09/11/2025
I posted this on this day 4 years ago and my feelings are still the same. Many seemed to have forgotten what that morning and the days following were like.
In some ways it doesn’t feel like it was 20 years ago, but in other ways it feels like a lifetime ago. I remember the day and the events that unfolded vividly.
9/11/01 was a terrible day, thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives just for showing up to work or boarding a plane. People died while trying to save others, heroism was displayed by so many.
What I remember most was the aftermath of 9/11. Churches were full of people praying, American flags were flying everywhere. People put their differences and politics aside and we all joined together as Americans. Many vowed to “Never Forget”.
I pray we never experience anything like that day again, but I sure wish we could be the America we were on 9/12/01 again. I’m afraid too many have forgotten. Nobody was burning or stomping on the Red White and Blue on 9/12, nobody hated law enforcement and first responders just because they put on a uniform on, and nobody’s political leanings mattered on 9/12 because, for a little while, we truly were “One Nation” and we were proud to be Americans.
Today we remember the tragedy of 9/11/01, we remember the Americans who lost their lives due to terrorists and the hero’s that gave their lives in an attempt to help other Americans. I hope as we reflect on this 20th Anniversary that we can be more like the America I remember on 9/12/01, proud, united and caring for one another.
