This weekend marks the 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers and the Pentagon. I will be using three different resources for this post but it will not be from various websites but from a television program I watched that was from several different sources.
I think everyone probably remembers where they were when they learned of the nightmare that was unfolding in our great country. I was on my way to work and actually got a call from one of my assistants asking if we could go to Wal-Mart and buy a television so we could keep posted on the news. I picked up the television and once we had it set up we sat there speechless for most of the day. I remember the streets were silent and not much was going on. When you would see people walking down the sidewalk they seemed much like myself, in a state of total shock.
One of the television programs I watched this weekend was on Lifetime Move Network and was called “102 Minutes that Changed America”. There were several different people that had grabbed their video cameras and started filming as everything was happening. The was one family that was literally about 2 blocks away in there 52nd floor apartment and where in so much shock it took them a while to realize they had to evacuate their apartment and it had to be done quickly. There were several people videoing just a few blocks from the attack and everything was in such chaos I almost couldn’t keep up with each story.
I know, we as American’s, will never be the same, but I am proud to say that I think it has made us stronger in a sense. The people that were actually standing at ground zero will forever be changed. There were so many lives lost and so very many heros.
I think I cried through the whole program. Some were tears of sadness, some where tears of being so extremely proud to be an American, and some where just that…tears.
I hope everyone took the time to think back and remember the people that lost their lives, both by the attack itself and the heros that tried to rescue those victims. It is quite humbling when you consider how fast things can happen in our lives. We all got out of bed that day and expected it to be a normal day. Rush here, rush there, and never taking time to really recognize what is important. Not a one of us knew that it was going to be one of the worst days in history until it was already over.
I challenge everyone that reads this to take a moment and say a little prayer. Not only for the victims, but their families as well. I think we need to also say a little prayer and thank God for allowing us to be an American. It is because of this great country that we get to do these blog’s and have our right to say what we feel.
I remember dropping our twins off at school and the teachers talking about it. When we got back home we immediately turned on CNN to watch the news unfold and I don't think we have ever stopped. What I mean by that is before 9-11 we didn't religiously watch the news and we hardly ever watched the 24 hour news channels. But since then we watch the news A LOT. We DVR nightly news, watch CNN often throughout the day as well as having it as our home page on both our laptops. It really did change who we are. Before 9-11 we were a young naive couple trying hard to keep up with the Joneses and after, we were full fledged adult members of society who work hard to stay informed. We grew up. It hardly feels like it has been ten years since 9-11 at times and at other times it feels like it has been a lot longer. I still cannot watch interviews with the families of the victims without crying and I look forward to next summer when I will get to see the memorial in person. The last time I was in NYC I was 12 and the towers were the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I can't imagine what it will be like looking at the skyline minus the towers this time. I cannot imagine how New Yorkers dealt with the sting every time they looked at the missing section of skyline...
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