Seven Years Later....

It truly is hard to imagine that seven years have passed since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 were executed on our country.  Like the assassination of President Kennedy, or the lunar landing, hearing about the attacks will be an event that people will always remember where they were at when they heard the news.

For me, I was just beginning my shift at 6am in the morning when a co-worker told me a plane had hit one of the World Trade Center Towers.  What we first thought was a bad accident, soon developed into something bigger than us all.  I remember driving home that day, and seeing all the car dealership electronic signs simply displaying an electronic version of a waving American Flag.  At the time I lived about two miles from Ontario International Airport.  It was surreal to see all the planes parked on the runways, and see the entire parking lot empty.  When Major League Baseball resumed a week later, myself and a friend went to the Los Angeles Dodgers game.  I had never heard the National Anthem sang so loudly at a sporting event.

For that time, we were all Americans, united as one.

I never got a chance to visit the World Trade Center before it was attacked.  I did get a chance to visit the site this past April, and it was surreal in size.  I took the opportunity to take the official WTC Foundation tour which was guided by a firefighter that survived that day, and by the mother of one that didn't.  I am grateful that I got to meet with, and speak to a couple of very courageous people.

So on this 7th anniversary of the worst attack on the United States, a simple graphic to leave you all with:

We Will Never Forget.....

Comments

[Steve Calvert]

I have to disagree, Jeff. I see it all the time. I see it in parades for the troups, I see it in the eyes of WWII veterans I talk to at soccer games, I see it in the eyes of school children during events at school.

I think the reason we don't see more is because the national media doesn't want to show how strong we Americans are.

Steve

[Jeff]

It's too bad that the patriotism that gripped the country after 9/11 has, seemingly, dissapated.

[Steve Calvert]

Thank you Mike for posting this reminder to all that "We Will Never Forget". We were all touched by this tragedy in one way or another. Things will never be the same because of this.

Always proud of my country,

Steve