September 11

I would like to start with this..If you are 1 of the 4 who reads this, And only reads the funny.. Come back Monday or Tuesday.. I only do maybe 2 or 3 of these type of articles a year...

I am sure everyone knows where,And what they were doing on the morning of Sept 11,2001.. I was coming home from a 12 hour shift..And by the time I had gotten off work, And made it home I had heard the news of a small plane hitting the North tower of the World Trade Center complex..After seeing the first pictures,I  and many others realized this was not a small plane..


About this time it was close to 9 am.And  I had to try and get some sleep for work that night.. But I could not take my eyes off this sight... That is when I saw it.. And thought I was seeing things.. Yet another plane hitting another tower.   I was in shock,Could not believe  this was actually happening..

Then as the twin 110 story towers were on fire, We got word of yet another attack.. A jet had plowed into the corner of the Pentagon.. Now a situation that was  scary and unreal had become something a bit closer to home.

Then the shots of the White House employees running,Ladies without heels running down the street.. The Capitol being evacuated.This was becoming more and more disturbing.

Most of you know the area I am in, Situated between Pittsburgh to the North West,And Baltimore/Washington to the south. So when the report of a plane crashing outside Pittsburgh started coming in.. My brain began to wonder..
Was it my former home town? Was it 1 of my favorite cities? It was none of those.. We all now know the story of the brave passengers aboard Flight 93. How they took back control of the jet,Before the plane could be flown into  possibly the US Steel building in Pittsburgh.Or even worse The Capitol or even the White House..

When it was all said and done.. The death toll was about 2977.. But that does not count the first responders who have died since that horrible day.Many have severe breathing problems,And heart problems. So the real toll is probably not going to be known for awhile.. If ever...


I never got to visit the World Trade Center,My sister did take the picture shown above.. It is 1 of those things you think, Oh it will be there.. I will visit it next time..Sadly I never got back.. I have been to Shanksville.The temporary memorial was incredible,And the feeling you have walking away from it was sadness.. Knowing those brave souls saved hundreds,If not thousands of innocent lives.
.The question I have for you is this, Would you be able to do that? I am going to answer honestly and say I don't know.. Anyone can say yes, I would do it.. But be put in that position..Think about it, You are 30,000 feet  above your town and the plane is hijacked,And you have no idea where they are going..  Can you say you would do whatever it takes, Even if it means dying to take the plane back?



And please do not think I am forgetting the first responders who rushed to the scene in New York that awful day.. They are also heroic.. Their determination to help others saved possibly thousands that day.. I am sorry if this post has gone off the rails.. I guess I am just saying whatever comes to mind as I type this.. So it may or may not read as good as I typed it..

I am leaving you with this video.. It is about the tree that was found under debris at the World Trade Center complex.. If this tree can recover, We all can!!!God Bless America!!