Midwest Opinion: We still remember that day

By Mitchell Daily Republic
Forum News Service
Fourteen years ago (Friday), the world was forever changed.
We refer, of course, to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people and sent shockwaves through the nation and world. ...
It’s hard to fathom the hatred and blind loyalty to a cause that could inflict such reckless violence. We know we are privileged with great freedom in America, but unfortunately, that privilege and our way of life have also made enemies.
... Most of 9/11’s victims were in New York, where 2,753 people died. Another 184 people died at the Pentagon, and 40 people died on Flight 93. According to www.911memorial.org , the nearly 3,000 people killed came from 93 .,. nations.
And 14 years later, we are still rebuilding. On the 10th anniversary of the attacks, the 9/11 Memorial opened on the western side of the former World Trade Center complex where the towers once stood tall. The memorial park surrounds two large reflecting pools where the towers used to stand, and the names of those killed in the attacks are etched around the edges of the pools.
(We are) a long way from any of those places, but we still remember that day. We remember watching in horror as the second plane flew into the Twin Towers, we remember the shock and fear upon hearing of the other attacks, and we remember grieving with those who lost loved ones. And most of all, we remember the heroes of the day, from the victims to the first responders to those whose loved ones never came home. No matter how far away or how long ago it was, today, we remember 9/11.