September 11, 2001 - Where Were You

September 11, 2001 - Where Were You

Alan Jackson sang the song, "Where Were You" as a tribute to the World Trade Center Tragedy. To this day, I still remember.

I was working, on the phone with my counterpart from Pembroke, New Hampshire. Several of our sales team had just left our facility there and were on flights back to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Tony was barely a month old and in the hospital with Parafluenza, Aaron was just barely 18 months old.

I will always remember that time of silence - watching the second tower get hit. The fear that overwhelmed me as to where everyone was, where they OK? Was anyone on the flight headed towards the Pentagon? Or what about the flight to Pennsylvania?

Hours felt like days. Tears rolled like raging rivers coming from mountain tops and composure was out the window.
The memories of somberness hit as I remembered what we had all gone through during the Oklahoma City Murrah Bombing.

I will never forget the feeling of anger as the thoughts came to mind, not on American Soil, not again. The devastation that the town of New York felt was an all too familiar feeling - one which had taken years to heal and there it was, six years later only on a larger scale.

Today's remembrance is about Gratitude. A gentle reminder to never let the last words you speak to anyone be words of anger. Never leave your loved one without the words, "I love you" , always be grateful for the moment as it might be the last.

Here is a hug from me to all the people affected by the tragedies of both the Oklahoma City Bombing and the World Trade Center.