This day, 19 years ago, has shaped the course of my life. I had no personal connections to those lost at the Towers, or the Pentagon, or to UA-93, but I am no less grateful. #neverforget #whyiserve
As a 13 year old, I knew that what was happening would change the world. I taped the live newscasts (yes, with a VCR) to capture the raw emotions of the moment, so I could someday share them with my children.
I have been to the 9/11 memorial site in NYC. A couple years after Americans across the East coast and Midwest spent days, into weeks, into months digging people out of the rubble. While it was still a construction site covered in the notes from survivors.
I have been to the memorial site at the Pentagon. Where service members and DOD civilians helped to guide, and drag, and carry, each other out of the burning building. In their Class A’s and suits. Trained for this chaos but unprepared for the venue.
I have been to the field in PA where the passengers and crew of UA-93 gave their lives to end the attack. I’ve heard their voices in their last moments. Their courage. They remind me what really matters in life.
Today we mourn, and tomorrow we rally together in the spirit of 9/12. The urgency to defend the American way of life is no less relevant today. It was a sucker-punch, but we remain vigilant.
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