Today is a day that has remained with me for 17 years. When I talked with my parents generation, Pearl Harbor was the catastrophe they thought back too. For my generation, it is 9/11. That day is my Pearl Harbor. I changed a great deal on that day. I remember exactly where I was at that moment when each plane hit their target.
Being a former Firefighter/Paramedic, my heart cried out when I say those buildings collapse. Emergency Services went into that building with no thought to their safety.
Each year I sit and contemplate what this day means to me. Each year, I fail to achieve an answer that can appease my grief. I didn’t loose a family member in the attacks. A wife, child, sibling, cousin or friend. But the event shook me to my core.
There is a song that a DJ here in Phoenix added production too. It is a mournful song that I have always liked, but with the changes that Mike Flatt added, the song has become so much more to me. Listen to the words. Feel it. I do every year. This isn’t about Politics or Faith, just remembrance. I share this song with you
I will never forget, I can’t stop thinking about the people that were not able to escape the towers or were on the hijacked planes. The poor people who jumped out of the towers. The destruction. Can’t ever forget.
This is super late, but I’m finally trying to find some time to get caught up on everything I missed while in training. This is part of why I wanted to join the Air Force. We live in a different time now. In my parents’ and grandparents’ generation, countries declared war on each other. They wore a uniform. There were front lines. We don’t live in a time like that anymore. We’re fighting unlawful combatants. They don’t come from one country. They don’t wear a uniform. There are no front lines. The threat comes from foreign countries and our fellow Americans. Attacks happen on foreign soil as well as our own. We never know when or where an attack will occur. While I haven’t deployed and I haven’t seen combat, I know that I am currently doing the best I can to protect my country. I will do whatever I need to do when called upon. I hope we never have another 9/11
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