Just Because...: 9/11 - We Remember...

Monday, September 11, 2006

9/11 - We Remember...

Regardless of people's political leanings, criticisms, etc. no one can deny that our nation was attacked on 9/11. They always say you can remember details about a significant news event that defines a generation - i.e. Kennedy's assassination, MLK's march on Washington, the end of WWII. Ours happens to be 9/11.

The morning of 9/11/01, I remember getting ready for work at my place in New Hampshire. I had just worked a few gigs the weekend before where we all had to travel to New Jersey from Connecticut and some of the band members were driving with me over the George Washington Bridge. One of the members, Tali, remarked on the beautiful buildings at night and I remember telling her "Next time we're on the east coast, I'll take you to the World Trade Center - they have a Sephora there!!" as we saw the glow of the building lights against the dark sky. The morning of 9/11, the band was at their home in Cali and I was back in New Hampshire.

I got a call from Meowmix telling me "Sit down and turn on the TV - you got to see this" as I saw video of the first plane hitting the WTC. Shortly after, the second plane attacked. Our lives changed at that very moment. We worked through the day with one eye glued to the TV for reports, barely speaking and in a state of shock. That night, I remember sitting in my living room listening to G.W.'s speech, and happy that we had a president who wouldn't take this attack on our soil lightly. That same night, I remember hearing Tali crying on the phone that we all were "just there!". The sound of her tears will never escape my memory.

A couple months later I had to travel to Manhattan for the premiere of a Off-Broadway play of a friend of mine and the first thing that hit me when I drove into New York was the acrid smell of jet fuel and death that hung over everything. New York has strived on like it always has, but it was forever changed.

Like I said before, I'm not happy with many of G.W.'s decisions of late, but right after 9/11 his speech stirred a nation - we would not take this attack lying down. To those that perished in 9/11 - in New York, in Washington, D.C. and in Pennsylvania and the soldiers that perished in Afghanistan, Iraq, and in the Middle East - we remember your sacrifice and honor your memory. To our men and women fighting overseas for our freedom which we all so freely enjoy, thank you.

In today's world of being so "politically correct", we're always afraid to offend this person and that person, but, in my own opinion, I believe in the words of the Pledge of Allegiance,

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all"

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