Remembering 9/11 – Never Forget

Today is the anniversary of a day I will never forget.  For many reasons 9/11 is a day that will be permanently etched in my mind.  I’ll never forget where I was when the first news came in of a plane hitting the World Trade Center buildings.  I thought it must have been a small plane that lost control.  I as well as the rest of the world learned very quickly that was not the case.  As the day unfolded I remember it was hard to comprehend what was happening and more so of what it meant for our country and our future.
What was hard for me was as it began to sink in I worried about my boys.  My oldest son was scheduled to report to the San Diego Marine Corp boot camp that Saturday.  He obviously enlisted well before this terrible day.  But it was quite obvious as the hours passed that he was most likely going to be seeing action as our country prepared to retaliate for this terrible tragedy.

It was only two months before that I enjoyed a dinner at Windows On The World restaurant on top...