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Jriemer, Thanks for the ping. Tears are already flowing here.

I don’t have any pictures to share, but I’d like to recount that horrible day:

I was at work like most. I heard 2 people talking in the elevator asking questions like, “How many casualties to you think there are?” I asked what was going on and they told me a plane just hit the WTC. I thought it was an accident.

A software vendor arrived and I asked her what she thought about the plane hitting the WTC. She said, “Not one, two.” I knew at that point it was an attack but the magnitude of these events had still not dawned on me.

We were testing the software and her cell phone rang. She answered and started screaming “Oh my God” again and again. I asked what happened and she said the Pentagon had just been hit. That’s when the magnitude of the day hit me.

I spent the next hour or so in the break room with everyone else in the building watching the news. I watched in sheer horror as the WTC towers collapsed. A sense of disbelief came over me. “This isn’t happening” kept running through my mind. Very shaken, I left work.

I went home and turned on every TV in the house to a different news channel.

The strangest thing about that day was looking out my front door and watching this little boy play with his toy trucks. While my world was forever changed, his world had not been affected. I’ll never forget those few moments. Watching such innocence on the same day that such evil had just manifested itself was a surreal contrast that is burned into my mind forever. It seemed like a strange and twisted dream that I couldn’t wake up from. Somehow, watching that little kid gave me strength. I knew we would get though this.

While I lost no one close to me, others had lost a husband, a wife, a child, a friend. I will keep all the survivors in my prayers. I will read every name posted on this thread as well. I will never forget and I will never forgive those monsters or those that support them.

I will also continue to pray for our men and women in the armed forces. I will pray for their protection, courage, wisdom, and skill. God bless them for protecting our freedom. May we never take our freedom or their sacrifice for granted.