WHERE WERE YOU ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001? I KNOW I REMEMBER AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT NINE YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THAT FATEFUL MORNING. THE PHONE RANG AROUND 8:15 A.M IN MY HOME IN CALIFORNIA. WHEN I ANSWERED MY EX-HUSBAND WAS ON THE OTHER END TELLING ME TO TURN ON THE TELEVISION, NOW! THE TWIN TOWERS IN NEW YORK HAVE BEEN HIT BY NOT ONE BUT TWO AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANES AND IT IS OBVIOUS AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK, HE CRIED! I QUICKLY TURNED ON THE TV JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE SECOND TOWER BEGIN TO FALL. THERE WERE PEOPLE JUMPING TO THEIR DEATH PROBABLY WITH THE IDEA THEY WOULD RATHER DIE THAT WAY THAN FACE A PAINFUL DEATH BY FIRE. IN THE STREETS BELOW THE TOWERS THERE WERE PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND BLEEDING AND IN SHOCK AND DESPERATELY IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE. THICK GRAY SMOKE PERMEATED THE AIR. VISIBILITY WAS NEAR ZERO.
I SAT IN DISBELIEF, GLUED TO THE TV. I DON'T THINK I TURNED IT OFF FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. IT WAS AMAZING AND HEART WARMING TO SEE THE COUNTRY COME TOGETHER IN A SHOW OF PATRIOTISM UNLIKE ANY TIME I HAD SEEN IN THE LAST 30 YEARS. IN FACT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HAD NOT SEEN THIS KIND OF SUDDEN GROUND SWELL OF PATRIOTIC FEVER SINCE D-DAY IN 1944. IT BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, A SHOW OF PEACE, A SHOW OF UNITY, A SHOW OF LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. RESPECT FOR THEIR COUNTRY HAD RETURNED ONCE AGAIN.
LET US ALL REMEMBER HOW WE FELT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MORNING OF 9-11 WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER UNITED IN OUR HOPE FOR PEACE. GOD HELP US IN OUR QUEST TO RESTORE HONOR AND RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND RETURN US TO THAT SAME FEELING OF PATRIOTISM AND LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN THAT WE FELT ON 9-12-2001. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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