09-11-2003, 03:25 PM
[cool]The shock and the memories of those first news reports will remain with me always. I was the manager in an office of some twenty people. We had a TV in our meeting room and I pretty much closed the office within minutes of the first strike, so that all could follow the events. By the time the second plane hit, we were all in shock. I told everyone in the office that our lives would never be the same. I am sorry that I was so right.
As I read in the morning paper today, the one good thing that came of it was that it showed the world...and reinforced to us...that we can hold up against almost anything...and become better as a result.
But, that will not bring back those whose lives were lost. It will not fill the holes left in the families of those victims. It will not erase the feeling of violation we all felt when we realized that some evil force had penetrated the defenses of our great nation, and proved that we are not invincible.
Even after two whole years, many families and many businesses are still affected by the events of that day. Some will never recover. I don't think any of us who experienced it will ever completely get over it. I won't.
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As I read in the morning paper today, the one good thing that came of it was that it showed the world...and reinforced to us...that we can hold up against almost anything...and become better as a result.
But, that will not bring back those whose lives were lost. It will not fill the holes left in the families of those victims. It will not erase the feeling of violation we all felt when we realized that some evil force had penetrated the defenses of our great nation, and proved that we are not invincible.
Even after two whole years, many families and many businesses are still affected by the events of that day. Some will never recover. I don't think any of us who experienced it will ever completely get over it. I won't.
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