9/11 Patriot Day - may we never forget

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I know I'm a bit behind ... but a few days ago was the 20 year anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. I think everyone who is old enough remembers what they were doing. I was 19 and we lived on the farm where I grew up. We had plans to go out of town that day to visit family friends, a few hours drive to the south ... and I was anxious to drive as I had only recently begun driving and had my own car. My dad had the news on the radio, and heard about the plane hitting the first building, so he went to turn on the tv. I knew right then that something major was going on, since at that point in time the tv wasn't on during the day, only for evenings. We carried on our day, but I remember gassing up in the small town in southern MN - people were in line and putting gas in milk jugs and buckets. Gas had jumped from .99xgallon to 1.99xgallon and was even higher in larger areas. Later hearing about the heroics of people aboard the flights and first responders and the loss for the family and friends of those fallen truly life changing. Where were you and what were you doing? Photo: Pixabay user 7474017