There are few innocent victims in the world. On September 11th 2001 like the rest of us, these victims did nothing more then get up and go to work, catch a plane, or otherwise do what any of us did that day -- start our normal lives. I am sure that many of these people got up and forced themselves to go to a job they hated, left early before their kids got up, or perhaps left without reconciling a dispute with their loved one from the night before -- thinking that all would be resolved in the evening after they returned from work. It was this routine on a day that started off unremarkebly that severed so many lives, that left so many wondering if they might have had a chance to say goodbye had they known. Take a few moments and read the bios of the lives that were lost on 9/11. Understand that theirs will always be a life that was abruptly interrupted and ended in the cruelest and perhaps most televised and destructive act on our soil. Understand that, for many, 9/11 marks a day that they lost a mother, a father, a brother, a sister, a friend. Understand that for many grief and emotion is just as raw as it was on that fateful day. Understand that for many, they must contend with questions that will never be answered and bodies that will never be found. Understand, but don't understand -- for the burden that they bear is unbearable and impossible to understand and comprehend. But most importantly do what I do on 9/11: read the this http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/portraits/index.html and be thankful that we live in the greatest country in the world, in the greatest city in the world, and then kiss your kids and tell your wife you love her in memory of those who never had the chance to do that on September 11th 2001.
GOD BLESS THE USA. I shalll never forget and wish the best for those who lost love ones and for the ones who responded and now are with health issues. We should all thank them all and help them in any way possible.
No chance of forgetting it as I was one of the guys running like hell that day. It still freaks me out when I see planes over the city.
+1. I'm watching the coverage of 9/11/01 on MSNBC, and am still just as teary eyed today as I was then. NEVER FORGET.
While I didn't lose anyone on 9-11 it's still the WORST week/month for me. Tomorrow will be one year since I lost two of my friends in a car accident on 35. Kinda bumbed. --RS I did manage to get a few pics of the lights from Staten Island before today. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Touching indeed. This day will never ever be forgotten, such a tragedy. Its also my fathers birthday and on 9/11 that day he was downtown in Manhattan (not in the towers) ... God Bless America!
My life will personally never be the same because of that day and the tragedy that occurred will never be forgotten.
A sad day indeed and one I'm sure that will remain in our hearts and minds forever. As my office was on the 87th floor of Tower 1, and having experienced many of the events that day first-hand, I will say that I've never before witnessed such incredible acts of heroism and unselfish behavior by those in the midst of that unprecedented terror. I lost a good friend who chose to stay behind in the stairwell on the way down to help a man who had trouble walking the steps - had he not done so, he would have made it out with everyone else...Another friend picked up one of our assistants and carried her out when the lobby was flooded right before the tower collapsed. Had he not done so, she would not have made it out...All true acts of bravery and heroism. I always take this day to spend with my loved ones and reflect on how lucky we are. It's always a reminder to truly savor your family and friends and live each day to the fullest. Never forget...
