So how does one react to a terrorist attack in one’s backyard? Especially one on such a massive scale? How do you sit through a live TV broadcast of planes crashing into buildings full of people in 2 of the biggest cities on the east coast and not have a reaction? Have you ever wondered what our parents went through on Dec. 7th, 1941? Who in this country wasn’t affected emotionally by what happened? And what exactly should we have done? Just gone about our merry way as if nothing had happened? How would something like that not disrupt a nation? The streets weren’t deserted around here. Most people continued working where I live. I didn’t see any panic where I worked. What I saw and heard was a lot of anger and confusion which was exactly what I felt. Mostly anger. My first reaction was to call my parents and see how they were doing. They were just as angry and confused as I was. I saw a lot of panic on TV which was understandable seeing as how they were right on top of “Ground Zero”. I also saw a lot of very brave people continuing to do what they were trained to do and going above and beyond their duties. I saw people jumping from the upper stories of the Trade Towers so they could die in their own way. I can’t imagine what was going through their minds.
We didn’t make the action successful by our reaction. We made it successful by our in-action in the years leading up to it.
