Remembering 9-11

As many of you already know, Bonnie and I had the privilege to go to New York last summer and visit the site where the World Trade Center once stood. What an emotional 2 days it was to walk around the area and still be able to see the massive destruction that had taken place 8 years ago. Our tour guide informed us that even though it is not news anymore, they were still finding pockets of human remains as they are preparing the site for the future monuments to this tragic event. Only a couple of the 11 buildings that were destroyed have been re-built, and in them are beautiful monuments to employees that were killed on that day. Some have some very intricate messages in twined in the construction. One company lost 11 employees and they have a monument that includes a reflecting pool where 11 drops of water fall into he pool every hour to represent the 11 employees. I walked around for hours with tears streaming down my cheeks as I learned of the brave and the innocent people who lost their lives that day. Also little known by most people is that the area is surrounded by many apartment buildings containing thousands of apartments and all of these people who lived there were evacuated from their living quarters...some for as long as 2 or 3 years after all of this happened, and for the most part were not allowed to return to collect any of their belongings, photographs, legal documents, etc. until it could be determined that the buildings were considered to be safe from any damage. Imagine how torn apart their lives were for many months and years!

I hope and pray that we as Americans never forget this day! GOD BLESS AMERICA....WE SURELY NEED IT! Please take the time to carefully go through the photographic collections at the links below and remember the tragic events of that day 8 years ago. And after you do, say a prayer and thank God that you weren't one of those who had to experience this tragedy first hand.

http://www.gcfl.net/911/heroes.php
and
http://www.gcfl.net/911/remember911.php

Ron, the Plant Man