…you know how there are certain
dates ya just don’t forget…..events that are just ingrained into your memory….like
your birthday…anniversary..birth of a
child..etc…..what about life changing dates in history……like JFK being shot……atomic
bomb……Burger King & Mc D’s merging their burgers…lol…..my point is that
just like a song….a specific date can never be forgotten….of course there are
many dates that hold a special place in my heart ….dates that changed my life
forever…they will never be forgotten………one of which is 9/11/2001…….
…..those affected by the events
on that September morning will live forever in my heart……9/11/201 was a day
that forever changed the future of America….the events of the day shook us to
the core & forced as …as a country to see the rest of the world as either a
friend or a foe…….I remember that morning so well….it was a sunny warm fall
morning at the bus stop on Ft Belvoir, VA…..My daughter has just gotten on the
bus & I was on my way to the USO to do my volunteer work as usual…..but I
saw one of the house inspectors at an empty house in our loop & went to
chat w/ him……he told me some plan hit the world trade center…..he laughed
because he at that time thought it was just some joker who didn’t know how to operate
his prop plane……little did he or any of us know what was happening…….
….I walked into the USO to see
& hear horror….disbelief….and fear…..the plane had just hit the Pentagon…I ….along
w/ many sat in silence in the rec room at the USO watching this horrific acts
of terrorism play out on national TV…..seems like only minutes but hours passed….all
non-essential personnel were being sent home…schools released the kids &
stores closed…..I picked up my daughter at the grade school on base….my son’s
school was off base….took hours for him to get home….traffic everywhere in the district
was at a standstill…..
…our base was on lock down….if
you left you weren’t getting back on base…I really never even considered
leaving base…..my family wanted us to come home…..that was never even a
consideration…..My hubby got on a plane that morning at Dullas heading to
Moscow……it would be 3 days before I got a call from one of his friends at the
embassy…he was him & would contact us when the phone lines were open again….so
there I was…living on a military base…14 miles from the Pentagon……fighter jets
were flying low over base to protect the black oops…..2 kids…..1 dog….2 cats…..no
phone….no internet….no hubby……on that day I understood for the first time what
it truly meant to be a military family…and a Army wife.
…I will never forget that
September morning that started out like any other crisp fall morning…..a day
that turned to horror…..nor will I forget the days & weeks that followed…..life
changed that day…..no only for me & my family but for everyone. We lost two people from our base that day at
the Pentagon…..our base commander’s husband
& a soldier who left two small children…….
…..in the days & weeks
that followed our base soldiers were tasked with the cleanup at the Pentagon….the
military families came together like never before….supporting & comforting
each other through a time of grief & healing. Now 14 years later folks still remember &
will never forget.
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