Day 599 Monday September 10, 2018 979 Days to Go
Wow, tomorrow is September 11th. Do you remember where you were, what you were doing when you got the news?
It was tamped down a bit for me because I was told, “A plane hit the World Trade Center.” I remember reading that a plane had hit the Empire State Building years ago, back in the 1930s. It was a little 2 or 4 seater. That is what I thought of when I heard the word “plane.” My TV had broken and I went out to get a new one. Just as I got back and turned on the set the second plane hit. These were passenger jets loaded with fuel! We weren’t talking some contraption made of canvas and wood!
In every generation there seem to be an event or two that everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing. Maybe they remember the music that was playing.
My parents remembered Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).
The day Kennedy was shot.
The Challenger blowing up.*
9/11.
Those are the times that bind a country together.
The pity of 9/11 was how quickly it was used for personal and/or political gain, when it could have been used to make a real change in our country that could have brought us together and kept us there.
*Although this had a lesser impact. For many I’m sure the shooting of Martin Luther King could be considered another such time.
979 Days to Go
PS More Super Market reading. As to the title (Yeah right)
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