9 years since 9/11/01

[margaine]

well, just thought I'd post because 9/11/01 is on my mind more this year than it has been in past years. I think because 9 years sounds like so very long - and next year it will already be 10 years since - but it seems almost like it could have been much more recent than that.

[Jez]

Yes, it does seem much more recent. A lot of the kids I know were very young or weren't even alive when it happened, which is weird to think about. Sometimes I wish I prayed.

[margaine]

Yes, it does seem much more recent. A lot of the kids I know were very young or weren't even alive when it happened, which is weird to think about. Sometimes I wish I prayed.

none of my little siblings were alive yet (the oldest was born August 2002), which is strange, and another indication of how different things were in my own life 9 years ago. And yet . . .

[Rachel]

Clayton was just down stairs watching cnn before he left for work and I was getting ready and suddenly he came upstairs so frightened looking; pale and quiet. "Mum a plane just hit the World Trade Centre' he said and I wondered how on earth a pilot could be that far out of calculation. I went down and watched the clip and then I remember saying' well there is no use to just stand here watching over and over, this station plays everything every two minutes.' Then Clayton left for work and I suddenly felt I could not move from the spot. And then the unthinkable happened again and I think I started screaming and I knew it was a terrorist attack. Time and life was completely frozen for me, I stood speechless as I saw a man and a woman holding hands falling from the sky. And the smoke and the terror in the voices of the people on the street as they tried to outrun Doom.
I think , after it was all over, I think I was dazed and cried for those poor dear people, for their families , for about a month. I did not honestly recover from it all for about a year. I am crying right now thinking about it. God bless America. We Canadians grieved and grieved for a country so maligned and misunderstood.

[Winifred]

Through all the horror, I still was awed and remain inspired by the bravery of the people on Flight 93. Once they realized what was happening, they did their best to take control of the situation, fully realizing they were on a suicide mission. Thanks to their example, I don't think terrorists will ever openly succeed in a strike with a vehicle full of American citizens again. Whenever I despairingly think American voters act like ignorant sheep, I remember Flight 93.

[Rachel]

Yes, Winnifred, I despairingly think of our lax voters too. It is frightening, because if each of us who have so far the freedom to think carefully and vote with freedom and hope for a good future for our children, if we are neglectful or don't bother, well, God only knows how terrible that future will be.

[Moony]

It's a shame that we can't move on from the fear. Let the Muslims build their mosque near Ground Zero, it's not going to hurt anyone and ignorant people might actually learn something about Islam because it will be a learning center too.

There's an exhibit in Cincinnati at the Freedom Center about terrorism within America throughout her history. I want to see it.