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I doubt anyone will ever forget the most terrible terrorist attack the world has ever seen. Nor will we forget the awful images beamed live to the rest of the world.
Sadly, attacks are becoming more frequent now, though nothing on the scale of this one...
My son was due to fly to Spain to our apartment 3 days after this. He went. The plane was delayed by 5 hrs due to all the massive security measure put in place. I didn't rest easy until I had a text from him to say he had landed safely...
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Obviously as both an American and born and bred New Yorker, as well as losing 6 friends on that day, I'm not likely to forget that awful day.
I can still remember serving the customer who told me what had happened. It was shock first and then fear as I still had many friends in New York, some who worked at the World Trade Center, and any of the others who could visit there at any time. My friends who worked there died as did 2 friends who unfortunately happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Now they use cars instead of planes but for wholesale murder the 11th September 2001 will live in memory as the worst terrorist attrocity ever.
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Three things stand out in my lifetime, shock, awe and horror. The assassination of JFK, man landing on the moon and the biggest atrocity, 9/11.
Sadly, I don't think we commemorate this enough. We should. This should serve as a warning to all nations just what horror a handful of mindless fanatics can do to innocent families.
RIP to all the victims.
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Beautiful words @jonsie and so very true. We should never forget what happened on this day 17 years ago. To forget is to risk history repeating itself. Who knows what these religious fanatics have planned in the future. And trust me, they are bound to have more horror planned.
