Thread: 9/11 2001-2021 We Remember

What do I remember about September 11th? Bits and pieces of lots of things but I'm not sure how accurate my recollections are from 20 years ago. There is one thing that is burned into my memory of that day that doesn't dim with time. It was the video of a man jumping to his death from one of the Towers. I wondered then and still do today about that man and all those who jumped from 100 stories up rather than face what was to come if they remained in what was left of the building.


When I think back to that day, I know what I was doing, where I was and seeing the second plane hit on television. The impact of what we witnessed that day will fade as time goes on and as history has shown us, we all move on. And even though we say that we will never forget, our recollections may be distorted and the bits and pieces that we do remember become foggy and muddled.


Let us hope that the horrors of that day will be remembered as not only a catastrophe that changed America forever but as a time when as Americans, we all bonded over the immenseness of the tragedy and heartbreak of the lives lost and looked deep inside of ourselves to embrace life and our fellow man.