It might be hard to believe, but it's been 20 years since the terror attacks of 9/11/2001, when hijacked airplanes were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. Whoever realized that "time flies" was not kidding.
On that day in 2001, I worked in Arlington, Virginia, about a mile from the Pentagon. It was a pleasant late summer day, sunny and comfortably warm. As I walked in the halls of the building in which I worked, I noticed a group of people gathered in an office. One of them had a small portable TV, with a square screen that was about two inches on each side, on which they were watching coverage of the attack. That's how I first learned about it, after both planes had hit the WTC towers and another had hit the Pentagon. I was thus spared the agonizing apprehension felt by those who saw the first plane strike one of the towers, as they wondered whether it was an accident or a deliberate crash, and the horror of seeing the second plane hit the other tower and realizing that the U.S. was under attack.
There was still some uncertainty and confusion, even after both towers and the Pentagon were hit. How many more planes have been hijacked and where do the hijackers intend to send them? I heard reports of a gas station being on fire near where I worked and of a fire on the Mall in Washington, D.C., neither of which turned out to be true. As things did turn out, there was only one more hijacked plane, which crashed in western Pennsylvania. For several days after the attack, flights within, into, or out of the United States were grounded.
In keeping with the remembrance of that fateful day 20 years ago, the links presented here will be relevant thereto.
From National Review, how 9/11 changed us and what we've learned, from someone who worked at the World Trade Center.
From Townhall, a "dreadful" analysis of the 9/11 attacks from a liberal.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a visit to the 9/11 museum in New York City. (The article was originally published in 2014, and is republished to commemorate today's anniversary.)
From the Washington Examiner, in 20 years, America and Afghanistan have come full circle.
From The Federalist, 9/11 as seen from near the White House.
From American Thinker, we said we wouldn't forget, but we did forget many times over.
From LifeZette, today, we must remember the brave and their sacrifices.
From NewsBusters, journalists remember covering 9/11.
From TCW Defending Freedom, with respect to 9/11, why are we afraid to use the M-word?
From Deutsche Welle, 20 years after 9/11, Germany still deals with militant Islamists.
From The Stream, teaching the emerging generation about 9/11.
From The Daily Signal, we are less safe today than we were on 9/11.
From The American Conservative, 20 years after 9/11, a we're still wondering who's in charge.
From the Daily Caller, a soldier looks back at 9/11, which was his first day of boot camp.
From the New York Post, "9/11 showed us the resilience of New York City".
From Breitbart, according to attorney Michael Barasch, "9/11 didn't end on 9/11".
And from Fox News, a NASA satellite image shows the impact of 9/11.
To close, here's a picture of what happened in New York:
As the added message says, we should "never forget" 9/11.
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