I remember where I was, do you?
I’ve thought long and hard today about whether or not I actually wanted to blog about this. After a while I honestly had to ask myself why I was even questioning blogging about it.
On this, the eve of the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I want to take the time to not only remember where I was then, but also talk about how thankful I am to be an American.
I remember exactly where I was the morning of the attacks. My husband and I had decided to take the kids to school that morning and after we left their school we decided to stop at a nearby coffee shop for a cup of coffee and some breakfast. I chose coffee and a bagel with cream cheese, he had a cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich.
As we were sitting there talking over our breakfast, one of the people from back in the kitchen came out and turned the radio up pretty loud. Everyone was looking around, wondering why in the heck she had done that, we were all totally oblivious about the fact that at that precise moment, our lives would change forever. We all just assumed there had been a terrible accident. Granted, it didn’t happen in our town, but it did happen in our country and one thing that is very prevalent in this area is the pride we have for this country! My husband and I finished up our breakfast and headed out to come home. At this point in time, only one plane had crashed into one tower, so we didn’t know what exactly had happened. On our way home we stopped at a garage sale that was being held in an old church. We asked the lady running it if she had heard the news that was all over the radio and she said she hadn’t because she didn’t have a radio, she did however have an old black and white TV that she’d turn on to watch the news or weather, so she quickly turned it on.
At the exact moment the picture finally came clear, the second plane hit the second tower. I looked at my husband and he looked at me and we both realized, at that moment, that what was going on was no accident. He left and quickly got home so that we could turn the TV on and find out what was going on. By the time we got home it was announced that a third plane had crashed into the Pentagon Building and they were calling a complete halt to ALL air traffic across the US. It wasn’t long before they came across the TV and said that they were in communication with every plane in the air, except one. That one ended up being the plane that crashed in an empty field in Pennsylvania because of several passengers who fought the terrorists that had hijacked the plane.
I spent the rest of the morning staring at my TV in total disbelief. I could not fathom the fact that thousands of innocent people were dying at the hands of people who had attacked American on its own soil! I cried for the innocent lives that had been lost and I cried over the innocence that was lost that would never return for many. I worried about my own children, tucked away in their school, learning about the history of our country, not realizing that history was happening right before our very eyes, history that would rock this country to its very core and take away a sense of safety that we all had taken for granted.
I’ll NEVER forget where I was or what I was doing the moment I first found out, I’ll also never forget the effect of something that didn’t personally touch my life had on my life. I’ve always been proud to be an American, but that pride is stronger today because of 9/11! The current campaign for President has left me wondering what direction our country is taking. It’s left me with moments filled with pride in my country, but it’s also left me with moments filled with shame and sadness! It’s time for the nominee’s to stop focusing on what they think of each other and start focusing on what they CAN do to make this country and better place to live. They need to stop filling our ear with lies and promises that they know they cannot fulfill and start filling them with what their plans are to make the economy in our country stronger, make our dependence on foreign oil a LOT less dependent, and what they are going to do to make sure that people in this country have decent and affordable health care! They need to tell us that they’re going to stop bailing out countries that don’t like us in the first place and start bailing out the small businesses in this country ran by men and women who are doing nothing more than living the American Dream! A dream that I’m afraid is slowly fading away.
With that I will simply say GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
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