I Will Never Forget...

I will never forget...

Being sound asleep after working a noon to midnight shift as an emergency dispatcher, and then going home to my cozy bed. Then my phone ringing at the pre-crack of dawn. And me thinking it better not be someone who knows me and my schedule because they are going to get an earful from me before I hang up and take the cord out of the wall. It happened to be my boyfriend at that time...telling me to turn on the television. As he was starting to get that earful that I was talking about, he cut me off and told me why.

I will never forget...

Staring at the television and being thankful that I live in the small town that I live in and that I was not one of the emergency dispatchers that were having to field the calls, yet at the same time wishing I could be there to help.

I will never forget...

Staring at the buildings, the horrified people, the ash and debris covering every inch of breathing space, the people plummeting out of the windows, the people that lost their lives and the lives of loved ones or friends, the emergency responders, the people that have never been able to get over what they went through..the list could go on forever..as I will remember forever.

I will never forget...

Those who are out fighting for our freedom and security and their families, and those who return and can't handle the stresses of what they went through and are no longer with us because they couldn't handle the devastation that they went through.

I will never forget...

All of the sacrifices and all of the losses.

We should never forget...