9 11 Remembrance Quotes

9 11 remembrance quotes

For many of the people that were affected in some way by the 9/11 tragedy, the date September 11th is a day of mourning and remembrance. It was this day back in 2001 that Americans watched as a plane struck the World Trade Center. And according to newmajority.com, the tragedy of 9/11 has brought a permanent bond, to many of those that were affected. Gordon Haberman lost his daughter at the WTC and says that it will always be a day of remembrance for him.

A lot of former officials have said that they will never forget that day and I’m sure that goes for many people that lost loved ones in the attack. Some believe that the US has forgotten about that tragic day, but I don’t think that is the case. It is the 8th anniversary of that tragic attack on the United States resulting in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the airliner over western Pennsylvania.

I don't mean that disrespectfully but with the passage of time, it's natural that once indelible dates lose their power. There will be observances and remembrances, of course, but I don't see them ringing true for us the way they did earlier in the decade. I wonder if we aren't at a place where we feel obligated to say something because it's time to say something, and then we struggle a bit as we ask ourselves exactly what else there is to say that hasn't already been said.