It’s hard to believe “September 11th” was seven years ago. I think 9/11 is like the assassination of JFK in that everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news. I was traveling home from Hawaii, fortuitously not on the Boston flight I would have been on should I have taken my usual annual vacation to New Hampshire. After the attacks, no one knew how many more planes might be hijacked. Until every plane that was in the air had landed, it was unknown if more attacks were coming. When we landed our pilot made an announcement over the intercom, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a joke, there seems to have been some sort of terrorist attack against the United States. We will not be allowed to approach the terminal until we pass a security check. That is all we know at this point.” We all sat there wondering what kind of “attack” had occured without any idea of its magnitude. Once inside the airport, all of the TVs were looping the images. As I drove by flags at half-mast today I was reminded of friends who lost loved-ones in the towers – wishing them peace.

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