9/11

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing this day in 2001? I remember it like it was yesterday, I remember every detail about the whole day. Sept 11 is Dustin's B-day and the attacks happened on his 21st B-day. I was in class (I didn't know a lot of people so I pretty much kept to myself) and I heard people talking about an airplane crash, I wasn't sure of the details though. After class I went home and Dustin was watching the t.v. and we saw the second plane hit.....I was horrified. Then hearing about the other planes that were not accounted for, I kept wondering what was going to happen next. I couldn't believe this was happening to our country. We are the United States of America, we are supposed to be might and powerful, we should not be broken like that.
We were supposed to be getting everything ready for a bar-b-que but instead we were both glued to the tv.
Our friends and family came over that evening to celebrate Dustin's birthday, but it just didn't feel right. After everyone left we were back watching the news channels. I didn't hardly sleep at all that night....or that week.
I still watch shows and documentaries that are on tv about 9/11 and I always cry. I personally did not know anyone that was killed that day. But knowing that so many fellow Americans were killed.....they were someone's mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter....it breaks my heart.
I am very proud to be an American and I love this country with all my heart, we are so blessed in so many ways.
I just ask that God be with the survivors, I am sure it does not get any easier on them from year to year.