Can it really be 7 years since 9/11? It seems like so much more recently, as every moment of that day is as clear to me as if it was yesterday. I'm sure that many people feel that way- it resonates in a way that few events do. The end of innocence, in some ways. And regardless of how you feel about the events that have occurred since (the opportunists, the using of this day as a reason for political campaigns, war, invasion of privacy, etc), it is important to remember first and foremost, the 3500 people who died that day. So take a moment today to remember those people- and also remember the feeling that for a small moment in time, in the days and weeks that followed 9/11, of being a unified country, one with no squabbles, hard feelings or partisanship. A time where we were all truly one nation, with a unifying cause. I leave you today with the legendary Cardinals announcer Jack Buck, who on the return of baseball on September 17th, 2001, read a poem that can speak to us all.
