Remembering September 11th

	On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was struck by commercial jets hijacked by terrorists, killing 2,752 people after the 2 buildings collapsed.
	My German Shepherd Dog Bam Bam was born on  September 11, 2004,

By MBA

Today is the fourth anniversary of the World Trade Center bombings. For those who were close to the tragedy, the event sent them in many different directions. I can look back today and see how I was affected by this event. I was on a train heading towards the towers when the first plane struck. I headed home after that only to witness the second plane hit.

I remember getting a few calls from friends and acquaintances in the days that passed, wondering if I was ok. I had worked at the World Trade a while back and a few people knew about that. I felt all kinds of feelings during that period of time but have learned much more since then and I hope so have we all.

For those that died, we hope we can continue applying lessons we have learned from 9/11 and continue bettering our world so that such violence becomes appalling to all human beings. We hope that, for those that died that day, we can strive to understand each other better and to practice Principles for Living with everyone we come into contact with.

We should hope that from this we have learned that our actions affect others and we should be aware of it. We have learned that love is infinite and storing it away won't get you more of it when you go. We have learned that we ought to be free to express how we feel, when we feel it. We have learned that life is not for ever, it ends and sometimes when we least expect it.

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