Never Forget!
It’s hard to imagine that 17 years have gone by since the attacks of 9-11.
I remember it vividly. I was on the jetway boarding a plane in a Houston, TX when we were stopped at the door of the plane and herded back into the terminal. There was all our luggage in a roped off area being inspected by bomb sniffing dogs. The televisions were off and we had no idea what was happening. There were police and national guard everywhere.
Once our luggage was returned to us we were told all flights were cancelled and we should remain in the terminal unless we were locals and could return home.
Since I was local at that time I made my way back to my car and it was during the drive home that I learned from the radio what had happened, and was happening.
Once home I sat glued to the tv for the next 12 hours in horror and disbelief. After I couldn’t take any more I drove 90 minutes to the beach at Galveston and just sat there for hours wanting to experience something like normalcy, watching and listening to the ebb and flow of the tides. Even the sound of the water couldn’t hide the eerie silence of the missing air traffic.
I went back home the next day just numb, my mind refusing to grasp the life altering events that were still unfolding. And I stayed that way for several days until it started to sink in...then the overwhelming pain and grief began.
My job at that time involved visiting first responders both civil and military. For months afterward we shared stories and tears. To this day they all have a special place in my heart, and always will.
Bless those who give their time and too often their lives to help keep our communities and our nation safe.
Never Forget!
KyleAnn
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Thank you KyleAnn. I remember it vividly as well. At the time, I worked in a Veterans Home in South Dakota (the only one). The absolute stunned veterans were just numb in disbelief. After a few days, I was able to sit and listen to the veterans, many of whom had life changing injuries related to their own war zone. And with each story and almost in unison, each veteran told me that even in that day, with their injuries and ages up to 95, every single one of them would sign up to do what they were called to do, protect America! We often remember, as we should, the many who lost their lives on that day. We are still fighting that war, and we are still losing our American men and women. I will never forget 9-11, but I will never forget those brave men I spoke with who would gladly stand up (even if they no longer could) with honor and do it all over again for our freedom. God bless America!
I will never forget.
It changed our lives in so many ways.
One of the saddest days in history.
Wendi
Nice Post KyleAnn,
It was a horrific time in the history of our nation. I'll never forget!
- Glen B
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