Never Forget
Today our country reflects back on 9/11/01. Living in Arkansas and watching on television was painful, but the pain still felt in the New York City area is greater still. To watch events unfold in a place you’ve never been is much like watching a movie, you feel the emotion, but it doesn’t have the same impact. Living here now, I see the people affected, see the memorials first hand and read my local paper with the stories of the people who were killed and you just can’t appreciate how deep the scar is from afar. I wish September 11th was just another day, but what was done cannot be erased and will never be forgotten.
When I think of that day, I am most amazed by the people who ran in where most of the world would run away. It takes a different kind of person take on danger without flinching, those heroes who ran in to try and save people they didn’t know, to save human life even if it costs them their own. Firefighters, Policeman, Rescue Workers and our Soldiers, the people who fight for our freedom and fight for our lives, we owe it to them to appreciate the life we have and make the most of it. Don’t complain, don’t give up, make the most of what you have and live each day as if it’s your last. Whether it’s a Soldier in a foreign land or a Firemen or Policemen in your town these men and women are willing to give their lives for yours, make it worth it.
