10 Sep Twenty-Five Years Gone
Long-time readers may recall that for many years, on September 11, I posted the link to the original 9/11 tribute video featuring Enya’s “Only Time.” A few years ago, the video disappeared. The website that hosted it was put up for sale, and the technology that enabled it (Adobe Flash) became obsolete. Today, however, thanks to new technology – namely Claude – I was able to hunt down the video on the Internet Archive.
Every year, I would watch this video, and inevitably, my eyes would begin to well up with tears, as I thought about that awful day, as I remembered it from the perspective of someone who was in an office building across the street from the White House when it all happened. I was close to the tragedy that day, but not too close. Close enough to remember the horror and the chaos, but not so close that I lost anything other than my innocence. I know many of you on this list were much, much closer.
As I rewatched it for the first time in several years, I was surprised. I didn’t feel as emotional as I expected to. And then, several minutes in, the first phone-call recording played over the music. And then…well…you’ll see – or maybe you remember.
Today, on the 25th anniversary of the attacks, may God bless all of you. May God bless George W. Bush. And may God bless America.
https://web.archive.org/web/20031008170616/http://www.gunstuff.com/america-attacked.html
