Nine-Eleven
Please take a moment to watch the video below and remember…
Where were you? What were you thinking? What were you doing? Could you watch? Could you STOP watching?
This was a tough day. I had an 8 o’clock Environmental Science class at Abilene Christian University with Emmitt Miller. I left there and went to work and as I walked up the stairs I heard the radio playing very loudly from the Faculty/Staff technology Help Desk. I had never heard this before. I didn’t know what was going on, but I came in loud as I usually did and was immediately “shushed”.
The next several hours were a blur. I went from my office, to the conference room to the help desk and then continued the cycle watching TV, listening to radio, looking on the internet doing anything I could to find out more information. I remember more from that day than almost any other day in my life. I was furious. How could someone do this to us? Don’t they know who they are messing with? I cheered as we carried out our “Shock and Awe” campaign. Take that! That’ll teach you to mess with us again!
And then I realized that over 3,000 people were still gone, never to return to their families. Firefighters, ran into the building when others were coming out, only to never come out again. I can’t imagine the pain that these families felt, and the amazing pride that accompanied the sorrow.
I hurt more today for these families than ever before. I watched several tribute videos this morning and I couldn’t quit thinking about the families across the globe impacted by this one event. The innocent lives lost in Iraq, the innocent lives lost in Afghanistan, the innocent lives lost in Pakistan, and many other places around the world that have been affected by this single event.
Today, as you go throughout the day, I ask you to thank God for your safety, thank God for your family, thank God for your blessings, and to pray continually for those that are putting themselves in harms way to keep it this way.
