September 11, 2001 A Day We Remember

On this day in 2001 we all remember as Americans know where we were when the planes crashed in to the two twin World Trade Center towers in New York. 

In our lives there are days that more than the average day. Events happen that we don’t forget and that was one of those days. I woke up about 6 am and turned on the sports radio station that I listened to everyday for at least several minutes, and they said that they interrupting normal programming because one of the towers had been hit in New York. Like most Americans I was shocked so I went to my television to what was really going on.

Within a few seconds of turning on the television another plane was crashing into the second tower. It was so unbelievable to see something so awful happening live on television. In fact my thought beyond the shock I felt that I was watching a movie and not the news. Of course, we all know what happened after that with plane in Pennsylvania, and the heroes of the passengers who died but saved many people in the process, and then the Pentagon.  Nothing in the United States had ever occurred like that before where someone from a foreign land attacked us. It basically was the day war against terrorism happened.

So many people lost their lives doing what they had been doing so many days before having no idea it was going to be the end of their lives. We have seen people die in plane crashes before but nothing like several thousand people at the same time. It was like a large earthquake where many people have died. It changed the lives of the United States along with those who had loved ones that died that day. Though I didn’t know anyone myself personally that died that day it was like I did lose a brother, sister, aunt, mother, father, or cousins. All our lives were changed that day.

There are events that we don’t remember any longer or they just not part of our everyday lives but that day changed how we should think. Until terrorism is beaten around the world we are still in a war even if we don’t feel it every day. Since that day in some ways with other events that have happened in the streets of United States in many ways we are fighting against each other instead of the true enemy. As brothers and sisters we should really stop taking out anger against one another, and instead embrace each other. This is the day we should remember the true war is still fighting on and we can’t forget it. We can only hope that someday the wars will end and we will be at peace. Let’s stick together as brothers and sisters.