A Rough Day

As this September 11th winds down, I am very thankful the day was quiet.  Nothing  horrific happened as we remember the events of this day in 2001.

SGT Tamara Thurman

It was a rough day, very mellow and a bit sad.  I lost a former Soldier when the plane that hit the Pentagon struck the office she worked in.  SGT Tamara Thurman had been my administrative clerk when I was a company commander in Germany.  She had a beaming smile everyday and was loved by everyone.  The world lost a beautiful soul when she died at the age of 25.


All day long I read comments about that horrible day.  People posting pictures, commenting, telling where they had been.  It was nice to see how people were remembering and thanking those who serve.  It was nice to see patriotism again.  At the same time, it brought more sadness.

Tomorrow, many of those same people will go back to their regular lives and the memory of 9/11 will fade away.  Many of those same people who posted patriotic comments will demand that we shrink our defense budget, even though our very livelihoods are threatened by ISIS and other terrorists that hate us.  They will accept the fact that our country is poorly defended along our borders and nothing is being done about it.  They will go about their comfortable lives going through each day blissfully ignoring the threats around them.

It will take another attack along the lines of 9/11 to wake Americans up again.  I fear it is not too far away and we are making it too easy for our enemies to get into America to strike when and where they want to.

Don't get me wrong.  I am happy people posted and said the things they did.  Now if they will only truly follow the words they said, "We will never forget".  Make sure that means forever and not just for today.