Afghanistan Sept 11 Wars Generation, Helmand, Afghanistan
Lane Morrow U.S. Marine Infantryman Lance Cpl. Lane Morrow, 22, from Salinas, Calif., poses for a portrait at his small patrol base, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. Morrow, on his memory of the Sept. 11, 2001 attack: "I was in seventh grade, I was waking up to go to school cause I had to walk to school early. I used to watch MTV. To wake me up. All the news was on the Twin Towers getting hit. And I remember waking up my mom, I'm like 'Mom, they say that America got attacked.' I really didn't know how bad it was cause I was only twelve." Morrow, on why he joined the Marines: "I had a pretty rough childhood, you know. I got in a lot of trouble. Talked to the counselor, he said 'man you should probably join the military, that would help, it helped me.' I was like 'alright.' But he tried to get me to join the Army, I was like 'Nah, think I want to do Marines
