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9-11-2001. In some ways it seems like yesterday, yet there is a whole generation who doesn’t know first-hand what happened that day – who learn about it as just another item in history books, or just another story their parents or grandparents tell.
The world has ‘moved on,’ with holes in their hearts. As usual, no one has really been held responsible. We watched 60 Minutes last night. The section where they interviewed some of the children of the firemen who lost their lives particularly got to me. Their lives were forever changed and they have decided to honor their loved ones by becoming firefighters themselves, continuing the legacy.
There is definitely a ‘before’ and ‘after’. ‘Before’ we thought we were invincible. Awful things happened in the world, but not to the U.S. We felt bad for what man did to others, but it was somewhere far away. ‘After’ we realize that it CAN and DID happen here. The awful thing killed friends and family HERE.
Each year on 9/11 we honor the people who died – people at work, people walking by on the streets below, people trying to fly home – and then all the people who tried to help in the aftermath – plus all the loved ones.
We face the new normal that we ARE vulnerable. There are people who live to try to hurt us. Our leaders say the ones responsible will pay – and they never do – and the world goes on the best it can. We hold all these innocent people especially close in our hearts today.
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