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2002-09-11

As I sit here on the 1st anniversary, after that horrific day in September, I listen with sorrow and a heavy heart about how all the events unfolded. I remember the shock at how someone could do something so terrible to US the most powerful country in the world. I remember the terror of whom and what was next, was someone I loved going to be a victim, did I know anyone that was on one of those planes or in those buildings? I remember my mother calling to make sure I was at work and not traveling that day and the fear that she most have felt for even the smallest amount of time. I remember looking around our small cafeteria at work and seeing the shock and horror in my coworker?s eyes, I remember feeling the tears swell into my eyes, the silence on the street. I remember the President being a beacon of truth and strength; providing not answers, but assurances that we would redeem ourselves as a nation, we would be safe, we may never be the same, but we would be strong and ALL of us believed him. I remember the sense of unity that we all felt, even months afterwards. What I remember more than anything was the ANGER that we all felt that someone could orchestrate such a horrendous attack on anyone, especially us. How naive and arrogant we all were.



Somehow that anger has subsided over the year and many of us are feeling despair and sadness. Well I say the HELL with that I will not be sad today; I will remember with love and honor those men and woman that died for our country. Yes honor, for those people that were once innocent civilians became instant warriors of hope for the World. They are with us all in spirit as we defend ourselves and the World against the most horrific kind of war and terror. The firemen, the policeman, the banker, the secretary, and the defenders of flight 93 that died that day should all be honored in the same manner as war heroes. They are all heroes to me, because their deaths may save the lives of someone I care for dearly. If it weren't for them and our anger about September 11th we could have an even greater disaster. It is horrible that we as a nation and as a people had to suffer such a great loss, but I believe all those lives lost were meant to save ours and that of our loved ones. I am angry that an animal like Osama Bin Laden could do such damage to our lives, but he mistook our strength as a nation. I fear that our complacency as a nation could allow an even greater threat, Saddam Hussein, to bring about the most feared attack upon our land or the defenders of our liberty (our soldiers); a nuclear attack.



Please don't forget that anger, I say embrace it, if we don't than there will be another attack and it will be more disastrous than the first and that could take someone you love. I for one will never forget I shall never forgive.



God Bless America!!