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Topic: History
I admit that things about 9/11/2001 are in a blur. I remember being awakened by my daughter about the time the second plane struck. We were in Nashville at her house on vacation. I quickly got out of bed and watched as the news unfolded. I watched as the two towers collapsed, the fire at the Pentagon and the confusion on the faces of everyone involved. I heard the reports about Flight 93 going down in Pennsylvania and later viewed the vidoe of the scene. I watched as news people and pundits pieced together the bits of information gathered and tried to make sense of it all. News junkie that I am, I stayed glued to the TV for most of the next few days.
I was impressed with the response of the fire and police workers, the horror of what the people faced and the stories of courage by common citizens repeated many times over the next weeks and even months.
We heard about the terrorists' operation--flight training, box openers for weapons, threats of bombs, their access to the cockpits. Some of the intelligence failures were disclosed. In the days that followed, steps were already being talked about to prevent this from happening again.
I was moved by the memorial service and shed tears as I listened to tales of heroism recounted. My heart burned for revenge on those who planned this and carried it out.
No, we will never forget.
Posted by Dean
at 2:42 PM CDT
Updated: Saturday, 11 September 2004 2:45 PM CDT