Almost half way through the day

[ray1970]

And no mention about remembering the events of this day in history?

[buffalobo]

Woke up late for chores this morning. Did get our flags out though.

[Ah Pook]

[fj605]

Pastor Ron made it part of this morning's sermon.

[Doc45]

I started the day in Broomfield for the memorial ceremony there. That’s how I heard about the Arvada officer. Had a call with a good friend, retired NYPD. Anyone old enough to remember has been impacted in some way. It’s the single event that convinced my older son to join the military. Just under two years for his 20.

Never Forget.

[.455_Hunter]

Yup- Hearing my E7 running up the motorpool stairs yelling "Sir! Sir! Turn on the radio! They've flown planes into the World Trade Center!" is clear in my memory and something I frequently recall, especially with the impact it had on the country. Watching video of the smoke coming from the Pentagon as the Army peace to war switch flop over during the next few hours was surreal.

My family and I went to the reflection pools at the WTC this past June. It was the first time I had been back to Manhattan since New Year's Day in 1999, when I went to the old observation deck.

Very sobering...

[Bailey Guns]

We talked about it over breakfast with family early this morning and talked about what a different country we live in today in so many ways.

[hollohas]

I have 3 kids and make sure to talk with them about 9/11 each year in detail. Schools don't, at least nothing more than a brief mention. I tell them the details and my personal memory but also stories of others. Like the tunnel to towers story, flight 93, stories of people I knew in the air that day that landed and got stranded. People who joined the military afterward and became heros. All sorts of stories.

My kids will never feel the emotions that we all did that day, but I will make sure they will understand it and never forget it. I'm famous among my kids as someone who never cries, but I tell them that everyone in the country cried that day, including me. With that alone they understand how seriously world changing that day was.

[Great-Kazoo]

It was a small, but good remembrance. Especially Johns story about LCpl "Adam Henry"

[Ah Pook]

It was a small, but good remembrance. Especially Johns story about LCpl "Adam Henry"

Very moving service. The first on I have attended.