9/11

Yep, it has been 10 years.  Hard to believe.  When it happened, I was dropping Rachel off at her work (an Elementary school) and then I drove to my work in north Provo.  We were listening to the radio, and we couldn't figure out what was going on.  We thought it was some weird joke that the talk show hosts were doing.  Very lame jokes.

When I got to work, the TV was on and then I understood what was really happening.  I was kind of in shock at the whole thing.  Especially since nobody really knew what was happening or to what extent more things were going to happen.  It was like we were under attack, but from some unseen non-obvious enemy and we didn't know how to protect ourselves.

I was initially worried about people I knew that lived in NYC, but later we found that they were all safe.

After work I still went to classes at BYU.  They didn't cancel school, although they probably should have because nobody was focused.

I am from New York, but not New York City.  But I have been to the World Trade Center, and even today it is strange to see the New York skyline without those two towers.

For us as a nation, I think it was a wake-up call.  However, it is evident that the long-term reactions of our nation haven't always led to the best choices.  It is sad how quickly we as a nation forget our reliance on our Maker.

In the years that have passed, I have come to appreciate how the Lord our God can make terrible circumstances into something good.  Usually through small means does He accomplish great things.  Like how on 9/11 the small heroic actions of normal citizens, such as those brave firefighters, that moved an entire nation.

Here is a photo from the Parade of a 1,000 Flags in our patriotic community, a symbol of unity in pride for our great nation.  I'm glad to be an American!