9/11 Remembered: 10 Years Ago

Hard to believe but it has been 10 years this Sunday since the terror attacks of 9/11.

Rather than write my normal blog, I felt compelled to write a short reminder for us all to take a few minutes out this Sunday and remember the thousands of lost loved ones from that day. They may have not all been on a plane but their lives were lost that day due to a plane crash.

And as we remember those that lost their lives, remember those effected in other ways as well. The person that still has nightmares about the events, the person left wondering why was I spared, the people that inhaled the dust, debris, chemicals and still suffer. Or the family members left behind to try and heal and move forward with their lives. Maybe still wishing they could look up and see that husband, wife, mother, father, daughter, son, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, or grandparent come through the door, call on the phone, etc.

All the first responders, including our four legged friends that along with their handlers day in and day out worked to search for the last one.

Now 10 years later there are children that have no clue how every TV station, radio station reported live that day. To them it may be as remote in their thoughts as World War I and II is for some of us that were not alive while those events happened.

Does it make the events any less vivid to those that did live through the horror? No, it doesn’t, but we have to understand, for some in school today it may be just a part of history just as the civil war or the market crash in 1929. Help them understand what happened that day.

Here are the times for the events that took place that sad day. Can you spend a few minutes in prayer for the families, survivors, victims and the United States as well?

8:46 AM Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center.

9:03 AM Flight 175 crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center.

9:38 AM Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.

9:59 AM The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

10:10 AM Flight 93 crashes into the field in Pennsylvania.

10:28 AM The north tower of the World Trade Center collapses.

5:20 PM Building 7 of the World Trade Center collapses.

As this Sunday approaches take some time to say a little prayer,

A prayer for those that are not here today,

A prayer for those that are still suffering,

A prayer for those that are still feeling the pain,

A prayer for the child missing the parent,

A prayer for the parent missing the child,

A prayer for God to keep us safe and give us peace,

A prayer for God to Bless America.