I know I am a day late on this and I apologize profusely.
As you know, it’s been 10 years since that horrible day. The day where we woke up to find two of the tallest towers in New York City set ablaze and collapsing. I was 7 when it happened and quite honestly, I didn’t grasp everything that was happening. I didn’t know if this was just a bad TV program, or if I was dreaming, or what. But when I saw them collapse, by heart did too, as I’m sure yours did as well.
I didn’t know anyone that died, and I thank God everyday for that. But as I thank Him, I also pray for those that did lose a loved one, whether family, friend, co-worker, boss, or whomever.
If I feel this much pain and grief for someone I don’t even know, how much more must the family and friends of those victims be grieving. I can’t offer my condolences enough (although I will try) to make up for the loss, and I can’t bring back the nearly 3,000 people who died, or heal the thousands more that were injured as a result of this terrorist attack. I can however, (and do) pray for the families and friends that lost someone near and dear to them on September 11, 2001. I can pray that our nation, who turned back to God in our hour of need, will do it again without another catastrophe as this. I can learn the lessons that came as a product of that day; lessons like unity, courage, and hope.
So to all who read this post, may you remember the lives that were lost, and the unity that our nation, the United States of America, felt after that day. In God We Trust.
This is Evelyn Coffing, remembering the day, signing off.
