My 8 year old daughter told me they were talking about 9-11 on the school bus. She called it the catastrophe of the twin towers. It hit me that she wasn't even born yet when this terrible event occurred.
But then I got to thinking about our choice of words to describe 9-11: catastrophe; tragedy; disaster. We would use the same words to describe a hurricane, or an earth quake. Somehow, they just don't do this event justice.
9-11 was also the direct cause of the War in Afghanistan. An appropriate and effective response. I personally will never forget President Bush standing on the ruble shortly after, and telling the ground zero crowd that the people who knocked down these buildings would hear from all of us soon. And they did.
Those who died on 9/11 and the war that followed, did not die in vain. The event opened our eyes as a nation, and caused us to sure-up our defenses. We will forever honor their memory.
In reality, 9-11 was a sneak-attack against innocent civilians, against a way of life (the American way) by people who really HATE us, resulting in great human and economic loss for our country. We don't have a word for that in the English language. Well...maybe we do now...9-11.
God bless the 9-11 victims and their families...and GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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