Wow, 4 years already…

Posted on September 11, 2005
Filed Under Ranting

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 4 years since the 9/11/01 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The details of that morning are so clear in my head still. I remember sitting on the edge of the bed watching the TV as the second plane hit the second tower. I didn’t know what to do, what to say, who to call. Hell, I don’t even know that I knew what to think. What did it all mean? Should we still go to work that day? As the provider and protector of my family, I felt very vulnerable. The tragedy was happening 3000 miles away and yet I remember feeling that it was happening not only to them, but to all of us.

The anniversary of 9/11 also brings back some other memories for me. The night before the attacks was the last time I was able to spend an evening with my grandpa, Harry Mills. His body was overrun with cancer and one of the many side-effects was that it was causing him to loose his sight. I went over to his house to help install a new TV with a bigger screen that would hopefully make it easier for him to watch TV. Once the TV was installed we sat around and gabbed for a couple hours before I needed to head home. The following morning I was scheduled to be on a plane headed for Vegas. But, a weird thing happened and I ended up canceling the flight the night before. I would have been in the air at the EXACT time the planes were crashing in to the WTC. I an only imagine how freaked out my wife would have been.

My grandpa passed away a couple weeks later. While I hated to lose him, it was comforting to know that he wouldn’t be in agonizing pain any longer.

If you are in the giving mood, stop on over to the American Cancer Society website and send them a little donation.

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