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9/11

It's the 8th anniversary of the attack on the United States by Osama Bin Ladin's Jihadistas, and it's strange how the world has changed, and yet how much remains the same.



I think the biggest change has been in how the US views itself. This was the first time we've been attacked on the continent since forever, and certainly in Manhatten, the heart of the financial district and the symbol of New York, the World Trade Center. And while there have been other catastrophes that have shattered the confidence of the country, this was something unprecedented, took us into a War On Terror that we didn't want to fight.

One thing: I was off work that day, and I will never forget watching TV for hours and hours, and for the first hour or so they showed the hundred+ jumpers falling, falling, falling, but then all of a sudden there was no more footage of that on the TV, none at all, and it was years before any news program would show that, and I must say as gruesome as it was, I was upset that it was taken off the air, as I think we shouldn't forget what happened in its entirety like that, and for one, I will always remember them.

And to this day, if I'm walking downtown Minneapolis on my lunch hour and a plane goes by overhead at anything less that 35K feet, I cringe and look around for somewhere to hide. Yes, it's silly, but then again, my fear is real.

Anyway, to those who died that day, and to all those millions of us who live on, but still carry scars, I am observing a moment of silence, and for those who have been willing to enlist in the military to protect us from those who would try to destroy us, I salute you all, and thank you for your service.

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