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NEVER FORGET...

The loss of life...

The loss of innocence...

The pain & suffering inflicted...

AND...

The feeling of rage...

The feeling of patriotism...

The slow process of healing...

The feeling of hope...

The knowledge that those responsible would feel our vengence...

And now 10 years later...NEVER FORGET that we have overcome and triumphed over those who wished us harm !!

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NEVER FORGET THAT AMERICA STOOD UNITED !!

...and NEVER FORGET...THE BRAVE MEN & WOMEN WHO TILL THIS DAY FIGHT AND DIE TO PRESERVE THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS !!

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Created by: SHOOTER13 0n 9/11/11

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It is forever seared into my memory...





...never to be forgotten !!

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I was at work for the DoD...heard the first plane had hit the tower...so I went to the TV in the break area and everyone was saying how could a pilot hit ( or not see ) something that big...when all of a sudden the second jet comes into view and strikes the second tower. Right then, everyone knew America was under attack !!

And I also knew that my wife had just put in her retirement papers with the US Army...and also knew she was not going to be able retire anytime soon now. That single terrorist act took her away from our daughter and I for another 2 1/2 years before she could finally retire. She was eventually stationed at my HQ at Fort Belvior, VA and worked with US Army CID... and later was task forced with CITF and visited GITMO on numerous ocassions as part of her MOS