I remember!
I was stationed at Kunsan AB, South Korea. I was playing my guitar in my dorm room when my buddy ran down the hall to get me to come see something on the TV. I was annoyed at first when he told me a plane hit the tower; everybody knows that is a huge no-fly zone in Manhattan. Then the second plane hit only minutes after I got to my buddy's tv and I knew that this was no foul up. NY is my home and I am watching that from South Korea. I remember feeling a helpless outrage when I was watching the people jumping from the tower windows to get away from the fire. I close my eyes and I still see that image of the people floating downward.
That day the decision was made that the military would become a career. I was at my nine year mark on 9-11 and it was time to decide but that choice was made. They will be sending me back to America in little over a year where I will have 20 years and six months time spent over seas once I step foot back on American soil. I stayed overseas the entire time of my the second part of my career because of 9-11. I hope as a service member and a NY'er that I have contributed and did something that mattered.
It shames me if it is true that many Americans can't even remember the date but I'm not going to get into that rant. I have good friends deployed into the fight right now...I will keep my thoughts positive for them.
