Remembering

With everything that was going on with hurricane Katrina, I felt that 9/11 got pushed to a back burner. When that tragedy occured, I made the following post to my website:

We the people...

...the land of the free and the home of the brave

One nation under God indivisible...

Our nation faced a great tragedy on September 11th 2001.Terrorists attacked and destroyed the World Trade Center, killing thousands of civilians.A short time later they attacked the Pentagon, also ending hundreds of lives.

During the rescue effort at the World Trade Center, extreme structural damage caused both towers to collapse. Hundreds of police, fire fighters and rescue personnel lost their lives.

Americans and visitors of all nationalities perished on Tuesday...... African American, Caucasian, Indian, Latin, European, Asian, Middle Eastern and countless others.

We were targeted by a terrorist group, not a country, not a race of people.

As Americans, it now is the time to come togetherand show our assailants our unflinching spirit.We are one nation....of brothers and sisters, of mothers and fathers, of husbands and wives,of sons and daughters, of friends and neighbors.

Show the world what it means to be American!

Strength In Unity

Where were you that day, what were you doing when you found out? I was on the phone with a girlfriend when I got another call to turn on the television. I switched over and told her to turn on the TV. We sat on the phone silent, staring in disbelief, trying to make sense of what was we were seeing. We didn't know our lives were about to change... then, the second plane hit and the realization set in.

We quickly got off the phone.

I called everyone I knew, everywhere, not just in New York. My father and best friend both worked in highrise buildings in Philadelphia.

I was frantic.

I sat stunned for hours watching the television. Worried about countless people I didn't even know. I cried as I watched... I cried for days... I still cry when I think on it too long.

It was a moment in history... one that should be given a moment, acknowledged, and remembered.