September 11th, 2001 - Part 1 of 4

Every generation has a moment that forever crystallizes who they are and defines that generation, for good or ill.  For the remainder of their lives, those that were there remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.

There was the stock market crash of 1929 that heralded the beginning of the Great Depression.  There was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on  December 7, 1941 - "a day that will live in infamy."  There was Kennedy's assasination in Dallas in November 1963.  There was January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger fell from the sky.

Then there was September 11th, 2001.

America changed that day.  We immediately became a nation at war.  Some of us were at war a bit more immediately than others.  Some of us still do not understand that we are at war.

Two thousand, nine hundred and seventy four innocent men, women, and children were lost in the attacks that day.

Let there be no doubt - you are either with us, or against us.  If you support the evil that caused 9/11, my brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces, along with our brothers and sisters from our allies, will hunt you to the ends of the earth and kill you, one by one.

There will be four posts today, one at 8:46am, one at 9:03am, one at 9:37am, and one at 10:03am.  This commemorates the time when each of the four airplanes hit.

Never forget.