Here it is the 11 anniversary of one of the most tragic days in US history. A day when the world stood still for a lot of people including me. A day that changed the lives of so many people and a great day of loss for so many. We all need to stop at some point today and take a breath and remember. Remember those brave firefighters, police and others who did all they could to save lives only to lose theirs. Remember the ones in the planes who never had a chance, remember those in the Pentagon who lost their lives and the ones who tried to stop something and ended up dying anyway in a field in PA.
I know where I was when I first heard of the first trade center building being hit. Do you? I know what I was doing when I heard of the second on being hit and then I remember what I saw when the buildings went down. I cried like a baby thinking of all those people not being able to get out, being on the planes and not having a chance and being in the Pentagon not knowing what was coming.
We have a tendency not to talk about the other planes that went down that day. Only the ones that hit the twin towers. We need to remember that there were 4 planes that crashed that day. Take time to remember the Pentagon and those on the plane that went down in PA. Say a prayer for them as well.
I didn't even know that a plane had been flown into the Pentagon or had gone down in PA till the evening of the day it happened. It was almost like an after thought to mention it. I spent days in the throes of depression thinking of the lose of life and in that minute I decided to change mine. I hope that I have done it for the better and I know that I have lost a lot for that choice.
I have 2 of the movies made about that day. They were from the perspective of people who lived through it and in the case of the plane that went down in PA, on what the passengers family's heard from their loved ones on the planes. They make me cry every time I watch them. I don't just watch them once a year, I watch them every chance I get as they remind me of what we have lost.
Remember also the troops that have been killed fighting a war that resulted from this immense tragedy. I know when my nephew went over to Iraq to fight how I worried every day that he wouldn't come home. He is by and far my favorite (I shouldn't play favorites on my nieces and nephews but I have a special place in my heart for him and his sister as for a while they called me Auntie Mom) and didn't want anything to happen to him so far from home. When he came home he wasn't the same easy going guy that went over there. It changed him and at that time it wasn't for the good. He has gotten better over the years but just recently I found out he re-enlisted and don't know what to think of that. He has his reasons I'm sure but I am going to worry again if he gets deployed over seas again and I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it. I hope this time to be able to Skype with him instead of writing a 3 page letter every day. For a while I single handed kept the post office in business. I bought rolls of stamps and was down there every day mailing at least 2 letters a day. I'm not sure if my nephew appreciated all the mail he got from me or not but it kept me sane. I still have the letters he sent me. Most of them contained drawings that he did for a graphic novel he wants to write. He still hasn't gotten all the characters drawn the way he wants them I guess because I haven't heard that he's published it yet. When he does I'll be the first on in line at my local book store to buy at least 5 copies. And when I get them I'm going to get him to sign all of them.
So today is a day to remember. Remember all we have lost and those who died on this day. Remember the troops who are still fighting a war that we never should have gotten into but are fighting anyway. Remember the families of those lost as they need prayers even now. And most of all remember to love everyone around you as they could be gone in a blink of an eye just like those on that fateful day.
Thank you.
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