになっていることを知った。
これだけの人が、一度に、死んだ…。
改めて、僕は現実を見せつけられた気がした。事故や事件、テレビを通して見るものは、事実だとはわかりつつもどこか現実味がなく、自分に関係のないことだとすぐに忘れてしまう。
しかし僕も、この中に入れば地面から僕らを見つめるちっぽけな１でしかない。報道される死亡者数を、文字や言葉は数字でしか表さない。その１が、たったひとつしかない、かけがえのない１人だったかということも、どんな人だったか、善人か悪人か、そんなことも全く関係なく、ただメディアは報道する。数字という事実のみを。
老人は再び歩き出した。
「アメリカ同時多発テロ」
僕はついて行くしかない。歴史上の大事件を知らないわけもなく、老人が指さす先を疲れたように僕は見た。その意味を知ってしまった以上、見たくは、ない。だが目を逸らすことはできなかった。同じ命を持つ人間として。
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