Day 194-2012 9-11

Wow today marks the anniversary of a terrible tragedy that will haunt my generation for years to come.  Like  our parents generation who can remember exactly where they were during the Kennedy assassination, or those 10 years old who know exactly where they were when the shuttle blew up, my generation will always remember exactly where we were when we heard the twin towers were hit and crumbled down.    I am getting chills just writing this.  I remember the fear for friends who worked in the towers.  Not knowing if I would ever see them again. Watching in horror as news reporters made it to the scene and the towers started crumbling down.  The dust, the blood, the tears, the chaos.  I remember, I was in the car, heading home to Coral Gables from a friends house in South Miami.  I was driving on the interstate and could not believe the news I was hearing on the radio.  It had to be a joke right?, wrong.  I got home to find my roommate in front of the tv glued.  We both frantically trying to call friends, to make sure they were okay, but got busy tones, as the cell towers were full of others doing the same thing. We sat there most of the day watching in horror, dialing our phones, until we reached people slowly. That day marks a day, where a great tragedy happened, yet the american people came together as one, against one common enemy.  We sent out good thoughts to the rescuers, hoping that they would find many alive.  Thoughts to the families of the ones that were lost/missing.  Thoughts to the brave men, women and animals that spent countless hours doing search and rescue and search and recover.

We will never forget the bravery and the loss!