Today was in many respects just another day. The day was unremarkable except for the nagging feeling that something was wrong all day. Most people have tried to move past the memories of 6 years ago. But should we?
The memories linger as they always do in situations like this. People ask, " where were you that morning." People share their stories and then move on to other business.
I was in the shower. I always watch the news in the morning except for the morning of 9/11. My office kept calling - I ignored the calls. Only an hour later did I learn what had happened on the other side of the country. As with many others my life changed that day as the events unfolded. I had worked on the 103rd floor of Tower 1 for many years. People I knew and talked to just days before died that day. America changed that day. We all did in some way.
Today I was on edge all day and very uneasy. I am uneasy that the lead story on the news was what Brittany Spears was wearing the other night. We as a nation are losing sight of what happened that day and what we all lost. We should also not forget that September 11, 2001 started out as a beautiful day on the East Coast. We never saw it coming - nor will we see it coming again.
For those people that think our Generals are idiots and we should withdraw our troops - shame on you. These people walk the line and face peril each day so that we can complain that the line at the bank is moving to slow, or the movie was not good enough, or our waiter not attentive enough. They fight so that we can live the lives we do.
We should never forget this date nor what happened to us. We as a nation need to support those brave men and women that risk it all so you and I can live a privileged life. I don't know about you but I would rather we fight the nut cases in their backyard rather than mine.
We should never forget this date - never!
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