Displaying posts tagged: 9-11

10 years ago

10 years ago I was still at home when the second plane hit. I went to work not knowing what was going on. The train was a quiet as I've ever seen it. Nicole worked in a federal building, and she told me that the security detail there was going into full combat gear when she …

5 Years On

There are two dates that are more than simply entries on a calendar to Americans. July 4th and September 11th. Everything about our country is different because of those two dates. They define us and shape us are are inseperable from who we are as Americans. We are a country of individuals who believe that we …

2 Weeks Later

Life goes on. For most of us. It may go on a little differently than before, but it does go on. The news coverage is no longer overwhelming, the celebrity concerts have begun. Flags have returned to full staff. The show is up. I'm getting ready to move. And all in all, life goes on. And …

A reaction.

Dear God. There is no reaction to the events of today that can even begin to sum up the feelings that I, and I'm sure everyone else, feels. Those responsible are, to be quite honest, doomed. There is no way that the US government, and that of the rest of the world, will allow these people …