September 11, 2009

Never Forget

Eight years later, there's one memory of 9/11 that still haunts my dreams.  I can't speak of it, but Cathryn Friar does at RightPundits, and sums up my feelings more eloquently than I could have today.

Desperate people jumped from all four sides of the north tower. They jumped alone, they jumped in pairs and they jumped in groups. They jumped holding hands.Nobody survived on the floors from which people jumped. Ultimately the jumpers, often called the day’s most public victims, chose not whether to die but how they would die. I am quite certain I would not have such courage.
Click over and read more of this thoughtful piece on some of the most courageous of the 2996.
h/t Kate at Blatherings via Twitter

Posted by caltechgirl at September 11, 2009 08:25 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Never forget. Never forgive.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 11, 2009 05:05 PM

Good Lord, I don't know how anyone can watch that video with dry eyes. When I stared at my TV, watching in disbelief, I knew the world would never be the same again...

Posted by: Theresa at September 12, 2009 10:08 AM

Forgot to mention also: I won't forget the Palestinians dancing in the streets. Nor will I forget Yasser Arafat getting that video pulled from the news feed.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at September 15, 2009 06:34 PM

I was talking to my kids about that day and being in NC with you. They couldn't believe that ALL airliners were grounded in America and that air space was closed completely. I will never forget.

Posted by: Sarah at September 23, 2009 08:55 PM

You know that thought really came to me many times...Who may have done it? For real?
Anyway thanks for sharing!=)

Posted by: Spainish guy at October 31, 2009 10:30 AM