9/11... Seven Years Later

I didn't make much of a fuss over yesterday, and honestly I had to think about it (albeit, for only a split second) when I first saw flags at half-mast yesterday. I was pissed off when everything happened in 2001. While I was not happy with the events (to put it very mildly), I was more frustrated and bent out of shape over the emotional outcry and the outpouring of wagging flags.

I was pissed that it took something of that magnitude for people to actually understand where they lived, and how much we have available to us that we merely take it all for granted.

Cynically, I mentioned then that there would be all of the hoopla made, then gradually (the general) "we" would drift back to complacency. Generally, I think that has proven to be true. I don't live in New York, so I don't have the immediate exposure to "Ground Zero". I try to avoid DC, so I don't see the Pentagon. I was not immediately affected by the events (no friends or family lost in the events).

In checking through "my routine" when I cam in today, I found something posted at Neil Gaiman's blog (via the Web Goblin). I am reposting the video below (linking, actually), as much for me to remember as it is for other to possibly stumble upon in the future.



There are many things that we "should never forget", and I firmly believe that they are generational. For my parents, it was the day Kennedy was shot. When I was younger, it was the Challenger. Then there was this... For those still significanlty impacted by the events, a portion of my thoughts and prayers do still go out to you...