We will never forget

I was at work when the mayhem started. Mayhem is really the only word to describe September 11th, when the U.S. woke up from it's "it'll never happen here" slumber and felt what some European, African, and Asian countries probably feel every day: hour to hour uncertain despair. The kind of despair which makes you think "what will happen next?"

We will never forget.

I will never forget refreshing the CNN website at work, trying to get any piece of information I could about a couple of planes crashing into the World Trade Center buildings, the Pentagon, and in my home state of Pennsylvania. I will never forget the anger I felt when I learned some Islamic extremists used innocent lives as part of plane-missiles to crash into buildings where thousands of people worked everyday. I will never forget wanting to join the armed forces that day, so I could be on the first plane with a gun in my hand and a chip on my shoulder, I wanted someone dead for this. I will never forget watching TV at my parent's house after getting off of work early and tearing up while seeing people jumping hundreds of feet to their deaths, rather than be burned alive. I'm sure hell offers better choices. The images of the planes hitting the buildings and exploding on impact, like a scene out of a Hollywood movie, is something I will never forget. I will never forget the images of white dust several inches deep from the burned office furniture, bricks and people, all around the main streets of Manhattan and all over the people staggering on the street, not sure where the hell they were, or what the hell was going on. I will never forget the other reports, although mostly false, of other, smaller attacks, throughout the country. Each one adding to the feeling of uneasiness. I will never forget the sound of jets planes over head, not transporting people, but ready to destroy any person or object that was deemed a threat. I will never forget the people looking for lost friends or family members on the streets of New York, holding up pictures and posters of their loved ones, holding out for hope. Sadly, most of them never saw their loved ones again. I remember waking up the next day, not believing that this shit actually happened, not wanting to believe it actually happened.

We will never forget.

I will never forget.

Orleans County, LA (New Orleans City) 2004 Presidential Election Results

No commentary, just information.


D John KERRY - 77%

R George BUSH - 22%

I Ralph NADER - 1%