Posted on 09/11/2006 4:18:14 AM PDT by knighthawk
September 11, 2006 -- Five years - an eternity, of sorts. Yet, the horror visited upon America 1,826 days ago this morning seems as if it arrived only yesterday. On that sun-dappled September morn half a decade ago, the world could not have seemed more glorious. The illusion was shattered at 8:46 a.m., when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower - igniting America's War on Terror.
In the next hour and 16 minutes, three more planes crashed: United Flight 175, hitting the South Tower; American Flight 77, striking the Pentagon, and United Flight 93, forced down in a Pennsylvania field by everyday passengers - the first American soldiers in the new war.
So much was lost that day.
And yet, Americans instantly drew from a well of courage and fortitude they barely knew they had.
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On this day, September 11, I saw a TV commercial that dramatically announced "the day that changed the world."
It was for that blasted movie about Bobby Kennedy's assassination. Yeah, right. My life didn't change that day, did anyone else's?
How dare they, today of all days?.
Ping
My husband left his job this morning (didn't quit, took leave) because they refused to lower their state and US flags to half-staff. He said it was an insult to those who lost their lives on 9-11 and all of our servicemen who have since joined them for his employer not to honor them with the simple gesture of lowering the flags. Personally, I'm proud of him!
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