I still remember that morning all too well. The first report, easy to think it an accident like the B-25 (?) that hit the Empire State Building back in the day. Rapidly it became clear it was deliberate, and I got to call my boss and tell him the United States of America was under attack. Even ended up in NYC a bit later and spent some time at the site and at various emergency command posts.
I fear we have forgotten that day, and the lessons of it. As a result, I fear that we may soon experience far worse.
Remember the day, pay heed the lessons, and be prepared. Keep your friends and family close, and your things where you can find them in the dark.
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I fear that the surveillance state that was emboldened and broadened afterwards is Isildur’s bane, and until it is cast back into the fires it was forged in we are facing hard times. it is a monster that failed in the gwot, and is now navel gazing here at home – finding many bugbears under the beds domestically. it is the saddest epitaph of that day
Agree, and TSA needs to go as a part of that too.
That morning I had the same thought. A horrible series of events that let to the collision of a passenger jet with the WTC. But as soon as I saw the second jet fly into the south tower, I turned to a friend and said: “We’re under attack. We’re at war.” As a veteran, the next thought that ran through my head was, “someone done fucked up and they’re all gonna die.”
My wife was in Idaho (we live in Virginia) for her sister’s funeral. It took her 3 days to get back to the east coast. I was very worried.
I have not forgotten, nor will I ever forget that day. September 11 is also the day that the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi was attacked. Those crazy Arabs…they love them some symmetry.