Pain may lessen for us, but it rarely ever fully leaves us. And it has not, this young woman.
CBS' Sunday Morning showed some photos this a.m. of the massive dust cloud overcoming Manhattan. These photos caused me to grab my chest, still.
I was living in Kentucky, in Lexington when this happened. At the time the first plane hit, I was in the post office. The clerk behind the counter said to me,
"my God have you heard? An airplane has hit one of the WTC towers in NY." I rushed home, and turned on the tv to Good Morning America, which had switched its programming to an ABC News Special Report. From a wide angle panned shot, I watched in disbelief as the second plane approached and hit Tower #2. I'll never forget the rolling footage, and the agonizing horror and anguish in Diane Sawyer's voice. She left the studio, like so many other journalists and proceeded to report on the ground from near the Towers' base.
The Pentagon and the field in Pa--watching-- as each unfolded that morning. The worst day in American history. Our worst nightmare, an even greater one to those lost, to their families, and to those on the ground to save lives and to bring the horror to the nation.
Still today, those that would bring harm and death remain among us. As near as 60 miles from my home in a quiet neighborhood, boasting their beliefs with their pages on Facebook.
These seven men were arrested in July after being tracked for over three years by Federal agents. All, with the exception of one, American citizens.
We often realize the angels among us. Its not as easy to recognize the demons. But then, it never has been.............
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