Remember the Victims of 9/11

I have seen very few articles, mentions, or news stories about the 7th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, so I thought I'd better write my own.

Seven years ago, at about this time of day, my wife decided to turn on the TV and watch the news, which we never do. To our amazement they were showing the World Trade Center with fire billowing out of the North Tower. At that point, nobody was really sure what was happening and it was not clear that it was anything more than a tragic accident.

I took my eyes from the TV to get ready for work when my wife witnessed the second plane hitting the South Tower - we knew then that it was deliberate. Even living out here in Wyoming, we were tense and nervous about the possibility of continued attacks. I had to leave for work, but took a radio with me so we could be updated.

When my wife called to inform me that the South Tower collapsed I could not conceive of what she was saying. She tried to tell me that the whole thing imploded and that there was nothing left, but I thought she was exaggerating. When I was able to get find a TV I saw first hand the devastation.

We prayed, we cried, we shook our fists at our unseen and cowardly enemy for doing this to our country. Through out the rest of that day we watched and listened to the events unfold. The attack on the Pentagon, the tragedy of United Flight 93, the mounting death toll at the World Trade Center.

If the media does not want to remember, that is up to them. As for me and my family, we will never forget that day. We will continue to pray for those who lost loved ones in that attack and we will continue to pray for America. There was such a surge of patriotism that gave me hope that this country was not as jaded as it seemed, but that hope faded in a little over a week - that is sad.

Tributes and sites dedicated to those who died.

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Don't forget this one from the FDNY.

FDNY Tribute

To the families of the victims of this and other terrorist attacks and to the brave men an women fighting terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, our heartfelt prayers and thanks are with you.