Here & There Column 9-6-11

Where Were You On 9-11 ?

Do you remember where you were 10 years ago on Tuesday September 11, 2001 ?
A group of friends of mine had planned a golf outing that day and as we entered the club house at the Monster Golf Course near the former Concord Resort at Monticello we were told an airplane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
We watched on TV what appeared to be at that moment a serious pilot error or an airplane with possible mechanical problems but as newsmen were reporting giving information about this serious crash another airplane appeared on the television screen and crashed into the complex's South Tower.
We looked at each other knowing that something more then pilot errors or mechanical problems was the cause of this horrific scene and it was not too long after that we learned of another plane crashing into the Pentagon and a fourth plane crashing into the countryside near Shanksville, Pa.
It was clearly a new revolution, marked by the jihadists' fantasy of striking a death blow at our beloved United States of America.
Thousands lost their lives in this tragic terrorists attack and the mode of our country carried us into a war mode against terrorism and was directed as a response to the deadliest attack on the U.S. homeland in American history.
All of lives were effected by these 19 hijackers who boarded four airlines, defeated all the security layers that America's civil aviation system then had in place and turned four transcontinental fights laden with jet fuel into guided missiles that killed 2,977 people.
This date resulted in two wars on two soils, countless arrests of suspected terrorists, a new emphasis on homeland security and changes to national defense so broad they would affect what size shampoo bottle a passenger could carry onto a plane.
There is no way 9/11 can fit into the category of being a sensitive issue and everyone including our children and grandchildren should know what happened on this date. "Never Forget" was the adopted motto regarding this terrorists attack on America.
Five days from today will mark the 10-year anniversary of this attack against our American beliefs.
Take some time Sunday to honor this day with respect by attending 9-11 ceremonies and keeping in prayer the many families who lost loved ones as a result of this attack.
God Bless America.