It is still 9/11

I don't think anyone can ever forget this day, or what they were doing at the time when they found out that our country had been attacked.
I have been reflecting on this all day off and on, and I am still as sad today as I was that day. I was working at the department store and didn't have to go in until 1pm that day when we got a call in the early morning from a friend. He was shouting to turn on our tv as our country was under attack. I instantly turned it on and I could not believe my eyes. They were reporting that the 2nd tower had fallen, but they didn't have any video of it yet..and then they aired it. I was floored. I had no idea what this meant for everyone.
I can remember thinking, this is it..the end of everything. I had thoughts of being sent to shelters with the dogs..never being able to return to my home again, and just fear as I am sure we all had.
I called work and yes we were open for business, why wouldn't we be? I had to work 1-9 pm that night and it was just outrageous! How greedy of our company to be open when we all needed to be with family and just watch the tv to see what was next to come. Needless to say, we were so dead that day at work it pissed us off even more.
For weeks it seemed we were glued to the tv. I was in shock, in awe of all of the people helping at ground zero..all of the dogs that they had searching for people was just incredible.
I just want to say thank you to all of the men and women out there that stepped up to the plate and protected our country after this all happened. Thank you for giving up so many things so that you could go over and fight for us.
I will never forget that day, and I am sure you will never either. So many things go through my mind to this day. I feel for every single family that lost a family member. I feel so sad for our country that we all had to go through such a scary and uncertain time in our life. I just cannot believe that it really did happen. It feels like a bad dream, but we all know it wasn't.