It can be hard to decide exactly how to memorialize or remember the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. It will forever be a date that brings back horrible memories and also triggers emotions of anger and sadness. Two men came up with a wonderful idea to observe the date each year, and that idea has become the international movement called 9/11 Day.
I think most of us will agree that Alan Jackson said it best with the song he wrote paying tribute to the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. Now ten years later for some looking back and answering where they were on that September day is tougher than others. Those close to the events that unfolded that Tuesday morning, and especially those who lost and witnessed loss have to live with those things everyday. For the rest of us, we moved on, didn't forget necessarily, but eventually got on with our lives. Now ten years later we remember the events of that terrible day, those lost, and where we were that sunny, black early September Tuesday morning.
September 9, 2011 A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could. -September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush
In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan.
Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.
