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I will be wearing red/white/blue to work tomorrow. There will be a moment of silence for when the first plane hit the first trade center tower.

It's hard to believe it's been 7 years now.....a date that changed this country (and for many in the world), forever.

May all those that lost their lives RIP. And may the families/friends left behind know that they're always in our prayers.

Mary

7 years already. Wow.

There will be tributes at the Rutgers/North Carolina game Thursday night (which I will be attending).

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/n ... &type=lgns

The game will be nationally televised on ESPN at 7:30, I'm sure the ceremonies will be shown.

Felt like yesterday for me. I really miss the World Trade Center. Here is a really sad animation about a little girl who lost her father from the 9/11 Terrorist Attack. I could not watch the whole thing. It puts a human face to this horrible tragedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoy1On-V4gQ

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those families who are still even 7 years after 9-11-01 going through the grief of loosing a loved one!

I still remember where I was on that fateful day. When the first plane hit I was just finishing up Biology class. The bell rang and I went to my History class. My history teacher rolled a TV into our class room and as he was plugging it in he asked us if we had heard what was going on. Many of us including my self hadn't heard about it. We watched CNN live as the 2nd plane struck the south tower. After that all Hell broke loose and our school was put under lock down because there was a person going around downtown threatening to attack government buildings and schools in our city. I remember almost being in tears as we watched people jumping out of those buildings. Its too bad that it takes something like 9-11 or Katrina to bring us as a country together. If every one would help each other out and care about one another like we saw after those events then this country would truly be the greatest place on earth to live!

What now? by Ray 2003 - posted from http://www.9-11heroes.us/911-memorial-poem.php

The ninth month brought the end to many,
The eleventh was a day of testing
Nine one one a call for help from any
It left no time of resting.

True warriors dressed in red suits
Navy blue or yellow
They called in all the recruits
to rescue ailing fellow.

What senselss acts of violence
Rain down on us today
what path will cross with terror
and cause us great dismay?

This is the world our children face.
Their lives are being molded.
The acts of hate, time won't erase,
Like a shroud it has enfolded.

What can we say? What can we do?
As time whirls swiftly by
Let love be instilled with a family view
So our values never die.

As difficult as it was that day, and as painful as the memories still are, we all need to look back at those horrific events now and then to remind us of the importance of our resolve. Memorials are wonderful ways of honoring and remembering, but they also tend to "lay to rest" the events of that morning.

Evil is patient. Hatred is potent. And so we must never be too anxious to put that terrible day behind us in the archives. We need to see, and we need to have those emotions rekindled, not to perpetuate our own anger and hatred, but to remind us just how important it is to keep our guard up, provide for a unified and unyielding defense, and stand more vigilent than ever against the evil and hatred that visited our country that day.

A couple days after 9/11, I was online at one of the many sites where people were posting their stories and sharing their sadness. For a couple of weeks I corresponded with a middle-aged NYPD firefighter who was grasping for anything that could make sense. Of course there was nothing that did.

But I wrote to him my vision of the 111th floor of the WTC towers on that day. I wrote about that place just above the brick and mortar and concrete and steel. I wrote about that free and open space just a few feet above those terrible events.

I suggested to him that there was peace on the 111th floor. It was a place in time and space where the worst of this world interfaced with the quiet and peacefulness of the next. I reminded him that all that happened below that day was horrific, but in that transition, just a few feet away, were some hearts and souls of wonderful people who would have been so proud of all the effort that followed on their behalf.

Not long after he wrote to tell me how my words helped him through that tough few days. I wrote back to tell him how those thoughts helped me too.

While we must never allow ourselves to forget, we must also feel blessed that the sacrifices of so many on that day have changed us in many good ways.

And for that I am very thankful and appreciative and humbled today.

AMEN!

Oh Steve! That was so beautiful!

Have you been in contact with that firefighter since then?

I know that during this year's anniversary, it felt like the atmosphere was heavy. I did go about my business like the rest of the world, but I did think about that day, 7 years ago during the course of my day. I too can't believe that it's been 7 years already.