11 yrs ago today and still I remember

I thought I would take a few to share that 11 yrs ago the world as we knew it changed....I remember my parents generation all saying they knew where they were when JFK was shot....and thinking that will never happen to me in my lifetime....I was wrong....very wrong...I wish I was...I wish that we never had to live through Sept 11, 2001....that so many people would not have had to suffer as they did....11 yrs ago today I was at home in Virginia Beach....I was not working at the time...I remember Andrew calling me telling me to turn on the TV...and I did...I remember watching the Today Show as they were recapping the events of the first plane hitting, then moments later the second plane hit and the chaos that followed....I remember Andrew calling back asking if what he was hearing at work was true and I confirmed it was....this was the last time I talked to him until he came home basically the next day.....I sat glued to the tv watching the horrific events unfold....I was even more terrified when they hit the Pentagon....at this time we were in Virginia Beach...Andrew was in the Navy stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana....he was part of an F-14 fighter squardon, VF-103....I just remembered sitting in our living room fearing for my husbands safety.....since no one at that time knew if this was over or what was going to happen next....I remembered calling my parents and my best friend...letting them all know that we are safe at this time....but I was still worried....I still remember crying at the sight of the towers crumbling....and the feeling of relief when all air travel had been grounded and accounted for.....I remember when Andrew came close to midnight having a sense of relief that he was home...he was safe at that moment....When he told me about his day and all the things they had to do to be ready...it was unbelievable...they were preparing for war...I have never been so honored before to be a military wife....then I was at that time!

From the moment the first plane hit to the present we will never be the same...yes life moves on....but our memory will never forget those images...those faces....those lives lost

So today take a minute to remember and honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom that we have today.

Elisa