
It was about this time when I saw the horror of the towers falling and I burst into tears and cried out an audible uncontrollable, "NO!" as I thought of the thousands of innocent trapped citizens, firefighters, and police officers being smothered to death. All I could think of was the poor families of those people and how they'd never see them again.
After the initial disbelief, sadness, and anger wore off I remember feeling a profound need to never forget this day--the attacks, the losses, the sadness, the resilience and patriotism that followed, the humanity brought out in the individuals who were there to help and succor the victims and their families.
So that is why I write this. Ten years later I still feel the desperate need to never forget this. And I hope the US government doesn't either. I hope the war on terror doesn't get sidetracked as it has in the past, because the terrorists and their evil and horror will only get stronger if we send them the message that we don't care anymore. That we're giving up because it costs too much (or insert any number of excuses here). I hope we honor those who fell that day in the way they deserve.
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Thanks for sharing. This day still brings out so much emotion ten years later. We will never forget.
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