Remembering September 11

September 11, 2004 by
Filed under: Current Affairs 

Today is September 11, 2004. The day that we remember the tragedy of 3 years ago.

I woke up a little early this morning for two reasons: 1. my wife got up early to head to her parents’ in North Jersey and 2. I wanted to see the coverage of the Ground Zero ceremony.

I watched from the beginning until just after the 2nd moment of silence. I had to go outside and cut the lawn and generally continue life. I tuned back in later and saw the after-ceremony coverage.

They had a reflecting pool set up for the family members, police and fire to go to for prayer and such. I saw the pool before the ceremony – empty and serene. As family members went they left pictures, mementos, and wrote message on the simple wood frame of the pool. Flowers were left floating in the pool. I was surprised and heartened later to see it at 11am – the pool was a riot of color from all of the flowers that were floating in it. The reflecting pool was completely filled with flowers.

I think that sums up my feelings on the stage of grief that we’ve reached. We’re still sad, but life is beginning to continue for most of us. We remember, but our memories are becoming more positive about the lives of the people who were lost. We are healing.

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There were a few disheartening moments about today.

1. Why did I stop watching the ceremony? An elderly couple came up to read names. The husband would read a name, and the wife would say (loud enough to be picked up on the microphone) “You’re skipping names” or “You’re not doing this right” and then read her name. It was very distracting from the emotions of the moment. Better that she just quietly filled in the missed names or pointed out to him where to read next.

2. On 9/11/2001, I was one of the few homeowners in my neighborhood who had a flag bracket on my house. I would display the flag on special occasions like holidays or when family was visiting. On 9/11/2001, my first act on arriving home was to put the flag out. Since then, I’ve flown the flag on just about every day that had reasonable weather (I don’t think it’s right to fly the flag in the rain or snow).

On 9/11/2002 (and for the year before), almost every house in the neighborhood had a flag flying. On 9/11/2003, most houses flew a flag. Today, almost nobody is flying their American flag. I am, and a few neighbors who fly the flag everyday are doing so, but the rest of the neighbors have their decorative seasonal flags out (with a picture of a leaf or something on them). It’s a shame.

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