My Thoughts on 9/11

Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Five days after 11 terrorist carried out a successful attack on our country demolishing the World Trade Center buildings at the heart of NYC. I remember how I felt on that day and it was not the feeling of deep sadness, not yet at least. No, that feeling came later with more understanding. My first reaction was more of a feeling of great confusion. I was in the third grade enjoying a beautiful clear September day at the beginning of a new school year. Even as the attacks were carried out my classes were not interrupted and i knew nothing of the tragic event that had taken place earlier that morning. I remember going to my mom, who happened to work in my school office, during recess and seeing tears in her eyes. I asked her what was wrong and she replied " some bad people flew planes into a very important building in the city today". My first reaction was puzzlement at the reason for doing such a thing. I didn't understand that there were truly evil people, terrorists, out there who chanted "death to Americans" and praised the killing of as many innocent civilians as possible.

We all know the rest of the story that occurred just 8 years ago, so why am i telling you about the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks five days after 9/11? Well because that is how long it took for us to return back to the pre-9/11 mentality. Shortly after 9/11 we came together as a nation like I have never seen before. We stopped the bickering and fighting, picked up a shovel, and helped our fellow neighbor. Yes, 9/11 was a time of deep mourning and sadness, but what followed the 9/11 attacks was also a time of great compassion and sympathy toward our fellow man. However that moment of seemingly perfect harmony lasted all but one week. After which we went back to the social bickering as if this heinous act hadn't taken place just 5 days before. Now, 8 years after the World Trade Center attacks what do we have to show for that compassion and togetherness we felt on 9/12? Has it all since faded from our hearts and from our minds? The answer, I believe, to that question is no. It has not faded from the minds and hearts of the true American people who dropped everything and volunteered to work through the night, giving blood and sweat for their fellow man. On that day we had the very generous spirit that Obama feels he must force on us today because he believes we are incapable of having it our selves. If 9/11 was not prof that this nation is one the most compassionate caring nations on the planet I don't know what is!

So why then are we denying the fact that this is still a war on terror? And why then haven't we built the freedom towerS stronger, 30 stories higher, and with a big fat "come and try that again sign" at the top???? It is because of the politicians and the special interest groups with their dam political correctness. That is why after 8 YEARS we still have a freakin hole in the ground and are debating whether or not to call it the "freedom tower"!!! Yeah apparently we can't call it that because it might offend people. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I don't want anyone in this country who doesn't love freedom or agree with it!! So they are the ones holding the American people back! The American people would have rebuilt the towers back up with their bare hands if they had to and they would have finished them years ago!

So what must we do from this day forward? We need to unite as a nation now more than ever, just as we did on the subsequent days after 9/11. However, we need to keep that awareness with us wherever we go not just when commemorating the attacks. We will carry on with our lives and time will fill voids in our hearts, but we must never forget the pain and suffering that we felt as a nation on that day. We must never forget the togetherness that we felt on that day because if we do, and we let our guard down, the terrorist will be knocking at our door once again and it will lead to the very downfall of this great nation.

Let us take 10 seconds from our day to pray for the victims, for their families, and for the brave men and women who put their lives in harms way on that somber day.....

Sincerely,

Daniel.Horowitz