Today is the 6th anniversary of the terrorists attacks that so devastated our country. It is still hard to look at those pictures and see the videos of what happened. I will always remember those images, they will never go away.
I remember when I first turned on the news and saw the black smoke rising from the first tower. I was hearing about a plane hitting the building and I could not imagine how a pilot could make that kind of mistake. Then out of the corner of the picture came another plane headed right straight for the other tower. I could not believe what was happening.
I remember checking all of the news channels to see if they were all broadcasting the same thing. I kept thinking that this must not be real, must just be some scenes from a movie or something. But it was real. It was all too real.
I remember trying to decide if I should let my then 10 year old son watch what was going on. I did have him watch. (It was one of those days that I was glad that I homeschooled.) We were able to have some good discussions.
I remember seeing the Pentagon, and thought how could this happen? This place is supposed to be the heart of our nations defense. It made me realize just how vulnerable we were, and how innocent we had been up until this day.
I remember hearing about another hijacked plane that ended up in a field in Pennsylvania. As the calls that came from that plane came to light, it gave us insight into just what was happening on those planes. We realized just what terror the passengers were facing. And we also found out that there are a lot of heroes in this country.
I remember watching the twin towers fall and felt my heart sink with them. I could not fathom the amount of people that were still inside those buildings when they fell. I could not imagine the amount of hate that it took to make those buildings fall.
I am in tears as I write this. I still can not imagine the amount of hate that went into the planning and execution of that terrorist attack. Our country has never been the same since, and it never will. The idea that there are people out there that are willing to die themselves just so they can terrorize us has become all to real.
I remember......and I always will.
