As If We Could Forget

I remember where I was on nine eleven.I was driving home from a meeting with a client when I heard over the radio that a jet plane flew into the South tower of the World Trade Center. I thought it was a horrible accident. I turned on the television as soon as I walked in the door to see what happened; it was on every channel. Then, another plane flew into the North tower and I knew it was no accident. We were being attacked and my country would be at war.

I relived those hours last night when I watched 911 Ten Years Later, a live recording of the event. If you missed it, this is a remarkable film, a reminder of why we declared war on terrorism, of why I have no respect for the statesmen who deny today the invasion they voted for ten years ago, of why I respect the awesome bravery of our firemen who were able to pull only one survivor from the carnage, but
saved 20,000 people that day 343 of their own died along with some 3000 innocents.

The documentation of that event was accidental. Two film makers, (one, a fireman), were documenting the training of a young firefighter, Tony Benetatos, when the towers were hit and the video became something else: a live recording of a horrific event.

And the deaths go on ten years later as toxins breathed in from the debris are killing members of the rescue teams and most likely civilians too that were close to ground zero that sunny September morning.